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Legal or Illegal?

My friend told me about these NES emulators and ROMs and he has a few NES ROM games on his computer. Now I know it's illegal but what if use NES ROMs? Like what I'm asking is the NES doesn't produce anymore games so could I get a ROM for games that I've never played on the NES legally? Thanks for answering my question!
Posted by SN35, 09/29/2007 12:52pm
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fbasque78
Unless you own the actual cartridge of said game, it is considered illegal to have a ROM copy of it. Even if the NES is being made anymore, some of it's games are re-released in next-gen remakes or simply released thru XBOX Live or Wii Console.
Posted 10/01/2007 7:00am
naju890
sure it is
Posted 10/01/2007 12:00pm
bigtimegamer413
Huh? I had no idea that NES ROMs were even invented.
Posted 10/01/2007 2:31pm
d_ano
yea i have some nes roms and fbasque is right its only illegal if you dont own the cartridge
Posted 10/03/2007 7:17am
Ehlohim
It's actually technically illegal to have NES roms even if you do own the original cartridge. The loophole Nintendo uses is that you are entitled to back up a game you personally own, but that doesn't mean it's OK for you to go on the internet and download someone else's personal backup. It's even worse on the suppliers end; posting your copy online for countless others to download is a blatant violation.
Posted 10/05/2007 12:30pm
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