DMCA, says you can play roms legally

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:21 pm

By the way, this month (I dont know the date) is the 20th anniversary of the NES. Saw that on Nintendo.com

extremesonic · Post by **extremesonic** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 2:37 pm

plus they can still port can't they, which means they still have the game and stuff licenses, and is still making profit. So unless the game is 100% unportable somehow then yeah it's legal. I think thats what they're trying to say.

Post by **benheck** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 3:07 pm

This is cool news. Much like how old books (like Moby Dick and The Bible) are in the public domain.

Unless copyright holders renew relentlessly... Something I'd expect Nintendo would do, but there's other games out there folks!

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 3:10 pm

*starts dancing*

collingall2005 · Post by **collingall2005** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 3:16 pm

Like extremesonic said, when they are able to sell the game for a new system (ex the Revolution) they are able to renew a copyright on to original code (ex Super Mario Bros.) so don't get your hopes up sorry

Post by **bicostp** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 3:20 pm

I thought (almost) everything pre-1983 crash was in the public domain?

What about all the games from defunct Atari 3'rd party companies? (Imagic, Mystique

, US Games...)

electromaster64 · Post by **electromaster64** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 6:59 pm

Why doesn't nintendo do this

They could release all the games for each system on CDs (or DVDs) on an emulator/whatever that they design. Have all of the games dived in collections by genre (action, rpg, fighting.......) Even if they charged exorbitant prices (definitely not more exorbitent than $40 to play SNES Zelda on GBA) everyone would buy them. It seems like the most logical solution to emulation/game piracy. Simple supply and demand, there is a demand for them and currently the only supply is illegal so make a legal supply and make cash.

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 7:31 pm

by doing so, they would lose sales on their systems/handhelds, due to the vast amount of ports they have there.

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 7:48 pm

what about non-nintendo games like dreamcast or NEO-GEO? thoses aren't being made or supported anymore. can we talk about those?

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:02 pm

copyright's are still around, so an amazing NO.

Radon199 · Post by **Radon199** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 8:49 pm

If they are copywrited for 70 years by the time the games go off copywrite most of us will be eather A) dead or B) So wriggled with arthwritest that we can't use a keyboard.

Tho by the time that happens were prolly not gonna have computers as we know them, I know when Im imersed in full veirtual reality in 40 years from now im not gonna wanna play some 8-bit NES game on a screen that causes eye strain when I can fight photorealistic orcs in a Lord of the Rings game.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 9:04 pm

electromaster64 wrote:Why doesn't nintendo do this

They could release all the games for each system on CDs (or DVDs) on an emulator/whatever that they design. Have all of the games dived in collections by genre (action, rpg, fighting.......) Even if they charged exorbitant prices (definitely not more exorbitent than $40 to play SNES Zelda on GBA) everyone would buy them. It seems like the most logical solution to emulation/game piracy. Simple supply and demand, there is a demand for them and currently the only supply is illegal so make a legal supply and make cash.

arent they doing something like this with the revolution

Radon199 · Post by **Radon199** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 9:36 pm

basicly ya, except that it's gonna cost more with the revolution. Prolly about $3-$5 per NES and SNES rom and maby $15 for N64 ones, maby $25 for the more popular ones.

The point is that people will still use roms anyways, it's cheaper.

teraflop122 · Post by **teraflop122** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 9:51 pm

I thought (almost) everything pre-1983 crash was in the public domain?

I think videogames have copyright protection for 25 years- so anything pre-NES is legal, but post-NES is illegal.

Last time I checked, copyrights always last for the duration of the life of the creator, plus 50 years. However, Patents only last between 13 and 17 years, and that is why we see NOAC's raining from the sky on a daily basis. (LOL- Sky

...If you didn't find that funny, you're weird)

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 9:56 pm

The revolution is kind of a rip off. I like Nintendo, but they will be overcharging for the roms. They should give you an uploader so you can upload the old carts to the revolution as roms.