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AITAH for pirating games before buying them?
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this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2023
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Genuine question, is enaulating older systems, with ROMs/ISOs you get off the Internet, considered piracy? No current systems, only older ones. Newest one is PS3. Is this piracy?
Edit: ok, thank you, everyone. I emulate very old games because it's a nostalgia thing. Games I played when I was very young and I wanted to play them again. I don't emulate anything new as I have a huge collection of physical copies of games I played on newer systems like the PS4.
Technically yes. But if the games are no longer even being sold I'd argue that it's perfectly fine to do it anyway.
It is supposed to be, technically. IIRC, you're supposed to copy your own stuff - such as BIOS and ISOs - rather than download others, which is why things like PCSX2 doesn't natively come with a BIOS.
Yes it's piracy. And it's likely illegal depending on your country. But I don't think it's unethical.
I personally don't think so. You're free to do what ever you want with any system that is obsolete and not supported.