Kinslayer777 Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Hello! It seems to me everyone is hushed about where to get roms...And no one really talks about it. I havnt had much luck with google based rom download sites since they dont always have the games i'm looking for... And since i'm only looking for games i actually own (Hence LEGAL ROMS) then i cant use a different game for substitute. Could anyone clarify where i can really get Roms? And maybe why it seems taboo to talk about in the last 4 gaming site forums i've been to? Thanks alot, Lews Therin Kinslayer' Ps. I apologize if there was a better forum, i suppose media would have been before it was killed off. Otherwise, this seemed the best for my question. Oh! For those of you unaware, you are legally allowed to own a copy of any game you have as backup. Those are called Roms :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 While technically if you had a copy of a rom from a game you own is legal, the sites that hold repositories of them surely are not. Alas the rules at tipit stipulate we cannot help you on this matter, sorry. Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albosky Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 As mercifull said , we dont really allow discussing or offering help in such issues here at tip.it because we cant be responsible for policing legal or ilegal activity outside these forums. and just a clarification You are legally allowed to MAKE a backup of the games you own , not download them. I like to fart silently but deadly in movie theatersArd Choille says (11:41 PM):I wouldn't dare tell you what to do m'dear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinslayer777 Posted April 25, 2006 Author Share Posted April 25, 2006 I see. But...What about my super nintendo, N64, Black and white gameboy? Color gameboy? these consoles? There is no way Offered to make a backup. As for the sites that host them, they all tell you you're only allowed if you own them. Furthermore, if it werent for tools like daemon, methods for personally copying games wouldnt work either because they have protection. Are you sure that its only that you can make them? Not download the ones you own? I was also talking to a guy at Gamestop recently when we got into a discussion. He was also under the impression you could download those that you own but the company (obviously) isnt responsible for any damamges it may cause to your system. Oh, and so will this thread be locked? Or can we wait till the whole issue is clarified...But staying away from naming the sites? How about not sites...but rather methods TO make backups of the games i have? Not for regular games, because for those i use daemon tools. But the problem is for console games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 i know for gamecube games it is not even legal to make backups. probably not legal anymore to make backups of any of the new games. there has to be a way to backup cartridge games, else how would they get the roms? i just dont know how, cant help you there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinslayer777 Posted April 25, 2006 Author Share Posted April 25, 2006 They get the roms by either using expensive equipment or also getting it from the "inside" before it goes into cartridges..Afterall they dont code it on a catridge =D (Hehe, i got a funny picture of a team of steorotypical japanese [again...I'm running on a steorotype atm] white shirt and tie men [its part of a steorotype] huddling over a single 2+1/2 by 4 inch catridge fiddling) Oh, and i sorely doubt its illegal to back gamecube games. like REALLY doubt it unless they have a special system that they'll send you backups...but i also doubt it. Its a law, not a policy. Nintendo cant change laws, if gamecube was affected then all systems would have been affected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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