Comment Re:StarRoms Roms, were do they come from? (Score 0) 127
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Pirate to Sell? (Score:3, Interesting)
by SomeOtherGuy (179082) on Wednesday April 07, @10:42AM (#8791981)
(Last Journal: Sunday November 03, @02:58PM)
I found this interesting:
When I first heard about StarRoms I naturally assumed that the rom images they provide would be obtained directly from Atari. After an email exchange with StarRoms, I was very dissapointed to find out that the roms they are selling were originally downloaded from the internet (i.e. the same images from the same illegal dumping activity that most of us have already). It seems StarRoms are missing the most important point to emulation fans and missing a real benefit that only a legitimate source can provide: we'd like to be sure that the rom images are 100% accurate by having them provided by, or at least authenticated by the manufacturer. Atari should naturally be required to provide them if they are also making money by selling/licencing them.
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-Tom
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Pirate to Sell? (Score:3, Interesting)
by SomeOtherGuy (179082) on Wednesday April 07, @10:42AM (#8791981)
(Last Journal: Sunday November 03, @02:58PM)
I found this interesting:
When I first heard about StarRoms I naturally assumed that the rom images they provide would be obtained directly from Atari. After an email exchange with StarRoms, I was very dissapointed to find out that the roms they are selling were originally downloaded from the internet (i.e. the same images from the same illegal dumping activity that most of us have already). It seems StarRoms are missing the most important point to emulation fans and missing a real benefit that only a legitimate source can provide: we'd like to be sure that the rom images are 100% accurate by having them provided by, or at least authenticated by the manufacturer. Atari should naturally be required to provide them if they are also making money by selling/licencing them.
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-Tom
