ROMs

[TurboGrafxer AKA DCer]

the only reason i will use a ROM is for the rarity of the title or on a disc for the DC. i played them all the time before i got into collecting but since then i dont play them anymore. i own the real thing of most of the ROMs i had.

[TraderJake]

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[Tynstar]

I never had any luck with MAME a long time ago so I never played them. I have never tried any console system roms.

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

ROMS? What are ROMS?

The only time I ever used one, and it didn't work so I actually didn't, was after a game I own broke and I really wanted to play it.

[UNFORGIVINGPAIN]

I'll play them but the real thing is much better. ROMS are what got me into collecting games. I played them a lot when I was in Iraq. They helped the time pass. I have MAME, all the consoles, and a PS2 controller to USB adapter. They are cheap, fast, and fun, but Marvin Gaye said it best "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"

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[Mezmoron]

Can't have links listed to ROM sites.....sorry.

Ken

[Tynstar]

DO NOT POST ANY LINKS ON THIS FORUM TO ROM SITES PLEASE

[Tan]

Roms are nice for when you want to try a very expensive game before you buy it, but they can't replicate the expierience of hunting, recieving, opening, displaying and appreciating the retail versions with their artwork, covers, inserts, etc. or the lights, sounds, ambience of a coin-op.

It's like the difference between a cheap hooker in a sleazy motel versus a classy lady on a night on the town with satin sheets. 

[Fuyukaze]

I have nothing to do with roms or emulation beyond those forms legaly released under the assortment of compliation discs for various new generation systems.  It's not that I think they are evil or such, just that I'd rather own the original.  If it's an expensive game I try to find it cheap.  If I cant find it cheap I keep searching untill I find it for a price I'm willing to pay.  I'm stubern like that.  There's so many games out there that I'm able to find a good portion of what I want sometimes for prices I'm willing to pay.  I dont hold it against others if they do, that's their buisness.   As for me and my games, let it be the real thing, not a rom.

[Cobra]

I love ROMs. It was how I could test games for my Nomad before buying them so I knew if they were really worth the money before parting with my hard earned cash. Plus it's cool being able to play MegaDrive games on your Dreamcast

At the same time they tick me off, you could have a massive collection of 200 games for some rare system that cost you a 1/4 of your years wages. You'd think it's something really special, but then when bragging but how it took you forever, and almost everything you had to complete this collection when your cheap skate mate says, oh yeah, I've got all those game and have played them all on my PC.

It just really kills the moment and the whole magic to the whole collection, just like making out in a park when a load of Japanese tourists suddenly come by haha :embarassed:

So IF people followed the legal guidelines, only use ROMS that you do own or delete them after 24 hours I would be happy. 24 hours is more than enough time to preview a game and decide to purchase them or not, and if you already own them it'll be cool to have the ROM for making the game cross platform by playing it on your Dreamcast, or Saturn through emulation.

[Shimra]

I'm about 99% sure this topic was made from a few badly choiced comments I wish I could take back but am too lazy to go back into that topic and delete them.

Anyway, I'll rom old games, but that's it. And hell, I have Phantasy Star Collection, Game and Watch Gallery, Megaman Anniversary Collection, Link to the Past GBA, Megaman X Collection, Yoshi's Island Advance, Sonice Mega Collection etc. So in other words I will definately buy the game if it is made available again, hence why I am pro Wii all the way.

[Cobra]

If the Wii gets the entire Phantasy Star series. I may have to ignore the name and pic one up.

[Shimra]

Phantasy Star 4 would be a godsend.

[James]

I used to play Mega Drive and Master System ROMs all the time on Gens+. I could never find an emulator I liked for any other systems. I slowly stopped using it, though. I still have all these ROMs on my computer. I used them when I was lying on the bed with my laptop and couldn't be bothered setting up the TV, plugging the cartridge in and sitting upright.

There was one time when I was on a two hour train journey with my laptop. My ROMs were useful then. For some reason I'm fine with playing ROMs on my PC if it's for 16bit and before, but "backups" for any other system are a no-no.

[chrisbid]

generally no

but i do have a large collection of MAME roms on my xbox.  however, i also own every arcade classic compilation available for the PS2/XBOX/Cube generation of games, so my level of guilt is minimal.