I believe Retroarch does not provide any bios files, and in some cases, they use open-source versions. The emulator itself is perfectly legal. What people do with it however is probably not.
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So excited for this and then the thing I dreaded came to pass. The app shutdowns podcasts when you switch to it. I believe this does not happen when using Retroarch through Steamlink on the Apple tv. Bummer!!! I know, a very me problem. I also thought the game I ran looked slightly better than it did on Steam Deck Retroarch but nothing too significant. Maybe just brighter.
Please, you didn't copy it from your Gameboy cartridge to your iPhone, but downloaded an illegal ROM from an illegal website.
Did you download the ROM from an illegal ROM website to your iPhone? If yes, it's not your copy that you are using.
is there a difference between me dumping my rom myself or downloading it?
end result is i have a rom file of my game either way
i actually have my pokémon red physical cartridge in my drawer lol does nintendo need to watch me dump it or can i just download the copy
you’re such a corporate stooge lmao
you’re such a corporate stooge lmao
not all rom sites are illegal anyway which is another area of concern you are woefully under informed about
Ofcourse there is. The developer can even ban your license and force you to buy a new one.
Blizzard has been banning people from their games, forcing them to buy a new copy of the game. So they can do it.
And pirated games also often come with a license key generator, so it's not your license that you are using.
i think you don’t understand the topic.
we are discussing old rom files of retro consoles like gameboys and the nes
you are talking about modern software piracy lol you are not having the same conversation
please reread the entire post and thread
The recent mig dumper for the Switch, copies a license key from the game itself when you dump the game on the Switch. If you trade in or sell your official copy to someone, Nintendo can detect multiple copies of the same license key out in the wild and actually ban your console. At least that's how I understand it.
A game on a console or a game on a PC is the same thing. They are games or software.
well this conversation is about old retro game rom files so i’d ask we stay remotely on topic
Good luck once Nintendo goes after Apple and potentially even gets a list of all the people who have been pirating their Ninendo games.
You guys deserve it.
these apps have been out for decades and nintendo literally cannot do anything about it because you actually do not understand the difference between retro gaming and modern software piracy
hi friends I already have the games for retroarch for the tv but how can I add them if the tv does not have the option for files in icloud
thanks
thanks
When you first boot up Retroarch on the Apple TV it gives you 2 links to type into your webrowser (phone, pc). They both take you to the same place. From there you can download the file on the device and remotely transfer it to the downloads directory of Retroarch. I don't believe icloud is involved in anyway, perhaps it is but you don't see it during the process.
Similar to KDE Plasma for SteamDeck (for those who have a Windows PC and need to transfer files to the Deck).
So you think you are free to pirate the Star Wars trilogy because they are "retro" movies and Disney can go screw themselves after having paid billions for those rights?
You think you can walk into WallMart and steal a BluRay copy of Star Wars because you bought this movie 20+ years ago and it is "retro"?
Get real.
If you want to play these "retro" games, Nintendo has a subscription service for this, so you are literally stealing money from Nintendo by pirating illegal ROMs.
This is absolutely hilarious.
But it’s so true! Little did everyone know, back in the days when most console games were around 5-10 kilobytes in size, that those companies would put in multiple megs of ownership checking code that could be updated remotely using technologies that would not yet exist for a dozen years or so. It was just so cumbersome carrying around a 20 pound drive with each cartridge, and those huge antennae could poke your eye out!
Just because YOU pirate pc games (and obviously with a comment about key generators, you do), doesn’t mean that those of us that do things legally have to tuck our tails when you understand things so erroneously.
I don't, you cannot pirate on a Xbox Series X. I own all my games legally.
A quick scan of your posting history reveals that you consider yourself a millennial; I suppose you're a little too young to remember Steve Jobs introducing the original iPhone as three devices in one - one of those, of course, being an iPod. 😉 Apple has sold 2.3 billion iPhones since its launch in 2007. To date, Sony has sold about 400 million Walkmans (tape players, MD players, and digital media players), according to Wikipedia. So I suppose it's fair to say that more people listen to music on iPods and iPhones than Walkmans. 🤣
You're probably too young to remember, but Sony did not allow playback of MP3s on its first few generations of "Network Walkmans." Instead, it forced users to perform lossy conversions to ATRAC3 format, to facilitate DRM management. Having dealt with that fiasco, and having lived in Japan for more than twenty years, I'd venture a guess that I'm a little more familiar with Japanese corporate governance than you. The chances of Sony or Nintendo allowing ROM downloads and officially-sanctioned emulators on other companies' app stores (like Apple's) is slim to none (although I'd LOVE to be proven wrong!!!) ... Since management positions in the vast majority of Japanese companies (including Sony and Nintendo) are filled based on tenure (rather than merit) and since Japanese society as a whole values consensus and harmony (rather than individuality and outside-the-box thinking), it's just not likely that either company will do the reasonable thing here. Anyway, I'll leave you to it. 👍🏻
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Do you mean Xbox Series X games themselves? Xbox has a developer mode where you are even able to pirate 360 games last I heard and has access to Retroarch as well.