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Full romsets or just favourites?

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    mediamogul Global Moderator
    last edited by mediamogul 17 Jul 2017, 15:17

    @lilbud However, you do need to feel ashamed for not having the cartridge copy of Clash at Demonhead.

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      lilbud @pjft
      last edited by 17 Jul 2017, 15:21

      @pjft Yeah, if I had to buy the games I wanted to emulate, this would be me after buying a copy of Earthbound of NWC 1990

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      TBH, emulation is the only way to play a lot of rare and expensive games, without, ya'know, emptying my college fund.

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        lilbud @mediamogul
        last edited by 17 Jul 2017, 15:23

        @mediamogul Is that game really that good?

        I've heard so much about it but never played it. I do have some NES games on cartridge.

        Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

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          mediamogul Global Moderator @lilbud
          last edited by mediamogul 17 Jul 2017, 15:29

          @lilbud

          TBH, emulation is the only way to play a lot of rare and expensive games, without, ya'know, emptying my college fund.

          Who needs college when you have 'Donkey Kong Jr. Math'?

          Is that game really that good?

          Try it for yourself and find out. It plays a bit like 'Mega Man' with an arsenal of items almost unparalleled in other action platformers of the era. I actually do have a complete in-box copy of this game that I got a great deal on.

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            A Former User @TMNTturtlguy
            last edited by 17 Jul 2017, 17:06

            @tmntturtlguy said in Full romsets or just favourites?:

            @lilbud I assume what you are stating is that you have full roms for all of the nintendo cartridges you own and have in your possession. Correct?

            I assume that you yourself own every single arcade cabinet/pcb board corresponding to the files in the romsets you use in your builds . Correct?

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              TMNTturtlguy @A Former User
              last edited by 17 Jul 2017, 17:38

              @arkive i am not making any statements regarding right or wrong, ethical or not, legal or illegal, and I am not making any statements about what i do personally. I am only suggesting that it is not wise to post statements about what you may or may not choose to put on your personal machines. I love retropie and this community and it is in our best interest as a group to be wise about what we state, share and condone. That is all I was trying to say. I think @lilbud and I have had enough conversations and fun on this forum for him to know exactly where I am coming from, and based on his response, and the fun responses by others, I think most people caught onto what my intent was.

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                A Former User @TMNTturtlguy
                last edited by A Former User 17 Jul 2017, 17:53

                @tmntturtlguy said in Full romsets or just favourites?:

                @arkive I am not making any statements about what i do personally.

                You are, in the 1st post of the topic you created and I linked to. It's just one example - so does everybody else on this forum, otherwise we would just have to walk around this giant elephant in the room and any conversations would be impossible. Do you think that the guys in MAME ROW threads own the cabinets for the games they play, etc, etc?

                I didn't quote you to start a personal argument. I also like this forum & community - a rare thing these days, and I fully understand when the owners make some rules - even if I may disagree with them, it's their house and so we have to act accordingly.

                However, I also think that some better explanation/elaboration of said rules is in order, or perhaps new ones added. Situations as the one above are unacceptable - one member chiding another for something he does himself. I understand you may be friends, but this is a public forum and there's lots of irregular posters, lurkers and people with no personal connections. It's simply not fair.

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                  mediamogul Global Moderator @A Former User
                  last edited by 17 Jul 2017, 20:15

                  @arkive

                  It's simply not fair.

                  At least you're being acknowledged. Imagine how the elephant must feel.

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                    A Former User
                    last edited by 17 Jul 2017, 20:50

                    I asked for a clarification/explanation, maybe a little discussion regarding the rules regarding the ~unspeakable~. I got a snarky one liner as a reply...fairly sad, but not at all surprising. I guess it's a form of "clarification" though.

                    I have no interest participating in a community rooted in hypocrisy - after all I'd say about 85% users of your soft are pirates, most likely including some staff here too (and that's a low estimate). Sprinkle this with a bit of "all users are equal, but some are more equal than others" - and we have quite a heady mix. Ah, the wonderful world of internet forums :)

                    I'd ask for my account to be disabled, but I know that for some strange reason that never works. So, I'll leave you to it and won't bother anymore with any pesky comments - have fun. Just wondering, how far are you gonna take this? VOGONS are the golden standard - these guys don't mess about, when you ask for help there they'll tell you to post a pic of the original copy of the game. Think you can match that? ;)

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                      mediamogul Global Moderator @A Former User
                      last edited by 17 Jul 2017, 20:57

                      @arkive

                      Think you can match that?

                      At one time we were considering a blood oath, but decided pinkie swears were much less messy.

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                        spruce_m00se
                        last edited by 18 Jul 2017, 06:04

                        I have an image with thousands of roms on it, every now and then I change the cards and play some new games, if I like them I copy them to my own SD card with just the games im interested in playing.
                        I dont like too much choice.

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                          AndersHP
                          last edited by 18 Jul 2017, 06:07

                          It wasn't my intention to start a debate.
                          I just think the "paralyzation of choice" that @mediamogul mention is interesting.

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                            mediamogul Global Moderator @AndersHP
                            last edited by mediamogul 18 Jul 2017, 06:15

                            @andershp

                            This is nothing compared to the great 'Addams Family' vs 'Munsters' debate of 2016. I made the assertion that you could love them both, but was called a hippie and told to pick a side.

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                              AndersHP @mediamogul
                              last edited by 18 Jul 2017, 06:22

                              @mediamogul Haha! :)

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                              My Gameboy

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