![]() ![]() ![]() Now not only do gamers have access to virtually every Castlevania title on the NES, but they now have access to the obscure, the untranslated, and the never ported. ![]() For many gamers, young and old, emulation has created an opportunity to fill in the gaps as well as a chance to get caught up in fits of overwhelming nostalgia. Thanks to emulation, this door has been reopened. Or, perhaps we did have that fortune, but, over the years, had to give it up, and now no longer have access to those former treasures we once had. Perhaps we were too young to enjoy such classics as Dragon Warrior and Gauntlet. And, I suspect, for many of us, our old-school experience may not have been as fulfilling as we would have liked. Until now, my retro experience was limited to a handful of NES and Genesis games the latter only played at friends’ and cousins’ houses. Because lets face it unless you’re a geezer, extremely loaded, or just very fortunate, it’s entirely likely that your childhood lacked much in retro gaming. But for emulation in particular, my convictions are especially strong.ĭownloading games that are no longer in production is perfectly OK. In fact, I don’t take much issue with any form of digital piracy unless it’s done for something other than strict personal use. Or, at the very least, I see no real harm in it. Hacking your Wii so you can play previously inaccessible titles is piracy. Burning a copy of the DVD you rented from the movie store in order to sell it to your friends is piracy. They would never get the chance to survive taunting from hippies or exhaust gases from possessed vehicles."ĭigital piracy has many forms. They would never cruise through the desert in a tank, much less fight a massive robot blocking your path with one. ![]() If it weren’t for them, RPG nerds would never have had the opportunity to save the world from an unnamed threat with nothing but such ordinary items as baseball bats, frying pans and bottle rockets. ![]()
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