This looks like a great solution to disc rot and faulty drives (even if a bit expensive), and I hope that every console with disc media could get this kind of mod.
Incoming anti-piracy comments about a two decade old console. Brace yourselves.
"While a great many people will naturally take advantage of the many shady sites online which share game files, the makers of the GC Loader do not condone software piracy and encourage users to rip their own discs in order to use them with the device. "
I don't get why people are so twichy with modding older hardware to make them more convenient to use years after they're out of production. Not everyone is living in the US and under their copyright laws, and may be interested in this kind of stuff.
@mesome713 Even the NES and SNES are just emulation machines that come with preloaded ROMs.
Also, if you want to bring examples from another types of media, then I will too: It's totally legal to burn a music CD on your computer and play it from your hard drive or your iPod without the need of using the original physical media in which it was sold.
The problem isn't the emulation per se, but the source of the ROM files.
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This looks like a great solution to disc rot and faulty drives (even if a bit expensive), and I hope that every console with disc media could get this kind of mod.
Incoming anti-piracy comments about a two decade old console. Brace yourselves.
Re: Hardware Review: Should You Ditch Your GameCube Discs For The GC Loader?
@wolvesboy Have you read the review?
"While a great many people will naturally take advantage of the many shady sites online which share game files, the makers of the GC Loader do not condone software piracy and encourage users to rip their own discs in order to use them with the device. "
Re: Hardware Review: Should You Ditch Your GameCube Discs For The GC Loader?
I don't get why people are so twichy with modding older hardware to make them more convenient to use years after they're out of production. Not everyone is living in the US and under their copyright laws, and may be interested in this kind of stuff.
Re: The RK2020 Is Another Chinese Handheld Which Aims To Play Absolutely Everything
Emulation also allowed people to play Super Smash Bros. Melee online with a proper rollback netcode, so...
Re: The RK2020 Is Another Chinese Handheld Which Aims To Play Absolutely Everything
@mesome713 Even the NES and SNES are just emulation machines that come with preloaded ROMs.
Also, if you want to bring examples from another types of media, then I will too: It's totally legal to burn a music CD on your computer and play it from your hard drive or your iPod without the need of using the original physical media in which it was sold.
The problem isn't the emulation per se, but the source of the ROM files.
Re: The RK2020 Is Another Chinese Handheld Which Aims To Play Absolutely Everything
Game emulation is completely legal. As an example, many LucasArts games that are sold by Steam and other platforms run emulated through SCUMMVM.