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Site Disclaimer:
This
site contains links to emulators and roms. Emulators are legal for
use on your own computer, but 99% of all roms are not. You may keep
a rom file on your computer for play for a period of 24 hours. After
which, it must be deleted from your hard drive, else you violate copyright
and patent laws. By entering this site, you are agreeing to this
disclaimer as well. You may, however, keep a rom permanently on your
hard drive, cd-disc or floppy disk as a backup. You may only do this
if you own the actual cartridge or cd-disc or floppy disk of the rom itself.
It's not illegal to keep backups of your software, just make sure you understand
the laws.
Definitions:
Emulator
- A program which copies, or "mimics" another software program
OR physical machine itself. Example being, an emulator for the Super
Nintendo gaming console, is a software program which reproduces faithfully,
more or less, the actual internal functions and programming of the Super
Nintendo gaming console itself. Thus giving you a 'virtual game system'
on your PC for free. Emulators are free to keep and use on your own
computer. It is NOT illegal to own, or operate an emulator in ANY
part of the known world at this time.
Rom
- A piece of software. A ROM image, rom meaning "read only
memory". An image file of an actual video game, be it from an arcade
machine (and exact duplicate in PC format used for play on a PC), or a
gaming console like the Super Nintendo for example. A rom is just
basically a duped video game, placed into format for emulators to read,
and then allow you to play. You may only keep rom image files on
your computer for 24 hours UNLESS you are keeping them for backup purposes.
In order to keep a rom image on your computer for backup purposes, you
MUST own the rom (game) in it's original cartridge, cd-disc or arcade-board
state, or be a licensee of the video game company itself, or have other
criteria and credentials which would instate your authorization to keep
backup copies of rom images on your local hard drive, floppy disk, zip
drive, cd-disc, etc etc.
Piracy
- The art of copying commercial software onto any type of media,
i.e. hard drive, floppy disk, cd-disc, backup tape, zip drive, etc etc.
Also distributing, selling and trading commercial software in which both
parties have not PAID for the software via license agreement during installion
of the full-version of the product, is also considered piracy. Piracy
is punishable by law to great extents, including jail and/or prison time
and heavy fines anywhere from $250.00 to over $1,000,000.00. Please
make sure you are not violating any laws by entering our site in YOUR local
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