Matt Lee wrote:
On 12/13/10 16:45, Sam Geeraerts wrote:
Some people consider game ROMs to be artwork, but they must contain some
logic too. They're unmodifiable and sourceless in any case, so I think
we shouldn't provide software who's only purpose is to run those ROMs.
Thoughts?
I don't think it's fair to say they're unmodifiable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROM_hacking
I see. That seems to mostly involve either hex editing or disassembling.
In any case, I haven't heard of ROMs with a free license.
There's even GUI tools to modify them. Plus, emulators often require a
copy of the BIOS, which is not usually licensed for distribution.
I thought you could just do "$emulator game.rom" and start playing. If
the emulators are broken even with the ROMs then that's an additional
reason to get rid of them.
