Legal?

I want to play games but i dont know if this is legal please help!

Yes, playing video games is indeed legal.

Replying to #2

providing you're not under the age displayed on the cover.downloading roms is not legal.

Devon · #2Yes, playing video games is indeed legal.

That was a good one :)
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Replying to #3

But making and uploading roms is legal?

Replying to #4

Provided you don't share the files with anyone then yes. Distribution is not legal, creating a backup and storing it online solely for your own usage is.

Making ROM Hacks on the other hand falls under the "gray" area. It is considered illegal by some game companies *cough* Square-Enix *cough* but is acknowledged by others, say with Nintendo with the many Super Mario World hacks all over the net. They acknowledge them as much as they even made a "pow block rush" stage in "New Super Mario Wii U" as well as a stage that kinda looked like a "Kaizo Trap" but never was.Using emulators are legal too.

rukia3 · #4But making and uploading roms is legal?

making is legal, uploading is not. While uploading is technically legal if no-one but yourself has access to it, the assumption would be made that you uploaded it for the purpose of distribution, which is not legal.

Downloading games is legal in Belgium, uploading on the other hand isn't.

This sounds a little too borderline type of material for me.

Nothing borderline about it. It's like downloading music or anything else that normally costs money, it's illegal in most countries.

Provided you don't share the files with anyone, creating a backup and storing it online solely for your own usage is.

Of course I do this only for me ;)

Replying to #11

Same.

Humph.
Well, downloading isn't illegal in Australia apparently.

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My brother got hit for downloading 2 call of duty games...I call false, not that I care, 'STRALYA MATE

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Those fall under "Warez" NOT "ROMs" though :PAnd really!? Getting caught for downloading a crappy game like CoD ROFLMAO~!

mds64 · #14My brother got hit for downloading 2 call of duty games...

Ahaha!
This is my beauty:Random games, movies, TV shows. Got a full collection of EUR region 3DS and NDS releases.
Never being caught.

Thanks to Steam and their sales I no longer pirate PC games :)My only problem now is, there aren't that many Steam Wallet code vendors in this country and I refuse to do online banking.And yeah, EA'S GAMES (like The SIMs) STILL DESERVE BEING PIRATED :P

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Problem is, with Australia, all of our internet is bad.
So Steam is kind of useless, at a peak of 100 kb/s. :p (I'm the exception, with average 70 mb/s speeds on Steam).I have tried to do the Humble Bundle and stuff though. So I've got a big collection now of about 50 games.

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You think that's bad?I only get 90+kbps whenever I download games from Steam. That is of course because I only have a 1mbps internet connection. I really wish my ISP would offer their 3mbps package bundled with their landline + internet bundle for cheaper prices.

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Where are you? The moon?