The Next Genesis Revolution

[ary incorparated]

BTW Jnus what does blast processing mean,yup not much just a comercial piont,since competing snes.it was like real 16 bit speed aggainst a 8 bus that snes had.7,56 HZ aggainst 3,56 HZ,Dit you know that somethinmes snes had a built in cartridge processor like in SF alpha 2,what a downfall.is more the 16 hZ that the gba has blasting enough?,thats some speed which is requered when trying to do 32 bit.

[Balrog12]

Isn't this really a prime example of why ROM use is illegal? While many game copyrights may not get enforced heavily, rest assured someone still owns the things. They don't really expire anymore (not anytime before most of us will be very old, if not deceased anyway, and thats if they aren't renewed.

I know it won't work, but I wouldn't blame developers who are in on the Revo thing if they started to enforce the old copyrights much more strongly, even against people who don't distribute the things.

The reality is that this is just prrof that gamers have been lying to themselves regarding the ethics of ROM use.

I know it's hard to bite the bullet, but the best policy IMHO is to
1. just look for games that were produced in sufficient quantity that you can still afford to buy them (especially avoiding expensive overblown cult games cough RSgun cough MDYuYuH cough).
2. Play them on a collection or download them legally to something.

I have so many real games to play on the origibal I would be an idiot to steal games......

That said, I doubt I will use the Revo retro functionality all that much, mainly because I already have the games that would be on it, otherwise I'd be thrilled.

And as far as it being able to run the actual discs.... I guess we can pray........

I would especially appreciate the ability to run JP MegaCD games directly (yeah right....but I would appreciate it)

[ary incorparated]

it is possible,same for the 512 Mb storage is more then enough,you can makes zip or rar files Torrents and also cd,and if you have a emulator that can read torrent then tons of games can fit,and the storage is enough,i hope so to that mega cd wil be ported.

[ary incorparated]

check www.Racketboy.com for some info about some new sega console that has the ultimate sega backwards compatibility,i dont know for shure what it is or if its coming on the market.

[Ghaleon]

Has anyone heard anything about the possibility of the (relatively) cheap Wii dev kit including separate packages/sub-kits/whatever to allow developers to program directly for the various virtual consoles the Wii will support? Or about the possibility/probability of Nintendo and/or the owners of the original systems actually licensing--or, more to the point, publishing for online distribution--new games developed for these virtual consoles, especially by independent developers?

[Garlo]

Or about the possibility/probability of Nintendo and/or the owners of the original systems actually licensing--or, more to the point, publishing for online distribution--new games developed for these virtual consoles, especially by independent developers?

It is my understainding that yes, that will happen. I'm guessing that we will see original games for the Wii and original games for the virtual consoles.

[Genesis Knight]

Isn't this really a prime example of why ROM use is illegal? While many game copyrights may not get enforced heavily, rest assured someone still owns the things. They don't really expire anymore (not anytime before most of us will be very old, if not deceased anyway, and thats if they aren't renewed.

I know it won't work, but I wouldn't blame developers who are in on the Revo thing if they started to enforce the old copyrights much more strongly, even against people who don't distribute the things.

The reality is that this is just prrof that gamers have been lying to themselves regarding the ethics of ROM use.

Interesting point, and one I'll concede.

[j_factor]

I don't think that's necessarily a valid point, particularly on the "ethics" issue.

I don't agree with Sonny Bono's copyright act. I don't think it's unethical to violate it. I don't think that every bill Congress passes is necessarily a rule of ethics.

If you want your copyright to last a century, you should have to file for an extension. It shouldn't automatically last that long.

[TidalTempest]

I like how Nintendo are offering access to all these old games. Personally, I'd rather stick with the originals, but it will be good for the newer generation of gamers to see how good these games are. Perhaps they might even start demanding more from current generation games because older gamers are generally much more entertaining and fun. Of course, this is wishful thinking - most are probably more interested in the latest Zelda or Mario game. Still, I'd like to think that some bored Nintendo gamer waiting for the next big release will give some of these classics a go and fall in love with some of these games.

It will also be good for gamers like us, who love the older generations of gamers more, to be able to legally download a ROM of a rare game through this service to be able to try it out without making a huge hole in our wallets.

I like the idea that people will be able to develop new games for the old system's that the Wii is emulating. I wouldn't mind being involved in this, if it's not too difficult to do.

Mega/Sega CD emulation is a must. I can understand not emulating the 32X due to it's small library of games, but the Mega CD has a decent library of games that I would love to try before deciding on whether to purchase the original version or not.

[Kusanagi]

it's a cool addition to have those oldschool games on the nintendo rev, but it can't be compared to the satisfaction you'll have when holding an original black sega controller in your hands and to the beautiness of seeing the cardridge docked in your 16bit console mounted on a megacd with a 32x sticking on top of it