Craigslist (That's Not Legal!!!)

[Diosoth]

The big reason these people get away with it is because there's less than a 1% chance of any punishment. The police don't care because they have other things to worry about. Game companies? Well sure, you can report these people and Nintendo MIGHT send C&D letters out(which is usually sufficient. The threat of a lawsuit will make most of them stop) but there is little chance they'll be punished in that regard. Especially as they're doing it in a small term operation which will keep them under the radar. What do they have? A hotmail address? A dynamic IP that craigslist MIGHT hand over? Sure the police could set you up and arrest at the meet but there is a greater chance of an alien invasion than the police even considering that. They'd treat it as a civil matter and only if the game company is involved.

Now it's not even a matter of finding ROMs. You can find a pre-packed ROM set with an emulator on a torrent site, all ready for you. Grab it, burn to some cheap discs, sell them. The buyers aren't even people who should "know better", it's typically mothers and grandparents who think they're buying a cheap gaming alternative for their kids and have no idea this is piracy.

[MN12BIRD]

$50 for one emulator and 5 ROM's? What a DEAL!

Also WTF is with the 5 ROM limit anyway? It would take him like 2 more minutes of time to put say 500 ROM's instead of just 5 on the same PC. It's like with only 5 ROM's He wants his ad to look even more lame than it already is. I mean at least with a crazy number like "500 GAMES!" He might get some attention. What a retard.

[Rusty Venture]

Apparently the law says if you offer 6 or more Roms, you are a scummy thief.

5 or less? You cool.

[GohanX]

repros are sooo 2008, the new hotness is emulators with a video out and a solid USB controller. Win.

Shit, son, I was doing that 10 years ago! Of course, modern pcs with HDMI out to HDTV's is a whole lot better.

[Murphy245]

5 roms for $50 what is he smoking lol

[Nunzio]

Come to think of it I only ever bought one thing off Craigslist and it was counterfeit (I was aware of this).

Besides the fact that he is being a retard in general (5 games wtf?), I see no problem with selling illegal wares there. That's what it's for, counterfeit stuff and escorts.

[kool kitty89]

repros are sooo 2008, the new hotness is emulators with a video out and a solid USB controller. Win.

You could to that 5-10 years ago... (as long as emulators have supported USB controllers -or gameports for that matter). That and a PC with a fast enough CPU. (more important for Sega CD or 32x than MD, SNES, or earlier -many 3D consoles are easy to simulate with 3D acceleration too)

We've had our family PC hooked up to a TV since the late 90s. (around the time we got a DVD-ROM drive or a little earlier)

Repros are cool though. I'd like a Star Fox 2 repro...

[GriskaGyoran]

[mrbigreddog]

It just keeps getting better!

http://tallahassee.craigslist.org/vgm/1743196855.html

[Devon]

i was hoping to find a good escort on cl.

[Rusty Venture]

It just keeps getting better!

http://tallahassee.craigslist.org/vgm/1743196855.html

Arcade version of "Life Force", sweet!

[Da_Shocker]

It just keeps getting better!

http://tallahassee.craigslist.org/vgm/1743196855.html

Hey that's a steal it's better than alot of these real compilations these companies sale. That's what 10 cents a game lol.

[SketchTurner94]

You could probably buy a real NES/Genesis/SNES and five games for under $50.

There's a sucker born every minute. I wonder how many people actually fell for this.