kane_magus | "Is 'Emulation' Still a Dirty Word to Gamers?"

"Is emulation still a dirty word to gamers, or has it become more acceptable over the years?"

Prior to watching the video: Um... was emulation ever a "dirty word" to gamers? If it was, I never heard about it. I've never had a problem with it, at least, even if it is, technically, piracy. It's how I was able to play Terranigma, back in the day, since that was never released in the US, as far as I'm aware (and also Soul Blazer for that matter, since even though it was released in the US, I never owned it, as Illusion of Gaia was the only game in the series that I ever legitimately owned [and which I recently played within the past year or two via emulator]). Same with Sailor Moon: Another Story and several other "Japan only, maybe with a fan translation if I'm lucky" games. And I recently replayed The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX using an emulator, because I no longer have a Game Boy of any type. And the last few times I've played EarthBound (including the most recent playthrough in the past year or so, when I went on an emulation kick, as seen above), I've had to use an emulator (even before I moved back to NC from WA and just left my mostly-dead SNES on the floor in the condo out there for whoever moved in after me [or, more likely, whoever cleaned up from the real estate people or whatever]), and I always had to use one to play the original Mother (back when it was still called EarthBound Zero instead of EarthBound Beginnings as it's called now). There's been a shit-ton of other stuff I've played via emulators over the years, whether console or arcade games, dubious legality be damned. ¬_¬

Also, every non-Wii game on the Wii Virtual Console was (legally) emulated and nobody had a problem with that, as far as I'm aware. Same for pretty much every other modern console that plays old games.

After watching the video: Yeah. Pretty much what all they said.