PC Rom to N64 Cart?

[Vchat20]

Im new to this whole emulation stuff, so does anybody know if there's a way I can take a Rom i downloaded and put it on a cartridge and play it on my N64?

[icepir8]

You need a cart emulator. :)

[Vchat20]

That's the whole reason why I want to put roms on a n64 cart. The emulators dont run on my crappy PC, so I want the n64 roms put on carts to play on my n64 console.

[Allnatural]

Piracy in its highest form.

[icepir8]

I am serious they have cart emulators that plug into you N64 so that you can load roms ifrom a cd or hard disk and run them. They only cost 5+ times what the carts cost. So it is not an economical solution. It is cheaper to by the carts.

[Stezo2k]

lol im suprised this topic didnt get locked cuz this is a type of piracy, which we dont allow. why would u wana play roms on ur n64 if u own the real games? u wouldnt unless u didnt own them. Mabie u dont understand.... if u download a rom u must own it unless u delete it within 24 hours.

i heard a doctor 64 lets u play/copy roms onto ur pc/n64 but im not givin you any links etc

Happy illegal emulation (hope the cops nock on ur door)

Stezo

[Raging Fuel]

Originally posted by Stezo2k
Mabie u dont understand.... if u download a rom u must own it unless u delete it within 24 hours.

Actually the whole 24 hours thing is just bullshit. You are not allowed to have ROMs at all. Even if you own the original cart, you are still not allowed to have ROMs.

[Evrain]

ROM's are backups of the original game, this is perfectly legal. It's like when you copy your original Quake3/GTA/everyothergameorprogram disc because the one you bought is shattering into microscopical pieces. It happened to my Q3 disc...
Evrain

[yogaman]

Originally posted by Evrain
ROM's are backups of the original game, this is perfectly legal. It's like when you copy your original Quake3/GTA/everyothergameorprogram disc because the one you bought is shattering into microscopical pieces. It happened to my Q3 disc...
Evrain

lol - true, how true

[Malcolm]

Originally posted by Evrain
ROM's are backups of the original game, this is perfectly legal. It's like when you copy your original Quake3/GTA/everyothergameorprogram disc because the one you bought is shattering into microscopical pieces. It happened to my Q3 disc...
Evrain

Actually you're incorrect. Video games weren't meant to be copied in any form. If you go to Nintendo’s web site they have a whole 20-page document out laying how copying their carts to ROMs is illegal. It mainly because they have copyrighter every byte in a ROM, thus when you copy the information to your hard drive or cd you are breaking the copyright on the cart.

[Vchat20]

God, it was just a question. I have the cart's, it's just I had a good save game built up on my PC. And it crashed, but I got the save game on a floppy. I had to go back to my old PC spec's to get it to work, but the emulator doesnt work. So I wanted to put the save game on my n64 cart.

[2fast4u]

just tellin ya the legal issues, dude ... the temptation to download a rom of a game u dont own is pretty big, right?

[Malcolm]

Originally posted by Vchat20
God, it was just a question. I have the cart's, it's just I had a good save game built up on my PC. And it crashed, but I got the save game on a floppy. I had to go back to my old PC spec's to get it to work, but the emulator doesnt work. So I wanted to put the save game on my n64 cart.

Answer: Yes, it is possible

Method: We won't tell you due to legal issues

Suggestion: go to www.google.com

[Vchat20]

why is everybody so worried? I mean, those games are old enough by now, that the companies that owned them probably dont even worry about them.

[Gent]

Originally posted by Vchat20
why is everybody so worried? I mean, those games are old enough by now, that the companies that owned them probably dont even worry about them.

lol, you really need to read up on copyright :D

It dont matter how old they are :happy:

you cant just assume that they are old, So it it is no longer a Legal issue.

If you own the the real carts then play the Game again.

After all thats why you bought them right ?

[Smiff]

there is an age beyond which the works become er 'public domain'? i think but it's a loooong time like 75 years or something. yeah yeah this is a dipshit post bit i canna be arsed to look it up.

[Gent]

The Life of a Copyright

The copyright Law is specific about the amount of time copyright protections lasts. Copyrighted works are protected from the moment of their creation. Below are three formulas to help determine the term of copyright protection:

Works created or published on or after January 1, 1978 are protected during the life of the author, plus 70 years after the author’s death.

For works published before January 1, 1978, the life of the copyright is 28 years, with an option to renew for an additional 67 years for a total life span of 95 years. Contact the Copyright office for information about renewed copyrights.

For works made for hire, and for anonymous and pseudonymous works, the duration of copyright is 120 years from creation or 95 years from publication.

[Smiff]

yeah quite.. which is ridiculously long... laws need changing imho

[ra5555]

WHO CAN TELL EVERYONE THAT ALL THEIR ROMS ON THEIR PC they own it on N64 Cats too?

Especially to the emulation beta testers and compatiblity testers:D

[Vchat20]

damn! that sucks.

[Anton]

Vchat20 - you better ask at dextrose forums.
They know, I think.

[Romboy]

No way! I'm not waiting untill 70 years has passed... It should be more reasonable like 3 years or something or untill the system is dead. Who is going to have 64 games carts that work then?!!!

Digital is a lot different that normal media, it gets updated and then hardly any if any buy the product any more.

When will they learn... :plain2:

[Malcolm]

its a copyright law budda, not a console law. This is the same copyright law that McDonalds has put on their name, and its completely resonable.

[FU2 MOFO]

guys, who cares? think about it, drug dealers are sellin pot to kids on the streets, rapists and kidnappers are all over america, osama bin laden could strike back any minute now (the government has to keep an eye and an ear out for that), and child pornography is becomin an issue, the government does NOT have time to worry about a FREAKIN GAME! i have about 32 ROMS (total, including gb(c), gba, SNES, NES, and N64, and i dont own a single cartridge for any of them, you know what the funnier part about it is? ive had em all for more than like a year, so next time your gonna run your mouth about it being illegal, think about what i said

[Malcolm]

that you dont care what is illegal at all, that you'll just capitalize on your theveing instincts and keep your pirated ROMs?

[Raging Fuel]

Originally posted by FU2 MOFO
guys, who cares? think about it, drug dealers are sellin pot to kids on the streets, rapists and kidnappers are all over america, osama bin laden could strike back any minute now (the government has to keep an eye and an ear out for that), and child pornography is becomin an issue, the government does NOT have time to worry about a FREAKIN GAME! i have about 32 ROMS (total, including gb(c), gba, SNES, NES, and N64, and i dont own a single cartridge for any of them, you know what the funnier part about it is? ive had em all for more than like a year, so next time your gonna run your mouth about it being illegal, think about what i said

So you're pretty much saying that a crime doesn't matter, as long as there are worse crimes.

[Engeljaeger]

I'm going to murder my teachers tomorrow...I think I should not have a bad consciousness cuz there are people out there raping children...so I guess murder's not a big deal, huh? ;)

Well...at least he's honest

[Anton]

You guys all talking about "legal/illegal/crimes", but all of you have roms. Or not ?
Also laws are different in different countries.
I learned 3D studio max, for example, only because I'm able to buy it in my country for just $2 (pirated, of course) (I'm not able to pay $3,000 or so for legal program). Same with Photoshop, and other expensive stuff, which I need for my work. Same with roms. N64 is not so popular in my country, so people who like n64 games, play it on emulators.
So if you want to learn more, and have not enough money - there will be a piracy. Less or more.
And if all of you own a carts with games - why do you need roms/emulation then?

[thedaemon666]

Well you see, there is no justification for piracy, its either people who don't have enough money (if you don't have enough money then why did you waste it on a comp ???, could you not have spent it on something that was a necessity?), or people who feel that it would be too expensive and a waste of their time to buy something because they are too lazy and that they could just sit on their ass and download an emu and some roms and play them on their already owned comp...
they also do it with like anything that can be copied...
but yeah everybody does it and yes there are worst crimes out there (why waste time looking for pirates when you could be saving someone's life?), but you are still commiting a crime and there will be no pitty shown if you are poor or not, they will prosecute you and they will fine you or arrest you and put you in jail, and they will confiscate your beloved comp, if you get caught, but then your saying I won't get caught I'm running windows XP, wrong, if you have XP and an internet connection microshit ownz ur comp...
but yeah don't try to justify it and don't try to say that your not guilty either, say hey this is what I'm doing and I accept the consequences, or delete your roms, emus, cracked programs, any programs using keys that u did not pay for, OS's if you didn't pay for it, all of your mp3's except for the ones released by the artists to mp3...
but now your saying "If I did that then I wouldn't have anything."
so deal with it save up and buy the legitimate stuff...
but yeah I'm guilty too so i'm gonna go shut up now and watch the flames begin to fly

[Anton]

Maybe your'e right.
But:
1. I have enough money for the computer, but I haven't spare $1,000-3,000 for some progs, and if I have - I wouldn't spent them for software. Why? Because 99 % of PC users use pirated/cracked/cheap soft, especially graphics progs that are expensive. If people have $150-300 a month how can they buy software for even $500? And why?
Different prices, different life, different laws (maybe wrong and stupid, but who cares...), different country, different people.
2. Laws are not so strong like in US and I'll not be arrested or something if somebody will find windowsXP bought for $2 on my PC. Everybody just knows, that I bough it at the market.
3. mp3... I can easily find, say, all albums by some artists, all on one cd, in good quality mp3, for ~$1-2. But I listen to it by myself and don't sell it. Maybe those who sell such stuff are doing some crime, but if I can buy it - why not?
4. And it's better to save someone's life, really, than talk about copyright/piracy, etc... Because you can't change what's goin' on in the world, really.


All this if fun, because the topic was "PC Rom to N64 Cart", to play roms on legally owned console, at home, just for personal purposes :)

[thedaemon666]

yeah its funny how things change from one extreme to the next isn't it...
yes but saying everyone does it does not mean you should etc etc its all about our strong lack of morals heh but yeah I do it too but I still think and know its wrong...
meh we should really stop bringing up this justification thing lol cause I've seen it a few times already and it ends badly everytime

[Anton]

Yeah, it's better to stop this empty discussion, really.

[thedaemon666]

So its agreed, this ends now.