3x3cUt0r said:
get the real game and dump it yourselft, no warez talk here
It's good that everyone has pointed out the fact that just because someone has a ripped copy, it does not mean that they don't own the real thing. I got 3 different versions of Skies Of Arcadia, one of which is original. If it were not for the Chankast emulator and everyone here then DC games will eventually disappear. All DC's will eventually die. Then no-one will be able to play any of the games. At least this way they are preserved forever on a much more future-proof system, even if it is not the system the developer's intended the games to be on. Emulator's (including this one) and the people who work on them are extremely important, especially if you want to show your kids the games you grew up on.
If a PC user was after a free game, then there are plenty of games for PC which are more technically advanced, don't require an emulator, are easier to get going etc....Don't ya think this would be more attractive to a warez hound rather than a game that's many years old for a system that is past it's day only to play it on an emulator that's buggy. And no, that's not a dig at DC or Chankast. Just an observation based on fact.
Remember, no-ones making any money here. We are just interested in playing all our old games, and preserving them for future generations to play. Most of the people working on this goal (myself included) are doing this because we love the DC, and the games, not because we're after a freebie. We should all be thankful for this, not spiteful. I don't see Sega (or any of the original developers) helping do this emulation, so I can't see any problem with other people doing it. If you own the game, then you are entitled to play it.
IceWarm said:
Or just get a real Dreamcast(Thay are dirt cheap now anyways) and buy the game.
That would not be a good move either. I have no problem with the buying of the game, but if we all start using real DC's, then where is the incentive for Chankast developer's to continue their work. DC is not future-proof. Nope. The general idea is, if the system is dying, move all your stuff to a new system which is not dying. Either that, or it's gonna go down just like the Titanic did. You would start to see a rapidly reducing user-base for these games. Give it around 10 years, and most of these games would be near on impossible to find. If we all thought like this, Chankast would not exist, and neither would this forum. The games would be playable by a handful of people and everyone else would think that those people are weird and eccentric.
Now, isn't that a grim view. Ahhhaaahhahhahhhahahahahaahahah........ahem :happy: