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Arcade ROMs for Download, Legally

Posted by simoniker on from the could-be-a-constructive-step? dept.

jgoeres writes "StarROMs, Inc. has just launched a pay-per-download service for classic arcade ROM sets. These are what you need to make your emulator fun and legal. This aims to bring ROM collection & emulator use out of the semi-underground and turn it into profit, but will it fly? They currently have about 60 games, all from the various incarnations of Atari over the years, with more on the way. Prices range from about $2 to about $6 per game. And no, they don't have Marble Man."

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  1. classic games? by ctour · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    What about Mame and http://www.classicgaming.com ? That's pretty free...

  2. Tetris et al? by maliabu · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    why would anyone want to pay more than 0 cent to download Atari's Tetris to play on an emulator, when there are many Tetris games freely available that works on more common and recent technology?

    if it's for hardcore Atari fans, they SHOULD still have a real Atari at home.

  3. I don't give a FF. Theirs is a doomed cause. by gd23ka · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    With 4 gigs chock full of arcade machine roms I don't give a flying fuck, and neither do you, I suppose.

  4. There's a song to describe what's happening here.. by AtariKee · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    As the (still) great Pat Benatar once sang:

    "It's a little too little, it's a little too late."

    While noble, I'm afraid the proverbial cat has shredded the FUCK out of this bag...

    --
    "You're getting brutal, Sark. Brutal and needlessly sadistic."
    "Thank you, Master Control"
    -Sark and the MCP