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StarROMs Co-Founder Talks Legal ROMs

Posted by simoniker on from the legitimate-leeching dept.

CaptMondo writes "If you love the old quarter-sucking arcade games of the past and want to be able to download and play the ROMs for them legally, StarROMs (as mentioned previously here on /.), has stepped in and made this possible. PerformancePCCanada has an interview with StarROMs co-founder Frank Leibly, discussing how they convinced Atari to make purchasing ROMs legal for their long-time game fans, but still making it worth StarROMs' while." The interview also notes StarROMs will be "...increasing our offering of classic arcade games, and... expanding into console titles, starting out with the classic Atari console games."

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  1. Re:StarRoms? MameBurners :) by MindStalker · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because its not legal, and atari or other game maker doesn't get any cut for their initial work.

  2. All about the Selection by superpulpsicle · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'd been looking for 1 rom which NOBODY EVER has, ever heard of "laser ghost". You have a laser gun, it's a shoot-em-up like "operation wolf" or "terminator".

    If this site can gather up some extremely rare roms, I'd be more than happy to shell out $$$. Until then, it's just selling old pacman and galaga.