No more ROM downloads from EmuParadise

[Retro-Nerd]

just fyi they still are up with roms online

Some computer games are still on. But all console game roms+Isos are down. They are shown, but once you try do download them they are listed as "not available". Amiga CD/CD32 games are down too.

https://www.emuparadise.me/emuparadise-changing.php

[lilalurl]

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

Some computer games are still on. But all console game roms+Isos are down.

/me rubs hands

Hehe, my plan to force people to play Amiga ports and realize how awesome they are is finally coming to fruition. Soon, Tiertex will become more revered than Capcom or Konami....

[idrougge]

Originally Posted by BullyDog

Good thing I bought a microSD card (for my Retropie) that's loaded with 100,000+ roms for 40 consoles including C64 and Amiga.

How is that a good thing? You're paying pirates, which is even lower than paying Nintendo.

[Nibbler]

Professor Henry Jenkins about copyrights. (english)

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[Daedalus]

Originally Posted by Nibbler

This is a HUGE blow for Videogame preservation

Why? Are there no physical copies of the cartridges left in existence, and do you think nobody has a copy of every game stored on their machines somewhere? It's a huge blow for casual, convenient piracy, that's all.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Maybe i would put the game demos (rare today) for all those who have to do tests on old computers, emulators or porting.

[E-Penguin]

Originally Posted by Daedalus

It's a huge blow for casual, convenient piracy

but that's my favourite sort!

[gjb1985]

nintendo being nintendo and yet people still support these modern nazi's by buying their shitty switch.

[Nibbler]

Originally Posted by Daedalus

Why? Are there no physical copies of the cartridges left in existence, and do you think nobody has a copy of every game stored on their machines somewhere? It's a huge blow for casual, convenient piracy, that's all.

Just listen to professor Henry jenkins.


Thats the reason why we only have a tenth off all movies. Archiving is a HUGE problem and it hase nothing to do with piracy.


I always bought stuff that i really liked, even in the old Amiga days!
Its a blow against videogame archiving, i mean even Nintendo themself did download there OWN games because they did not had them dumped.


Now they see the commercial potential with thinks like the Nes, Snes mini and so on.


Anyway. Its all about videogame preservation.
I really recommend reading or listening to prof. Henry jenkins

[BullyDog]

Originally Posted by idrougge

How is that a good thing? You're paying pirates, which is even lower than paying Nintendo.

And how did you get your roms?

[Nibbler]

Originally Posted by BullyDog

And how did you get your roms?

i lol´d

[idrougge]

Originally Posted by BullyDog

And how did you get your roms?

I downloaded them.

[Daedalus]

Originally Posted by Nibbler

Thats the reason why we only have a tenth off all movies. Archiving is a HUGE problem and it hase nothing to do with piracy.

I'll explain below, but it's a very different situation here that you don't seem to realise.

I always bought stuff that i really liked, even in the old Amiga days!
Its a blow against videogame archiving, i mean even Nintendo themself did download there OWN games because they did not had them dumped.

I'm not offering any judgement on piracy either way, just pointing out the reality of the situation. You don't need to try and excuse yourself to me.

Now they see the commercial potential with thinks like the Nes, Snes mini and so on.

And why not? Although they've been seeing that commercial potential for a lot longer than that, with the Wii and its virtual console being 12 years old now.

Anyway. Its all about videogame preservation.
I really recommend reading or listening to prof. Henry jenkins

What makes you think I'm not familiar with the works and opinions of Henry Jenkins, or even that I disagree with everything he says? I actually agree with much of his thinking, but this is a very different thing to preservation. What is being lost here is a convenient way for people to download copyrighted material for free, and nothing more than that. It is already out there on the internet and on hundreds of thousands of hard drives across the world - it will never disappear. It's very different to film preservation, which was mostly required before the age of essentially unlimited personal storage meaning everyone can boast about their multi-TB ROM collections.

[Dunny]

Originally Posted by gjb1985

nintendo being nintendo and yet people still support these modern nazi's by buying their shitty switch.

To be fair, the Switch is decidedly not shitty and there are some absolutely fantastic games available for it.

[Hewitson]

Originally Posted by Dunny

To be fair, the Switch is decidedly not shitty and there are some absolutely fantastic games available for it.

I'd say that both the Wii U and the Switch are pretty poor designs. But I agree, some of the games are great.


However, due to the lack of trophies on these systems, I almost feel like I'm not achieving anything when I play a game.

[Nibbler]

@ Daedalus

Sorry for all those typos, dawm XD
If you are familiar with the works of Prof. Henry Jenkins you knew that without the Emulator Scene most of those Roms would be already lost and thats a fact.

No thanks to Nintendont !

[Daedalus]

Indeed, and I haven't disputed that - in fact I've agreed by pointing out how common these files are around the world. That doesn't contradict what I've said though - these sites aren't about preservation, they're about casual and convenient retro game piracy, pure and simple.

I don't know if it's just me or if others see things the same way, but as soon as someone starts making up names for someone or something they don't like, they immediately lose credibility in my eyes. I simply don't get the Nintendo hate - they're better than every other console maker when it comes to backwards compatibility with older generations.

[Nibbler]

Are you Serious ? Ohh, you have Link as Avatar


NintenDONT !!!

[BullyDog]

Originally Posted by idrougge

I downloaded them.

Right. I downloaded mine too but it's a digital download. I got my money's worth because I don't know anything about coding so they did all the grunt work and produced a well put together products.

I've bought:
-C64 Forever (DgLd)
-MicroSD card with 5,400+ games on 12 consoles
-100,000 games on 40 consoles that included C64 and Amiga (DgLd) to be put on 64g microSD card

and lastly

-Amiga Forever (DgLd)

All for my Raspberry Pi Retropie console I've built in a mini Nintendo case.

As mentioned by others, we are the ones that are keeping the roms alive. The game cartridges (and the consoles) are far and few and usually overpriced.

[gjb1985]

Originally Posted by Dunny

To be fair, the Switch is decidedly not shitty and there are some absolutely fantastic games available for it.

there is 1 fantastic game for it, that is the exact same on the wii u and there is no excuse fro the shitty hardware. the machine is barely more powerful than a ps3.