Posted by GonZo (152.163.231.162) on April 23, 1997 at 00:47:40:
In Reply to: Re: megadrive/genesis scene posted by Zophar on April 22, 1997 at 16:26:45:
> > > It seems a shame that there is so few genesis ROMS out there. There was such a wealth of software on that platform.> Even the SNES didn't really have so much variety in it's software. Plus Genem seems to be a much better emulator> than the SNES ones , at least I enjoy it more. Do you remember all of the great shooters like> Zero Wing ?. Is there a particular extra technical/legal reason why there are so few genesis ROMS about ?.> wivDon't worry... u'll be able to buy genem for Sega soon with roms i'm guessing =)
> #1
> Amrod, please learn how to qoute messages, you're comments get jumbled in with the <'s
> #2
> On the contrarary, there are probably more genesis roms than anything else, save SNES roms, get a Rom CD, i've seen well over 500 genesis roms on them.
> And dont forget about CC's 23 gen packs.
> Zophar
There IS a reason there are less SEGA(r) roms. Sega won a big lawsuit recently. It was started when the Super Magic Drives for sega were being sold by a BBS in California. It was also encouraging the upload/download of games for the thing. (This was a machine that let you run rom dumps on a real console. Anyway, the long and the short of it all is that sega won, and lots of folks are (rightly) scared about the liability. Look for Nintendo to crack down on the recent NESticle fueled explosion in NES rom distribution soon.
GonZo