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NES Emulator for iPhone and iPad Now Available on App Store [Removed]

dumastudetto said:
Because these apps trivialise copyright infringement and intellectual property theft.
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An emulator cannot do that unless it's bundled with the emulator somehow. What you're aiming for would be something like websites that host ROMs. Even a ROM on its own isn't necessarily illegal if you dump your own copy that you bought yourself (more of a grey area), it's the distribution that's illegal.
 
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bsbeamer said:
Officially pulled, but App Store page will still load with an "OPEN" blue button for those that have downloaded it. Hope this gets clarified officially one way or another...
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Yup, and to make sure you don't lose it for good with it being pulled now, turn off that offload unused apps option
 
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dumastudetto said:
Because these apps trivialise copyright infringement and intellectual property theft.
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You do realize that ROMs are perfectly capable of being legally obtained, right? All you need to do is rip your own copies from the physical media itself. 100% legal. Even then, some of these games are 40+ years old and no longer in print in any form - I read an article once that pointed out that more games have been lost to time than silent movies. Preservation is extremely, extremely important.
 
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I downloaded it before it was removed. My issue with these touchscreen emulators is that you have to press the buttons one at a time. I tried playing Super Mario Bros, and you can't hold down sprint and jump at the same time.
 
At this point, the only individuals that can legally have emulators are the companies themselves. We've seen how Nintendo can go full John Wick.

Any emulator on the App Store that is not from Nintendo, Sega or Atari themselves will 100% have the largest lawsuits against them.
 
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hovscorpion12 said:
At this point, the only individuals that can legally have emulators are the companies themselves. We've seen how Nintendo can go full John Wick.

Any emulator on the App that is not from Nintendo, Sega, Atari themselves will 100% most likely have the largest lawsuits against them.
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If that where the case most emulators on the playstore would have been delisted years ago.
 
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