At the time, the PS2 came out as a surprise that not so many expected it to be consumed by half of the planet. i say using iso files from games YOU PHYSICALLY OWN is about as legal as a movie backup.The PlayStation 2 remains the best-selling console of all time and the most appreciated hardware among gamers. the disk stays on the shelf and does not get worn or damaged while i can watch the movie even on a laptop without optical drive This is technically the same as creating a backup file of a DVD movie. Not to mention i can play at 2x, 3x, 4x the video resolution the original hardware would provideĪnd where is the difference between me pulling the game disc from the shelf instead of playing from an ISO i created myself from this exact disc ? other than not wearing down the orignal disc and not dealing with terrible load times Let's say i own a PS2, and a physical copy of all the games i ever play on the emulator.īuy i am just too lazy to get up from my computer, blow the dust off the console and find a TV to hook it up to (many modern TVs dropped analog inputs already and PS2 does not have HDMI)

It's never actually been tested in a court and while most devs don't care if people are emulating their 15 year old games it still remains untested and therefore unknown. Luckily for me I own both a phat & slim PS2 anyway which means I don't need to emulate.Īs for the old 'you can have a ROM if you own the game' argument, it's grey at best.

Emulation isn't illegal at all however the BIOS file contains code that falls under copyright and having a copy of a BIOS without owning the original hardware means you're 100% breaking the law.

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