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Are video game emulators legal

Updated: 10/4/2023
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13y ago

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[Ahem]. This matter has been talked about many time and there are probably many questions like this on this site. The thing is that emulators are programs made with a copied code from the actual system or from scratch with similar codes. As far as I know, they are legal as long as you don't sell them, buy them, or screw up the actual sysytems (like a N64(c) emulator on Xbox360(c)).

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14y ago

Any ROM/ISO that the companys are stil making money off of are not, so no. But N64 ROMs are legal for example because they do no make N64s or games for it anymore.

But all that aside, an emulator on its own is completely legal.

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15y ago

It depends if you own the game or not.

BUT WHO THE HECK CARES DOWNLOAD SOME ILLEGAL GAMES XD

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Emulators are legal, as they are just software, as long as you don't have a ROM, it's perfectly legal to download a Emulator.

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12y ago

No.

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