Eek! Emulation! - Scott The Woz

Scott incriminates himself.

Music Used:
"Select Screen" from Mega Man 6
"Sonic World" from Sonic Jam
"Love² March" from Magical Drop III
"Bowser's Theme" from Super Mario 64
"Bubble Crab" from Mega Man X2
"Main Menu" from Sega Genesis Mini
"Stage 1-1" from Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
"Choco Island" from Super Mario World
"Forest of Mystery" from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
"Volcano Valley Zone Act 1" from Sonic 3D Blast (Sega Genesis)
"Title Theme" from Journey to Silius
"Fear Factory" from Donkey Kong Country
"Underground Theme" from Super Mario World
"White Land II" from F-Zero
"Gallery" from Sonic Jam
"Boss Battle 01" from Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
"Extra Stages" from Super Monkey Ball
"Athletic Theme" from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
"Water Theme" from Super Mario 64
"Breakout from 3D Dot Game Heroes

[Cyranek]

got a dna sample and I'm gonna emulate scott

[Gnoggin]

Emulation is what got me into retro gaming over a decade ago. Now I own over a 100 retro cartridges, and you know how much money Nintendo got from me for buying all those? The same they got from me emulating them.

[NidotheKing]

Emulation is easily the best way to capture game footage on older consoles.

[ExtraThiccc]

The problem with companies "just emulating" is that fans have been doing it for decades for free at significantly better quality, while the big companies expect us to pay $70 for the original with like, two extra features

[BoshMind]

He got the emulators for mac to ACTUALLY WORK! That's some serious dedication right there!

[Nocturne]

Remember, paying 300 bucks for a fucking SNES game wasn't the developer intended experience either.

[koye]

Okay but "you couldn't pause the movie in the theater" is the PERFECT analogy for save states

[michaeloverton]

Isn't it fitting how GabeN is the only guy still in the tripleA video game industry to decently understand why piracy is actually done. The creator of Steam-the platform that re-released the most video games- is the only person in the triple A video game industry. SEGA may go easier on piracy than any other game company, but that's because they can use it to find remarkable potential employees.

[Jarekthegamingdragon]

"It's all about control." Yup, that's Nintendo as a whole.

[notweesh]

Prison inmate: “Whatcha’ in for kid?”

Me: “I pirated Gex”

[xamislimelight]

Sometimes its not "I want to use emulation" more than it is "I have to use emulators, because 400 dollars for Earthbound is horseshit"

[Aetharn]

Tbh, about the savepoints:


Back in the day games were made way more difficult to make then seem longer, so a bunch of them were just unfair. In those cases i feel like saves work just fine

[Zaborpila]

Gabe Newell summarized it perfectly: "The easiest way to stop piracy is not by putting antipiracy technology to work. It's by giving those people a service that's better than what they're receiving from the pirates." And that also applies to game emulation.

[Guizoxy]

We have a saying in Brazil: "Emulating Nintendo games is a civil duty."

[Mrsloththegreat]

The illegal part of piracy is uploading roms/games online. Downloading a rom is not illegal (depending on were you live), thats why if you look up anti piracy screens (real one's) it usually say something like "Report this copy" or "To report this copy call [Phone number]" or some times "We hope that you buy a real [Console] and legit games"

Downloading is not illegal. uploading is.

[Blastronaute]

Another feature of emulation is the ability to make rom hacks and fan games. GBA Pokémon in particular has a ton of rom hacks ranging from catch ‘em alls, adding mons and mechanics from newer games, extra hard difficulty, and even completely new games with new stories. Radical Red is one of my favorite Pokémon experiences and I think stuff like that deserves a place in gaming

[RinoaL]

I don't know anybody who thinks emulation is bad. They all agree that 400$ for Suikoden II isn't worth it.

[ShortHax]

Prisoner: “I robbed a bank, what are you in for?”
“I pirated TF2 because I didn’t want to pay for it”

[jeremyseay]

Without emulation there's a ton of game franchises I wouldn't have been a huge fan of.

[malenalombardi]

As a latina the only reason I got into gaming is emulation/piracy otherwise I would have never been able to afford any legal game even today expending on something like a switch is a luxury I can't afford. Growing up some of my fondest memories come from video games so I'll always be thankful to the fan communities that pour so much effort on emulation