this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2023

767 points (99.6% liked)

RetroGaming

19511 readers

197 users here now

Vintage gaming community.

Rules:

Be kind.
No spam or soliciting for money.
No racism or other bigotry allowed.
Obviously nothing illegal.

If you see these please report them.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

767

[HN] Study: 87% of classic video games are not legally available (gamehistory.org)

submitted 1 year ago by aion to c/retrogaming

105 comments fedilink hide all child comments

cross-posted from: https://radiation.party/post/41704

[ comments | sourced from HackerNews ]

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That makes sense! I appreciate the thorough reply! I've always wondered why PCSX2 was different than other emulators on that front.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I believe a lot of emulators also include a reverse engineered custom BIO that works in most cases, but you can of course supply the official one if you "have" it.