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Re:King.com, makers of Candy Crush Saga – Trademark Trolls w... by untog on Friday January 24, 2014 @09:58AM (#7115126)
I'm not sure why the age would affect the value. Either it's a good game or it isn't. I paid for Grand Theft Auto 3 on my phone - is that too old to have value or is it still in the value zone? I'm confused.

Now, SNES emulators are something else. It's worth pointing out that downloading ROMs is not technically legal. And (at least on the iPhone) you can't use one without jailbreaking your phone.

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Re:King.com, makers of Candy Crush Saga – Trademark Trolls w... by Karunamon on Friday January 24, 2014 @11:25AM (#7115679)
Pong is a good game. It cost about $100 when it first came out.

Would you pay even half that for a mobile implementation?

As to the legality of roms, let's say I own a rather extensive SNES library (including every SE game available on Android). As far as I'm concerned, my conscience is clear. Nothing wrong with format shifting.

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Re:King.com, makers of Candy Crush Saga – Trademark Trolls w... by vinkelhake on Friday January 24, 2014 @12:52PM (#7116236)
Games do age. Something that was looked impressive 20 years ago will probably look very dated by current standards.

Great games or not, trying to sell them at a price that is two or three times that of a "premium" game like Grand Theft Auto is ludicrous. The market has been conditioned to expect mobile games to sell for a dollar or two.

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Re:King.com, makers of Candy Crush Saga – Trademark Trolls w... by p_e_n_g_u_i_n on Friday January 24, 2014 @11:56AM (#7115899)
You don't need to jailbreak; although MacBuildServer is down now, there are still a few websites that will exploit the Enterprise License for you. This will be "fixed" in iOS 7.1 though. SiOS (https://github.com/lmmenge/SiOS) is a good SNES emu for iPhone, I did a custom build but that isn't necessary.

I have no problem with downloading a ROM for a game I already own. Plus, you can't even prove I did it if I download it through a VPN and deleted it off my phone afterwards.

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