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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 7724839" data-attributes="member: 2525">First, I think wanting to use PDFs of a version of a game from many years ago already makes someone an outlier. Second, emulators are free.Emulators are free.It's not really more a pain in the butt than constantly updating to the new version of my PDF readers. Which seem to update all the friggen time due to the new viruses they keep finding that takes advantage of some of that technology. Generally speaking if they no longer make the original device it runs on and the company is long gone, there is no legal issue. Generally, those companies that don't exist don't renew their IP. I think people are dug in on their opinion on this one, but in reality we're not talking about a huge difference between a PDF and an App for long term usability. Both can be used long term most of the time, and wanting to use it in 20 years from now to begin with is slightly on the unusual side anyway. Realistically you will likely be playing something else by then anyway. But you know, the Internet, and outrage, and we want what we want when we want it and damn any who disagree, and all that. But I think most people will get what they want out of an app as much as they'd get what they want out of a PDF.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 7724839, member: 2525"] First, I think wanting to use PDFs of a version of a game from many years ago already makes someone an outlier. Second, emulators are free. Emulators are free. It's not really more a pain in the butt than constantly updating to the new version of my PDF readers. Which seem to update all the friggen time due to the new viruses they keep finding that takes advantage of some of that technology. Generally speaking if they no longer make the original device it runs on and the company is long gone, there is no legal issue. Generally, those companies that don't exist don't renew their IP. I think people are dug in on their opinion on this one, but in reality we're not talking about a huge difference between a PDF and an App for long term usability. Both can be used long term most of the time, and wanting to use it in 20 years from now to begin with is slightly on the unusual side anyway. Realistically you will likely be playing something else by then anyway. But you know, the Internet, and outrage, and we want what we want when we want it and damn any who disagree, and all that. But I think most people will get what they want out of an app as much as they'd get what they want out of a PDF. [/QUOTE]

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