Gaming Official Warning! Associating your identity with ROM dumps!

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I don't put my names on anything I upload. I have a similar username at the ISO/Chaos sites that I use to upload, but I don't upload anything other than the game and I don't put my name on it.

Also, the only things I've even uploaded are VC injects and WarioWare Touched DSi... I don't upload big retail games.
 
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I know there is at least one rom out there from back when GBAtemp was a romsite in the scene days. The NFO is all about GBAtemp, but I dont think it points to any individuals.

Please, don't associate your dumps with you or better yet, don't dump games.
There are some dumps that I've seen with the Temp's name on it, but due to Statute of limitations, they can no longer go after the Temp nor the people who dumped these roms.
 
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But that's how the games are supposed to look no?
no.. games are meant to run at 1:1 to the original resolution. And for instance the game boy has a tiny screen, which would make it nearly unplayable.. upscaling it makes pixels or blur, the filter just smooths it
Examples:
6M4kkCG.jpg

F1iDGg2.png

dj2mZzz.png

Last one has a filter on it
 
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no.. games are meant to run at 1:1 to the original resolution. And for instance the game boy has a tiny screen, which would make it nearly unplayable.. upscaling it makes pixels or blur, the filter just smooths it
Examples:
6M4kkCG.jpg

F1iDGg2.png

dj2mZzz.png

Last one has a filter on it
I personally prefer pixels to blur or smoothing filters. And apparently most people do too, as other game rereleases (eg Nintendo's VC) only use filters as optional features, if at all.

What you need to do is run the emulator at double, triple, etc exact multiple of the original resolution.
 
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no.. games are meant to run at 1:1 to the original resolution. And for instance the game boy has a tiny screen, which would make it nearly unplayable.. upscaling it makes pixels or blur, the filter just smooths it
Examples:
6M4kkCG.jpg

F1iDGg2.png

dj2mZzz.png

Last one has a filter on it
Well no shit Sherlock. This is why I use an X-RGB mini
 

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no.. games are meant to run at 1:1 to the original resolution. And for instance the game boy has a tiny screen, which would make it nearly unplayable.. upscaling it makes pixels or blur, the filter just smooths it
I've had some really good results with filters.
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I never got why people threw their names on roms, it's dumb. Like posing on camera while you rob a bank lol.
 
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Wasn't there that one guy who got an early copy of NSMB Wii, dumped it and got sued for a ton of money?
i was gonna say this i think he went by kongnutz

nobody learns from the past. if i recall he got fined 1.5 million dollars

latest
 
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Why would they? It isn't our fault if someone decides to attach their name on a ROM, and we work diligently to protect ourselves and our members from this sort of thing. It's why I made this thread right now.
there is also this possibility...
i don't know if every ticket or rom game got a unique ID but in case the tickets got a UNIQUE ID
nintendo can see the tickets\roms online, they will compare with their info to know who is the original owner.. and because you used your credit card on nintendo eshop once to get the game, they pretty much got everything...
 
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that's the one i use too.
You guys sure love being off topic.
there is also this possibility...
i don't know if every ticket or rom game got a unique ID but in case the tickets got a UNIQUE ID
nintendo can see the tickets\roms online, they will compare with their info to know who is the original owner.. and because you used your credit card on nintendo eshop once to get the game, they pretty much got everything...
I would imagine most ROMs are from cartridges, so that wouldn't be a problem, and if someone was a frequent eShop dumper, they'd probably have a separate account just for that exact reason.
 

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I'm guessing this warning can also be applied to your own games/apps created with the official SDKs and hosting them on the same said ROM sites?
I think you're safe with that. Although you can't share SDK brew here, it's really tough to sue for user-generated content even when the tools used to make them were illicitly obtained (can't prove actual damages etc.).
 

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Afaik they have been doing this for years, there are a number of sites i go to where the rom has the dumpers name in it, or even the rom has a hacktro or whatever its called

These things

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On a side note, i should really start dumping my own roms, but i'm too lasy for that at the moment...
Those things are awful and annoying. I can't the Mode 7 ones half the damn time
 
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