rom site shut down

[jimmy j]

Some of you were paying to download roms? Are you retarded or something?

 

[tjas]

one word: Usenet 500kbps+

 

[Wii_DS.]

I use to use that site, but i have many backup sites so i don't really care....

 

[Sinkhead]

one word: Usenet 500kbps+

I get 700kbps off-peak and between 300 and 500 depending on how 'peaky' it is

Who's your provider?

Edit: I use Usenet-News (probably can't link to them here, just use Google)

- Sam

 

[HBK]

This is a very bad week for pirates, indeed.

Demonoid got a hit a week ago from the Canadian authorities, and I hope the don't close eventually, as they are practically the only torrent site which has some quality downloads and not a load of crap like Mininova and others. Comments are highly used there, so I can see immediately if it's good or bad.

Moving on, I think RomUlation was the best rom website. It was fast, efficient, and everytime I'd visit it, it'd have the latest ROMs that GBATemp announced. Now...I'll have to resort wandering through the hell chambers of Rapidcrap and Megathrowup to see if I can find the lastest releases, because that's generally where they get uploaded early.

However, if I could figure out how to work with UseNet (paid, paid, paid they say, but there is always a way to get it free), that'd be my source. I've searched Google, yes, but it seems to catch the more legal part which I tend to avoid because I'm not paying for fast downloads. I have torrents for that, although they lack speed when it comes to releases.

 

[djgarf]

one word: Usenet 500kbps+

I get 700kbps off-peak and between 300 and 500 depending on how 'peaky' it is

Who's your provider?

Edit: I use Usenet-News (probably can't link to them here, just use Google)

- Sam

2.1MB/sec is wot i get from usenet (not that i use it to download roms lol)

 

[ackers]

DAMN as i was a member with romulation aswell...

 

[Sinkhead]

2.1MB/sec is wot i get from usenet (not that i use it to download roms lol)

Lucky you

My crappy BT phone line maxes out at 700kbps, so I think I could get more with a better connection...

- Sam

 

[Mars]

Meh, it's not that big of a deal for me. I mean there's a lot more rom websites out there.

 

[raulpica]

WTH? I hate sites that offer "PREMIUM" memebership.

Not only you're going to get lotsa money off ads making something illegal available to download, you also MAKE YOUR USERS PAY to download faster?

Deserved it.

Also there are other sites out there, and a LOT better than those pirating money seekers.

I have a rule. You pirate? Ok, no problem, but do not try to sell the things you pirate. That's THE WORST thing.

 

[AndreXL]

Site was actually great while it lasted...
so to them, thank you very much!

 

[j5c077]

alt.binaries

FTW

 

[superkris]

Sad day for the people who used that site regulary.

Fortunately, I use another site... An AWESOME site.Â

Can't link it here of course. Don't PM me for it either.Â

~Nero

Then why are you even talking about it!!

it's like saying, ''OMG I totlly have mario galaxy ISO but ? wont share or tell u were i go it lozers"!

 

[FAST6191]

I do not think I ever went there (not that I use the internet for such things) so I too will go with usenet.
By the way BT using types (my connection maxes around 600 kbps if I am lucky (and run a commerical DS rom on wifi to sidestep a problem with the router) if anyone wondered) should have some usenet with BT.
3 connections, fair speed, completeness and retention (it seems to vary). I think it was news.btinternet.com or something, no pass or name needed.

For anyone that is stumped when it comes to it there was a whole string of topics about 3-4 months ago on how it works (grabit and http://www.binsearch.info/index.php?q=&m=&...font=&postdate= or http://www.newzleech.com/ could not be that more simple though) and the free trial I think it was either djgarf or jumpman17 posted about 2 months ago had more.

 

[nexus7412369]

NOOOOOOOO! Why did it have to be the one that I used?!

 

[Psyfira]

Those ROM's act as extended demos before going out and buying retail copies of the cart if it's liked.

Or as a side note, even if people don't go out and buy that particular game (which they're already halfway through), there is a high chance they'll buy the sequel when it comes out. I'm not saying downloading's right but for the moment it introduces people to franchises and titles that aren't advertised much. Titles they otherwise may never have been exposed to that are worth the high price tag (for example, Castlevania. I now own 2 titles and a reserved space on my shelf for POR).

Companies are starting to listen, this online demo thing some companies are picking up now is fantastic. Hell, I know people who went out and brought a DS after playing the Puzzle Quest demo just for that game (true story). It works. As this kind of exposure increases, maybe the need for pirate downloads will decrease. Time will tell.

 

[modshroom128]

all nintendo is doing is achieving by shutting down rom sites is for pirates to have to spend an extra 2 more minutes in finding the game they feel like playing.
noobtendo

luckily for me i got better places

 

[ZAFDeltaForce]

Coincidentally, I just found a better place too. Well you know what they say, "the grass is always greener somewhere else". But it sucks too know that one of the best sites are gone. They spent loads of cash on bandwidth too

 

[Harsky]

I have spent all this time downloading roms and I have never thought of Romulation as one of the sites I should go to for the latest rom in the first place. In fact, I never heard of them at all until now.

 

[hollabackitsobi]

Yeah, they were good but I just went back to the site I was using before, which I found is now a lot better than it used to be! Score