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Is THIS illegal?

Started by Xtremehobo May 6, 2003 at 8:39 PM 3 replies 350+ views

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May 6, 2003 at 8:39 PM

I bought this thing called a "Gameboy PC Linker". It lets you copy ROMs from your computer to a gameboy cartridge for play in a normal gameboy/gb color. After programming a few games and getting bored with it, I tried selling it on ebay BUT those fuckers removed the listing because they thought it wasn''t legal

I mean, I the auction, I stated that it was for GAME DEVELOPMENT. I didn''t say ANYTHINg about normal games or roms that you could download from the internet :S btw, here''s a pic of it:

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Unspoken Magi

May 6, 2003 at 8:46 PM

Its not illegal if you use it for your own software..
Being you have it, see if my OS works on the GBA.
(It might not because it doesn''t have GBA headers)

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MrPoopypants

May 6, 2003 at 9:09 PM

quote:
Original post by Xtremehobo
I bought this thing called a "Gameboy PC Linker".... I tried selling it on ebay BUT those fuckers removed the listing because they thought it wasn''t legal

The FBI is comming to your house as we speak. If you can get out your back door within the next 30 seconds, you might be able to outrun the dogs.

GarlandIX

May 6, 2003 at 9:43 PM

If you haven''t sold it yet, maybe ill buy it from you

. (no really, im serious, that thing looks really cool).

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Voice Of Tango

May 6, 2003 at 9:53 PM

A flash linker and cart could very easily be used to play ROMs downloaded from the interweb on hardware. (They wouldn''t be viable for full scale commercial piracy however, because the cost of the flash carts is significantly more than the cost of a full price game.) Ebay are usually quite strict about borderline items like this, unfortunately.

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