NES emulator

[Arkhan]

Truth be told, I'd pay like 30$ for the packaging alone, no disc!  That posterthing is f*ckin cool looking.

[Senshi]

His response to me:

Hi, yes, that's a 1:1 port of the original NES version.

[Arkhan]

a port, eh?

lol

SOMEONE IS CONFUSED.

[Senshi]

isn't that what a port is? bring it from system over to another?

[nodtveidt]

A port is when you take source code and adapt it for another system.

[Arkhan]

and in this case, it's more of a hack than a port... lol

[Bernie]

Truth be told, I'd pay like 30$ for the packaging alone, no disc!  That posterthing is f*ckin cool looking.

Well, curiousity got the best of me.  I bought one. 

[spenoza]

It's less than a port, more than a hack. The audio emulation code alone was probably more work than any hack short of a total conversion. I'd say this is darn near a port, given that he's opened it up to hacking with enhanced capabilities as well. Definitely a prime piece of software work.

And yes, the packaging kicks major ass. We should track the foo down and get him to do some other work for our community  ; )

[esteban]

It's less than a port, more than a hack. The audio emulation code alone was probably more work than any hack short of a total conversion. I'd say this is darn near a port, given that he's opened it up to hacking with enhanced capabilities as well. Definitely a prime piece of software work.

And yes, the packaging kicks major ass. We should track the foo down and get him to do some other work for our community  ; )

He can atone for his sins by providing exceptional graphic design and layouts!

Not that this would truly cancel his sins, mind you...but it would be a token gesture.

The design and layout are truly exquisite.

Goddamn him!

[Shrapnoid]

Nice as that looks, I'd rather wait for a possible enhanced graphics/Sounds version, done by the best MM/RM hackers around and supervised or approved by Bonknuts.
I'm a big Megaman fan and have been for decades but, even if I thought this deal were legit, I'd refuse to buy this guy's version.

[Bernie]

I'm a big Megaman fan and have been for decades but, even if I thought this deal were legit, I'd refuse to buy this guy's version.

Well good for you.

[nat]

Ah yes, the venerable Anime4Ever.

Just when you think he's a fading memory...

[vestcoat]

Truth be told, I'd pay like 30$ for the packaging alone, no disc!  That posterthing is f*ckin cool looking.

Well, curiousity got the best of me.  I bought one. 

The other thing to remember before doing business with animeforever is the guy is a liar.  He opened an account here in '05 promoting his mysterious box of Sapphires with that elaborate "second print" BS about how they were found in Japan and how he sent a copy to Hudson and they could neither confirm nor deny their authenticity.  He then opened that website just sell that "one box."  He's since sold some unpackaged and misprinted spindles and everyone now knows that he made them himself

Considering this checkered past, there's no doubt he simply ripped off that Mega Man hack and made some discs.  His last effort, SFZ, was a CDr step down from the glass master Sapphire discs, so you're probably not even getting a real disc.  His graphic design is sweet, but I can't support this guy in good conscience.

[Shrapnoid]

Truth be told, I'd pay like 30$ for the packaging alone, no disc!  That posterthing is f*ckin cool looking.

Well, curiousity got the best of me.  I bought one. 

The other thing to remember before doing business with animeforever is the guy is a liar.  He opened an account here in '05 promoting his mysterious box of Sapphires with that elaborate "second print" BS about how they were found in Japan and how he sent a copy to Hudson and they could neither confirm nor deny their authenticity.  He then opened that website just sell that "one box."  He's since sold some unpackaged and misprinted spindles and everyone now knows that he made them himself

Considering this checkered past, there's no doubt he simply ripped off that Mega Man hack and made some discs.  His last effort, SFZ, was a CDr step down from the glass master Sapphire discs, so you're probably not even getting a real disc.  His graphic design is sweet, but I can't support this guy in good conscience.

See? I guess I can understand picking one up if you're really THAT curious and can afford it but, I just don't see it.

[Bonknuts]

Had some time to think about this today. And to be honest, I'm not really bothered by it. After first, after seeing the yahoo auctions I was little bit pissed (like you get at ebay jerks selling pirated stuffs), but also quite a bit amused. But after seeing the site, which seems to have no relation to those - meh. If you guys want to buy copies from him and talk about them, then that's cool. I'm not disgruntled about it or anything. 1) I can't sell these for myself for obvious reasons. 2) They were meant to be free for community. 3) Even if someone did ask for permission to use my emulation code (which is mine and not Capcoms) in a for profit project, there's still no way I could officially say "yeah, sure". Simply because I'd still be consider aiding in copyright infringement for profit (I'd use the word 'pirate', but it's lost a lot of its meaning since the 80's and 90's). I never intended to profit from it and I'm still not profiting from it, so nothing's changed. But I'm definitely gonna keep this in mind for all future stuff I release for free (gonna have to look over the GPL free for non commercial/profit crap or something)

 If this is a CD-R though, you're definitely wasting your money - hahahaha. Ask first. I remember when some stupid retrogame company got a hold of some beta SegaCD game and I rushed out to order it (totally legit) and it turned out to be a CD-R. I was pissed to say the least. The fighting game itself was a piece crap though, so double pissed. (And no, pissed != drunk)

 Anyway, do what you guys want. I'm cool with it. I've actually got an email from the site's owner and ask that if it is my work he's selling, and since it was released to be free for the PCE community, that if he can provide his nice manual and inserts online in some downloadable digital format free for the community to use as well. Seems fair to me. If not, we make our own here - right? Someone must have talents for this kind of stuffs...