To put into perspective how old this site is, it introduced me to ROMs. I was single digits years old, I’m in my 30s now.
As someone that grew up poor and therefore couldn’t get many games, This site and Zophars Domain are the only reason I grew up with the games I did.
Earthbound, for example, didn’t come out in Australia when it was first released. I saw Ness in the first Smash Bros. Game in 1998 and thought “Huh, Earthbound. I wonder if that game is on Vimms Lair.” And discovered what is now one of my favourite games of all time.
Speaking of pirates, piracy is the only way Westerners even can play the sequel to Earthbound, Mother 3.
Piracy and access to ROMs is so important. Not only because corporations are bad at preservation and localisation, but because kids who are poor shouldn’t be stuck with only shitty mobile games to play.
Fuck copyright. Fuck corporations, and fuck capitalism
To put into perspective how old this site is, it introduced me to ROMs. I was single digits years old, I’m in my 30s now.
As someone that grew up poor and therefore couldn’t get many games, This site and Zophars Domain are the only reason I grew up with the games I did.
Earthbound, for example, didn’t come out in Australia when it was first released. I saw Ness in the first Smash Bros. Game in 1998 and thought “Huh, Earthbound. I wonder if that game is on Vimms Lair.” And discovered what is now one of my favourite games of all time.
Speaking of pirates, piracy is the only way Westerners even can play the sequel to Earthbound, Mother 3.
Piracy and access to ROMs is so important. Not only because corporations are bad at preservation and localisation, but because kids who are poor shouldn’t be stuck with only shitty mobile games to play.
Fuck copyright. Fuck corporations, and fuck capitalism
Corporations aren’t just bad at preservation like it’s some kind of skill issue, they are actively hostile to it.
I love innovation under capitalism
Zophar’s Domain, FUCK you reached into archival memory