gushacha כתב:פוסט מצויין בן.
רציתי להזכיר של Snes9x החל את דרכו בשנת 1996 תחת השם Snes96 ואח"כ Snes97 ובשנת 1998 הם ויתרו על ציון השנה והלכו על X.
האתר שהזכרת ושכחת את שמו המלא היה במקרה Dave's Video Game Classics? ששינה את שמו אח"כ ל- VGNETWORK.

So is there some person or company that's stopping the distribution of ROMS on the Internet? Unfortunately there is. In 1994, the Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA) was established to combat piracy in general and on the Internet. They represent several large game corporations like Microsoft, Sega, Nintendo, and Interplay.

One of their first victims was called "The Dump". Maintained by Harry Tuttle and hosted by ClassicGaming.com, it was an emulation site that was structured in a specific way that all emulation sites at that time should have been structured. The web site contained an excellent site layout, a comprehensive database that contained information and reviews of Genesis games, and the games themselves, hundreds of them, that were known to exist until the system's death.

In March 1998, The IDSA sent a threatening letter to Tuttle, stating that they demanded that he take all Genesis ROMs available for download from the site, or legal action would be taken. As a result, the Dump died. It returned two years later, but was never the same without the massive amount of ROMs it formerly had.

Also that year, a site known as Dave's Video Game Classics (aka: The Vintage Gaming Network) was ordered by the IDSA to take his ROMS off the web, or face legal action. The IDSA did the same to some of the other major emulation sites. Their attacks were so outrageous, that nearly the whole emulation community felt that it was the beginning of the end of emulation.

strider1911 כתב:הצלחתי לאתר את האתר ההוא, זה היה תת אתר בשם The Dump שאורח ב Classicgaming.com. הנה לינק לגרסה הכי מוקדם שלו שקיימת בארכיוני הרשת, לצערי זה כבר אחרי שהIDSA תפסו אותו והכריחו אותו למחוק את המשחקים