Have you ever been driven to piracy?

[Tracer]

Yeah, mostly games I wouldn't want to buy like Quake 3 for Dreamcast (just to see) and such. I have mostly emulators for arcade games. I like owning the original some times, but I don't like spending the money alot of people want for them. Buying a legit copy on ebay for 200 bucks is completely silly IMO when you could download it and play at your leisure.

[Diff-chan]

Originally posted by UndeadKing
No Thrill Kill was cancelled EVERYWHERE. If a Uk version existed, I would've bought it.

Uhhh... why? The game is fucking goddamn awful terrible-like. Seriously one of the worst fighting games ever not-made, or something. It's no Shaq Fu or Rise of the Robots, mind you, but it doesn't even challenge the 25th percentile of fighters.

[Mfkzt]

I used to pirate games. I'd still pirate them if there were more than 3 a year that were worth playing. Putting a CDR in my computer is more effort than it's worth now.

[UndeadKing]

Uhhh... why?

Because I wanted to play it. Now that I know the game sucks, I wouldn't have bought it. I didn't know that back when it was supposed to come out. I'm not arguing the quality of the game, there is no doubt that it's a piece of crap. However, I was looking forward to it, so if it did come out I could have bought it(and likely sold it shortly after).

[Adrian]

I'm never 'driven' to piracy, I do it when it conveniences me. I pirated the hell out of the DC (hell, who didn't) so I could decide which games to buy. I have no beef with emulation either, you'd have to be a complete mug to choose Saturn Xmen COTA over the emulated CPS2 version. In the past I used to be strictly originals only but now I don't care, I just buy my favourites. I have a burn of Dracula X Rondo and if I like it enough (i'm yet to play it) i'll buy the real deal. Pissing away money on 'retro' games is no longer my bag and blind purchases are stupid.

[Lordmrw]

Yes. Back when I left myh first college in 1999, I was flat broke and unemployed for about 6 months or so. A friend of mine had about 400 pirated PS games at the time and gave me copies of some of them. I continued doing it until I was at a point where I could buy the games I wanted. I've mostly bought the originals of all the games I pirated since. I do have bootlegs of Tobal 2 and Dracula X, though.

[frostwolf ex]

never burned a game, but got some nes roms a long time ago. beyond that i pretty much echo fury's idea, i buy the games that i like and play them, no need to steal, but if i cant find it legally, then my recourse is??

[Son of Bryce]

The only thing with piracy, it cheapens the experience even more. Used to be able to play a single game for months, now I need a new fix every week.

[Green]

Some guy at school gave me (he came to me, I think he wanted to borrow something off me) a pirated copy of Quake 3 for DC. Also gave me PSO. I played them for a few days then threw them away. I also let someone borrow my PS copy of Tony Hawk so he could burn his own copy. A loser is I.

[Brisco Bold]

Dracula X was my only one. My rom was so shitty, that I got fed up and bought one instead. Quite a deal too.