07-04-2014, 10:22 PM
If someone could make an emulator then you could indeed take screenshots or record sounds. A lot of the sprites and sounds here are submitted that way, because even now it's still not possible to rip directly from every game (or the effort it would take to figure out how to isn't worth it), even for old games.
The encryption issue prevents emulators as well though. I think it's slightly different, since you need to emulate the hardware (and not actually know how all the formats in the ROM work), but it's still very closely related.
The encryption issue prevents emulators as well though. I think it's slightly different, since you need to emulate the hardware (and not actually know how all the formats in the ROM work), but it's still very closely related.