This is why I don’t consider emulators to be immoral, unlike certain hacks in the access media who see it as a completely black and white issue. <br><br>You can’t play The Guardian Legend “legitimately” in a reasonable manner according to these clowns. And that’s just ONE of my favorite games from childhood that isn’t accessible except through emulators.<br><br>Always online is even worse, honestly. Without those servers, you are screwed. But what about when the publisher dies and the IP isn’t even picked up?  What about when games become truly abandoned because no one is even claiming it AND you have no access to the source?<br><br>The rabbit hole goes a lot deeper.  I decided to just not to play games like this anymore.  Once-in-a-lifetime should apply to solar eclipses or special concerts or a wedding or something like that. <br><br>Not consumable entertainment media.