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View Poll Results: Which Company Handles Backward Capatability Better?
Nintendo 16 59.26%
Sony 9 33.33%
Microsoft 2 7.41%
None 0 0%
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Old 28-03-2006, 05:46 AM
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That's my personal understanding, but currently my stance is that PS1 and N64 are debatable, simply because the software is widely available in most GameStop's/EBgames. The hardware's discontinued, but the software is still available. However, the argument there is that they're all used games, thus, not technically retail (they're on the secondary market).

Definitly Legal: Arcade, Atari, NES, SNES, Genesis, Saturn, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Gear, anything else pre-1996
Legal Gray Area: PS1, N64, Dreamcast
Definitly Illegal: PC, PS2, Gamecube, Xbox, Xbox 360, DS, PSP, GB

Personally, I wouldn't worry too much about the debatable ones. However, even if it is debatable, remember the ESA fights their debates with multi-million dollar lawyers...
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Old 28-03-2006, 12:43 PM
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Gameboy/Color would not be legal. They can be played on a GBA/SP.
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hmmmm...good point. But that would also mean the PS1 would not be legal either...
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Old 28-03-2006, 09:02 PM
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Ah, yes, totally forgot that you could play them on the PS2.
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and PS3...
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