Retro Gentlemen Agreement (0.8.18)

The Retro Gentlemen Agreement (RGA from hereon) is a sign of goodwill from retro gamer to companies who might own the copyright to a certain game.

We think the emulation scene is divided into people who love retro games and want to enjoy them as pure and authentic as possible, but also people who simply want to pirate even modern games for free and use unavailability of retro games as an excuse to do so.

Even though Remake/Remaster/Re-Releases often can be simply bought in stores, the real thing, the authentic experience of the original console is usually unavailable and sometimes, it isn't even known which company is holding the rights to this IP and/or simply has no interest to care about it.

But we respect that companies want to protect the rights to these games and hence limit ourself as a sign of goodwill to show our respect for the gaming industry.

Out intend is not to cause financial damage, we want the authentic experience that often is simply impossible outside of emulating ROM.

We, the retro gaming gentlemen, agree to promise the following things

1. We are only emulating systems that are >=25 years old. This includes, for example
   1. SEGA Dreamcast
   2. SONY PlayStation 2
   3. Nintendo Gamecube
   4. NEC PC-FX
   5. Windows 9.x
2. We only play/archive/host official published ROM that have been released for these consoles
   1. No Remakes/Remasters/Re-Releases, only the real thing
3. If an re-release can be bought, we buy/support it to show our respect
4. We do not try to make the process of emulation too easy
   1. We do not develop/support Hardware that comes with emulators/ROM pre-installed
   2. We do not develop/support Software that comes with emulators/ROM pre-installed
   3. We do not make money with retro games
      1. No reselling of Emulator/ROM
      2. No payed services for installing/setting up emulator/ROM
      3. Developed Software must be GNU GPL-compatible
5. We play the games in their original form with highest accuracy
   1. No Upscaling of internal resolution
   2. No Texture Replacement or such patches
   3. No Adding Quality of Life features such as automappers
6. We commit to maintain open dialogue and strict adherence to the RGA

E-Mail: vamp898-rga 'at' ikaros.space