Deleted member User requested account closure Banned. Oct 25, 3, Can I buy the game on PC somewhere? If you downloaded the game and set it up on your Daytona arcade machine, it isn't piracy. Downloading the game and cracking it to work on something it wasn't intended to work on makes it piracy. Oct 29, 4, But showing which lines to change in the hex editor, or distributing a patch file for the exe that ONLY contains your changes and is then applied to the original file you got via SEGA?
VariantX Member. Oct 25, 12, Columbia, SC. Dr Wily said:. How is that relevant to something being piracy? I poked around on the site and it seems the typical procedure is to order an upgrade from them and be given a secure download link. This is the only one i could find thats just out there for anyone to download. Read the article were you can download the patch, the repeat constantly that the update is for consumers that bought the board machine, if you feel like downloading the archive because SEGA Arcade was dumb enough to upload it in a free page is up to you, but this is not sega officialy distribuiting the game for everyone, and in the end IS piracy.
Even your xenoblade example doesn't aplly, since you bought the game I believe. Oct 29, 2, VariantX said:. I think this simply comes down to if Sega intended for everyone to be able to download this, or only for certain parties to have access. This is not any different from taking advantage of a price error in PSN or XBL in where they accidentally put a game for free and then quickly correct it.
Is that piracy? Did they pirate a console? Yes, I bought Xenoblade. The fact that the files are "freely" available is irrelevant. You can download most games in full right now but to play them you need to purchase a license or edit the executables so that you crack the game in order to run it. Making a silly comparaison with mods is missing the point because : 1 - it doesn't apply, you typically purchase and thus own the game you're attempting to own 2 - In order to execute this locally on your PC you have to circumvent its hardware protections so that it no longer requieres the arcade cabinet Aka it's piracy.
Deleted member User-requested account closure Banned. Information missing from this thread is that initially the link included the entire base game as well as the update, that's why people are able to get it working on their pc's. The link was later updated to only have the update files which are as good as useless without the rest of the game.
Neptonic said:. Faust Member. This is not a free release of their game for whoever wants it. You don't have to hex edit a game that has a price error to get it to run on your console.
Oct 27, 2, And what if I did? Let's say I hex edit the Just Cause 2 demo to remove the time limit and the invisible walls. No, it's modding. Is all hex editing considered piracy? Or only this case arbitrarily? Oct 25, 7, Fularu said:. Nappael Member. Oct 25, 6, Running something on unintended hardware does not make it piracy according to nearly every legal definition of the word. Neither is the argument that Hex editing is required, come on now.
Not to say there isn't an argument for copyright infringement here, just that shouldn't be the argument you use. There's completely the valid argument that this is intended only for people who already have a license by owning the machine , and by downloading it you are in breach of that. Sega were just really, really fucking stupid to make this freely available online.
Oct 28, I just can't believe they're using Dropbox as an official way to deliver this update. Fun game! No music for some reason though. Can't get that or the mouse to work to change some control settings. Still worth the download. To help those who have this on Win7. Enter allows you to make changes. Controlling the car: Arrows. Gabriel Maffla 0 point. LadPtr -2 points.
Tiara Boobowski 0 point. If the game installer throws you any weird codes when installing it, ignore them if the installation appears to complete before showing an error. The game should run on Windows 10 without issue. This a mostly-faithful albeit watered-down version of an arcade classic.
Fun in a pinch if you're too lazy to install and get MAME running or too cheap to buy an Xbox to play one game from , but lacks the nuance of the original game's controls with significantly downgraded graphics equivalent to the Saturn version. Since this port predates USB, your controller will likely not work.
Worst of all, the iconic Mitsuyoshi soundtrack is nowhere to be heard. Shadow The Hedgehog 1 point. Share your gamer memories, help others to run the game or comment anything you'd like. We may have multiple downloads for few games when different versions are available.
Also, we try to upload manuals and extra documentation when possible. Sega wanted this as a launch game for the Saturn and as a result, it had to be rushed out of the door and that is the reason for all of the pop-in. While the game may look very downgraded from the arcade original.
I must admit there is still a lot of charm to this game. The racing feels loose, arcadey and it is fun to pick up and play. Shaving off seconds here and there on your best times is very addictive. The gameplay does resemble the Daytona that we all know and love from the arcade. It is the kind of racing game that anyone can pick up and play.
While some might say it is shallow. It does feature damage effects that can alter the way your car handles. Believe it or not, this was a pretty novel feature back when this game was released.
This is a game that I still have a lot of good memories of. It is such a shame Sega had to rush it out the door to meet the launch. To be fair, Sega did fix the issues with the game as they released Daytona USA Champion Circuit Edition which is far closer to what we got in the arcade. They pretty much fixed all of the problems that this original port had and added in some extra stuff too. I often wonder if having the Champion Circuit Edition as the launch game would have made a difference to how the Saturn sold at launch.
If you're feeling lazy don't even bother reading this review, as the intro tells you just about everything you need to know - and the score should pretty much underline it. If you insist on persevering, however, I suppose I've got to as well although, to be honest, I'm tempted to leave the entire page blank as a kind of testimony to the game's smellyness.
As you'll know, Daytona was a pretty fab arcade game in its time, and it engendered debates in pubs among sad people: I reckon Ridge Racer 's the best, always said one. No, would say another, it's got to be Daytona - the tracks are more imaginative. And so on. But these days Daytona has been relegated in status to the point where there's actually a stand-up cabinet of the thing in a chip shop on Worthing pier.
No matter, there's nothing wrong with that. There are, however, an alarming number of things wrong with the home conversions. The Saturn version as mentioned in the intro was virtually unplayable. Jerk-o-vision was the first little devil to raise its head, followed very soon after by the handling characteristics of your car - which drove pretty much like an anvil. But then, as if that wasn't enough, the music hit home bigtime It started to appear in my dreams, on the bus, in the supermarket, and on and on.
I've only recently managed to repress the bugger, but now, thanks to this pc version, it's back with a vengeance, floating around in my head again. Round and round and round. I can hear it as I'm writing this. It won't go away. Stop it! Help me someone, pleeeease! Sega have very cleverly taken a shite Saturn game and made it worse for the pc. The cars handle almost exactly as uselessly, but as for the frame rate And that was on a P, by the way.
What you get is jerk, jerk, jerk, jerk, jerk, and then a long pause as scenery loads in or something. Then it's back to jerk, jerk, jerk again. It gets to the point that when hacking down a long straight you actually encounter the Cwagon wheel effect' from cowboy movies: the dotted lines on the road appear to be going backwards, even though the scenery beyond is nearing.
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