No$GBA 2.7 is out!!
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onewecallgod
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Is it really necessary to post it in three sections? No. Don't do it again.
onewecallgod
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Then that's your problem. The forum doesn't just sort of work; either it all works or it doesn't.
Can I ask what this is all about? The last version was 2.6a?
23 January 2008 - version 2.6a
http://nocash.emubase.de/gbanew.htm
And if 2.7 is out, its leaked or not an ethical download. We dont condone that here? Also if there is a new release would you not point us to the authors site?
There is a post about 2.7 here
http://forums.ngemu.com/no-gba-discussion/114475-no-gba-2-7-a.html
Its certainly is not official , I question the validity in the poster.
23 January 2008 - version 2.6a
http://nocash.emubase.de/gbanew.htm
And if 2.7 is out, its leaked or not an ethical download. We dont condone that here? Also if there is a new release would you not point us to the authors site?
There is a post about 2.7 here
http://forums.ngemu.com/no-gba-discussion/114475-no-gba-2-7-a.html
Its certainly is not official , I question the validity in the poster.
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Alexander_13
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lol i open it and i couldn't open it cuz it uses java and i don't have that program
FatTrucker
Abusus non tollit usum
I've also given it a thorough scan and its not turning out anything nasty so it looks like an unofficial leak which is pretty naughty really. In which case the links should really be taken down/deleted.
retroguiden
Man of Many Talents
Why? What I like about this forum is that it doesn't make the rather ridiculus rule that "non-official builds and beta versions is not supported".
Or is it something I'm not getting here?
FatTrucker
Abusus non tollit usum
Only that afaik No$gba is like PJ64 in that the latest builds and betas are generally released to contributors/donators first then given a public release when the next build comes out.
While I don't necessarily agree with the whole donation for emulation idea, I still respect and enjoy the work these teams do on their emulators and wouldn't want to see that discouraged by people leaking their work against their wishes.
No major thing but as EZ is all about emulators and emulator support I think its important that we do what we can to encourage and support the authors of emulators that are still actively being developed and improved.
This would include not providing or endorsing links to versions of the emulator that they haven't released yet. The donators receive earlier access to new versions and betas as a thank you for their support, leaking the same versions to the public devalues that sentiment and causes bad feeling from the authors and the donators that actually support and help fund the projects they work on.
If its a legitimate release from the author then its fine. If its a derivative work on a 'dead' emulator then its fine, however if its something that will discourage a good developer from continuing to develop a very good emulator then I don't think we should support it.
It would be sh*t if as a result of unofficial leaks no$gba went the same way as PJ64 and stopped making public releases for months/years as a result.
While I don't necessarily agree with the whole donation for emulation idea, I still respect and enjoy the work these teams do on their emulators and wouldn't want to see that discouraged by people leaking their work against their wishes.
No major thing but as EZ is all about emulators and emulator support I think its important that we do what we can to encourage and support the authors of emulators that are still actively being developed and improved.
This would include not providing or endorsing links to versions of the emulator that they haven't released yet. The donators receive earlier access to new versions and betas as a thank you for their support, leaking the same versions to the public devalues that sentiment and causes bad feeling from the authors and the donators that actually support and help fund the projects they work on.
If its a legitimate release from the author then its fine. If its a derivative work on a 'dead' emulator then its fine, however if its something that will discourage a good developer from continuing to develop a very good emulator then I don't think we should support it.
It would be sh*t if as a result of unofficial leaks no$gba went the same way as PJ64 and stopped making public releases for months/years as a result.
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retroguiden
Man of Many Talents
I see. One question though; who do you think is leaking these versions?
I know how much work goes into making an emulator. I just think the sentiment is overstated. Emu makers in general are making the emulator for themselves. For fun. To prove something. To... whatever. Not to get paid primarily. But never mind that.
Now, if someone has problems with a pre-release version and someone happens to have the answer I don't really see the harm. It's not like we can make tell if they are ligitimate donaters or not every time.
We turn the blind eye even though (probably) a majority of the questions here are about pirated software. Games that people stand to loose quite a bit of money on. But when it comes to a small emu project that perhaps is loosing a couple of bucks worth of server rent - then we get all high and mighty and moralize?
One thing we could (and should) do however, is encourage the people asking questions about pre-releases to pay the donation fee and get professional help from the emu maker.
FatTrucker
Abusus non tollit usum
Its not about getting high and mighty, its a simple case of keeping the emu authors motivated and on-side. It has nothing to do with them losing any money or donations (since people dl-ing the leak wouldn't donate anyway), its about the fact that they release it to donators first as a thank you and as non-donating end users we should respect that.
Lots of people treat emulation as an all you can eat but the development community exists and thrives as a result of co-operation and shared interest.
Lots of people treat emulation as an all you can eat but the development community exists and thrives as a result of co-operation and shared interest.
retroguiden
Man of Many Talents
That could be said for my viewpoint as well. I believe in cutting people a little slack. Especially when there's no telling if they are donors or not. (Just as we can't tell for sure if people own the game they try to play off a rom.) I don't think there's a difference here, and it really shouldn't be anyway since I support both emu developers and game developers.
warning:excl:.. for unknown reason, this so-called no$gba v2.7 will collect data about your current ip address, computer name, and folder structure in your drive C, and upload it to a server using ftp command.. download at your own risk...
victim list :
inside textfile:
If you right click at official version of no$gba, you cannot extract the file...
But if you right click on the .EXE for this so-called v2.7, if you have winrar, you can extract files inside this .EXE, decompile .class, and read the the source code...
As I think it is inappropriate to collect user data without user concern, so I'll give warning to those who planned to download this release...
victim list :
inside textfile:
If you right click at official version of no$gba, you cannot extract the file...
But if you right click on the .EXE for this so-called v2.7, if you have winrar, you can extract files inside this .EXE, decompile .class, and read the the source code...
As I think it is inappropriate to collect user data without user concern, so I'll give warning to those who planned to download this release...
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MiguelGalit
The Kid Who Hates You
This is a S**T F**KING VIRUS so I used this emulator and deleted it. Am I still affected? Gerogero?
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