Comments on: The DROID X360: ICS-Powered PS Vita Device that Ships with Illegal Emulators

By: Michael Torok

Michael Torok — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:09:00 +0000

Well, I have one… took some work tweaking to get everything to go the way it should.. I just can’t beleive the emulator discussion here…. check google play…. there be pleanty of emus there…. didn’t have to come pre-loaded… now on the other hand, PvZ and some roms that came preloaded are illegal…

By: Truth

Truth — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:42:00 +0000

Yes, just be careful to research the vendors on it. If you are not careful, you will get ripped off

By: S_V_R

S_V_R — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:22:00 +0000

It would be cool if there was a handheld device that docked your phone in it so that you could get the controller feel. The phone would service as your screen and have the controller portion of the dock controlled via bluetooth to the phone.

By: angermeans

angermeans — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 06:07:00 +0000

Yeah its kind of crazy but Sony has not added ps1 support for the vita yet

By: guest

guest — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 17:15:00 +0000

actually, i remember hearing a podcast by techstuff (how stuff works) about roms/emulators. one mention was for “defunct” companies. and while there may be no more company, nor a way to get the original game…those copyrights are still valid and you “could” be prosecuted by whoever holds those rights. so if a company is “bought” and cleaned..the new owner will own those rights. or if a company goes belly up, the last “owner” would still retain the copyright.

ianal, but this seems to be the case..

By: JoshGroff

JoshGroff — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:55:00 +0000

Did you even read my last sentence? Also, like I said, it was an example, would you prefer something a little more obscure like Brave Fencer Musashi?

By: Daistaar

Daistaar — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:45:00 +0000

That’s a bad example is FF7 is acquirable through various routes including the PSN (which negates your entire argument). Not to mention that most developers are trying to circumvent the archive clause by reissuing games in collectors editions, re-releases and classic packs (Think Sonic, every new Mario, Final Fantasy, etc…)

Issues with legality usually stem from illegal distribution and not legally owning an item.

By: Mr E

Mr E — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:44:00 +0000

I just want a case like this to put my phone into!

By: JoshGroff

JoshGroff — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:09:00 +0000

My PS3 plays PS3 games quite well, maybe you should buy one.

By: JoshGroff

JoshGroff — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:07:00 +0000

I’m not sure, but I know Yongzh has since abandoned it (as well as most of his other emulators seemingly.)

By: JoshGroff

JoshGroff — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:05:00 +0000

Don’t they give access to the PSN? Should be able to access the PS1 classics just like you can with the PSP and PS3.

By: fauxshizzl

fauxshizzl — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:04:00 +0000

According to every site i can find them for sale on, they do come with the Google market right out of the box. Why piss off just Sony and Lucas, when you can go for the trifecta and get Google pissed at you too?

By: JoshGroff

JoshGroff — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Decent price, would still prefer an Xperia though (personal preference.)

By: JoshGroff

JoshGroff — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:58:00 +0000

Yes, but it’s not Droid Emu, it’s Droidemu, see what they did there?

By: JoshGroff

JoshGroff — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:47:00 +0000

What if you only emulate consoles that are no longer in production and sales will in no way affect the console or game maker? I would definitely use that as a defense. It’s pretty solid as well.