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[HN] Study: 87% of classic video games are not legally available (gamehistory.org)
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[–] tobier@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

If you bundle cryptographic keys, bios or other copyrighted content then yes obviously it's illegal.

It's not illegal to implement an emulator.