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Naka: I once made a Famicom (NES) emulator for the Mega-Drive
(Genesis). It was just for my own personal play, and I couldn't play every game with it. It was
just for fun, but it was fun to call people over and show them Mario running around on a
Mega-Drive. GameWeek: You're not the only one doing that kind of switch. I recently saw a Game Boy cartridge that had Sonic. Naka: I have Sonic for Famicom. I knew that I really was important when they started pirating my games. |
Naka-san seems to be fairly calm in the face of the greatest threat the industry faces today. Although his comments were more or less on the subject of harmless emulation, his final word -- "I knew that I really was important when they started pirating my games." -- seems to express a relative lack of concern on the topic. Of course, piracy doesn't affect designers (especially not top-level designers whose jobs are secured no matter what) as directly as it affects the companies themselves and we, the consumers. (Thanks to Eduardo Salinas and Chan Soen Mun David for the tip.)
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