Are these legal?

http://www.play-gadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/gen_x_dual_station-nes-sega-genesis.jpg

If they are, this would allow me to get the best two systems I missed. A lot of them up on ebay, are they legal?

i think they may be a scam, be wary!thegoldenpoo

Hmm yea, it does sound too good to be true.

These are legal because the patents to those game systems are up. So companies can make these unlicensed abominations and sell them. Don't do it though man. Buy the real systems. A Sega Genesis you can get for 24.99 and a SNES for 39.99 (can probably find them cheaper online, this is just going by a store in the local mall that sells them). ThugKing6669

the UK is a whole other kettle of fish :(

I have no idea, but I would pay $5 at a flea market for one.

you know for a minute there i thought he was gona post some teenage chicks :Pthegoldenpoo

These are legal because the patents to those game systems are up. So companies can make these unlicensed abominations and sell them. Don't do it though man. Buy the real systems. A Sega Genesis you can get for 24.99 and a SNES for 39.99 (can probably find them cheaper online, this is just going by a store in the local mall that sells them). ThugKing6669

I would definitely rather have the real thing, but most of the NES I have seen barely work anymore.

look polystation!"!!!! ZOMG

look polystation!"!!!! ZOMG

12345yon

"its not just a game anymore" :lol:

I had great difficulty finding a NES in the UK after the old one broke, especially if you try to avoid ebay as I did. Mega Drives and SNES' are a bit easer to find though. (As an aside the Euro SNES looks much better than the US one :P )jtim6007

That sucks man. I hope you can find a working NES without having to resort to a knockoff though. I know I'd be mad if I couldn't play Duck Hunt any more (something about that game, it's still fun after all these years).

Yeah, wasn't the Euro SNES basically the Super Famicom, as in it had the same look to it and the controller with the colorful buttons?

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look polystation!"!!!! ZOMG

Gh0st_Of_0nyx

"its not just a game anymore" :lol:

That's pretty bad. I've seen a lot of boot leg systems on kotaku, most of them coming from China, such as the Vii (I believe that was what it was called). Guess that shows that video games are a popular business though.

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look polystation!"!!!! ZOMG

Gh0st_Of_0nyx

"its not just a game anymore" :lol:

It says "it's just not a game anymore" which is even funnier. :D

they are very legal, and cheap, but beware they can often be unreliable.

there are a few that are very reliable one nes remake is very high quality.

like the generation nex by messiah.