Forum Overview :: Gamerasutra :: Ah yes, R-Type and the OpenROM movement.

[quote name="Fussbett"][quote name="Jerry Whorebach"]2. The advantage of DRMless downloads is that anyfuckingbody can host them. Irem may be going out of business as we speak, but I'll wager everyone reading this sentence has a zip file containing the R-Type ROMs on at least ONE of their devices. Some of us probably have them on everything we own. If nothing else, you'll probably still be able to get copies of shittyschmup.exe from http://MischiefMakersVintagePornoWarehouse.museum[/quote] That's a bad example for you to use because when R-Type was released it had defacto copy protection by virtue of being impossible for the average or even exceptional person to copy, some later ROMs even having encryption. But 20 years later it's all broken and now you can illegally or grey-marketly trade ZIP files, those old ROMs now free from their corporeal bonds. So if you're worried about the longevity of Steam games due to server authentication, one glance at a torrent site says "don't be".[/quote]