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		zhemao on Oct 12, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CHIP Pro Probably because that would be a legal nightmare. You'd have to get approval from all the companies that made the systems you're emulating and the companies that made those games (sometimes they're the same company). And I doubt they'd be interested in supporting a system that will eat into their own sales.

Razengan on Oct 12, 2016 [–]

I'm sure the emulator side could be done "unofficially" (like a separate third-party download) so the guys making the hardware don't catch any heat.

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