Bleem! Commercial emulator - old, but interesting

[the-pi-guy]

t didn't work. In March of 1999, two days after bleem! began taking preorders, Sony filed suit against the fledgling company. bleem! was a small company of just two people: Herpolsheimer and coder Randy Linden. They just wanted to make PlayStation games more accessible to people, and perhaps make some money off of that.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/issues/issue_117/2295-Best-Little-Emulator-Ever-Made.2

bleem! marched on unabated and finally won in court; the court ruled the company wasn't violating Sony's rights or unfairly competing with them. One court even went to far as to issue a protective order to "protect David from Goliath."

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/issues/issue_117/2295-Best-Little-Emulator-Ever-Made.3

[BasilZero]

So....Emulators are FREE FOR ALL :O?

(I dont get why post this now?)

[the-pi-guy]

So....Emulators are FREE FOR ALL :O?

(I dont get why post this now?)

Because I didn't know about this before. 
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=196525&page=1
"bleem! Gran Turismo"

I thought it was interesting because not only was a company able to sell something in competition with Sony, but they were also allowed to use PlayStation games in their marketing. 

[BasilZero]

Because I didn't know about this before. 
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=196525&page=1
"bleem! Gran Turismo"

I thought it was interesting because not only was a company able to sell something in competition with Sony, but they were also allowed to use PlayStation games in their marketing.

I remember using BLEEM years ago but that was way after this occurred.

It was horrible lol.

[darkknightkryta]

I remember using BLEEM years ago but that was way after this occurred.

It was horrible lol.

The Dreamcast version wasn't half bad.