Emulation itself is not illegal, at the very least not discussing it.
You will notice there are NO links to files or any files on the site which are considered illegal such as bios copies, commercial roms or ISO files.
This site deals with the development of the emulation world itself and not the pirate point of view to it, which you might have been participating in.
In any case, such discussions about illegal materials are not allowed on this site and forum and should now therefor stop.
EDIT: Just read your post. You are aware, that if you own the original product, which IS neccesary for running most emulators as you need your own copy of the machine's BIOS, you probably are allowed to use emulators for such matters as PERSONAL usage.
You will notice there are NO links to files or any files on the site which are considered illegal such as bios copies, commercial roms or ISO files.
This site deals with the development of the emulation world itself and not the pirate point of view to it, which you might have been participating in.
In any case, such discussions about illegal materials are not allowed on this site and forum and should now therefor stop.
EDIT: Just read your post. You are aware, that if you own the original product, which IS neccesary for running most emulators as you need your own copy of the machine's BIOS, you probably are allowed to use emulators for such matters as PERSONAL usage.