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As mentioned above, scammers would claim to be the first to successfully emulate a particular platform, even though there hasn't been much work done as far as reverse-engineering the original hardware goes; exceptions exist such as with the [[Game Boy Advance emulators|Game Boy Advance]] having its first emulator<ref>[https://www.zophar.net/gba/gbaemu.html GBAEmu]</ref> released ''a year'' before the actual hardware made it to store shelves, though that was due to a massive developer kit leak. And even then, it takes ''years'' to improve if not perfect an emulator's ability to run commercial games, especially for platforms with complex architectures such as the [[PlayStation 3 emulators|PlayStation 3]].
Said surveys are, in essence, a trojan horse, as internet fraudsters and charlatans prey on less-savvy users who may not understand the inner workings of an emulator (or video game hardware in general), and thus profit from their gullibility whenever said users are made to fill out useless surveys. Scammers operate on a commission basis, where they are paid for each successful survey filled up or adware downloaded. Not to mention that less-than-scrupulous ad networks can and will profit from a person's private information for them to sell to the highest bidder. While it is easy for the likes of Nintendo to file a cease-and-desist order and have those sites taken down for trademark infringement, this is , ironically enough, hampered by previous legal precedent which has made ''legitimate'' emulation legal, thereby insulating scammers from liability, and the fact that most if not all scammers operate offshore, sidestepping any DMCA ruling against them.
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