So... Yeah. In my case, I use them for trying out games. <:

I really hate it when I spend money on a horribly stupid/boring game. XD

It also helps me to choose which games I want and expand my wishlist. 8D

I use them for old retro games for systems I don't own!

I use them for older systems that are hard to come by, the only reason i don't 'steal' new ones is because there is no good emulator yet.

I use them to Play games that are hard to find such as nes, and new emulatores are really bad

Just like everyone else said, I use them to play old games. I've also got emulators on my PSP so I can play downloaded PS1 games, GBA (and everything below like gb color) snes, nes and everything else i didnt mention

I use mine for either old games, games I already own yet want to record, or Japan only games. Lately I've been ripping music from Mother 3. Kind of a service for the Mother fan community.

I use them to play games for SEGA i Nintendo.especially like Chip&Dale 2 for Sega

There's probably only 3 reasons to use an emulator:
1. Try out a game before buying it.
2. Play a game too old to be sold.
3. Play a game that you can buy, but are too cheap.

I use mine to play games Well the games that are old like The final fantasy's and chrono trigger. Im into old rpg's so emulators come in handy.

I'll admit, I use emulators so i don't ahve to buy games

emulate is another word for 'simulate'

Emulators can simulate the games console/arcade machine on your pc !!

I use them for old games like everyone else said. xD But I don't have much money so I'd use the new emulators if my pc was fast enough and they worked better.

i like to play Chrono Trigger, and such games. that i never got to as a kid.

Ditto the above (or some).

I generally play games that are quite hard to come by, or testing my PS2 games on the relatively new developing PS2 emulator (it's not even up to the first full version if I remember correctly).

Used to play pokemon on it

I had a GB one on my DS, it was minted