Where to (legally) acquire content to play on RetroPie

themazingness

There is a Capcom sale on Fanatical right now. Several collections with extractable games are included in the sale:

Mega Man Legacy Collection
Mega Man X Legacy Collection
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection
The Disney Afternoon Collection

CoolieCoolster

There's now patches for the Castlevania Advance games: https://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=33506.0.

Auster

GOG made a list of games that use ScummVM (not sure if everything is included), and many of those are on sale:
https://www.gog.com/partner/scummvm
edit: there's also a sale page for ScummVM's 20th anniversary

Also, it seems a few emulated games are on sale for the next 2~3 days too:
[MS-DOS] Bop'N Wrestle - https://www.gog.com/game/bopn_wrestle
[MS-DOS] Mortal Kombat 1+2+3 - https://www.gog.com/game/mortal_kombat_123
[Arcade] Retro Classix: Bad Dudes - https://www.gog.com/game/retro_classix_bad_dudes
[Arcade] Retro Classix: Night Slashers - https://www.gog.com/game/retro_classix_night_slashers
[Arcade] Retro Classix: Two Crude - https://www.gog.com/game/retro_classix_two_crude

Crush

@auster said in Where to (legally) acquire content to play on RetroPie:

Hey @Auster cause gog has an identical disclaimer on scummvm and dosbox games it's possible to google search filtering games using only one of those 2 engines.
This gets you up to date results and you can filter by date.
SCUMMVM: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Agog.com%2Fgame%2F+"This+game+is+powered+by+ScummVM"

Dosbox: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Agog.com%2Fgame%2F+"This+game+is+powered+by+DOSBox."

themazingness

Many ScummVM and Dropbox games are on sale as part of GoG's Activision and Blizzard sale (including many old Sierra games).

Unknown

I’m not sure if this is true or not but I heard that after the Atari Jaguar was discontinued, it was declared open source. So maybe it’s legal to get Atari Jaguar games?

Auster

@unknown I just sent an email to their support (support@atari.com) asking about the situation. They'll probably answer on Monday or afterwards.

RustyMG

After Hasbro Interactive acquired all Atari properties, the patents of the Jaguar were released into the public domain, with the console declared an open platform.
This is only in relation to the console hardware, NOT the software.
It was to allow the writing and legal release of homebrew.

When Commodore went bankrupt, all the thousands of games written by the hundreds of developers suddenly didn't become free overnight!

Auster

Wampus (NES homebrew) free to claim again:
https://itch.io/s/57416/free-the-wampus-giveaway

BenMcLean

@rustymg said in Where to (legally) acquire content to play on RetroPie:

After Hasbro Interactive acquired all Atari properties, the patents of the Jaguar were released into the public domain, with the console declared an open platform.
This is only in relation to the console hardware, NOT the software.
It was to allow the writing and legal release of homebrew.

When Commodore went bankrupt, all the thousands of games written by the hundreds of developers suddenly didn't become free overnight!

Wow! I didn't know that about the Jaguar. That's great!

It is really absurd that other technology from 30 years ago isn't free to use now. It isn't like the original creators are still using it. They're all either out of business or onto making current stuff now.

Unknown

@benmclean Currently they are working on Atari's new system. It's called the "VCS".

BenMcLean

@unknown said in Where to (legally) acquire content to play on RetroPie:

@benmclean Currently they are working on Atari's new system. It's called the "VCS".

Oh, I thought it was called the

.

Unknown

@benmclean Nope, that’s a picture of the system but it has the wrong name

themazingness

@unknown The VCS is already out. It's basically a mini PC with Atari Vault on it. Might as well get a Raspberry Pi and Atari Vault unless you're wanting a Ryzen mini PC:

themazingness

The Curse of Illmoore Bay is on sale right now on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1535880/The_Curse_of_Illmoore_Bay/

It's a Halloween themed platformer for Genesis/Mega Drive. The ROM is located at Steam\steamapps\common\The Curse of Illmoore Bay\bin\x86 and named libcore.dll. Simply rename it to a .bin or .md file.

The ROM is also sold at https://seconddimensionllc.itch.io/the-curse-of-illmoore-bay and https://www.second-dimension.com/store/the-curse-of-illmoore-bay

There is no sale on those sites, and they are more expensive than Steam, but they do have other options other than a stand-alone rom.

The sale on Steam is store-wide, so there may be other games mentioned in this thread that are on sale.

Unknown

@themazingness well they do offer new games made by Atari on it.

BenMcLean

@themazingness said in Where to (legally) acquire content to play on RetroPie:

The Curse of Illmoore Bay is on sale right now on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1535880/The_Curse_of_Illmoore_Bay/

It's a Halloween themed platformer for Genesis/Mega Drive. The ROM is located at Steam\steamapps\common\The Curse of Illmoore Bay\bin\x86 and named libcore.dll. Simply rename it to a .bin or .md file.

The ROM is also sold at https://seconddimensionllc.itch.io/the-curse-of-illmoore-bay and https://www.second-dimension.com/store/the-curse-of-illmoore-bay

There is no sale on those sites, and they are more expensive than Steam, but they do have other options other than a stand-alone rom.

The sale on Steam is store-wide, so there may be other games mentioned in this thread that are on sale.

I gotta say, $20 seems a little pricey for just one Mega Drive ROM.

themazingness

@benmclean Much less pricey than the cartridge! I agree though. However, it's an Indie developer making a new game. You aren't buying a ROM of an old game.

I own Second Dimension's NES collection on Steam and it was worth every penny to me. It is a better deal though. That's why I got Illmoore Bay on Steam which was $5 cheaper at full price and even a better deal during this sale.

themazingness

@unknown Yeah, I had forgotten there were Indie games and such for sale on the VCS too. If you're in the market for a mini PC doubling as a retro/indie console it isn't a bad deal. I would be much more interested if those were roms I could buy without having to own the VCS and just run them in RetroArch.

Auster

First, I managed to dig the process to port Aquaria for the PSP.

It appears to work only in the original OS of the PSP (which includes the PS Vita). This behaviour is probably due to none of the PSP emulators available nowadays being accurate enough.

Sending the method here in case PPSSPP or something else becomes able to run it at some point.

First, download the Linux binary of the tool for converting the game: http://achurch.org/AquariaPSPBuilder-1.6.678.tar.gz

You can try using the source version of the binary instead, too: https://wololo.net/2010/07/10/compiling-aquaria-on-the-psp-download-included/

If using the binary, after downloading it, unpack it, make it executable with chmod or your distro's method, run it, select the first option (make a fresh conversion, iirc), choose the path for the original assets (top option), path for temp files (middle option) and output path (bottom option), then start the conversion. After finishing it, copy the two files from the output path and put them in [memcard root]/PSP/GAME/Aquaria/, or any folder emulators accept once they can run the port.

When running Aquaria, to exit the game, use the in-game options, AND NOT the PS button. Using the PS button to exit the game seems to glitch the OS and only restarting the console seems to fix it.

Lastly, it should work with all 4 PC versions of the game, from GOG, Steam, Humble Bundle and the dev's site.

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Now, some more games from Itchio:

h/\k1ng Th3 L0g0n
https://matteo-trevisan.itch.io/hackingthelogon
Platform: ZX Spectrum

The WOZ Apple II Fixing Adventure by Toolkitman
https://matteo-trevisan.itch.io/the-woz-apple-ii-fixing-adventure-by-toolkitman
Platform: Apple II

AMIGA MUSIC MOD PLAYER EXAMPLE
https://matteo-trevisan.itch.io/amiga-music-mod-player-example
Platform: Commodore Amiga
Open Source

AMIGA 1200 GAME
https://matteo-trevisan.itch.io/amiga-1200-game
Platform: Commodore Amiga
Open Source

APAGE INTERACTIVE DEMO
https://matteo-trevisan.itch.io/apage-interactive-demo
Platform: Commodore Amiga

Hallowed Knight
https://ejvg.itch.io/hallowed-knight
Platform: ZX Spectrum

Shovel Adventure
https://greenwebsevilla.itch.io/shovel-adventure
Platform: Amstrad CPC, M4, SF2 and SF3
Open Source