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    • CrushC
      Crush @Auster
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      @Auster said in Where to (legally) acquire content to play on RetroPie:

      River City Girls Zero (basically Shin Nekketsu Kouha: Kunio-tachi no Banka translated officially for the first time and rebranded to follow the hype of River City Girls) will be released on Steam tomorrow.

      From what I saw about the production of this version of the game, it uses a translated SNES ROM on an emulator made by LRG.

      Now, I don't know if the ROM in the console versions of the game are easily accessible, but there's a chance at least the upcoming PC version is.

      Nice that it does have the roms, i checked out some gameplay to compare it with the Gideon translation, and though they basically say the same things, the Gideon translation feels more like a Kunio-kun game than the official translation.
      Something to consider if you're planning on a Kunio-kun marathon with your friends. The entire series has been localized by fans.

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        march_
        last edited by march_

        Legend - Beat'em up

        Download the purchased game from your library and use innoextract:

        innoextract setup_legend_1.0_\(54033\).exe
        

        Open folder res and rename game to Legend.smc and enjoy your SNES/SFC-game.

        Edit: Also tested Switchblade - same precedure as above. The only difference: rename game to switchblade.md (Sega Genesis/Megadrive).

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        • themazingnessT
          themazingness @march_
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          @march_ This is the case for almost every Piko Interactive game that isn't DOS, 3D Noah's ark being the only exception I'm aware of (if memory serves, that rom is already named and not in a res folder). No need for innoextract though. Browsing to the res folder, copying the file to where you want it, then renaming it with the file extension appropriate for the console it was made for is all that's needed.

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            march_ @themazingness
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            @themazingness Thanks. I didn't know that. Ran innoextract on Linux so I had to rename manually. Perhaps it will be different when using wine.

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              march_
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              Just found free games for prime members on https://gaming.amazon.com:

              Metal Slug
              Metal Slug X
              Metal Slug 3
              Real Bout Fatal Fury 2
              The King of Fighters 2003
              The Last Blade
              The Last Blade 2
              Twinkle Star Sprites
              SNK 40th Anniversary Collection
              ...

              I don't use the gaming platform of Amazon so it is untested.

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              • UnknownU
                Unknown
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                https://polymars.itch.io/terri-fried
                This is a new game made for several systems. I have tested the "terrifried fat disabled" rom on the DS and It works pretty well.

                You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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                • lionel_Z80L
                  lionel_Z80 @Unknown
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                  @ march_
                  4 Jan 2023, 21:40

                  Hi march_, Ninja Commando (a Neo Geo game) is now also available on Prime Gaming. I wrote a Bash script to convert it to a romset for fbalpha2012_neogeo_libretro:
                  https://github.com/lioneltrs/goNCommand
                  Lionel

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                    march_ @lionel_Z80
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                    @lionel_Z80 Just managed to get the games via nile on Linux and tested your script. It works great. Thanks. :)

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                    • lionel_Z80L
                      lionel_Z80 @march_
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                      @march_
                      Thank you for your feedback! It gave me the strength to create two new scripts: one for Ghost Pilots, and one for Art of Fighting 3, which are also available on Prime Gaming right now. They are here: https://github.com/lioneltrs/goNCommand
                      Lionel

                      Edit: it should now work with FBNeo (with the correct CRC32). Now, thanks to kind contributors, there are scripts for the following games: Ninja Commando, Ghost Pilots, Art of Fighting 3, Magician Lord, Ninja Master's, Crossed Swords, Sengoku, Super Sidekicks, The Last Blade 2, Robo Army, Samurai Shodown IV, Last Resort.

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                        march_ @lionel_Z80
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                        @lionel_Z80 Scripts working on Linux. Thanks. :) Metal Slug 4 and Ninja Master's is also available. An own thread/discussion for your scripts would be a good idea I think. I have to check how this works in detail. :D

                        Edit: Roms not running on my Odroid Go Super. I'm checking this the next days. Perhaps another emulator works.

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                        • DolphinCubeD
                          DolphinCube
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                          Hello!

                          So I have been dumping and playing my GBA games for a while now for use with RetroPie. And I was curious if I could share my method on how I do it. It does require a little bit of GameCube/Wii homebrew so I dunno

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                          • UnknownU
                            Unknown @DolphinCube
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                            @DolphinCube
                            As far as I can tell, this topic mainly covers how to legally obtain roms without dumping them. Rom dumping is discussed in the Docs.

                            You can't beat the classics(unless you copy them).

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                              SeeNoWeevil @lionel_Z80
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                              @lionel_Z80 This is amazing, thanks for this! I hope all the titles can get included eventually.

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                                Folly
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                                Here are some homebrews + source code :
                                http://inufuto.web.fc2.com/8bit/

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                                  march_
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                                  Grimace's Birthday
                                  by McDonald's

                                  Follow the link to archive [dot] org mentioned in the article.

                                  Edit: https://www.ign.com/articles/mcdonalds-released-a-brand-new-game-boy-color-game-for-grimaces-birthday

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                                    mitu Global Moderator @march_
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                                    • lionel_Z80L
                                      lionel_Z80 @march_
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                                      @march_
                                      I updated the scripts. Thanks to many contributions, there are now 23 Neogeo games that are converted to romsets compatible with FBNeo.
                                      https://github.com/lioneltrs/goNCommand

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                                        Auster
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                                        Cinemaware titles to be delisted from GOG:
                                        https://www.gog.com/forum/general/delisting_cinemaware_titles

                                        At least 2 of those are emulated, and I vaguely remember Defender of the Crown also being emulated.

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                                          Auster
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                                          For anyone that got Metal Slug 4 on Prime, is it possible to rebuild the ROM from its included files? It has some suspiciously-looking files (s1.bin, sp_4j.bin, sp_4s.bin, m1.bin, s2.bin, p1.bin, v1.bin, c1.bin) in a suspiciously-named folder ("rom"), but I can't seem to find a dat file that can get clrmamepro to rebuild it.

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                                            Auster
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                                            Games sold as emulated arcade titles to be delisted from GOG on the 30th:

                                            https://www.gog.com/forum/general/delisting_retro_classix_games

                                            Games to be delisted:
                                            BAD DUDES VS DRAGONNINJA
                                            Break Thru
                                            Express Raider
                                            Gate of Doom
                                            Heavy Barrel
                                            Joe and Mac: Caveman Ninja
                                            Joe and Mac Returns
                                            Night Slashers
                                            Super Real Darwin
                                            Super Burger Time
                                            Two Crude Dudes
                                            Wizard Fire

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