Where to (legally) acquire content to play on RetroPie

[themazingness]

@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.

[march_]

@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.

[march_]

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.

[Unknown]

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.

[lionel_Z80]

@ 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

[march_]

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

[lionel_Z80]

@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.

[march_]

@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.

[DolphinCube]

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

[Unknown]

@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.

[SeeNoWeevil]

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

[Folly]

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

[march_]

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

[mitu]

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[lionel_Z80]

@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

[Auster]

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.

[Auster]

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.

[Auster]

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

[Auster]

Repugnant Bounty, GBC homebrew, is to be delisted "ASAP" from Steam.

From the dev's post on X/Twitter:

Repugnant Bounty will be removed from Steam ASAP due to their continuous refusal to accept my bank information and their poor developer experience. If you wanted the game on Steam you should get it immediately.

Steam link:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2652410/Repugnant_Bounty/

The game is emulated and is also on Itchio.

[Lolonois]

Idk, if it was listed already here, but Rogue64 (2022, 5 USD) could be something if you are into roguelike, dungeon-crawler games. TIL they also will release an Amiga version of it later this year. 😎