Games on demand?
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Also did you know that the hacked roms are legal?
As I understand it, Sega allows the games that they own personally to be hacked and shared through the Steam Workshop, but I think it's important to clarify that this is a very unique and very forward-thinking stance on their part. Outside of this, patch files are normally required to stay legally clear.
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I wish nintendo did the same!
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@CodeDrawer said in Games on demand?:
I wish nintendo did the same!
Maybe that's why they say "Sega does what Nintendon't".
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@meleu said in Games on demand?:
@CodeDrawer said in Games on demand?:
I wish nintendo did the same!
Maybe that's why they say "Sega does what Nintendon't".
Ninty never listens to the fans :-(
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@CodeDrawer said in Games on demand?:
Ninty never listens to the fans :-(
While your are right, be careful. I could easily turn this into an hour long conversation .
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@lilbud What I mean by that, is that ninty mostly ignores the fans. Only every now and then they interact with fans. cough super mario maker cough But then there is that rom hack, captain toad treasure tracker. Then ninty made it into a game. Way to bladdernut steal an idea from a hacker ninty!
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@CodeDrawer Hey, Captain Toad was a national treasure
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On my initial read of this I figured "central server" meant a NAS or cloud space of your own. That's interesting, but yes only for smaller games. A lot of small games would not tax your internet too much.
That said, I still think investing the time to comb through and select a nice "personalized" set of ROMS for yourself / family / kids etc. is worth it, as well as the time to figure out your workflow to add a handful more ROMS here and there without much hassle.
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How does one get the legal roms?
This might be a stretch but Sega has started selling several of their Genesis/Megadrive and Dreamcast games on Steam. Bundle Stars (who sells Steams keys) has a Sega bundle where you can pick which games you want out of this list for 3 for $1.49, 10 for $2.99 or 20 for $3.99:
https://www.bundlestars.com/en/promotions/sega-genesis-pick-mix-bundle-2I just purchased the last 19 games I hadn't purchased before on this list. They did this last year around this time as well. 20 retro Sega Genesis games for $20...that's like $0.20 a game and a good deal!
The only reason I put this here is this:
These are actually encrypted ROM dumps and there's an emulator that runs these ROMs in Steam. I won't post the link but there's a few programs around the internet that can decrypt the ROMs and then they work with just about any emulator. I have tested them on RetroPie and they work after decryption. -
Backstander, your information is out of date. The SEGA Genesis and Mega Drive Classics collection on Steam provides a folder named "Uncompressed ROMs" which contains ready-to-play ROM files which can be copied directly onto your PI, your phone, your hacked PSP or whatever you play on. No encryption, no DRM, no problems. They even encourage you to create ROM hacks and distribute them on Steam Workshop.
SEGA is cool. SEGA does what Nintendon't. Give them all your sheckels.
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@BenMcLean
That's great! I haven't messed with it in over a year and I've noticed a couple updates to Sega's emulator on Steam since I did. I was planning on revisiting this since I just purchased 19 new Sega games lol.I think some of these ROMs might also have bug fixes in them as well (compared to the original cartridges). Kind of like what Nintendo does with some of their Virtual Console games.
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Kind of like what Nintendo does with some of their Virtual Console games.
I was always very impressed when they did that. Their VC release of the NES 'Donkey Kong' even went so far as to add in the cement factory stage that was criminally absent all those years.
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@mediamogul There's an NES Donkey Kong? I did not know that.
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Yes indeed. It's also the only version Nintendo has ever re-released. A little digging from various interested parties has raised the question of whether or not Nintendo even owns the full rights to the arcade original. The NES version is a considerably easier game, but still good fun and definitely the best home port available. Curiously, the hacked version with the pie factory was only ever offered in the original Wii shop.
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That's cool.
BTW, I started working on a big list of stuff you can legally download and/or buy to play on RetroPie.
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