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    Where to (legally) acquire content to play on RetroPie

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    • edmaul69E
      edmaul69 @mediamogul
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      @mediamogul nothing. I got it dirt cheap. I will arrange shipping with you when it arrives.

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      • mediamogulM
        mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
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        @edmaul69

        Sweet deal. Thanks.

        RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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        • edmaul69E
          edmaul69 @mediamogul
          last edited by edmaul69

          @mediamogul i have tried to support vblank as much as possible. I have purchased the gog version, the steam version, the apple ios version, the floppy disk, the arcade block cd, the playstation digital version, the wii ware version and the music cd's. I wish i had gotten the clear green vinyl before it sold out. So now i probably will have to pay a stupid price if it ever shows up. I want to get the ps4 special edition version just for the extra junk. I will probably buy the 2016 retail ps4 version if it stays on sale.

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          • mediamogulM
            mediamogul Global Moderator @edmaul69
            last edited by mediamogul

            @edmaul69

            The game is so amazing and the work that went into it so impressive that I've bought it on several platforms myself. I hate to admit that I still haven't ever finished it. All my different versions are in different states of completion, with 486 being the furthest along. Despite it lacking some features, I'm constantly in awe of seeing it play in DOS.

            RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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            • BenMcLeanB
              BenMcLean @cyperghost
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              @cyperghost said in Where to (legally) acquire content to play on RetroPie:

              @meleu +1
              Yes Shiru's stuff is fine - his SNES conversion of Donkey Kong is legendary :)

              There is also a classic game converted to Genesis for free... Oh Mummy!

              The wiki claims this is freeware but does not link to any sources to prove this, nor to a reputable site to download the ROM from. We need both for inclusion in this thread.

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              • BenMcLeanB
                BenMcLean
                last edited by

                Volgarr the Viking just gives me a white screen when I try to load it on RetroPie. :(

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                  bense2k
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                  I have posted some links here

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                    backstander
                    last edited by backstander

                    Bethesda has been giving away their original first two MS-DOS The Elder Scrolls games:
                    https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/en/arena
                    https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/en/daggerfall

                    I believe only Arena works on the Raspberry Pi using DOSBox.

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                    • cyperghostC
                      cyperghost @BenMcLean
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                      @BenMcLean http://fasebonus.net/1985alternativo/

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                      • BenMcLeanB
                        BenMcLean @backstander
                        last edited by BenMcLean

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

                        Bethesda has been giving away their original first two MS-DOS The Elder Scrolls games:
                        https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/en/arena
                        https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/en/daggerfall

                        I believe only Arena works on the Raspberry Pi using DOSBox.

                        That'a nice but due to there being far too many games, we are not including MS-DOS programs which do not have modern source ports. Every DOS title listed above has received a modern source port which works on RetroPie without going through DOSBOX. I have nothing against DOSBOX: its just that the sheer number of games playable that way is so huge that its ridiculous to even attempt to begin listing all of them - even just the free ones. That's awesome. Just too awesome for me to curate, I'm afraid. If ypu want to make a list like that then I'll link to it. Thanks anyway. :)

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                          bense2k
                          last edited by mediamogul

                          Also of note are:

                          List of commercial video games released as freeware

                          Open Source Game Clones cant say which of those work on the Pi.

                          The retrode and the kazzo are devices to dump game Cartridges to a PC.

                          Amiga Forever for the kickstart roms and some games.

                          ScummVM has some games that are released as freeware.

                          The games fore The Vectrex were also released as freeware.

                          On the mame site are some roms.

                          While not all dos games can be listed we should include sites with multiple games like gog.com
                          Three abandonware sites removed: Verifying them thoroughly would take a lot of work

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                          • BenMcLeanB
                            BenMcLean
                            last edited by

                            We want to list stuff that's tested as working on RetroPie. I think I'll try some of the Amiga and Vectrex stuff, but the rest, who can test it?

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                            • BenMcLeanB
                              BenMcLean
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                              Added Myst: Masterpiece Edition

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                              • BenMcLeanB
                                BenMcLean
                                last edited by BenMcLean

                                For The Journeyman Project: Pegasus Prime, the files I extracted from my genuine Mac CDs work on RetroPie but the GOG version doesn't work. What gives!?

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                                • BenMcLeanB
                                  BenMcLean
                                  last edited by BenMcLean

                                  From discussing this with people on the scummvm irc channel, I found out that Pegasus Prime on GOG has a bunch of ugly hacks to make it work which haven't been merged into ScummVM. People can play with data extracted from the Mac CDs but not from the GOG re-release. That's too bad. :(

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                                  • BenMcLeanB
                                    BenMcLean
                                    last edited by BenMcLean

                                    Quake Rally is here and here and Quake Matrix is here. Apparently, these mods were based on modifying the Quake 1 source code. Running them isn't out of the question, but would require getting the modified source and applying the modifications to the ports of Quake currently running on the Raspberry PI. I'd be interested in recruiting any interested parties for a collaborative project along these lines so that these awesome mods (and maybe Quake 2 as well) can shine again. It may also be worth looking into the possibility of porting SUPERQOT to the Raspberry PI, as it's just a modified version of the Darkplaces Quake engine, which I understand already works on Raspberry PI.

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                                    • BenMcLeanB
                                      BenMcLean
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                                      Updated with the locations of ROMs on your Windows storage drive if you bought "SEGA Mega Drive & Genesis Classics" or "Atari Vault" on Steam.

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                                        backstander
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                                        This might be kind of along the sames lines as MOON8 for the NES...

                                        Have you heard of the NES 8 BIT XMAS?
                                        These are Christmas/Holidays themed homebrew NES games and they release a new cartridges every year. You can download a demo ROM for most of the years. I believe I first heard about these from @mediamogul.

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                                          Omnija
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                                          • BenMcLeanB
                                            BenMcLean
                                            last edited by

                                            Gotta add STREEMERZ
                                            https://www.fauxgame.com/

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