@ecto said in Web file server for game manuals (scummvm, dosbox, ...):

Yes that's right! :D So far, when I select a pdf manual, it will be downloaded to the pad/phone for reading while I play. This way I can chack for copy protections and/or clues while I play a game on the Retropie.

At first I was thinking that you could read the manual before you were going to play. but this is indeed better.

Have you read my thread on translation ?
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/28461/translate-games-on-the-fly
While thinkering with this I also discovered this :
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/28345/old-computer-appreciation-thread/420

Perhaps an idea for you to tinker with.
In theory you could match the sum of a screenshot, with extra information. and output it back in speech or as an overlay in the game.

Those are two good ideas. The .sh is just for the script that starts dos box, but yeah, using .conf would provide for more configurability for each game... I'll have to do that when I have time to do that for 230+ games, lol.

If you want a pretty funny play through of Bioforge, Giant Bomb have you covered:

Backflips 'n BioForge - Part 01

There’s three parts, and then a great interview with one of the creators:
https://www.giantbomb.com/shows/the-bioforge-interview/2970-17104/free-podcast

I never played this as a kid, but I can respect everyone’s love for it. :)

Abandonware doesn't mean free or free of copyright claims / giving you the right to sell it.

The site in question even makes the legality of it quite clear, when defining abandonware (SITE /definition/).

Abandonware France a fait le choix de se spécialiser dans les vieux jeux PC et Mac et en français lorsque cela est possible.

Cette pratique est illégale et n'est que tolérée actuellement.

Translation:

Abandonware France has chosen to specialize in old PC and Mac games and in French whenever possible.

This practice is illegal and is only tolerated now.

So, you'd be selling software for which you have no rights to, illegally IMHO.

As for using RetroPie - see https://retropie.org.uk/about/legal/.
For any software you wish to include (emulators), check if they have a non-commercial clause (even if they're open source), some of the emulators included in RetroPie have this clause in their license.

EDIT: I've removed, per the forum rules, the link to the site.

I need to get this done, have the massive download, just need time to work on it...

This is a good place to start

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/PC

@gordonfreemanjr Batman Returns (1992).conf worked for me on skyscraper with screenscraper set as the source. On the second link you posted you can see there is a "filename" tab, if you click on it you can see other filename aliases.

You can mark this SOLVED! I remembered I was following another site's suggestion on creating ".SH" files to automatically launch games in DOSBox without having to manually type the commands. Along the way, I had modified the es_systems.cfg file to give it an entry so it would show as an emulator because it wasn't coming up after installing DOSBox.

It turns out, there's more than one es_systems.cfg file. The one I posted above was in the ETC path. I found another one under /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/

When I opened it up, I guess I had somehow split the line:

<command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ pc %ROM%</command>

into this:

<command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/ runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ pc %ROM% </command>

Once I backspaced each separation so it was on one line, it worked! Well, the "+Start DOSBox" entry works, but the ".SH" scripts I made do not launch the games properly, so that will be my next mission. Thanks for your help BuZz.