Where to (legally) acquire content to play on RetroPie

mitu

@benmclean From the looks of it the answer would be yes, but will most likely be easier to use dosbox to play the DOS version, at least for the joystick support.

cyperghost

Sega Master System - Brawl (for Genesis/Megadrive!)

download link

TomCat

Cant delete this, but figured out the problem and no longer need assistance, sorry.

mediamogul

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

Sega Master System - Brawl (for Genesis/Megadrive!)

This was updated today and has a lot of new additions.

VictimRLSH

I was able to use the pak files from the Amiga version of Quake without any problems.

cyperghost

@mediamogul cool was not aware of this.
Another cool game is "Oh Mummy!" for Genesis/MD
It has a selection of 2 modes
Mode 1 is the original Amstrad CPC version with original music
Mode 2 is a massive improved graphics adventure game

TomCat

OK, so: I am building a retro pie machine and I need ROM's! So, I bought Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, Mega Man Legacy Collection and Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection off of Steam. I have read through many guides how to extract the ROM's from these games, but python wasn't really working, and also I'm pretty new to this stuff, so I don't understand a lot of the terminology. Now, is there anyone else that knows a good, simple, and straight-forward video or thread to figure out how to do this? Thanks!

VictimRLSH

Another thing to keep in mind is the gigantic number of programs for Apple, C64, VIC20, Amiga, and DOS that are shareware or public domain. While these might take more effort to get working, you will have an impressive game library that is completely legal. Redistribution rights would be another matter though...

TomCat

@victimrlsh Are you answering my question? I dont understand.

VictimRLSH

@tomcat It was a general addition to the thread for anyone looking to expand their legal game collection.

Clyde

@tomcat I can't suggest a(nother) guide, but you could open a separate thread about your specific problems to see if someone can help you with them.

Alban

World of Spectrum ORG for ZX Spectrum of Course :) add it to the main post :)

VictimRLSH

Don't forget classicdosgames.com where all the downloads are free, and while most of the games are partial demos, a full third of the hundreds of games are freeware or registered released into freeware. Most will also run on DosBox without much fuss. Unlike Cnet or Tucows, this site has ZERO ad popups and other annoyances to interfere with your downloading sprees.

Clyde

@VictimRLSH While I personally thank you for classicdosgames.com that I didn't know of, the TO @BenMcLean has set strict rules for his list:

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

to prevent the thread from becoming too ridiculously long for anyone to read, I am categorically excluding DOS games because the library of games which DOSBOX supports and which will run just fine through RetroPie is so staggeringly huge that we have no chance to even start on it. So when it comes to DOS games, I am only including DOS games which have modern source ports that run on RetroPie. Also, I am excluding anything for which the full experience is already accessible through the RetroPie setup script, so no Prince of Persia or Tyrian.

I'm mentioning this to remember anyone here of it, since it isn't mentioned in the opening post itself.

VictimRLSH

Well, phoo. You're no fun. :P

DougA

For those of you interested in Elite, the original space travel/trading game first published on the BBC Micro and then on many other computers in the 1980’s, it can be downloaded free, and presumably legally, from the original author, Ian Bell’s website for a number of computer systems.

http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/

Clyde

@victimrlsh The messenger always gets the blame. 😢😉

VictimRLSH

Completely forgot about the Aminet!!! It is still alive and kicking with TENS OF THOUSANDS of Amiga programs, with over 7000 games. It has been a legal download site since the heyday of the Amiga.

http://aminet.net/tree

Download this and run it from Amiberry so you can unpack .lzh/.lha archives. http://aminet.net/util/arc/LhArcAmiga102.run

RetroBrews

Hi all,

I'm a big retro fan and trying to create a small project with games that can run on RetroPie with Raspberry Pi.
Main reason for creating the project is that the ROMs are all around the internet and I would like to create one place with a shell script to automate the installation of the games.

All the games/ROMs should be 100% legal! (if you find some which is not, please let me know immi!)
Check it out here:
Project site --> https://github.com/retrobrews
Project wiki --> https://github.com/retrobrews/installers/wiki

If you would like to contribute to this project and you will find some nice retro game, please let me know!
Thanks!

Retro Fan

RetroBrews

@tomcat check this --> https://github.com/retrobrews/installers