What are the top 5 games you currently enjoy playing the most on your Pi and why?

The Doctor

@thelostsoul First, you don't have a "right" to download ROMs, just like you don't have a "right" to buy or own games or movies, and second, if there so illegal, then how come when you look up "ROMs" there are 8 ROM websites ON THE FIRST PAGE, plus, almost ALL ROMs are of discontinued games that you cant buy from Nintendo or SEGA or whoever the heck made them in the first place because the consoles are all discontinued and they don't make the games anymore either, so what harm is it doing to ANYONE anyway, and plus, copyrighting is not illegal IF you are not making ANY profit from it.

The Doctor

@the-doctor AND, when you google "roms" there are 21 pages

dankcushions

@the-doctor
please chill out and stop bumping ancient threads to start arguments.

Clyde

@the-doctor 1. Google hits don't say anything about legality, but rather (overwhelmed) prosecution. 2. As does discontinuation, but did you notice that Nintendo & Co. do still sell older games with their Classic Mini consoles and online services? 3. You didn't answer @thelostsoul's question for your sources, so I guess you're just arguing out of your gut feelings.

@dankcushions Sorry for this (one and last) reply, but I just couldn't leave this unchallenged.

A Former User

Hard to say because I haven't tried them all yet. Although I'm pretty sure the Pi 4 I have would have zero problems with the vast majority of Sega Genesis games if what I've been told is correct. People have said and apparently shown videos of the earlier Pi systems effortlessly running old Sega games.

The only one I've tried on the Pi4 so far is Ristar, from my Genesis classics collection library on Steam, and I've got to say I am impressed with the result so far. No crashes or graphical errors are apparent, correct me if I'm wrong but there doesn't seem to be anything wrong and it seems to run at the correct speed and pace.

I got a cartridge dumping device also, for ripping cartridge games not listed in the classics collection.
It's PCB and software only, it's not a Retrode, but it's good enough for my purposes.

The Doctor

@dankcushions I was just looking for good games, not trying to start arguments.

The Doctor

@clyde 1: Yes, I understand your urge to not want to leave this unchallenged, 2: watch this video FULLY (WARNING, there are some bad jokes.):

The Doctor

@clyde By the way, the Nintendo and whoever else mini consoles don't have EVERY discontinued game, and plus, the mini consoles are basically just emulators anyways, and plus, I am not seeing any question on sources, and third, I was never "arguing because of my gut feelings", I was just making a statement, and I am sorry that you thought that you were so smart that you could not even try to understand what I was trying to say, what I was trying to say is not that Roms are 100% legal no matter what, I was just saying that UNDER THE RIGHT CONDITIONS, they CAN not are, CAN be legal

Crush

You guys are clearly in different parts of the world, your legal discussion is futile.

Distribution is always illegal, profit plays no part.
The laws regarding downloading copyrighted media, are all over the place, in some places it is not legal, and in some places it is.
Not making profit or the copyright owner not making their product available for sale, does not change your rights in way way.
Go to your local legal lawfirm when they have free walk-ins, if you want further information regarding your rights in your region.

My Top 5 games currently are:
1 Outrun (Arcade)
2 ToeJam & Earl (Megadrive/Genesis)(played in co-op)
3 Xeno Crisis (Megadrive/Genesis)(played in co-op)
4 Soul Calibur (Dreamcast)
5 Afterburner (Arcade)

BadFurDay

Pang (Amiga): I always use this game to check I have the Amiga emulator working, completed it countless times on all difficulty levels. I'd argue the Amiga version is better than the arcade one.
Super International Cricket (SNES): I do enjoy a quick 10 over game on this from time to time. I miss sports games being simplistic in their controls.
Gain Ground (MAME): Friend got me into this via the Mega Drive version. Great action game with added strategy of needing to pick the best person for the level.
Rick Dangerous (Amiga): Annoyingly difficult game but addictive all the same.
Donkey Kong Country 2 (SNES): Quite possibly my favourite game of all time. Can't help but play through it again and again from time to time. The cartridge I've had since the game launched has my 102% save file sat on it (long as the battery hasn't died).

A Former User

@badfurday still, I wonder if the RetroPie system is capable of using the RTC module for battery save function on Gameboy games, because without it the time and date system does not work in Pokemon.

BadFurDay

@agtrigormortis I've heard of Windows based emulators that can use your computer clock, like Visualboy Advance, but I couldn't say for sure on RetroPie if they can. Maybe someone else can verify.

A Former User

@badfurday I wouldn't be surprised to find out that it does, I mean Nintendo/Game Freak managed it on the 3DS on Virtual Console so I'm pretty sure fans who are knowledgeable on programming would find a way.

the battery system on the cartridge functions exactly like the CMOS battery on PC motherboards, it retains some information about your computer, including your BIOS settings. Similarly Pokemon stored in-game progress as well as time and date. Flash memory is good at storing some data, but one thing it can't do is allow the device to keep track of what time and day it is, only volatile memory can do this because the information isn't frozen.

The Doctor

@crush have you watched the video I posted on here? if you did not, here it is, again, WATCH IT FULLY (caution, some bad jokes):

Crush

Doesn't seem to apply, and no i'm not going to watch the whole thing, i did look at all the sources he listed below the vid. it's not relevant.
Anyways this thread has been hijacked enough, i don't care what people do, just don't go around spreading bad info.

Here's a definitive solution:
@crush said in What are the top 5 games you currently enjoy playing the most on your Pi and why?:

Go to your local legal lawfirm when they have free walk-ins, if you want further information regarding your rights in your region.

pjft

All, please stop hijacking the thread, especially an old one. @The-Doctor - you have been warned once already.

If you want to chat about the thread's original topic, please do. If not, please stop posting in this thread.

I'll update my list of games:

1 - Rainbow Islands
2 - Elevator Action Returns
3 - Bonanza Bros
4 - Bubble Memories
5 - Confidential Mission (with a lightgun)

IanDaemon

Right now I'm on a 4-way-joystick-arcade kick. I love these classic "easy to play, hard to master" arcade games:

Mr. Do! - single screen maze-like game
Spatter - maze-like game with a jumping tricycle
Frogger - really? You don't know the original Frogger?
Go Go Mile Smile - single screen maze-like collecting game with a twist
Q*bert - it's a fun game, although the 45-degree-joystick-rotation is annoying

Honorable mention: Lode Runner - single screen collecting game

I love the simple controls and the feeling of absolute control over the gameplay. If you die, it's your fault. There is seemingly no "random-ness" to these titles.

pjft

@iandaemon Nice! Are you using an actual 4-way-stick, or what's your approach?

IanDaemon

@pjft I'm using a physical restrictor plate. It's not fool-proof, but it's close.

The above are all on my 4-way-joystick custom cocktail cabinet. On my upright cabinet it'd be a totally different list:

Golden Tee 2K - trackball arcade golf game
Centipede - classic trackball single screen shooter
Cloak & Dagger - single screen twin stick shooter (similar to Robotron)
DoDonPachi DaiOuJou - lovely danmaku/shmup
Ketsui - cool danmaku/shmup

VideoArcade

My favorite games are:

Super PacMan

Jr. PacMan

Ms. PacMan

PacMan Plus

All played with a real Midway 4 way leaf that I have converted to USB into the Pi.