Raspberry Pi (RetroPie) users: Where to find reliable ROMs

LINK

Easy

If you want more complete ROM sets, as in every game ever released for the NES for every country, etc. do a search for "GoodNES" or "GoodSNES", etc. They'll typically have a version number on the tail end of the file name as well.

Also, this Youtube channel is very useful if you are going the RetroPie with EmulationStation route.

LINK

I miss underground gamer, I still have all my project hyperspin seed torrents. We were assembling an impressive library for the ultimate setup.

quote:

---

Maybe some that are off the radar but still good games?

---

I'll recommend some lesser known games rather than telling you the obvious ones like Super Mario Brothers 3, A Link to the Past, or Streets of Rage.

NES:
Little Samson - Despite what you might think, this isn't one of those Bible Adventure games. If I had to compare its gameplay, it's a little bit like Mega Man in that you can switch abilities but by changing characters.

M.C. Kids - Yes, it's a shameless advertisement for McDonald's but it's also a great platformer, obviously inspired by Super Mario Brothers 3.


SNES:
Seiken Densetsu 3 - This is the sequel to Secret of Mana (which is a game you should also play) but it was never released in North America. There is an English fan-translated Rom out there that isn't difficult to find. The games are like a mix of Zelda and Final Fantasy.

Nosferatu - This is like a mix of Prince of Persia and Castlevania. Fun horror game that most people missed on the SNES.


Genesis:
Comix Zone - Fun beat-em-up where you fight through the panels of a comic book. Unfairly tough, though.

Beyond Oasis - The closest thing the Genesis had to Zelda. It's like A Link to the Past with an Aladdin mod.


Neogeo:
Windjammers - This has gained a cult following over the last few years, thanks in part to Giant Bomb. It's sort of like Street Fighter 2 meets Pong. A re-release of it was recently announced for PS4.

Shock Troopers - 2-player top-down shoot-em-up. There is also a sequel but it's not as good as the original.

You need to get Zombies ate my neighbors... Find a friend and Co-op

Nintendo seems to work the best on an emulator, with Commodore the worst.

If you have original NES cartridges you can get a Kazzo to extract the ROM.

Dolphin, the emulator that can run GameCube games (along with Wii) isn't included in the Raspberry Pi distribution of Retropie. Additionally, the Pi 3 sill runs some N64 games poorly, not to mention most Dreamcast games. GameCube is out of the question right now on the Pi and likely will be for a while.

Hey I have no idea if anyone would reply to this but I've tried to put games on my retropie 3 using a cross over cable and ROMS that I got off of the link you provided, this is my first attempt at something like this I'm in need of some help

It’s even easier than that now with retropie. As long as you connected your retropie to wifi , you just need to go to \\retropie in file manager on any computer connected to the same network.

No passwords or ftp software required

quote:

---

Even better. I haven't bothered upgrading my distribution of RetroPie in a while since I'm satisfied with it.

---

Yeah, the last updates have really have made it a pretty simple device. Just drag and drop roms in the correct console folders inside \\retropie using any file manager.