Site's and Instructions to buy and extract legal rom games off the internet.

[nibbles27]

These are all the links i could find to purchase content that works great in homebrew emulators once you have bought the collection visit the links to extract the legal rom files.

For the github pages to use with python here visit the page then Download by hitting the green Code button - Clone - Download as zip) If its python script drag and drop required file on top or open cmd then navigate to directory you unzipped the code from and
use : python3 example.py [usage options here]

Steam:
Megaman Legacy Collection and Disney Afternoon Collection (needs Python 3 https://python.org or use Microsoft Store)
https://github.com/HTV04/mmlc-dac-extractor
or here
https://github.com/farmerbb/RED-Project/wiki/Mega-Man-Legacy-Collection


Megaman X Legacy Collection (needs Python 3)
https://github.com/s3phir0th115/MMXLC1-Rom-Extractor


Contra Anniversary Collection and Castlevania Anniversary Collection
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1018020/discussions/0/1629665087674849653/
or here
https://github.com/farmerbb/RED-Project/wiki/Castlevania-Anniversary-Collection


COLLECTION of SaGa FINAL FANTASY LEGEND:
https://github.com/farmerbb/RED-Project/wiki/COLLECTION-of-SaGa-FINAL-FANTASY-LEGEND

Game Compilations Tutorials, wiki to extract roms from various Collections (Mostly Steam):

Atari Vault (Steam)
Castlevania Anniversary Collection (Steam)
Castlevania Advance Collection (Steam)
Mega Man Legacy Collection (Steam)
Contra Anniversary Collection (Steam)
Disney Classic Games - Aladdin & Lion King (Steam, GOG)
Namco Museum Archives Volume 1 & 2 (Steam - Volume 1, Volume 2)
Neo Geo Pocket Color Selection Vol. 1 (Steam + standalone SNK vs. Capcom)
Double Dragon Trilogy (Steam)
Raiden Legacy (Steam, Google Play, Amazon Appstore)
Irem Arcade Hits (Mac App Store, Game Fools)
Sega Mega Drive & Genesis Classics (Steam)
Arcade Game Series 3-in-1 Pack (Steam)
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection (Steam)
SNK 40th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION (Steam)
SAMURAI SHODOWN NEOGEO COLLECTION (Steam)
COLLECTION of SaGa FINAL FANTASY LEGEND (Steam)
https://github.com/farmerbb/RED-Project/wiki


SEGA Mega Drive & Genesis Classics come with roms available in a folder just have to rename the extensions to .gen or .smd:

Open notepad and copy paste this (line by line): then save as All Files rename.bat to the folder, then double click the .bat file

ren *.bin *.smd
ren *.68K *.smd
ren *.SGD *.smd

or alternately use Quick BMS to get the roms out of the .pak files (scroll down to section Quick BMS to extract .pak file if you dont get the correct rom version.)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=398334923
or
https://github.com/farmerbb/RED-Project/wiki/Sega-Mega-Drive-&-Genesis-Classics


Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection, SNK 40th Anniversary Collection and Samurai Showdown Collection (Steam):
sf30ac-extractor (Needs Python 3):
https://github.com/ValadAmoleo/sf30ac-extractor/tree/mame
or
https://github.com/farmerbb/RED-Project/wiki/Street-Fighter-30th-Anniversary-Collection

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Blizzard: has a newly rereleased collection of classics with roms in the install folder: (rename .bin to correct system)
https://us.shop.battle.net/en-us/product/blizzard-arcade-collection

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https://www.gog.com/ also has NEO GEO games buy the ones you want, get the linux versions: Install Cygwin and also add unzip to your install then navigate to the directory your Neo Geo .sh files in Cygwin Terminal like "cd C:\neogeo" and enter the name of the sh: like
unzip pulstar_en_gog_1_15377.sh -d pulstar
(without the quotes, -d standing for directory) The neogeo.zip (bios) and [romname].zip will be located in the subdirectory /pulstar/data/noarch/game/, just add the [romname].zip expulstar.zip) choose the neogeo emu you want to use and add neogeo.zip (bios)

Look around there are tools to extract the roms from the install's if they dont come with the rom files already available in a folder (which alot do).

ROM based GOG.com games compatable with third party emulators list: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/r...tible_with_third_party_emulators_thread/page1

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Vaiski also has some .sh scripts to extract roms from various collections available on console i think these are also usable in Cygwin though i don't own any so haven't tried. https://gitlab.com/vaiski/romextract/-/tree/master/scripts

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Also there is a thread simallar to this on the RetroPie forums you might want to check out https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/10918/where-to-legally-acquire-content-to-play-on-retropie/2

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PC games like DOOM, Quake, Tomb Raider 1, Sonic CD in Steam (to use with games like OpenLaura in open source engines etc just follow the instructions there and copy over the relevent files from your /steam_apps/ game program directory to your open source game directory.

Steam has a lot of PC games that have open source ports, you get all the files you need just look around.

PS with some rom releases you may have to rename the extension AlienStorm_USA.bin or .68k ect. to the correct extensions .smc (SNES) .gen (GENESIS) or .nes (NES) to be recognized in emus. NeoGeo ones are just .zip like "pulstar.zip" no need to rename.

Scroll Down to next 2 posts for more informaion (mostly Snes Classic stuff) and Patches
If any new collections end up coming out feel free to reply to this post and update it with new links!!!!

 

[nibbles27]

Here is a Rock N Roll Racing patch for Snes Classic users (SFROM Tool) compatable with the Blizzard Arcade Collection on Battle.NET just patch (\Program Files (x86)\Blizzard Arcade Collection\assets\roms\SNES\RockNRollRacing.bin) with this and should work great on Snes Classic (Based on old Rock N Roll Racing patch for the official US Snes Release (sluffy).) just save as Rock'n'Roll Racing.(SMC)

 

[nibbles27]

Also to obtain and for the Legal Version of Star Fox and Star Fox 2 on the Snes Classic (and compatable Patches)

This patch should make this important hack that reimports some missing features more compatable with Emulators/tools and it runs on Snes Classic as well. This is a general fix that pads the file to a common size to make it more recognizable in emulators/tools, also fixing rom information. Apply secondly after the restoration patch.

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To obtain the Legal Version of Star Fox and Star Fox 2 from the Snes Classic

Find your official StarFox 2 Rom located in \hakchi2_CE\games_cache\CLV-P-SADKE\
Star Fox is in \hakchi2_CE\games_cache\CLV-P-SADGE\

Drag and drop both CLV-P-SADKE.sfrom to this tool then CLV-P-SADGE.sfrom
sfrom2smc.exe
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e8tnoobgc1p1xn6/sfrom2sfc.zip?dl=0

It will create a verified good version of Star Fox named JUFE.rom and StarFox 2 named JU2E.rom,
just rename these files to your liking and change .rom extension to .smc
Both these games are compatable with patches, other games on the Snes Classic are heavly pcm patched and are not compatable.

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Star Fox Compatable Patches:

Now you are ready to patch.
Star Fox - EX - https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/7285/
A brand new map with 17 new levels, new bosses, music, backgrounds, enemies and more!

Star Fox - Exploration Showcase - https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/5510/
The first full Star Fox mod using the source code. Many new features including:

• Full Pre-game Mod Menu
• In-Game Pause Menu
• 2 Player mode
• 2/4 Player CPU mode
• New Ships
• New Weapons
• New Views
• New 4th Course
• New Game+ Feature
• Endurance Run code
• Level Features Code
• God Mode Code
• Full Camera Control

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Star Fox 2 Patch:

StarFox 2 - Restoration Hack - https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/5929/

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Restores the 3 big cut features from SF2’s CES demo to SF2’s final release

Ufo mode
Walker-Twirl/BarrelRoll
Battle mode
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Now Secondly apply the StarFox 2 - Restoration Hack - Fix i created /SF2-Restoration-hack-pad-restore-fix.ips/

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For Snes Classic on both use Preset ID - 123E otherwise named (574 - Stunt Race FX) also change Max Input to 2
Save as sfrom and add to hakchi2_CE. Now you have a playable updated StarFox sfroms!

 

[mrTerryBogard]

Good day!

I downloaded Contra Anniversary Collection for Nintendo Switch, but how can I then launch Russified roms using Yuzu? The game does not see romfs\system\roms in either the mods folder or the atmosphere folder.