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Discussion and News forum for all things video game emulation related, or tangentially. Platform agnostic. Mobile is welcome too. We'll keep it loose, but more focused on emulation. Piracy discussion is allowed, that's one reason we're on this domain.

A General Discussion will be stickied for the community to chat in about whatever. Staying on topic isn't important in any GD stickies.


Rules

#1: Obey our domain rules first and foremost.

#2: Mundane Tech Support/Game Sourcing Questions need to be kept to the stickied posts, unless it's something novel/interesting others might want to see.

#3: Unless it's at least tangentially relevant to emulation, no politics. Don't get your toque in a knot.

#4: Be nice, and consider reporting an offending hoser of #4 instead of responding to mean people to begin with.

Inspired by negative impressions of /r/ROMS:

#5a: Strive to be polite & patient with noobs asking questions.

#5b: Doesn't mean be a doormat.


Helpful Links

Good shaders for stuff like retroarch: https://github.com/RetroCrisis/Retro-Crisis-GDV-NTSC

https://docs.libretro.com/shader/crt_royale/

Boxart

https://r-roms.github.io/ Get all your games here, retro and up. r/ROMs reddit community's game link aggregator.

Myrient for data hoarders. Here you can get full sets of PS3/360 era games: https://myrient.erista.me/files/ A Download Manager is recommended. JDownloader2, for example, download the clean installer here: https://board.jdownloader.org/showthread.php?t=54725

Another aggregator: https://shakil-shahadat.github.io/awesome-piracy/#roms

https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Main_Page The wiki dedicated to all things emulation.

https://www.readonlymemo.com/emulation-101/


Fiddly Switch Shit

Prod Keys for Switch

Switch Firmware

Currently probably maaaybe the good yuzu fork: https://git.citron-emu.org/Citron/Citron

Ryubing probably the main Ryujinx fork: https://git.ryujinx.app/ryubing/ryujinx

Mirror of the last release of the original project: https://git.axenov.dev/mirrors/ryujinx

Switch games: https://nsw2u.com/


Speaking of which...

For more fiddly emulators, their wiki sites provide tweaks/fixes/hacks, and explain any bugs that are still known issues.

https://wiki.pcsx2.net/Category:Games

https://wiki.rpcs3.net/index.php?title=Category%3AGames

https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=Nintendo_GameCube

https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=Wii


Hax

Account Required Pre-Patched ROM/ISO hacks and fan translations here: https://retrogametalk.com/repository/

DIY ROM/ISO patches: https://romhackplaza.org/

Browser based ROM patchers: https://www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatcher.js/

https://www.hack64.net/tools/patcher.php

https://www.ff6hacking.com/patcher/


Good Programs

The good (standalone) N64 emulator: https://github.com/Rosalie241/RMG

Quick and Dirty shaders in a window you can overlay on other windowed emulators: https://github.com/mausimus/ShaderGlass

DM me if you'd like to mod. Please be over the age of 25, provide your country of origin (Canadian/friendly countries), and give a reasonable description of what your intentions are. l'o'l funni c'o'l'o'urs.

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This month’s retro news round up includes the National Museum of Play needing some help, a new module for the Polymega, and the discovery of possibly the rarest commercially released game ever? There was only one copy! And yes that is a very excited baby you can hear in the background on a couple of occasions. Sorry about that.

Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ebtks Like Retro Revisited on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RetroRevisited Add me on the Switch: SW-4739-9270-8209 Support me via Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/retrorevisited

The show even has chapter breaks, so you can watch just the parts you want:

0:11 - The Strange and Unusual 1:30 - Ports and Remakes 2:40 - Hardware and Accessories 3:05 - Homebrew 4:02- Long Thought Lost 4:55 - Fan Translations

Support the Retro Wave movement by listening to this month's playlist (same as last years - sorry!): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsLHRkveU8agG_DA0C6lZcPUDzg5R4jPU

This month's links:

Help New York's Strong National Museum of Play: https://www.museumofplay.org/support/individual-giving/

Help Japan’s Game Preservation Society: https://www.gamepres.org/en/

GameBook Advance: https://www.nintymedia.net/products/gamebook-advance-standard-edition

Game Boy Camera Manager: https://www.marcrobledo.com/game-boy-camera-manager/

The VMU Pro: https://8bitmods.com/vmupro-handheld-visual-memory-card-for-dreamcast-smoke-black/

Painter Man on the ZX Spectrum: https://ktbproductions.itch.io/painter-man

GORF on the ZX Spectrum: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13465

Telethugs on the ZX Spectrum: https://www.patreon.com/maisodiados

Goblinarama on the ZX Spectrum: https://zero-budget.itch.io/goblinarama

Bubble Cop on the ZX Spectrum: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13564

Operation Moo on the ZX Spectrum: https://jgajete.itch.io/operation-moo

Herbie wants to be a millionaire for the ZX Spectrum: https://bitmagine.itch.io/herbie-millionaire

Spy Kombat for the Commodore 64: https://tnd64.unikat.sk/Seuck_Compo_2025.html#Entry12

Star Skimmer for the Commodore 64: https://tnd64.unikat.sk/Seuck_Compo_2025.html#Entry13

El Cartero for the Commodore 64: https://bonnette2020.itch.io/el-cartero-c64-demo

Slither for the Commodore 64: https://milasoft64.itch.io/slither

BDTZ on the Amiga: https://acneproduction.itch.io/bdtz

Gemdalus on the Amiga: https://retream.itch.io/gemdalus

Mundialito for the Amiga: https://acneproduction.itch.io/mundialito

Luckyman for the Atari XL/XE: https://atarionline.pl/v01/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1746818948&archive=&start_from=0&ucat=1&ct=nowinki

Dawnrazor on the Game Boy Colour: https://sbtalbain.itch.io/dawnrazor

Frontier Force on the Master System: https://badcomputer0.itch.io/frontier-force

ZPF on the Mega Drive: https://megacatstudios.com/pages/zpf

Yoomp for the Atari ST/STE: https://dekadencedemo.itch.io/yoomp

Friends of Mana on mobile: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YjJiOQwhul12atUOAulJOp9njcWusBCPsKOonibadpY/edit?tab=t.0

Evangelion The Fighting Impact Rebuild on mobile: https://x.com/RockmanCosmo/status/1927347863769498100

Bomberman Puzzle Special on mobile: https://x.com/RockmanCosmo/status/1924892891178229802

TRIPITAKA: https://archive.org/details/tripitaka_win_mac

Ultravore footage: https://x.com/SongbirdPro/status/1919916302254084215

Vertexer footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P85Mq7LJpU

English language translation of Dungeons & Dragons: Tower Of Doom on the Saturn: https://segaxtreme.net/resources/dungeons-dragons-tower-of-doom-english-patch.426/

English language translation of Waku Waku Puyo Puyo Dungeon on the Saturn: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1URtYeta1xmjeZOi8ZZbhZl8rRSK9XhWW?dmr=1&ec=wgc-drive-globalnav-goto

English language translation of American Oudan Ultra Quiz for the SNES: https://krokodyl.github.io/post/2025/05/america-oudan/

English language translation of Wonder Trek on the PS1: https://romhackplaza.org/translations/wonder-trek-english-translation-playstation/

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