Collection:Game ROM images

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Team Captain: David Hedlund

Participants: Jacobk

These complimentary games for RetroArch's Content Downloader (Main Menu -> Online Updater -> Content Downloader) are sometimes distributed by developers on ROM cartridges, enabling their use on original home video consoles. Additionally, they can be downloaded for use with emulators. Notably, the game SuperTux has been adapted for over ten different video game consoles (and emulators).

ROMs, an acronym for read-only memory, serve as a general term in the emulator and ROM community for cartridge dumps, ISO disc backups, and similar formats. These ROMs can be played on hardware if one has the capability to flash a cartridge, circumvent verification processes, or utilize a "flash cart," which varies depending on the system. In the context of video games, "homebrew" refers to games created by enthusiasts for proprietary video game consoles that are not designed to be user-programmable.

Cross-platform game engines

ScummVM

By OS

Replicant

Games that can be played using remote administration software in GNU/Linux like scrcpy.

https://search.f-droid.org/?q=game

Windows

These games can be played using Wine.

Windows-only games

Retro

MS-DOS

DOSBox can be used to play these games. DOSBox is installable in RetroArch.

By architecture

These games can be played using emulators. Most emulators can be installed from RetroArch.

Computer system games

Commodore 64

Video console games

Amiga

Arcade

Atari

Atari 2600
Atari Jaguar

Nintendo

Home consoles
Nintendo Entertainment System
Super NES
Nintendo 64
GameCube/Wii
Wii U
Handhelds
Game Boy
Game Boy Advance
Nintendo DS
Nintendo DSi
Nintendo 3DS
Hybrid
Nintendo Switch

To run homebrew games on Nintendo Switch emulators, you do not need the firmware, prod.keys, or title.keys files. Homebrew games are typically developed by hobbyists and can be executed without these official Nintendo files, which are usually required for commercial games. While Atmosphère is a popular custom firmware used to run homebrew on actual consoles, it is not necessary for running homebrew on emulators. This is beneficial because the firmware is nonfree, meaning it is proprietary and not freely available for modification or distribution. By not needing the firmware, users avoid ethical issues associated with using nonfree software, as well as potential legal issues.

Sega

Home consoles
Sega Dreamcast
Sega Genesis
Handhelds
Game Gear


SNK

Neo Geo CD


Sony

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PlayStation

Homebrew: "Making games on the PlayStation is possible with any model of the system through the use of a modchip or the double 'Swap Trick'. There is also a softmod/save game exploit called "tonyhax" Requirements consist of a PC, SDK, and a 'Comms Link' device to upload and download files to and from the console." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebrew_(video_games)#PlayStation

PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
PlayStation Portable
PlayStation 4

Uzebox

Todo

External links

Super Tux (reference game)



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