Tips and tricks for Emulating safety.

[ATenderLad]

yeah for any collection!
i tried Batocera first and it was good but it runs on linux OS and it killed my external hdd
so i dont trust it anymore. LaunchBox is way better, safer and runs on windows
the premium version BigBox is really good! and fully worth the 1 time fee although not necessary

That's rotten luck with Batocera, I use it with a Steam Deck but it hasn't died on me yet. A little fiddly getting out a USB hub and keyboard to configure though.

 

[Boo Man]

That's rotten luck with Batocera, I use it with a Steam Deck but it hasn't died on me yet. A little fiddly getting out a USB hub and keyboard to configure though.

thats cool that it works on Steam Deck. i did like Batocera while it was working especially the themes & default music was funky af XD but yeah breaking my hdd is unforgivable, it would freeze just before booting into batocera but the OS was still flashed to the drive making it unusable. i dunno what happened there but i really hope it doesn't happen to your Steam Deck! im sure the deck can just hard reset or something anyway

 

[Don Patch]

Well for ROMs, there's CDRomance and probably some other sites I wouldn't dare to go yet

But for emulators? My first advice would be to search their official website or official build on GitHub

If you need Bios, CDRomance has that too. But for the others like PS Vita or PS3 firmware, you need to go to the official Sony site

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[Leifang]

I'm with you there 100% but I also know that quite a few people enjoy petty drama and simply bringing others down. For instance, some people have a beef with Spike over uploading prepatched roms. Chances are he might want to err on the side of caution and not want to bring any possible drama here by letting us link/discuss other sites too much.

Obviously, I can't speak for the man and maybe I'm paranoid but it is what it is.

Wait, prepatched roms is literally what makes this site better than competition for games it has. Not only it helps when the game uses obscure patching methods or relies on multiple patches (I remember installing like three separate translations on top of each other for some KOEI game), you don't have to look for SPECIFIC rom version to patch and keep backups for when it updates.

As a bonus, some pre-patched roms from here are already detected by Libretro as separate releases and it just makes things easier and organized neatly instead of browsing all game's hacks to try to find ones that are major instead of just a brightness update.

But yeah, it was general forum etiquette for so long to not mention or link to rom sites, in general. Romhacking, Reddit and Internet Archive aren't those, so talking about them is like mentioning Google or YouTube. What's the site rules for hyperlinking images? I am new on this forum.

 

[newageretrohippie]

If i cant find it here, i usually check https://wowroms.com which has been solid for many years.

also check mr sujanos sources, he wont steer you wrong

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