/vr/ - Retro Games

The bimonthly format also might not stick if y'all wish for more frequent threads (or if we hit the bump limit quick enough). This thread's for J-PC games/emus/devs/pubs, but hardware discussion's appreciated.

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| Pastebin |

Here be links to online vendors, assorted emulators, software databases, fan pages, and music outlets. General purpose, feel free to share it.
>http://pastebin.com/g99LycCJ

| Games |

First places to look for the game(s) you want, hassle-free and on the cheap, are at Retroprograms, the Internet Archive, and The Old Computer:
>http://www.retroprograms.com/
>https://archive.org/details/PC98_Games_1813
>http://www.theoldcomputer.com/roms/index.php

If you want to buy classic Japanese PC games as digital downloads, head to Project EGG (they take PayPal, note that it's a subscription service). Or, if you're collecting Japanese PCs and their related software/hardware, try bidding on Yahoo! Japan Auctions while using a middleman delivery service like Celga. A quick search engine for auction items of this sort would be FromJapan:
>http://www.amusement-center.com/project/egg/
>http://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/
>http://www.celga.com/index.php?page=welcome
>http://www.fromjapan.co.jp/

Finally, some Anons here are super cool and have put together TOSEC sets as well as library dumps.

| Emulation |

There are guides out there specifically for systems more difficult to emulate. Here's three from Illusion City's blog:
>http://illusioncity.net/nec-pc-88-series-emulators-tools-lists/
>http://illusioncity.net/nec-pc-60-series-emulators-tools-lists/
>http://illusioncity.net/fujitsu-fm-towns-emulators-lists/

Now a guide to making bootable HDI files for the PC-98:
>http://fullmotionvideo.free.fr/pc98/articles/hdi/hdi.html

Make sure you get an OS for your emulator/computer of choice. DOS 6.2, MS-DOS, and Windows 3.1 work well for the PC-98, and Hudson made proprietary systems for the X68000 (same with Fujitsu and the FM Towns). The 8-bit machines run DOS packs.