/vr/ - Retro Games

the price of freedom

how is it legal why doesn't nintendo get them removed

>barely anyone donates anything for server space or bandwidth bills
>everyone wants to use it as their own personal romsite
If you aren't chipping in to pay the server costs, you have no right to complain.

>>8366769
i go to the vault or cdromance for mine

>>8366781
Internet Archive has managed to convince the everyone that they are a library, so they have a DMCA exception.

>>8366781
They Nintendon't, Nintencan't and Nintenwon't. By law.
https://archive.org/about/dmca.php
>An exemption was made for 'Computer programs and video games distributed in formats that have become obsolete and which require the original media or hardware as a condition of access.

>>8366783
>donate
>complain
>nothing gets better anyway

ib4donatemoreifyoufeelthatway

>>8366781
would love to see the faces of yakuza bosses seething at gaijin stealing their games lmao

>>8366769
why are you trying to direct download whole sets and/or isos off it?
if youre doing that just torrent it
the archives good for singular titles and obscure stuff that some "sets" miss
especially helpful when looking for specific dumps required to patch some old romhack

also how the fuck can you bitch about free games?
go make a fucking sandwich and itll be done before ya know it. christ

>open 1000+ complete collection torrent
>It maxes out at like 200 games so you can't torrent everything you have to individually download one at a time

>>8366859
just grab a few good one and beat em first you whiny bitch

First, donate.
Second, use jdowbloader, you dumb shits.

>>8366823
AWESOME

I wouldn't mind if they throttled these even more. It's not exactly supposed to be a conventional fire sharing service and I really wouldn't want it to turn into one.

I've downloaded several TBs of games from the archive in the past few years alone. Torrent when you can and learn 2 script wget when you can't. I think their servers will only help keep the first 100GB of torrents alive. If you ever upload to them, keep this in mind.

A few years ago, some kind anon share a Mega link for the whole ps1 games library (something like 2,7To). Since then it's been reported/deleted.
Any chance someone has a new one, please? Archive.org only has incomplete stuff.

>>8366982
1g1r redump psx set is around 500 gigs. An actually complete set has a fuckton of duplicates in it.

>>8366982
Their redump sets are only a year or two old. Is there a specific game you were looking for?

>>8366994
Multiple regions aren't duplicate.

>>8366828
Yakuza are a meme. Nintendo most definitely isn't run by Yakuza.

>>8366997
Mostly Square rpgs and jap horror games.

>>8367003
Well I guess duplicate isn't the right word but for someone who just wants a library of games to play, there are too many copies. Imho.

>>8366839
Like what?
If you know of anything that's missing, why not upload a set that is actually complete?

>>8367010
I disagree.

>>8367012
Better to learn how dat files and ROM / ISO managers work.

>>8366982
https://archive.org/details/chd_psx
they all seem to be here, don't be a tranny

>>8366982
the incredibly difficult process of finding something on the internet requires great knowledge anon, but since you seem so desperate i might just help you, first you have to use your keyboard to type 1337xto on your search engine of choice, then you have to click on the received search result with your mouse cursor, once you find yourself on the website BEWARE! bandits and thieves in the form of ads and popups will try to attack you but fear not! ignore them and type "ps1" in the search bar, after that click on the fifth search result and click on the MAGNET TORRENT button, then your torrenting program of choice should start working, then you can choose to download whatever game you like, i know that this process is EXTREMELY difficult and dangerous but im sure you will make it anon, godspeed

tl;dr google it

>>8367021
Where can I get started learning about that? I want to do my part to help archive everything. With archive being the last good place for ROMs we'll be fucked if they remove the ROMs.

>>8367007
post eyes pic

>>8367035

>>8367020
You're free to do so. I, personally just don't have enough storage space for all those games. 500 gigs is not that bad but 3 terabytes is starting to be a bit much. It's not like I will ever even have time to play more than a handful of all those games. It's good that people keep full archives of these but full archives are kinda bit too much for personal enjoyment. Again, imho.

>>8366816
They ARE a library, though.

>>8367027
Thanks, anon.

>>8367029
Thanks, reddit.

>>8367031
http://redump.org/downloads/
https://www.tosecdev.org/downloads
mame -listxml > set.xml

Dats are text files that contain checksums for every file in the set. Programs like ROMVault and CLRMAMEPro (works for any dat) scan whatever folder you point them to and will list what you're missing for that given set. It can even rename files because the checksum is independent of name.

>>8367053
no problem retarded nigger

>>8366769
>WHY, GOD? WHY?
Because it's non profit and a archive, not a distributor.

>>8366823
So how has nintendo been able to pursue other romsites? Shouldn't this apply to them as well?

>>8367292
did you even read the link? only they got the exemption

>>8367027
>don't be a tranny
Checks out

Because Brewster Kahle is retarded.

>>8366769
>170 KB/s
that's better than my internet and I have no problem downloading 50GB files, just leave my computer on overnight
stop complaining about people giving you stuff for free

>>8366769
>download n64 romset
>half of the files are actually the PAL version of Goldeneye with a different name

>>8366769
Because you are not donating to them you freeloader scum.

>>8367726
All of my sides. You have them.

>>8366769
>>best source of roms, isos and fullsets
it isn't though

>>8366769
>caps you direct download speed at 170 KB/s
I've been getting over 900 KB/s at times. It's definetely capped but not at 170. It probably depends on something else.

>Deletes everything related to the Gigaleaks
I'm still mad.

>>8367823
depends on how many people are downloading shit at any given moment

>>8366781
They have actually removed nintendo stuff from some collections on there

>>8366994

>>8367031
>Where can I get started learning about that?
All you need to know is this: Redump is missing a hilariously large amount of games in all their sets.

>>8367842
Shit like that is why it will never last. That almost eager willingness to comply with a system that wants to destroy the very concept of archival and public knowledge. Anyone relying on them is a fool.

>>8368070
According to them several of their sets are almost or 100 percent complete. I still think their weak toolchain is going to be their downfall.

>>8366816
>>8367049
>>8366823
> to ensure it lives out its term of copyright and is available (in the short-term, under suitable copyright-constrained means)
>(in the short-term, under suitable copyright-constrained means
They do not have free reign to DISTRIBUTE copyrighted content. I don't know why so many people are so retarded and think this. If it was true then why aren't people uploading the latest movies and music there???

>>8366769
Archive.org goes out of its way to trick copyright holders into thinking it has taken down certain repositories. Most of the ROM collections will give some sort of error if you're not logged int, implying that they've been removed. But if you log in, they'll show up fine. It really is only a matter of time before they get their asshole ripped open in court and have to shut down to cover the legal fees.

>>8366769
just use cdromance or vimm's lair

>>8368185
They really should be stepping up their game (technologically speaking) a lot more than they currently are. Massive decentralization is the only shot they've got longterm at staving off the lecherous hand of Uncle Sam. There's really no excuse for how shitty and clunky the site still is.

>>8368201
Everything upped gets a decentralized torrent to go with it, or did you miss that? I'm sure you have no idea the amount of data they transfer on a monthly basis. Where is your alternative? You have none, but you'll sit here and bitch about it.

>>8366769

>>8368230
Aren't half their torrents b0rked when they're generated? I certainly read enough complaints about them not working here and elsewhere. Apparently amending an archival record is such a pain in the ass many uploaders simply upload the modified file as a duplicate, while otherwise renaming or hiding the old. You trying to tell me that ain't clunky as hell? Their community forum is also like something out of the late 90s, which might not be so bad, but I've yet to see anywhere they publish takedown requests, so if an item gets hit with a DMCA you can only guess from whom and for what reason (invalid or contested notices obviously don't matter). This has bit me in the ass at least once when I attempted to use the Wayback Machine and discovered the URLs in question had been "excluded". Why? Who the fuck knows! It could be anything from a DMCA to an actual personal removal request, and you'd never know the circumstances either way because that shit just disappears.

>>8366816
>A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are easily accessible for use and not just for display purposes. It is responsible for housing updated information in order to meet the user's needs on a daily basis. A library provides physical (hard copies documents) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a virtual space, or both

It literally is a library by definition.

> he doesn't manually download individual ROMs after doing hours of research about them
pathetic zoomer.. you just download the entire library? PlayStation is trash btw

>>8368280
100GB is the hard limit archive.org servers will continue to torrent. It's not their fault people grab stuff and run. You can certainly download the rest from them to complete and fix the torrent for other people.

>>8368318
Some of the collections are way over 100GB though. Does the system take that into account and seed a complete copy? You also didn't address any of the other shit in my post.

>>8368176
Shut the fuck up.

>>8367292
they probably would if they didn't advertise or otherwise ask for money to host nintendo roms

>>8368387
This is why people should break up sets to under 100GB. Bad torrents can be fixed, its just that most people hit and run. Please keep this in mind if you ever decide to up anything. IMO Archive.org already went above and beyond their duty. We are collectively the ones who fucked things up.

>>8368387
To answer your other question, no it wont reseed 1TB sets. You must manually download and place the rest of the files in your torrent folders. You ARE going to seed the other 900GB, RIGHT? Nah probably not.

>>8368176
t. Cuck Wendig

>>8368461
No, the servers should cap individual uploads if seeding beyond 100GB is such a big deal. That makes the most sense.

>>8368489
I have in fact always seeded to at least 1.0. Many times the figure was more like 1.5 or 1.88.

>>8368505
I guess that's another way of doing it. This limit only affects torrents. They continue serving the entire upload even if its well beyond 100GB.

>>8366769
Why torrent? Direct downloaded for years.

>>8368070
I always grab the no intro sets. Are those missing anything? Is there a list of what's missing?

>>8368526
I think no-intro is ROM only while redump is ISO. TOSEC has both.

>>8368524
Server costs.

>>8368070
nah, you are just looking at the wrong sets

>>8368534
I take it back. It looks like no-into has digital download content and redump has hard drive and floppy images sets.

what fuckin reason do any of you need complete romsets?
seriously youre gonna play every fuckin game ever made?

>>8368526
Yes. New retail. Alwa's Awakening is still not included in any of the NES packs. Mega Drive set is a bit more up to date. Uploader is also selective with what retail homebrew is included. Few of the games in picrel are included.

>>8368560
Why do people collect Pokemon cards? Are you seriously going to use all of those Pokemons?

>>8368560
scrolling through a romset playing shovelware at random is great fun, anon. you should try it

>>8368580
yeah, the NES set is also missing a lot of bootlegs, like I get not including the ones that are just some game with a Mario sprite hacked in, but there are others like Kart Fighter or NES Super Mario World that are very interesting entries

>>8368589
>Why do people collect Pokemon cards?
It's plastic and cardboard.

>>8366769
What? Just use JDownloader. Yeah the link grabber is annoying but it works faster than a browser download most of the time and it can automatically unpack shit.

>>8367029
Typical unhelpful pedantic reddit response

>>8366769
that's an important part of the retro experience. personally i feel they could stand to go further; add a 3% chance of dropping the connection every minute. no resuming.

>>8366839
The torrents don't work.

>>8366769
it's not the best best place to download them and you know it, you glowie. any link posted in this thread will be dead within 24 hours.

>>8367045
What does Kirby change into if he ate an Asian?

>>8367068
>>8368062
>>8368070
>>8368580
>>8368602
so as someone putting together flashcarts/drive replacements for the first time, if archive.org isn't complete, and the redump site may/may not have a complete list, then where should I go to, not to download a full romset, but a full list of what *should* be in a romset?
or at least a list of what *isn't* contained in the archive.org set.
I have what I think are full sets of most 16 bit and before, as of like a decade ago, but I dont know if its still a complete set anymore.

I'm especially interested in >>8368580
I dont have any translation patches or homebrew releases, at all.

>>8369261
>Dats are text files that contain checksums for every file in the set.
1) Download a dat file
2) Drag and drop into ROM manager
3) Point ROM manager to a directory of files you already have
4) Scan
5) Google the missing stuff
6) Put in into an add path
7) Rescan until complete

i love the archive.

>>8369002
>ledit
oh im soooo sad that my answer has been labeled as "reddit" i think im just gonna jump in front of a speeding truck
>unhelpful
i actually did gave him directions to a full ps1 romset torrent

>>8369574
>" i think im just gonna jump in front of a speeding truck
It's the only honorable thing to do at this point

>>8369743
redditredditredditredditredditreddit

now your day is ruined

The slow download speed is a reference to times when download speeds were.. slower.

>>8368526
https://wiki.no-intro.org/index.php?title=Undumped_Games_Lists
https://wiki.no-intro.org/index.php?title=MIA_Lists

+ bootleg stuff. bootleg community is its own thing. who knows what's up with them.

>>8368580
if this stuff is quality add it to no intro thanks. but i kind of doubt the bootleg dumping community cares about quality that much (no offense).

>>8366827
You do not.

>>8369759
Seeing a redditard lose his shit actually makes my day

>>8370327
:)

Where can I find old scene releases?
I specifically want cracked Playstation warez with intros.

>>8369121
They do, though. I'm not sure how you've managed to come to that conclusion.

>>8369207
Really anon?

>>8369574

>>8370503
Fat + pink = US?

>>8368176
You’re fucking retarded. Do you know what a library is retard?

>>8366781
a couple months ago you could download all candydoll junior gravure videos from there. With how long it's been there, I'm surprised it was taken down at all.

>>8367726
That's a pretty shitty example considering Goldeyene was made by PAL devs

>>8366784
vault doesn't have non-North American roms and Romance is still missing some of the more obscure titles. Plus, in archive they sometimes lists different versions in their collections.
Romance is still essential for translations, though.

>r-roms.github.io
>find link to system and collection you want
>copy url into jdownloader2 and start downloading
>increase number of chunks
>get more speed
Shit's not hard, guys.

>>8366769
Enjoy it IA while it last, it will soon become like nu wikipedia.

>>8373234
based anon, although i have no idea where OP's slow speeds are coming from. sure they aren't lightening fast, but it's pretty goddamn fast.

>>8366839
Everytime I download the torrents for full sets it never displays all the roms so it's useless

>>8373212
All translations here:
https://archive.org/download/retroplay-en/RetroPlay-En/
thank me later

>>8373758

not the guy, but thanks!

>>8373719
Torrents are broken. Torrents can only ever contain what was in the first upload, do any changes or further batches of uploads aren't included. Use jdownloader2.

>>8366769
You can download faster using jdownloader parallel downloads
>>8366859
You're using a shit torrent client

I wonder when they'll just yeet all game archival entirely. We have to be most egregious server hammerers by far. I know, I don't want it to happen either, but they must consider it.

>>8366769
Because bandwidth costs money, fuckass. You wanna see download speeds improve? Donate or use a torrent.

>>8366781
Internet Archive got a DMCA exemption by convincing the government that they are a library. You are still technically breaking the law by downloading or uploading computer software or games for personal use from it though. It's a very murky grey area.

>>8374910

>>8373758
I thank you now.

>>8375783
get of your high horse dumbass , everyone started with knowing nothing even you .

>>8366982
Do the eyes on that mouse pad feel natural?

Daily reminder that downloading roms is 100% legal. Do not believe the propaganda corporations and their bootlickers spout to scare you.

>>8366769
1. they have torrents
2. use downthemall and let the sets run overnight
3. use a download accelerator that can create multiple connections. I used to use GetRight for this but that was like 15 years ago, not sure if that app is still around.

>>8366816
Based IA

>>8366769
Honestly god bless these fucking heroes

>>8368560
If I thought I could I absolutely would

The real reason though is because you don’t always know what you’re going to want/need

>>8377604
>everything started off working because every fucker didn't know about and abuse it

>>8366784
cdromance has a very fast download speed but when I download more than 5 it has a spasm.

>>8368176
They have an exemption that covers "legacy software" only. Everything else, such as books, newer games or film is subject to arbitrary reasons.
>>8368560
Whether or not you download the full thing, it's superior to download them directly from the No-Intro set than getting them from retarded ROM sites that deserve to be shut down for refusing to properly label the ROMs or update the catalog with proper dumps.

>>8368598
That actually does sound fun

>>8370515
updooted your epic may may :) you win the internet today my friend

>>8378580
>no-intro
>not redump.org
LOL!

>>8366781
>>8366769
Because they're not actually a romsite, the Archive's main function is to preserve the old web through the Wayback Machine so you can still access dead sites from 20+ years ago. The media collections are there for the same reason physical libraries maintain CD and DVD collections when the primary directive is compiling books, and the only reason people use the Archive for games at all is because of Emuparadise faking death.

>>8373758
based

yeah great archival site but holy fuck do i get annoyed when my gigabit connection is barely dented

>>8366769
>>best source of roms, isos and fullsets
what are torrents

>>8379160
when are ever torrents less hassle than just direct downloads in the browser?

archive.org's done me well over the years

>>8381330
Yes and what makes it even better is that it filters plebs / normies.

>>8368176
Do we have a snitcher full with z/0/y here?

>>8383212
Some of this lot would have shit the bed trying to download stuff through IRC, or even fucking kazaa. I miss the days of going into IRC rooms and just seeing what other people were querying.