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>JUST DOWNLOAD A ROMSET INSTEAD OF GOING GAME-BY-GAME LIKE A FAGGOT

Why are you like this?

>> No.8430624

>>8430608
Maze Song sounds pretty cool.

>> No.8430653

>>8430608
Because its literally easier and storage is retarded cheap

>> No.8430832

>>8430608
You download the romset, then go game-by-game. Ideally while using a resource like Virtual Gaming Library.

>> No.8430860

>>8430608
>>JUST DOWNLOAD A ROMSET INSTEAD OF GOING GAME-BY-GAME LIKE A FAGGOT
For 8 bit consoles and before it's the way to go.
For 16 bit consoles it depends.
For 32/64 it starts becoming a pain in the ass.
For 6th generation it's a pain in the ass.

>> No.8430865

>>8430860
>For 16 bit consoles it depends.
Mate, every 16bit rom ever including hacks, translations, etc, etc is like 10gb
You've got to be fucking kidding me if you're not willing to download 10gb

>> No.8430867

>>8430860
ROM hoarding is easy. ISO hoarding is where it gets hard. Blu-ray hoarding is nightmare mode, but not retro.

>> No.8430872

>>8430867
>ISO hoarding is where it gets hard.
Not really in a world where a 8TB external is like $150. Could get every PS1/Saturn ISO and have plenty of extra room
>Blu-ray hoarding is nightmare mode,
Now THIS is the real barrier. The one where you actually can't fit a console's library on a any single drive currently made.

>> No.8430875

>>8430865
Are you counting SEGA CD and PC-Engine CD-ROM?
>>8430867
this anon gets it

>> No.8430879

>>8430875
>Are you counting SEGA CD and PC-Engine CD-ROM?
No, but even that is less then 1TB to include those. There isn't THAT many titles

>> No.8430882

>>8430879
Have into account most sources aren't very fast at downloading because limitting speeds is standard.

>> No.8430883

I'm too lazy to manage ROMs that I'm not going to play.

>> No.8430886

>>8430872
>PS1/Saturn
Those are usually bin/cue. ISO is like PS2/Xbox/GC DVD sized.

>> No.8430889

>>8430882
Soooooooooooooo? Who fucking cares.
You start a download, and you just leave your computer going. If it takes a day then it takes it day. It requires ZERO user interaction after you get it going. Just don't turn off your fucking computer.

>> No.8430891

>>8430883
This too, anyone can download 66666 niggabytes of ISOs but actually managing them is different.

>> No.8430894

>>8430886
bruh

>> No.8430898

>>8430886
You over estimate how big those games are for gen 6.
All PS2 games are something like 6TB, since many of them after being compressed take up less then a gig. Not many actually made full use of even a single layer DVD. Really only AAA titles ended up ever using full dual layer DVDs.

>> No.8430906

>>8430883
Manage? Nig, it just sits in a folder. You don't DO anything

>> No.8430910

why would i download games i won't play? i curate a nice collection and if something new interests me i'll download it at that time. it's not like roms are going anywhere

>> No.8430912

>>8430883
>>8430891
>A folder for anything US release
>A folder for anything Japanese release
WOW

>> No.8430918

>>8430912
Have sex

>> No.8430924
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8430924

>>8430918
Okay

>> No.8431153

>there are people who don't go through a console's library one by one
>people who don't try every game for 5-15 minutes, then decide if they want to keep it around or not
I would have murdered most of the people on this board to have access to all the games back when I was a kid. Just play videogames, this isn't a hard concept.

>> No.8431176

>>8430608
Imagine playing games the way people listen to music on Spotify. With the entire history of an art form at your fingertips, consooming as much as you can while barely paying attention to anything, barely able to remember anything you’ve experienced.

>> No.8431264

>>8430608

I've reached the point where I can recognize almost any game from the list on OP pic just by reading a weird fake chinese title.

I'm really curious what's Maze Song though.

>> No.8431283
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8431283

>>8430608
as someone who used to download games 1 at a time and now is close to being 40 years old, just fucking take my advice and download entire romsets and be done with it.
its fun hearing about some obscure ps1 game, finding it online and giving it a try, but you save so much effort/time if you have it already and can click play.

>> No.8431315

>>8430910
this. I don't want to sift through a list of garbage just to get to my marios and sanics.

>> No.8431386

>>8430906
There's more to using ROMs than just putting them on a hard drive. A lot of flash carts don't support subfolders so all your ROMs just sit in the root of the directory in one lump.

>> No.8431394

>>8431386
Not that anon, but I use everdrives which support subfolders just fine. What cheapshit flashcarts don't even support subfolders?

>> No.8431396

>>8431264
milon's secret castle imo (look at the japanese name)

>> No.8431405

>>8431394
Well...the Fenrir didn't until somewhat recently.