I want to make a local archive of some older systems but individual ROMs form vimm would take too long. Anywhere I can get retro (8-16 bit) Roms in bulk?

Mainly older Nintendo and maybe Sega systems, I'd consider Sony but filesizes are too big, I have about 8gb total

https://r-roms.github.io/

This is an archive for various arcade hacks, usually by users like Yumeji, Ydmis, Pipi899 and that sort, these are usually hard to find and only work on ancient FBA exes from 2009, and that's when you even find them beyond dead 4shared links.

The files are in IPS format for the purposes of softpatching with FBN proper, with DAT files and everything

To use them with Libretro, you need to patch the files you want, each IPS file is named for the exact file you need to patch, then put it in this path

"/"wherever you store your install or settings"/retroarch/system/fbneo/patched

The rom name has to be the same as whatever you use as a base, so if you use kof98.zip and patch it's files, you use the base kof98 rom without renaming either, some roms require different bases so I'm gonna compile a document together as a cheat sheet for what rom uses which patch to make it easier.

There's also instructions for running this with standalone FBN, Fightcade is untested though.

These are sourced from HBMame's .233 romset, the hacks are primarily for playing as bosses and hidden characters in fighting games but I convert any hack I find that's neat, like the Blazing Star Stage Select or a Metal Slug 5 remake someone did, there's also a document in there with relevant info.

As a bonus, aside from one hack for Kof97, which is natively supported as a Playstation imitation hack, the Neo Geo hacks can be run in both MVS and AES mode so if you prefer one or the other then you can do so, the Playstation hack I mentioned only works with AES mode.

Instructions are in the page but the short of it is making a patched folder in system/fbneo (it must specifically be called "patched") then putting the roms in there, removing the extensions and matching the original rom as need be, there's also a text doc for marking what each rom is and what base rom you need.

This is mainly good for Libretro since standalone uses dat files, the original IPS archive is good for that since I'm nearly done putting in the dat files for that, there's also instructions in there on patching yourself for Libretro but this is for skipping that step.

It also has instructions if your using it standalone too. Though it has not been tested with any version of Fightcade, your welcome to try but don't expect the most success

The rules aren't on the side rn, so here's the general idea on those.

Rules:

1. No asking for ANY Nintendo Switch content (Emulator discussion is fine though)

2. No doxxing/trolling

3. No toxicity in comments

4. No asking or linking to donations

5. Limit emulator guides to the Requests and Help Megathread, now I don't know if Lemmy has that functionality so far, but if and when it happens, that'd go in there.

   (Asking for help with emulators is fine, though preferably in the Requests and Help Megathread)
   

Safe Websites:

edge|emulation: https://edgeemu.net/

Vimm's Lair: https://vimm.net/?p=

That's about it on that end. Best to try and keep memes to a minimum, as well so as not to flood the entire page.

Go here for Roms

Follow the link below.

Github https://r-roms.github.io/ This is the megathread, it contains 7 Tabs.

The landing tab is the Home tab, it explains how to use the megathread and has some helpful tips.

The Popular games tab lists direct links to popular games, this list has been made mostly by SuperBio, and as such may not represent what you think a popular game is. If you feel something is missing there PM SuperBio and he'll have it added.

The next 5 tabs link directly to collections based on console and publisher, they include Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Sega, and the PC.

The last tab is the other tab, this is where you can find Retro games, defined by No-Intro and others as pre Gamecube and PS2 era. This tab exists to link to the large collections that No-Intro and various other groups have collected.

Changelog:

Redid Megathread post on Reddit, hopefully this is a cleaner, easier to read version that isn't as confusing as the out of date changelog