Headline is wrong. Internet archive has been emulating software for a long time now.
Maybe they just got to 250k titles, but them emulating is not new.
this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2023
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I apologize I will change the title.
It has been a day since you said that.
Lol sorry I been busy
It doesn't take even a minute to edit a piece of string.
Fuck off , what is your problem? You don't have anything to do today?
no, not really.
Damn, that's fucking awesome. How long until they start receiving DMCAs from AiPlex or Nintendo?
(AiPlex is an Indian anti-piracy company who's becoming known for spamming DMCAs and extorting content creators for even the slightest IP violations (sometimes striking reviews which contain no infringing content whatsoever or spamming DMCAs on irrelevant videos to force content creators to cave to their demands). They do it claiming to represent companies who have previously not given a shit.)
Internet Archive's been victim to anti-preservation efforts for years. They'll deal with them likely the same way they always do, and are dealing with a lawsuit right now over The Great 78 Project.
They have had some game emulation for years. I remember playing Oregon Trail on Archive.
Love the Internet Archive. They're my second favorite place to get ROMs, and it's specially important now that most ROM sites are borderline useless with most links removed.
First place goes to one specific FTP server that contains a clean copy of every single possible ROM, for every system imaginable, with high speed downloads and the correct file extensions. I have copies of their IP address in multiple places, hell, I might tattoo it, I'll die with this number imprinted on my brain my fear of losing it is so high.
Just a few days ago, I was looking for an obscure copy of an old CD called "Walnut Creek Game Patches CDROM" - I found references to this inside an old DOS game cheats program, so I got curious and wanted to check it out - and was pleasantly surprised to find it on the Internet Archive.
Vimm's lair is awesome for roms. Its downloads are slow, but the website is organized and no spammy ads.
Vimm is great for most retro systems, but when you get into the disc-based era, the proprietary or alternative formats are pretty bad. For Wii, you download a weird stripped down ISO format that requires a random piece of software to restore into an usable format, for instance.
Ah, I didn't realize that. I mostly have played PS2 games that seem to work pretty well. I've downloaded, but haven't actually tried any of the newer system stuff. I'll give the internet archive a shot then.
Agree.
I got a huge file of arcade ROMs there...but many of them are MAME broken so ymmv.
ETA: FTP?!?! Ppl still FTP?
Can you DM that ip address please?
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This is amazing! I haven't opened up After Dark since I was a child!!! Thank you! I'm going to have to look through this for more nostalgia deep dives.
I just want to play fisher price castle and Wild West games. How can this be done? I have the isos for those games.
PCem. I took that same nostalgia trip a year or two ago and they worked fine.