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obtaining roms:

edge emulation (missing some consoles; CD-based games come in compressed formats such as CHD; very fast DL speed)

myrient (pretty much everything, no strings attached; fast DL speed)

cdromance (mostly has games for CD-based consoles; games come in uncompressed iso or bin/cue; has a lot of pre-patched rom hacks; medium-fast DL speed)

planetemu (largely in french; has a lot of obscure titles other sites lack; very fast DL speed)

alvro collection spreadsheet (pretty much everything, including many newer consoles; slightly inconvenient to navigate; download site has timer and limits to 1 download every 30 mins, can be worked around with vpn; inconsistent medium-to-very-fast DL speed)

script that lets you download from emuparadise post-shutdown (pretty much everything; inconsistent medium-to-very-fast DL speed; can occasionally be uncooperative)

ROMs Megathread/Archive (everything, really; slow DL speed; usually a last resort if you can't find something anywhere else)

i don't currently recommend Vimm's Lair due to very slow speeds, download limits, and offering nothing that isn't on other sites (unless you need prepatched xiso format Xbox roms)

console-focused sites:

HShop (all 3DS. very complete, easy to navigate. has qr codes for direct download from 3ds; yes, the qr codes are safe; fast dl speed)

MarioCube (focused on GameCube/Wii and has everything you'll ever need for those platforms; requires joining a google group for standard roms but it takes like 2 clicks; very fast dl speed)

NoPayStation (practically every PS3/PSP/Vita game and update, downloaded directly from sony's servers; fast dl speed)

sites offering switch and other modern games get shut down very frequently so i won't be linking them in order to keep this post from getting outdated, but you can find them if you snoop around reddit (the switchpirates sub in particular) a little

romsets:

Cylum's Romsets (my personal favorite - not fully complete sets but heavily curated, so no going through a million revisions of the same game)

for 1fichier directories, you can use a tool like 1fichier-dl to download in bulk. i'd recommend doing this on the alvro collections if you want more complete sets.

softmodding and loading roms on some popular consoles:

Switch

Wii

3DS, Vita, Wii U

PS2

PSP

recommended emulators and emulation guides:

Emulation General Wiki

netplay:

wanna play with your friends online?

fightcade covers nes, genesis, pc engine, dreamcast, and snes along with a variety of arcade boards from capcom, snk, sega, and konami. playstation is incoming. all platforms on it have rollback netcode.

mednafen covers psx, saturn, pc engine cd and sega cd, and i find its snes performance better personally. delay-based netcode with server structure. here's a pre-packed version with a gui included and here's a netplay guide i largely wrote myself.

other than that, dolphin is naturally used for gamecube/wii, and project64 with the AQZ netplay plugin is used for N64.

games are great. go play some games.

[edited 3/25/23]

also. been having a very hard week. our house was burglarized / mini invaded. no one got hurt, but my sisters iPad she uses for her online school and dad's phone got stolen, and our kitchen was semi destroyed, our rice supply was spilled everywhere and some?? eggs?? and canned stuff was stolen. After that, a family friend who was helping me with house duties got a stroke. So now I am all alone in dealing with all of this. It would be a huge mental health imrpovement, would absolutely mean the world to me if you guys can maybe help me boost my art? it's just that I love drawing and it's the only thing that's been cheering me up.

my Twitter is my "home base" and I've been posting lots of my drawings there that I don't post here, idk only if you'd like to follow ofc.

>> (link to my Twitter)

my patreon is only 1 dollar a month, and if you'd like to support me n my disabled family, through patreon would be awesome! if you'd like!

>> link to my patreon

and here is my imprnt

>> link to my imprnt

I also have three more slots of commissions on my ko-fi if you'd like to directly help.

My dad's phone has the philippine version of venmo, called "gcash", and it had about 200 usd in it that was only accessible through his phone (that got stolen).. it was for my mom's next hospital visit for her glaucoma and some grocery expenses.. so, if you'd like a custom portrait from me, I will do commissions. The automated message says the deadline is June, but full disclosure, the earliest I will be able to send a commission completed is JULY.

>> link to my commissions

mostly I just want a bigger audience for my drawings, I want to share my comics and my love for southeast asian culture, and would really really love a boost. Thank you for reading through n I hope u have a good day.

3 slots are goin

Hey so I’ve avoided having to do this before, but I need to actually ask for help, for once. The last couple months sucker punched me kinda hard and I need to keep being able to make rent, so if I could get some help (whether in exchange for art or not) I’d greatly appreciate it.

I set up a “Ko Fi” for this, you can either drop a little in a jar, or buy slots of various commission types.

As for the parts about gamedev work: I’ll honestly need an actual job when I’m back from my trip, so if anyone is looking for an artist who can do concepts, spritework, 3D models, so on… send me a line, I’m in the market right now.

mail for work talk: kitetfrogspond at gmail dot com kofi page: https://ko-fi.com/kitetfrog commission listings: https://ko-fi.com/kitetfrog/commissions

all but two of my first round of goodie bags sold! the remaining two are up again for auction, or for a lower autobuy (aka moving expense donation) price!

🦆 Duckies

🎀 Girly bag

thank you for your support ;w;

Approved by kickstarter! Preorder a Lamprey, Hagfish, or set of both so I can make them into enamel pins with these designs:

Both will glow in the dark. For the Lamprey it’ll be glowy teeth, for the hagfish maybe the entire pink base color

Hi my names tyler and i’m a black autistic trans guy with two cats attempting to escape an unsafe housing situation, my mother is verbally, financially, and physically abusive and has started making violent threats on my life as well as threats to make me homeless or harm my animals

It’s been so severe that im staying at my partners house currently to avoid her but I cannot stay here permanently and need secure housing so that my mother does not hurt me or my animals.

While I’m mostly looking for financial help to get an apartment if anyone knows people looking for roommates or with housing they can offer for rent in the areas around north philadelphia, lower bucks county PA, and burlington county NJ please feel free to reach out to me, id be able to afford up to 1k in rent and I am looking to move immediately, I have a secure job housing is the only issue.

gofundme.com

Tyler needs safe housing, organized by Ty Shell

Hi! I’m ty / tyler a black autistic trans guy with two cats ( salt and pepper, two american shortha… Ty Shell needs your support for Tyler

If you could spread this i’d appreciate it greatly, my gofundme link has essentially all the same info so that can be spread alone if possible, I also have my links for venmo and paypal below if that’s easier to use, In addition I draw and can do kofi sketches for donations (examples of art here) I am incredibly desperate to move as none of my family members are offering adequate help regarding the situation so anything at all helps, thankyou for taking the time to read this

paypal + venmo + kofi

Sorry to bring negativity but President Biden plans to pass a project in which 180,000 barrels of oil will be produced per day, hurting the environment in Alaska and making Global Warming worse.

Pls reblog this and share it (on other social medias too pls), this project should not pass.

Stop Willow

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Identity (AKA "Her") is an imaginary girl. When the original author discarded their humanity in order to bear the burden of their crown, this separate spirit was born, safely incubating in the long dream of the Nth Dimension. Thanks to Caido's carelessness, she was awoken from that delusion, waking up in a hollow and decaying body that was quickly crushed under the weight of reality. Since she is not the original body, her form can decay rapidly under stress just like the Others.

She was recently granted a new carapace by one of the Suns. While it appears to be holding steady, no one knows how sturdy it is, and She is not keen on trying to find out.

Hey I hate to do this but this is really important to me

One of my best friends has been diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer at age 29. She is literally practically my sister. Her kids even call my dad "Papa Patrick".

She has a gofund me for medical bills. Any help, even just sharing, would mean a lot.

gofundme.com

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Kylie graduated veterinary school in 2013 as a veterinary technician and… Kylie Stoddard needs your support for Kylie Stoddard's Stage 4 Br