Where to Find Retro Game ROMs & BIOS

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This video goes over great websites that archive ROMs and Bios files for retro gaming systems. Retro game emulation / emulators and the dedicated community are some of the only reasons that so much of retro gaming history has been preserved as much as it has. I try to bring attention and support to preserving video game history.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:59 ROMs Reddit Megathread
01:34 Bios Archive
02:28 ROMs Archive and Explaining ROM Audit Groups
04:19 Myrient and Support
05:00 Video Game History Foundation
05:23 Conclusion and Outro
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@harleygdbm1996 2 месяца назад

I appreciate you bringing so much detailed information to the table for the community to study and learn.

@PhyrexTechs 2 месяца назад

My pleasure!

@lonesomeloved 6 месяцев назад

always concise and straight to the point, love your videos, thanks!

@PhyrexTechs 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@thisislilraskal 4 месяца назад

Thank you for making this video. It was very helpful.

@PhyrexTechs 4 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@rishi57378 6 месяцев назад

I appreciate your efforts…❤

@PhyrexTechs 6 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@therealdeeves 2 часа назад

Wow... It's so calming to hear him talk. Or maybe I just got used to hearing youtubers talk loudly at their viewers.

@michaeladkins101 Месяц назад

This was interesting and enlightening have a like.

@PhyrexTechs Месяц назад

Thanks!

@toycoma98 6 месяцев назад

Wow, thank you.

@PhyrexTechs 6 месяцев назад

You're welcome!

@keepitshort4208 3 месяца назад

Needed help for sorting out roms as in is there a way to know if a certain mame rom is of which year ? Emudeck has more then one mame roms folder

@PhyrexTechs 3 месяца назад

I do not think there is a tool or database that I know up to find that out. The only way to know for sure is to test them out in a version of Mame or if they come from a collection it normally has a year on it.

@keepitshort4208 3 месяца назад

@@PhyrexTechs hmm will see, although it's tough that emudeck has separate folders for arcades

@PapiBauby День назад

Yes, cool but some PS2 games are not matching hash, why is that? been trying to play Resident Evil 4 (USA) , i tried all possible versions from archive, myrient, megathread, none work.

@DustinWilkie Месяц назад

this video about to BLOWWWWW UP

@rolitoo5578 Месяц назад

facts

@Gvin-pt3nz Месяц назад

Do you need to download bios files? What are they for? Ive just put batocera cfw on the anbernic rg35xx m

@PhyrexTechs Месяц назад

Some systems do not need bios files (NES, Sega Genesis) while others do( Ps1, Dreamcast). When you try to run a game and it does not load or you get a message about needing bios then you will know that system needs them to run.

@Gvin-pt3nz Месяц назад

@PhyrexTechs OK thanks

@Cyko.. Месяц назад

If you download the full RetroArch or Batocera bios package you should be good. It is hard to keep up with what needs bios files and what don't. For example old Atari 2600 doesn't need bios, but old ColecoVision does. The whole bios package doesn't take up a lot of space so you might as well download all of them.

@searching4knowledge703 3 месяца назад

Do these usually take a long time to download?

@PhyrexTechs 3 месяца назад

That will depend on your internet connection and the size of the files. Most older files are very quick.

@searching4knowledge703 3 месяца назад

Thanks appreciate you

@PhyrexTechs 3 месяца назад

Anytime!

@braxtongividen2924 5 месяцев назад

I got a steam deck recently and i dont know how to download the bios or any of that onto my steam deck. I do own tears of the kingdom wich is the game i want to emulate

@PhyrexTechs 5 месяцев назад

I do not own a steam deck yet so I will not be of much help in that area. However I do know if you want to run emulators on the steam deck you want to get Emudeck it makes the whole process easier.

@braxtongividen2924 5 месяцев назад

I have emudeck installed

@Cyko.. Месяц назад

You just stick a thumb drive with your games and bios into the Steam Deck and copy them over while in desktop mode. It's so simple bro. Emudeck literally has text files in each folder to tell you exactly what goes there. Hope this helps.

@amyramsey9100 19 дней назад

trying to find a game called risk factions, which is abonware any suggestions

@PhyrexTechs 18 дней назад

That game should be in the /roms megathread

@Subject_Keter 3 месяца назад

I strongly encourage companies to get the literal money they are wasting away. Beside having to tell money men how to make money, I appericate that you go in abit deeper. Most videos are Space Marine recruit tier trails.. Blood Angel or Exocrist style

@wongalahara8196 3 месяца назад

It’s a whole big thing. Licensing from brands used to music played. It’s a shit load of red tape that still shouldn’t be a thing, but since so many companies have to be involved, it’s highly unlikely it will ever happen unless some preservation law that allows us to keep classic games in any way past a certain date.

@Ilikecyndaquils 2 месяца назад

I’m guessing these are safe? My pc ran into a blue screen recently and I’m hoping it’s not because of the emulated games. Most of my files were gone, but I still had steam, Microsoft edge, and my emulator, DeSmuMeE. And I checked if I had my emulated games. And I did. But my pc is safe now. So I’m confused, like usual.

@PhyrexTechs 2 месяца назад

Most if not all of these roms are hash-checked to verify they are exactly what they should be. That type of blue-screen issue might indicate a failing hard drive. Not sure how old it is but you might want to run a diskscan to make sure it's not dying on you.

@SurveilanceXXX 2 месяца назад

How can i change the Language to German in Europe NES-Rom? The most roms are only in english!

@PhyrexTechs 2 месяца назад

Pretty sure there were only a few games that were official translated to German for the NES. I think the Europe Roms are mostly all English. You might be able to find fan translated roms from other places but I'm not very knowledgeable in that area.

@jesusfuentes7830 7 дней назад

Ive tried a wii motion plus with dolphin bar on windows 11 and nothing. Thinking of using another emulator like retroarch. I just want my real wii controller to work 😢

@PhyrexTechs 7 дней назад

I have seen people get it to work, however I do not have any experience with it as I don't own any Wii controllers. Good luck!

@-8h- 21 день назад

Henry gonna be looking over his shoulder for a while. Thanks for the help tho.

@PhyrexTechs 21 день назад

LOL.. I hope not.

@ARTOFFICIVL 10 дней назад

I’m looking for PlayStation roms and emulators to use

@zackydz Месяц назад

thank you bro, anyone got all of these links they can share?

@PhyrexTechs Месяц назад

It's best to just go to the reddit and not share links directly.

@ZHyperion313 14 дней назад

what about switch games i just want to play totk on pc i have 4 copys like come on

@andredane7678 Месяц назад

Do the ROMS work with MacBook?

@PhyrexTechs Месяц назад

As long as you have an emulator that runs on your Mac you should not have an issue with the ROMs

@SaltAndFire01 24 дня назад

For The Record It Is Only Illegal To Back Up Games You Don't Own. If You Have Purchased A Game It Is Fully Legal To Back It Up. Do With That Info What You Wish

@keeptv1918 6 месяцев назад

This is cool but at the same time might as well be handing certain companies a giant dmca list :/

@PhyrexTechs 6 месяцев назад

Yeah, what really needs to change are the laws around archiving retro games. Especially for the ones that are no longer available for purchase. I think Myrient has a good process setup for dealing with dmcas myrient.erista.me/dmca/ However I hope they never have to deal with that and it's not like the larger companies would follow something like that.

@keeptv1918 6 месяцев назад

@@PhyrexTechs very true

@Subject_Keter 3 месяца назад

To live is to invite death near you. So is this but really these companies would find their targets eventually. It is "right" to shaft people for a thing that may or may not happen?

@PHOENIX2001 Месяц назад

I downloaded your video just in case it ever disappears. I don’t think the Reddit post wouldn’t get deleted only because they don’t host the files

@brooksdior3531 Месяц назад

Why not link them in description this

@PhyrexTechs Месяц назад

RU-vid does not want/allow links to Rom sites. So, I would rather play it safe and not link directly.

@brooksdior3531 Месяц назад

@@PhyrexTechs I didn’t know that!

@sarryuken8786 4 дня назад

Are you related to Dr Grande? 🤣

@PhyrexTechs 4 дня назад

Nope. No idea who that is.

@Bbcsupremacy 3 дня назад

Ayeeeeee I thought the same thing lmao

@Bbcsupremacy 3 дня назад

We are obv unwell 😅

@79Sarwar 2 дня назад

Haha

@sarryuken8786 2 дня назад

@@Bbcsupremacy Lol

@ef1265 2 дня назад

ROMs & *BIOSes*

@PhyrexTechs 21 час назад

True. That would be the correct way of writing it.

@rickydurant9149 Месяц назад

Thanks for posting a whole dmca list 👍🏼

@TunzoFun 9 дней назад

Hardrive check

@PhyrexTechs 8 дней назад

😅

@Cyko.. Месяц назад

The revenue chart comparing video games to music and movies is laughable because games cost like $70 a piece now and have DLCs that cost $10 and higher and seem to come out quite frequently whereas with a music most people pay $8 or $10 a month for Spotify or Apple Music, if that. You go buy a movie for $10-$15 and don't have to buy DLC for it. Ever. So of course revenue for video games is going to be more because it costs more. Just common sense. 🤣😂

@NewYorkCity646 Месяц назад

Matching ROMS and Bios for setting up a Retroid Pocket 3+ is literally almost impossible. Someone should just sell a presetup SD card.

@PhyrexTechs Месяц назад

There are some preset up collections like Tiny Best Set Go and Done Set. You may want to look into those if you have not already.

@Cyko.. Месяц назад

It can be difficult but once you get the hang of it you'll be doing it for years to come, maybe even help friends and family out.

@rickydurant9149 Месяц назад

B careful this guy deletes comments

@PhyrexTechs Месяц назад

I have responded to all of your comments and have not deleted any of them. RU-vid auto deletes comments if you go off the rails... but I have not deleted any of yours. Our last conversation is still there. Sort by new comments and you will see it.

@Cyko.. Месяц назад

99% of the people downloading these free games are not doing it to preserve squat. They are doing it for their own selfish needs admittingly. Are you really going to download thousands and thousands of games and archive it for others when there are already tons of websites already out there and risk getting sued for the rest of your life or are you doing it for yourself? If so, then what's your personal website so myself and others can have access to your "preservation" files. There is a legal reason why people don't and won't want to do this. 😂🤣 Basically we just need to cut the crap acting like we care about preservation. The truth is we do it for our own personal collection, You'll be buried in a handful of decades and your great grandkids won't care about playing old ass Atari games. Hell, most kids don't give 2 💩💩 about Donkey Kong and would rather play Fortnite, Roblox, or Minecraft these days. 😂😂

@PhyrexTechs Месяц назад

I agree that many, if not most, people don't care about participating in the preservation process, but without someone doing it, these resources would not exist, and many more games would be lost to time. I make it a point to donate when I can to the people taking the risk to make this possible and those trying to make changes for the future of all games. I hope others will too but understand most won't. If the game is available to purchase at a decent price, you should buy it. But for most of these games, there is no way to buy them anymore other than through secondary markets for hundreds of dollars. In 50 years, many people may not care about most retro games. I do think some stand the test of time, just like a good movie or book can, and helping people make sure that these games are preserved just for history is a worthwhile cause.

@Cyko.. Месяц назад

@@PhyrexTechs I can see your point and yes there are some that would care but it will not be in high demand as it is now mainly because when these companies start going the streaming only route then there will be nothing to preserve any more. No more physical games so nothing to pirate. 😭

@PhyrexTechs 28 дней назад

Yeah, if something does not change soon and we keep on this path you are right.