My rom site has been removing download links for a lot of Nintendo games, I know they're still out there, but Nintendo is just making it more difficult.
@Lroy Oh, it's definitely necessary. I forgot to mention that part of that better compatibility is also about screen ratio: for some reason, certain European/PAL games, such as Cannon Fodder and Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing don't fit the screen with the built-in emulator, no matter what option you choose, leaving you with parts of the game screen not being visible on your TV, because the image is either too stretched or too big to fit the screen.
If you use RetroArch, they are either displayed in the right aspect ratio by default, or you have the menu, which has WAY more options than the Mini itself has.
And most of these translated ROMs are in that set, including Fire Emblem, but you can also download them separately from those sites I mentioned. The download page for the ROM should mention which version it is. If it just says "JAP" after the game's name, it probably isn't translated. Which by the way isn't a problem for some games, such as beat em ups and racers, because these use very little Japanese text (mostly only in intros), and actually often have English text on screen and in the menus, such as in the excellent Iron Commando, pretty much a must-have, if you like this type of game:
@Joeynator3000 I know, they removed quite a bit of first party stuff in the last couple of years, but like I said, you can still find individual ROMs and the complete ROM set, including all first party games, on The ISO Zone.
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@Joeynator3000 That's exactly why I've never used Google very often to search for ROMs: much too convoluted and riddled with links to spam sites. Back in the day, I myself was actually pointed towards the sites I mentioned earlier by other people on GBATemp, Reddit and other forums, and I've always been able to find everything there.
There's also a search engine to find old games, which offers direct links to many archive sites where you can find and browse stuff to your heart's content, without ever coming across a single piece of spam or other nasty stuff.
@ThanosReXXX
Hey Thanos, I’ve got questions.
I hacked me SNES mini already but I’m thinking of adding retroarch for GBA etc. Does that stop the rewind feature from working? How much space does each 4 save spot use (I use em all). Will I lose my saved games?
Also, if I backup what I have now, is there a video showing how to go back to what I had. I’ve looked I can’t find one.
I’ll not hold you liable if the whole thing bricks, honest
@Fandabidozi Haven't tried GBA games. I only installed RetroArch for more compatibility on SNES titles myself, so I honestly wouldn't be able to tell you. Guess you gotta try and see how it goes. If you follow the instructions in the videos exactly as explained, nothing can go wrong.
As for those save slots: each game has 4 save slots, as you might already have noticed, and each save slot is 2MB, so you would need 8MB for all 4 save slots per game. But, as I have mentioned in an earlier comment, there isn't a need to have save slots on EVERY game. Fighters or racers, for example, are more of a quick play session type, so personally, I typically use save slots for RPG's, RTS games and other adventure type games, because that makes more sense to me than making a save for Street Fighter 2...
Also, before you install RetroArch, I'd advise to refresh your hack with the latest version of hakchi. Always better to eliminate any potential incompatibility issues between versions before they even happen...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@Yosheel No offense, and genuinely curious: the site rules state that you can't link to any illegal content, or download sites, and I haven't done that, other than those videos, which are now once again approved and restored by the other mods, so those are apparently allowed. (Octane and Ant looked it over and then decided the comment could be restored, so you could check with them)
It feels a bit strange if one mod decides that my comments are okay, and another somehow doesn't and stuff is randomly ripped out of my comments, and even more so while it is perfectly fine for the site itself to post articles mentioning hackers, hacking, hacking programs, and those very articles even citing links to sites like Reddit and what not, sources where you can actually find WAY more information than I'm giving here.
A heads up before hand, so that I myself can edit my comments, would be far more appreciated (and fair), instead of someone else butchering my comments without me knowing it...
Just please don't tell other users where to download illegal roms.
I've only removed the names of the sites and rom packs. If someone wants to get roms (cough, Joey, cough), they'll have to do their homework on their own.
@Yosheel That is not against the rules, since I'm not linking to any sites. If that would be illegal, then so would the videos, and your fellow mods have already decided that these were okay, so I honestly don't understand the difference between them. And again: why not give me a heads up, or a warning if that's what you think is needed, instead of cutting up my comments without me knowing it? Now some of them make no sense anymore, and aren't even grammatically correct.
I always try to make my comments as coherent as possible, and ripping stuff out like that isn't really helping. I'm perfectly fine with the rules, so no problems with that at all, but a friendly (or a matter of fact) heads up so I can do something about it myself would be much more appreciated than what's happening now. Shouldn't be any more trouble than wading through people's texts and editing them. Or at least cross-reference it with your fellow mods, instead of going rogue on me...
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
The rules also say we can decide what is and what's not going too far.
To me, sharing the names of sites is the same as linking to them. Just like how we remove the names of sites in spam messages. Because what's the point of removing a link if they still get the exposure.
So again, I'm asking you nicely to stop doing that. And to the other users here too, that includes Joey.
@Yosheel Well, that in and of itself isn't a bad thing, and thanks for being polite about it, but I hope you can also understand that I don't quite understand how my comments got reviewed and then restored by two other mods, to subsequently still be edited by another mod. It doesn't come across as a website/mod community that's very consistently applying the site rules.
If everyone can just interpret and apply them as they see fit, it could become kind of messy, and I'd actually expect the rules to just be the rules, without there being multiple ways of interpreting and applying them.
Now it seems like two mods are saying okay, and another is saying no. At my age, that's just too confusing at times...
Anyway, I'll get off your back now. I understand you're just trying to do what you feel is best, so that was never the issue for me. My annoyance, and my confusion, came about mainly because of the different judgments... (and no one likes to be judged two times in a row on one evening, )
@Yosheel True, but that was because I was under the impression that they reviewed and approved of my comment. In the mean time, Octane has also mentioned to me that I'd better not name sites, so we're all on the same page now.
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
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