Retro Game ROMs & BIOS - Where? How?
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День томуIn this video, we're going to talk about ROMs, BIOS, Retro Achievements and ROM Hacks. Let's go.
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Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
01:04 - What are ROMs and BIOS files?
05:21 - Where do you find them?
08:24 - Retro Achievements
10:57 - ROM Hacks?
14:52 - Organizing your files
@John-du2mq 6 місяців тому
People forget that roms are legal as long as you have the original hardware and software. It's legal to have a backup of your games. We have to fight back against people who try to ban us for that information.
@zwenkwiel816 4 місяці тому
yes I own all these 1000's of games on my RG35xx, I just ehm... loaned them all out and lost all the receipts XD
@dogemcmosin9587 4 місяці тому
I've been looking into this and that seems to be the consensus, I got Pokemon R/B/Y/G/S as well as a gbc new from toys r us back in the 90's/00's but the save batteries are dead now but still like to play for nostalgia, just looking into ways that I can actually save my game and not have to start over every time.
@ark9075 3 місяці тому
People forget these are international laws and they do not apply to you in the United States
@nicholastorres5270 3 місяці тому
Preach the fact my fellow rom brother
@Subject_Keter 3 місяці тому
I still think it criminal you cant like buy the old Mario Parties or whatnot but officer. Trust me i had them and now excuse me, i got a meeting with the Reaper i cant be late for.
@gamezerge1229 5 місяців тому
The question here is how do you distinguish fake malware sites from legit ones
@blueblue8357 9 місяців тому
SUPER helpful, thank you so much for taking the time to make this video!
@jasondonnelly150 8 місяців тому
Wow amazing video. I’m probably an intermediate level guy at this point two years into the scene but u still taught me things I’ve wondered about!
@johnnyb4362 9 місяців тому
I had no idea RetroAchievements existed. Thanks for the video!
@retrohandhelds 9 місяців тому
You have an AWESOME collection of legal backups! 💟
@MrReject1337 7 місяців тому
😂😂
@sean6241 9 місяців тому
GREAT CONTENT AS USUAL. KEEP THEM COMING.
@OSW 3 місяці тому
"every emulator is looking for a different folder name; PS, PSX, PS1...." THANK YOU! it's all very fiddly u really have to persevere. Thanks Joey!
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 3 місяці тому
Glad I could help!
@zwenkwiel816 4 місяці тому
thank you for not telling us where to find roms, *WINK WINK* I had no issue finding them but they came in weird inconvenient formats and converting them was a real hassle (and then some still didn't work) this stuff is way more neat and organized.
@NeoSpartan117 9 місяців тому
Great video! Would have really helped when I started out. 😅 Keep up the great content!
@Miles51678 2 місяці тому
Great video. Best explanation I’ve seen yet! Thanks for making!
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 2 місяці тому
Glad it was helpful!
@aishacs 8 місяців тому
Thanks so much for this video I was having trouble with my rp3+
@freakrule21 5 місяців тому
Great content. Thank you sir.
@doublebarrle26 2 місяці тому
🎉 this video just about covered every question I as a newbie had , so im upgrading from my R36S to a Odin 2 max , might as well 😁🎮🥳
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 2 місяці тому
Glad I could help
@saperos Місяць тому
This is the best introduction to retro gaming, everything is clear now, thank you so much.
@JoeysRetroHandhelds Місяць тому
Glad it helped!
@RetroWolf13 8 місяців тому
Thank you soo much bro new sub
@andresalvarez1714 11 днів тому
thanks! very clear and useful explanation
@ricardoramirez9510 3 місяці тому
This is exactly what I needed that retro game corps could not deliver. Thank you subscribed.
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 3 місяці тому
Glad I could help!
@ThatDopeNerd 28 днів тому
Super helpful video- thank you!
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 28 днів тому
Glad it was helpful!
@fishermanSaleh 8 місяців тому
Bro. You’re the best. Fr. I have been so confused by all this. I got a RG353V and I have no idea how to organize files.. like none. The SD sent with the device is so crappy and the system isn’t even recognizing it.
@fishermanSaleh 8 місяців тому
Oh and it has 0 games on it 😐
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 8 місяців тому
Time to build up a library! Tiny Best Set would be a good starting point.
@Cyko.. 9 місяців тому
Nice video. Mr. Sujano did similar videos years ago that were very helpful and shorter.
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 9 місяців тому
Yep he did!
@Subject_Keter 2 місяці тому
I love how you actually address the main issue instead of being a cat. It like If no one ever told you to not go fast in the rain or what material has Motion in Thaumcraft.
@Rayraywheelz 8 місяців тому
Thanks
@RetroBreezeYT 8 місяців тому
BIOS files are illegal and copyrighted content... Unless you're a TOTAL CHAD like Sharp and you freely distribute the Sharp X68000 bios in the public domain. I love you Sharp!
@feepants4495 4 місяці тому
What consoles NEED bios files or where can i find a full list of ones that need bios files?
@keepitshort4208 2 місяці тому
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
@KholEllsworth 7 місяців тому
So i have a dumb bish juice question, when you get a RG504M and you add rom files to it, and do the Gamma OS on it; will the device be able to extract the zip file via the device or do i need to extract the files first and then put it onto a SD card? I hope that made sense.
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 7 місяців тому
You can extract in Android.
@langers503 6 місяців тому
As far as organizing, just dump all ROMS into 1 common folder. Use launch box (giving the correct path/directory of course) job done. Categorizing just a waste of time assuming the games are working. If the emulator knows the location you are set 😊
@zstormreviews 3 місяці тому
How can’t find lunchbox on android
@KD-wc4rs 3 місяці тому
@@zstormreviewsI think u have to google the apk
@pumaroar1 8 місяців тому
Scenario: If a person owns a 3DS ambassador edition, could they legally install all those (apps) that they got for free? (I don't have an ambassador 3DS, don't even have a 3DS. I have a 2DS)
@devanshbharwad9555 7 місяців тому
Hi bro i am having problem extracting zip file of roms it says corrupted file please help
@ezrolly898 4 місяці тому
Joey, is it possible to download, setup and manage files completely and exclusively from the Android device like the odin. Like can a person manage it without a PC
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 4 місяці тому
Yep!
@kotetsujin3493 9 місяців тому
Sir may i ask a question im getting a sd card with garlic os for my rg35xx is it safe to put the stock sd card in the 2nd slot while using the sd card with garlic is it ok or it might corrupt both sd cards and if i still can play the games in the stock sd not present in the garlic sd card one
@zwenkwiel816 4 місяці тому
just copy them over
@jasondonnelly150 8 місяців тому
What does the “Ch 3” mean at the beginning? Is this chapter 3 in a series?
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 8 місяців тому
Callback to changing to channel 3 to play your consoles on the TV.
@jasondonnelly150 8 місяців тому
Hahaha that’s hilarious I remember that!
@louievalle67 Місяць тому
Bro, ima about to ship mine back 😅
@williambuchanan8157 7 місяців тому
Just recently got an Anbernic RG353V managed to add roms for the Nintendo systems but the whole ps1 thing is confusing, i have all the bios needed and in the right place then when i add a ps1 rom in and boot up the Anbernic it doesn't show that game there.
@william9922 Місяць тому
Unzip the files
@williambuchanan8157 Місяць тому
@@william9922 I have unzipped them, it's worked with games for other systems just not worked with ps1 games
@NoorVIG2 3 місяці тому
I got an emulator, but I'm confused on actually how to use the rom. I extract the zip, and have folders etc and I just don't get it. It's unfortunate that a full explained tutorial from start to finish is not allowed.
@Stormmover 2 місяці тому
For mame, how do I extract only 50 or 100 games from romset?
@rovicasado4445 8 місяців тому
Hi, need help I just recently bought the Anbernic RG353ps. My problem is when playing Suikoden my game save disappears. Of I restart the game my game file is gone. I know you can use the loadstate but I want the natural game save of the game
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 8 місяців тому
Replace the roms.
@RobLewMagic 8 місяців тому
I’m having the hardest time adding Roms to my Miyoo plus. Is there a simple way?
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 8 місяців тому
What's tripping you up?
@jediknight38 4 місяці тому
Here's my most wanted list: Sega arcade: Outrun, Space Harrier, Rad Mobile, Super Hang On, Galaxy Force 2, Power Drift Nintendo Arcade: Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Popeye Any suggestions on where can I find them?
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 4 місяці тому
In the video, lol
@jediknight38 4 місяці тому
@@JoeysRetroHandheldscan you be more specific?
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 4 місяці тому
I show the website in the video. Kind of the reason for the entire video lol If it's not there, unfortunately you'll have to use Google.
@EricFriedman-re4gs Місяць тому
How do you condinse roms
@user-cg4oz8jy8s 3 місяці тому
Hi there! I hope someone help me were I buy SD card pre-download games because my son accidentally lost stock sd card. Honestly I don't know how to install. Hope help or if you have sd card ready a lot games I buy. Thanks. 🙂
@metalofthedeath 4 місяці тому
If I have an Sd card with onion and Roms and everything, can I just save it to a download folder, put in a blank sd card, and drag and drop everything onto it and put it in a new mm+?
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 4 місяці тому
Yep, new card will need to be formatted to Fat32 first though.
@metalofthedeath 4 місяці тому
@@JoeysRetroHandhelds so I don’t need to install onion on the new mm+ before the roms and stuff?
@Anthony-knows-little Місяць тому
I havent tried it yet, but I thought Retrobat handles all file formats of Playstation 1? Can anyone confirm?
@silverbackhc 3 місяці тому
hello joey how can you tell which bios file you need when there are so many - thanks
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 3 місяці тому
Tough one. You can just get them all and retroarch will auto pick the right one. That's the best way to do it.
@silverbackhc 3 місяці тому
@@JoeysRetroHandhelds thanks joey 👍
@worldogameplays Місяць тому
If you're using retroarch you can check it in the core info
@lion_l3184 7 місяців тому
Wanna add roms on my pc and rg505 plz help 🙏🏽 I’m really new to this files stuff
@kricekr1 2 місяці тому
I don't have the game right now so I'm super confused but i just need to start from the bottom
@ivanmondragon2735 4 місяці тому
GO LEAF GOOOOOO
@DaBlackPlague Місяць тому
my question is how to bulk download said bios and such..
@lexture9108 Місяць тому
Did you ever figure it out?
@ceeaitch11 7 місяців тому
does N64 need bios files?
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 7 місяців тому
Nope
@pumpedupgaming5419 4 місяці тому
so in the bios section you say to click the link and that is where all of the files are hosted. so if someone went to the gamecube bios files link and it pulled up a list of like 20 files. does that person need ALL of those files? or is that person looking for a specific file?
@worldogameplays Місяць тому
If the emulator needs all of those files, then yes, but all of those files are probably different bios versions.
@lexture9108 Місяць тому
Did you ever figure it out???
@tommyg4842 27 днів тому
Sir help me please, how do I organize my files? Nobody has straight up shown their organization for Android. Like how their files setup look. AFTER I found all the ROMs for my Retriod Pocket 4 pro: for example, on my Chromebook SD card I have the Games folder, (click into it )> 3DS (click into it)> Fire Emblem Echoes - Shadows of Valentia (USA) (En,Fr,Es) zip (its zipped) (click into it)> Fire Emblem Echoes - Shadows of Valentia (USA) (En,Fr,Es).3ds. Can I leave it like this order and it will work? Or do I have to take the last one the one ending in ".3ds" and put it in place of the ".zip" file and delete the ".zip" after? Also for neo geo everyone says to put the BIOs neogeo zip file in with the neo geo ROM folder. Is that all? Cause mine is going to look like this Example: Games folder> NeoGeo> kof97 zip, Garou_ Mark of the Wolves zip, neogeo zip. Do I leave it like that and it will work? Thanks,
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 27 днів тому
Hey, 3ds needs to be unzipped. Not familiar enough with neogeo sorry. I show Rom organisation in my Retroid Pocket 4 Pro setup video and also have written guides on my website.
@tommyg4842 27 днів тому
@@JoeysRetroHandhelds Thankyou man for the quick response I will look at your video. Id love to see you do neogeo in the future video. I'll read your guide aswell. Lol I feel soo non-techie with this stuff at times like reading some of the other guides my brain turns smokey like gon from Hunter x Hunter.
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 27 днів тому
@@tommyg4842 Looked it up, don't see anything weird for Neogeo. Use the Finalburn Neo core and put the neogeo bios in the same folder as the other bios files (retroarch/system folder).
@tommyg4842 27 днів тому
@@JoeysRetroHandhelds Thanks man Ill attempt it and report back if it worked for me
@tommyg4842 День тому
@@JoeysRetroHandhelds hi I got it work thank you! I did as you said kept the bios inside the neo geo folder and used the final burn one. I got lucky with most of my roms having “uni bios” already in it so I can put blood on and go into change the difficulty in mslug. I believe it does other stuff it’s like having the arcade cabinet controls I’ll have to research more later THANKS JOEY I appreciate you man!
@cycycycyyy 7 місяців тому
hi i followed your guide about rg35xx garlic os installation but im having a problem assigning drive letter on FAT32 Partition no matter how many times i tried i alway endup seeing just one drive on window explorer... so i was unable to backup CFW,BIOS AND ROMS folder. tried the process again with different PC and SD cards but no luck. im at lost been trying to make it work for 3 days now. PLS. I NEED HELP I JUST WANT TO PLAY AND ENJOY MY RG35XX😢😢😢
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 7 місяців тому
Are you clicking Apply after assigning the drive letter?
@cycycycyyy 7 місяців тому
@@JoeysRetroHandhelds yes, still no luck
@insertnamehere6033 8 місяців тому
How do I add roms
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 8 місяців тому
To..?
@hyliankitty 5 місяців тому
If I got an SD card for Miyoo + with ps1 games already on it, would I just need to copy the ROM since there are already bios files on it? Or do you need a bios and rom download for every game? I don’t understand any of this 😭 I feel like your video is helpful and I’m just dumb lol
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 5 місяців тому
You can backup the bios files, those are fine, the roms are typically bad quality and will give you issues (ex. Not saving in Pokemon). I'd replace those. But I do have a dedicated Miyoo Mini Plus guide that shows all of this to help you!
@hyliankitty 5 місяців тому
@@JoeysRetroHandhelds sorry I should’ve specified, I got a new sd card with onion already on it, I just didn’t set it up myself It’s not the stock card, but I’d like to add a few more games
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 5 місяців тому
I would just skip to that part of the guide, but it's as easy as just adding new games to each platform folder on the sd card.
@SnazzyBoxx 2 місяці тому
@@JoeysRetroHandheldscould you link the miyoo mini plus guide please 🙏
@DemonKingNemo 2 місяці тому
I give up. Ill just play my console
@jefferrrson1x 5 місяців тому
bro i'm struggling with the PS1 roms/emu for my Retroid Pocket 3 Plus wahhhhh.
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 5 місяців тому
The Discord in my description can help.
@jefferrrson1x 5 місяців тому
@@JoeysRetroHandhelds thx I just joined! Hoping to get help! Thx u!
@dontafk2845 6 місяців тому
i just want Pokémon yellow and nothing is working....
@eatereater6312 3 місяці тому
This is so confusing, hope I don’t mess up my device by doing this
@nathanhouston5 27 днів тому
I had planned on downloading tiny best set and just cherry picking ROM, but downloading all the BIOS files??? I think I have an understanding of roms but bios confuse the life out of me
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 27 днів тому
Tiny Best Set comes with BIOS.
@nathanhouston5 27 днів тому
@@JoeysRetroHandhelds perfect Joey thank you your vguides are giving me confidence for when my device arrives appreciate the help
@Rule7SK 2 місяці тому
you did not say which bios is for ps2. I have so many bios files for ps2 I dont know which one to choose. You dont explain that.
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 2 місяці тому
There isn't one, the emulator will pick from your folder.
@worldogameplays Місяць тому
You can choose any of them in the emulator.
@playboy_gaming9 4 місяці тому
But how to download the bios file
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 4 місяці тому
I show it in the video :)
@EricFriedman-re4gs Місяць тому
😂😂😂@@JoeysRetroHandhelds
@bigarra 15 днів тому
can anyone recommend any safe website with bios file
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 14 днів тому
Did you actually watch the video?
@bigarra 14 днів тому
@@JoeysRetroHandhelds yes. But i am very sceptical with websites like archive so thats why. But I'll give it a try.
@khaireeclark9200 3 дні тому
@@JoeysRetroHandhelds I’m new to this and Honestly I don’t think your tutorial is THOROUGH enough to ask that question joe im lost too. All I got from you is “ I got it now get your own” and I can’t seem to do that without welcoming viruses to my device, in short cool collection bro your blessed I’ll attest to that, but this wasn’t helpful in the way that matters to me
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 3 дні тому
@@khaireeclark9200 Not thorough enough? Got it. Goodluck.
@VioIetRamirez 29 днів тому
Ik and I hate it confuses me💀 1:15
@VioIetRamirez 29 днів тому
Dang dude I just wanna play Mario 64- :/
@calvinmartin2025 2 місяці тому
Achievements are those that want a cookie for doing something. You should only do anything because you want to and cause you enjoy it not to get a fake ass trophies that no one care about. Ooooooo you played Pokémon on hard mode 20 times platinum trophy! whoopie doo!! just enjoy the dang game!
@Hobbes64343 9 місяців тому
First !
@yes11889 5 місяців тому
I don't see the point of any this if i need a copy of the game and console itself i understand its illegal to basically distribute it for free but if i had access to the console and games i wouldn't see a reason in playing it on my pc if i even had one of those lmao i looked into this because i was interested in how the steam deck advertises this as feature but still whats the point? 600$ for crappy handheld system that i can't survive an couple hours of battery charge and can't even run ps3 game well and i need to spend another 1000$ if i wanted the roms for all the Pokémon games i want lmao so pointless
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 5 місяців тому
I have no idea what you're trying to say.
@EricFriedman-re4gs Місяць тому
😂😂😂
@GiGatoQ 2 місяці тому
At least i know what roms and bios are. They try to help you but they are not. Fake
@soonerborn9073 3 місяці тому
There is nothing illegal about this. As long as you own the games. There is no need for all this supersecret nonsense.
@JoeysRetroHandhelds 3 місяці тому
No one here owns these games.
@skeetsofrage9517 4 місяці тому
With ROMS and BIOS, can I do everything i need to with just a steamdeck, macbook air and a couple of sd cards?
@EricFriedman-re4gs Місяць тому
Yes
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