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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've noticed that there's generally good coverage of big-name games, and while that's cool and all, there are still a ton of lesser-known games trapped exclusively on platforms like Steam. Anyone know what sites are more likely to have them?

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There is the r/piracy Mega Thread

And also the awesome-piracy github repo

If you can't find a site there to download the things you want to you might be out of luck

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I had poked all over the megathread, but didn't know about the github repo. Thanks.

But yeah, you're right about it being a matter of luck sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The archive.org has a surprising number of ROMS for old games, not to mention all the DRM cracked games that shuffle through as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Ooh, I hadn't considered checking archive.org. Seems useful, albeit very random.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

You would be shocked at the stuff on there. Norm Macdonald Live was removed from YT (can't remember why) but it's all on archive.org to watch or download, even as a torrent.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Just here to add that depending on how obscure the game is, it could be found on My Abandonware - I'm unsure of the rules here about links and such but it's easy enough to find and I've never had issues with it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Rule 3 says not to link, but yeah My Abandonware is great

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Thanks! I'm still getting used to navigating Lemmy and using different apps.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

It says we can link to top-level domains, just not specific titles. So you're probably fine anyway. (But I am not a mod.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Oh huh, that's an odd rule

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Check out the russian site known as rin, they have most everything.