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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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

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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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.)

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

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