+SvOlli Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Hello, I'm working on a port of Stella for the OpenPandora. Not the cheapest, but definitely one of the coolest ways to get a portable 2600. To get it more to a crowd pleaser, I want to include the option to download and unpack one (or even maybe more) 2600 ROM pack(s). The first one that came to my mind was the one from ROM Hunter of AtariMania. I asked him for permission one and a half days ago, no reply yet. So now I'm looking for alternatives, since I want to release a new version with this option included. Looking up the net with a search engine I found some, but most of them are stored on javascript-y one-click hosters, that can't be downloaded easily with the command line tool wget, I'm using for this. Any suggestions on where to look and who to contact for permission? Greetings, SvOlli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 1,5 days without reply doesn't indicate a NO to me. Maybe you should just wait a little more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Hello, I'm working on a port of Stella for the OpenPandora. Not the cheapest, but definitely one of the coolest ways to get a portable 2600. To get it more to a crowd pleaser, I want to include the option to download and unpack one (or even maybe more) 2600 ROM pack(s). The first one that came to my mind was the one from ROM Hunter of AtariMania. I asked him for permission one and a half days ago, no reply yet. So now I'm looking for alternatives, since I want to release a new version with this option included. Looking up the net with a search engine I found some, but most of them are stored on javascript-y one-click hosters, that can't be downloaded easily with the command line tool wget, I'm using for this. Any suggestions on where to look and who to contact for permission? Greetings, SvOlli You can use my V9.0 ROM collection if you want: http://www.atarimania.com/rom_collection_archive_atari_2600_roms.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SvOlli Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) 1,5 days without reply doesn't indicate a NO to me. Maybe you should just wait a little more. I wasn't indicating something like this, but since I want to push out the next release I was looking for alternatives. I also want to rev up also a scene demos rom pack. You can use my V9.0 ROM collection if you want: http://www.atarimania.com/rom_collection_archive_atari_2600_roms.html This was the one I wanted to use in the first place. Thanks! So my mail probably got in some kind of spam filter... Edit: Rom Hunter, what is the best directory to use as a staring point? I was going for "Roms/HARMONY CART ROMS/ROMS SORTED BY ALBHABET", as "Roms/ROMS" has a lot entries and takes up several seconds to scan. Edited January 11, 2014 by SvOlli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 IMO the Harmony Cart ROMs sorted by alphabet is the most user friendly for your purpose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SvOlli Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 Back again. ROM Hunter's pack is added. I also created one containing all demos available at pouet.net's Atari VCS section. That pack's available at http://svolli.de/atari2600/openpandora/. The only thing that's still missing is a nice ROM pack containing the finest homebrew and hacked titles. Anyone already did one of those? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Ask Impaler_26. He took over my hacks & homebrews collection several years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impaler_26 Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Back again. ROM Hunter's pack is added. I also created one containing all demos available at pouet.net's Atari VCS section. That pack's available at http://svolli.de/atari2600/openpandora/. The only thing that's still missing is a nice ROM pack containing the finest homebrew and hacked titles. Anyone already did one of those? Feel free to use the Hacks and Homebrews V1.2b pack if you want to. Just keep in mind that it's by far not up to date so you'll have to get most hacks/homebrews from the last 4 years from somewhere else. Hacks and Homebrews V1.2b: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/144662-atari-2600-hacks-and-homebrews-rom-collection-v1-2/?do=findComment&comment=1758945 Update Pack 1: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/144662-atari-2600-hacks-and-homebrews-rom-collection-v1-2/page-3?do=findComment&comment=2659760 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SvOlli Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 Thanks. A question arose on the OpenPandora forum: what's the legal status of the ROM dumps/packs on the VCS in general? Scene demos are free of cause, but what about the rest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr SQL Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Most programmers and software companies have no objection to people enjoying their games from back in the day; OpenPandora should find another box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfriendly Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 On 1/11/2014 at 9:53 AM, Rom Hunter said: You can use my V9.0 ROM collection if you want: http://www.atarimania.com/rom_collection_archive_atari_2600_roms.html Thanks:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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