About the RGA itself
What is the intention of this?
The Retro Gentlemen Agreement (RGA from hereon) is a sign of goodwill from retro gamer to companies who might own the copyright to a certain game.
We think the emulation scene is divided into people who love retro games and want to enjoy them as pure and authentic as possible, but also people who simply want to pirate even modern games for free and use unavailability of retro games as an excuse to do so.
Even though Remake/Remaster/Re-Releases often can be simply bought in stores, the real thing, the authentic experience of the original console is usually unavailable and sometimes, it isn’t even known which company is holding the rights to this IP and/or simply has no interest to care about it.
But we respect that companies want to protect the rights to these games and hence limit ourself as a sign of goodwill to show our respect for the gaming industry.
Out intend is not to cause financial damage, we want the authentic experience that often is simply impossible outside of emulating ROM.
What is the actual agreement
We, the Retro Gaming Gentlemen, agree to promise the following things
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We are only emulating systems up until the 6. Generation. This includes, for example
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SEGA Dreamcast
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SONY PlayStation 2
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Nintendo Gamecube
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NEC PC-FX
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PC Platforms from that era
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DOS
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Windows 3.x
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Windows 9x
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PC-8801
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PC-9801
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X68000
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We only play/archive/host official published ROM that have been released for these consoles
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No Remakes/Remasters/Re-Releases, only the real thing
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If an re-release can be bought, we buy/support it to show our respect
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We do not try to make the process of emulation too easy
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We do not develop/support Hardware that comes with emulators/ROM pre-installed
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We do not develop/support Software that comes with emulators/ROM pre-installed
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We do not make money with retro games
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No reselling of Emulator/ROM
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No payed services for installing/setting up emulator/ROM
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Developed Software must be GNU GPL-compatible
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We play the games in their original form with highest accuracy
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No Upscaling of internal resolution
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No Texture Replacement or such patches
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No Adding Quality of Life features like automappers, rewind and such
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We commit to maintain open dialogue and strict adherence to the RGA
Contact
The RGA is operating an XMPP Server with a group chat for contributors and members.
As the access is based on invitation, the recommended way of getting in contact is via Email.
Email: vamp898-rga 'at' ikaros.space
The RGA Share
This is the List of all Data you can currently find on the RGA Share
PC
Platform |
Status |
DOS |
Complete |
Windows 3.x |
Complete |
Windows 9x |
1994~1996 |
Touhou |
Complete |
Motelsoft |
Atari ST+DOS |
SEGA
Platform |
Status |
SC-1000 |
Complete |
SC-3000 |
Complete |
Mark III / MasterSystem |
Complete |
MegaDrive / Genesis |
Complete |
MegaCD / SEGA CD |
Complete |
Saturn |
Japanese Only |
Dreamcast |
Japanese Only |
GameGear |
Complete |
NEC
Platform |
Status |
PC-Engine |
Complete |
PC-FX |
Complete |
Nintendo
Platform |
Status |
Famicom / NES |
Complete |
Super Famicom / SNES |
Complete |
N64(DD) |
Complete |
GameCube |
Japanese Only |
GameBoy |
Complete |
GameBoy Color |
Complete |
GameBoy Advance |
Complete |
Bandai
Platform |
Status |
WonderSwan |
Complete |
WonderSwan Color |
Complete |
Sharp
Platform |
Status |
X68000 |
Complete |
Sony
Platform |
Status |
PlayStation 1 |
Japanese Only |
PlayStation 2 |
Japanese Only |
Atari
Platform |
Status |
2600 |
Complete |
5200 |
Complete |
7800 |
Complete |
Jaguar (CD) |
Complete |
Lynx |
Complete |
ST |
Complete |
Commodore
Amiga (CD) |
Complete |
C64 |
Complete |
VIC-20 |
Complete |
Best Emulator Guide
General means, the best in general. Nothing gets better than this. The other rows shows alternatives for RetroArch and/or Android.
For Android, it is always highly recommended to either get the App from F-Droid or the Github of the Project, not Google Play Store. You don’t cut a steak with a plastic spoon
PC
System |
General |
RetroArch Core |
Android |
DOS |
DOSBOX-staging |
DOSBox Pure |
RetroArch |
Windows 3.x |
DOSBOX-staging |
- |
- |
Windows 9x |
86Box |
- |
- |
==~ SEGA
System |
General |
RetroArch Core |
Android |
SG-1000 |
Genesis Plus GX |
Genesis Plus GX |
RetroArch |
Mark3/MasterSystem |
Genesis Plus GX |
Genesis Plus GX |
RetroArch |
MegaDrive |
Genesis Plus GX |
Genesis Plus GX |
RetroArch |
GameGear |
Genesis Plus GX |
Genesis Plus GX |
RetroArch |
MegaCD |
Genesis Plus GX |
Genesis Plus GX |
RetroArch |
32X |
Picodrive |
Picodrive |
RetroArch |
Saturn |
Mednafen |
Beetle Saturn |
RetroArch |
Dreamcast |
Flycast |
Flycast |
RetroArch |
Bandai
System |
General |
RetroArch Core |
Android |
WonderSwan |
Mednafen |
Beetle Cygne |
RetroArch |
WonderSwan Color |
Mednafen |
Beetle Cygne |
RetroArch |
Nintendo
System |
General |
RetroArch Core |
Android |
FC/FDS |
Mesen1 |
Mesen1 |
RetroArch |
SFC |
bsnes-jg |
bsnes-jg |
RetroArch |
N64 |
Mupen64Plus (LLE Angrylion) |
Mupen64Plus-Next (LLE Angrylion) |
RetroArch |
GameCube |
Dolphin |
Dolphin |
Dolphin |
GameBoy |
SameBoy |
SameBoy |
RetroArch |
GameBoy Color |
SameBoy |
SameBoy |
RetroArch |
GameBoy Advance |
mGBA |
mGBA |
RetroArch |
NEC
System |
General |
RetroArch Core |
Android |
PC Engine |
Mednafen |
Beetle PCE |
RetroArch |
PC-FX |
Mednafen |
Beetle PCFX |
RetroArch |
Sony
System |
General |
RetroArch Core |
Android |
PS1 |
Mednafen |
Beetle PSX |
RetroArch |
PS2 |
PCSX2 |
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NetherSX2-patch |