What are your favourite and go-to gaming websites?

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• Auster@thebrainbin.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  As I like to source my own ROMs, those 4 tend to be my primary places to look:

  • https://www.gog.com/forum/general/roms_obtainable_on_gog_compendium/page1

  • https://itch.io/games/ (can filter by platform-specific tags for the homebrew ROMs)

  • https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/10918/where-to-legally-acquire-content-to-play-on-retropie/1?lang=en-US

  • https://github.com/farmerbb/RED-Project/wiki/

  Also other places, but most way smaller and mainly found through the 4 above.

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• ace_garp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  yucata.de

  Boardgames online, excellent!

  Asynchronous move timing, you can take up to 29 days to play a move.

  Community built, DIY ethos, free to join, donation supported.

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  • B0NK3RS@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thanks. Great recommendation.

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• BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Gaming on Linux - for news

  Hardcore Gaming 101 - when I want to go does a rabbit hole of game series history and trivia

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  • B0NK3RS@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thanks. HG101 is the kind of stuff I’m looking for.

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• ace_garp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  https://libregamewiki.org/

  Open licenced games and media.

  I’ve played through most of the ones older than 7 years old.

  Here are solid some start points:

  Neverball, Kobo Deluxe, Project: Starfighter, Frozen Bubble, Hex-a-hop, SGT Puzzles, Numpty Physics, Fish Fillets NG, Enigma, Passage, Shattered Pixel Dungeon, X-Moto, Blobby Volley 2, Stormbaan Coureur, GCompris

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• sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The ROMsMegathread to add to the other recommendations. Also I do have to mention GoG again for DRM free games.

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  • B0NK3RS@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thanks. ROMsMegathread is interesting and something I didn’t know about.

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• zanyllama52@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  www.hardcoregaming101.net

  racketboy.com

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  • B0NK3RS@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Someone mentioned HG101 and I’m enjoying all the reading.

    I’m not that interested in what Racketboy seems to offer but I see it has a forum so I might have a look through later for interesting stuff.

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• GerardsGuitar@retrolemmy.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Here are some that I have found useful:

  Game tracking:

  • HowLongToBeat - Track your backlog, see how long a game might take to beat
  • Retro Achievements - Achievements for retro games

  Game art:

  • SteamGridDB - Game art banners etc. to personalise your Steam library
  • Steam Game Covers - Box Art for Steam games

  Compatability

  • Does It Play? - Lets you know if a game plays out of box or requires extra downloads or codes
  • Proton DB - Compatibility ratings and advice for gaming on Linux

  Game Deals:

  • Fanatical - Can often find games cheaper here
  • Humble Bundle - Does game bundles with proceeds going to charity, often has good games in the bundles.
  • CeX - Can pick up second hand physical games for cheap here
  • GOG - DRM free games

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  • B0NK3RS@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But where’s the fun stuff…

    :) I joke. I’ve actually been againt video game achievements since they began but recenly have enjoyed the RetroAchievements setup and playing my childhood games again.

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• emb@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m a big fan of shmuplations.com

  They translate or host a bunch of first-hand interviews with developers of classic Japanese games. (Not restricted to shmups, despite the name.)

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  • B0NK3RS@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This is a real gem! Thank you

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• hobbsc@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  time extension!

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  • B0NK3RS@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I didn’t realise I had this already bookmarked so thanks for the reminder.

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• cloudless@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  dekudeals, howlongtobeat, xbdeals.net, and

  https://retroachievements.org/games

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• TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  https://www.steamgriddb.com/grids
  For all of your artistic game cover needs.

  Vimms lair, of course.

  And
  https://metroidconstruction.com/
  For Metroid hacks.

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  • datavoid@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Nintendo killed Vimm’s for me, it used to be so good though.

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    • TachyonTele@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Eh, the few games that are missing can easily be found elsewhere.

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• emb@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Another extremely useful on to me is www.doesitplay.org

  I’m not OK with games requiring a download. And developers don’t always do a good job of making it clear when they do. Or a handful of games might be nearly unplayable in the version that ships on disc/cart. This website makes a point of testing games unpatched and offline.

  It’s not a big deal for everyone, but the site is a crucial resource if you care.

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  • B0NK3RS@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I came across this recently and it’s a very useful tool. This year I started to take notice again and find myself more and more going with GOG, offline games and physical discs.

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• Weebdeluxe@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I mostly use nintendolife. That’s a Nkntendo only website. Back in the day I enjoyed Destructoid but that became utter trash.

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• actionjbone@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  maxutmost.com

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• biofaust@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  All I need are Steam, GOG, Isthereanydeal, Howlongtobeat and SteamDB. There are some YouTube channels I follow, but as they mostly talk about consoles nowadays, I don’t really rely on them for the final choice.

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