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Check out ROMs and emulators. It’s easier than you would think to find and play old games. Not sure about the safety of the website, but I used to go to https://www.theoldcomputer.com/ quite a bit when I didn’t care about what I was downloading to my computer.
Yeah, I meant fake boxes, specifically... Not sure why anyone would go to such elaborate measures to create new, fake box art, but they are plentiful out there. Here’s an example of a fake box. https://www.theoldcomputer.com/game-box-art-covers/Panasonic/3DO/Daedalus%20Encounter%2C%20The.jpg
Anyway, enjoy your system. The library is definitely a mine field, but there are plenty of hidden gems too.
C’mon it’s an Atari 2600 game, you know exactly what it looks like. The cartridge box art always tells the real vision.
https://www.theoldcomputer.com/game-box-art-covers/Atari/2600/Box-Scans/e/Entombed.jpg
Part ROMS (.001, .002, etc.) need to be extracted like this:
Select all of the parts for a game;
Right click, select extract here.
It should work. If it doesn't, follow this guide: https://www.theoldcomputer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1705
Well that's a new one for me. I have always just used TPB and have never had a problem. I'll bookmark this though.
Thanks.
Don't forget a membership to This Old Computer. https://www.theoldcomputer.com/