Obtaining Roms:

obtaining roms:

edge emulation (missing some consoles; CD-based games come in compressed formats such as CHD; very fast DL speed)

myrient (pretty much everything, no strings attached; fast DL speed)

cdromance (mostly has games for CD-based consoles; games come in uncompressed iso or bin/cue; has a lot of pre-patched rom hacks; medium-fast DL speed)

planetemu (largely in french; has a lot of obscure titles other sites lack; very fast DL speed)

alvro collection spreadsheet (pretty much everything, including many newer consoles; slightly inconvenient to navigate; download site has timer and limits to 1 download every 30 mins, can be worked around with vpn; inconsistent medium-to-very-fast DL speed)

script that lets you download from emuparadise post-shutdown (pretty much everything; inconsistent medium-to-very-fast DL speed; can occasionally be uncooperative)

ROMs Megathread/Archive (everything, really; slow DL speed; usually a last resort if you can't find something anywhere else)

i don't currently recommend Vimm's Lair due to very slow speeds, download limits, and offering nothing that isn't on other sites (unless you need prepatched xiso format Xbox roms)

console-focused sites:

HShop (all 3DS. very complete, easy to navigate. has qr codes for direct download from 3ds; yes, the qr codes are safe; fast dl speed)

MarioCube (focused on GameCube/Wii and has everything you'll ever need for those platforms; requires joining a google group for standard roms but it takes like 2 clicks; very fast dl speed)

NoPayStation (practically every PS3/PSP/Vita game and update, downloaded directly from sony's servers; fast dl speed)

sites offering switch and other modern games get shut down very frequently so i won't be linking them in order to keep this post from getting outdated, but you can find them if you snoop around reddit (the switchpirates sub in particular) a little

romsets:

Cylum's Romsets (my personal favorite - not fully complete sets but heavily curated, so no going through a million revisions of the same game)

for 1fichier directories, you can use a tool like 1fichier-dl to download in bulk. i'd recommend doing this on the alvro collections if you want more complete sets.

softmodding and loading roms on some popular consoles:

Switch

Wii

3DS, Vita, Wii U

PS2

PSP

recommended emulators and emulation guides:

Emulation General Wiki

netplay:

wanna play with your friends online?

fightcade covers nes, genesis, pc engine, dreamcast, and snes along with a variety of arcade boards from capcom, snk, sega, and konami. playstation is incoming. all platforms on it have rollback netcode.

mednafen covers psx, saturn, pc engine cd and sega cd, and i find its snes performance better personally. delay-based netcode with server structure. here's a pre-packed version with a gui included and here's a netplay guide i largely wrote myself.

other than that, dolphin is naturally used for gamecube/wii, and project64 with the AQZ netplay plugin is used for N64.

games are great. go play some games.

[edited 3/25/23]

Commissions Are Now Open!

I currently have five slots open for any type of commission!

You can contact me here, on Deviantart [CrystalPepsiman] or on discord at rz053.

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Anthro

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Paintings

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Fanart of media  that I am unfamiliar with.

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Regarding payment:

I require half of the total payment up-front as a non-refundable deposit. The rest of the total can be paid after the finished item is received.

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Info below:

(All prices are in USD)

Half Body:

Sketch: $5

Lineart: $10

Color: $15

Full Body:

Sketch: $10

Lineart: $15

Color: $20

Additional Characters:

Each additional character is an extra $10 (+$5 for sketches)

Shading (optional):

Cell: +$5

Smooth +$10

Backgrounds:

I'll do simple color (and even simple shapes) backgrounds for free. If you provide a photo to me, whether it be one you took or a free use one you found, that will be free also (I will check if I'm able to use it).

If I'm drawing a background:

Simple (limited detail & shading) +$8

Complex (a more detailed environment, like a full room or more detailed nature) +$15

If it's a complex cityscape, it'd be +$20

Things I won't draw:

Heavy gore. If it's mild I'll be fine with it but if the reference photos I'd have to look up would be traumatizing I will not.

(This list will be added to as I think of more things)

I will do nsfw works. I will let you know if something suggested (nsfw or not) makes me uncomfortable.

Contact me through DMs if you're interested

Opening slots for sketch-commissions! 3 slots for 15$ halfbody. 2 slots for 25$ fullbody chibi's. (Plus character on drawing - 15$!!!)

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