32-bit Acorn Gaming: Downloading Games for Emulators

Downloading Games for Emulators

This page is now very out of date - I've been giving it minimal priority due to it not being specifically Acorn, and there are several other web pages which cover games links much better than this one. I might take time to sort this out at some point in the future, however!

Please note that downloading software from the sites listed below may contravene the copyright laws of your country. I have no connection with the sites listed here and do not endorse them in any shape, sense or form. These links are provided merely as a public service and without any liability whatsoever. If you are not happy with this then please do not follow any of these links.

Because lots of these sites carry copyright software they are often closed down, and so many of the following links may no longer work. It would be a full-time job maintaining this list alone!

BBS

Not an internet site, but you can download lots of ROMs from the free UK BBS The Prowler's Den, on +44 1582 619060 between 17:30 and 21:00 (UK times), at all speeds up to 28.8K

General

The best place for Acorn emulation news is David Sharp's Acorn Emulation site

Gameboy

You can get an Acorn Gameboy emulator from http://www.plasma.demon.co.uk/gameboy/
A huge collection of Gameboy games can be found at http://home.worldonline.nl/~terdudio/gameboy/index.html
You can download Zelda, Tetris, MegaMan 2, Gameboy Golf and Metroid 2 from http://www.algonet.se/~alexand/index.htm
There are about 20 Gameboy games at http://members.aol.com/Lackle15/Games/
You can also download lots of Gameboy games from http://www.rain.org/~sfmike/ggames.html
Clem's Gameboy links

Game Gear/Master System

I've ported an emulator for Sega Game Gear and Master Systems which you can find out more information about elsewhere on these pages, and download a copy if you wish (80K). It requires a Risc PC and runs 2.5 times too slowly on an ARM 710, but at full speed on a StrongARM!
There are some top Master System cartridge ROM images available at http://members.aol.com/smsstuff
You can download the Master System version of Sonic the Hedgehog from http://members.aol.com/andy2305/sonic.zip
There's a great archive of cartridges for all systems at ftp://ftp.pulsar.net/pub/Stumble/Other, but there's a low user limit so you'll probably need to try lots of times in order to log on
You can download some Master System games from ftp://ftp.thu.edu.tw/Games/Emulator/Sega/
Four packs of Master System games can be found at ftp://users.aol.com/smsroms1/smsroms1.zip, ftp://users.aol.com/smsroms2/smsroms2.zip, ftp://users.aol.com/smsroms3/smsroms3.zip and ftp://users.aol.com/smsroms4/smsroms4.zip
There are a few Game Gear related files at http://home.earthlink.net/~mommyjo/dis/
There are also some files at the site http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~c4010765/
Game Gear technical specifications can be found at http://www.futureone.com/~cdoty/ggprog.html
Craig Brown maintains some Acorn-specific information and links on his web pages at http://homepages.enterprise.net/craggleb

BBC Microcomputer

Just about everything you could ever wish for is available at The BBC Lives!
To convert any of the new format archives from The BBC Lives! so that they can simply be double-clicked to run in !6502Em you can download my simple conversion program (15K). You can drag a whole load of archives to it and it will go away and convert them all.

Miscellaneous Emulator Links

To help you in your search for games, here's a complete list of all the emulator sites I know about:

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Gareth Moore
Last updated 23/6/97 (Minor update 17/5/98)