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Retro Gentlemen Agreement (0.9.1)
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
We are only emulating systems up until the 6. Generation. This includes, for example
SEGA Dreamcast
SONY PlayStation 2
Nintendo Gamecube
NEC PC-FX
PC Platforms from that era
DOS
Windows 3.x
Windows 9x
PC-8800
PC-9800
X68000
We only play/archive/host official published ROM that have been released for these consoles
No Remakes/Remasters/Re-Releases, only the real thing
If an re-release can be bought, we buy/support it to show our respect
We do not try to make the process of emulation too easy
We do not develop/support Hardware that comes with emulators/ROM pre-installed
We do not develop/support Software that comes with emulators/ROM pre-installed
We do not make money with retro games
No reselling of Emulator/ROM
No payed services for installing/setting up emulator/ROM
Developed Software must be GNU
GPL-compatible
We play the games in their original form with highest accuracy
No Upscaling of internal resolution
No Texture Replacement or such patches
No Adding Quality of Life features like automappers, rewind and such
We commit to maintain open dialogue and strict adherence to the RGA
E-Mail: vamp898-rga 'at' ikaros.space
RGA Share Overview
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 for every System
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 | RGA Compliant |
| DOS | DOSBOX-staging | DOSBox Pure | RetroArch | Yes |
| Windows 3.x | DOSBOX-staging | - | - | Yes |
| Windows 9x | 86Box | - | - | Yes |
SEGA
| System | General | RetroArch Core | Android | RGA Compliant |
| SG-1000 | RetroArch | Genesis Plus GX | RetroArch | Yes |
| Mark3/MasterSystem | RetroArch | Genesis Plus GX | RetroArch | Yes |
| MegaDrive | RetroArch | Genesis Plus GX | RetroArch | Yes |
| GameGear | RetroArch | Genesis Plus GX | RetroArch | Yes |
| MegaCD | RetroArch | Genesis Plus GX | RetroArch | Yes |
| 32X | PicoDrive | PicoDrive | RetroArch | Yes |
| Saturn | Mednafen | Beetle Saturn | RetroArch | Yes |
| Dreamcast | Flycast | Flycast | RetroArch | Yes |
Bandai
| System | General | RetroArch Core | Android | RGA Compliant |
| WonderSwan | Mednafen | Beetle Cygne | RetroArch | Yes |
| WonderSwan Color | Mednafen | Beetle Cygne | RetroArch | Yes |
Nintendo
| System | General | RetroArch Core | Android | RGA Compliant |
| FC | Mesen1 | Mesen1 | RetroArch | Yes |
| SFC | Ares | bsnes-jg | RetroArch | Yes |
| N64 | Ares | Mupen64Plus-Next (LLE Angrylion) | RetroArch | Yes |
| GameCube | Dolphin | Dolphin | Dolphin | Yes |
| GameBoy | SameBoy | SameBoy | RetroArch | Yes |
| GameBoy Color | SameBoy | SameBoy | RetroArch | Yes |
| GameBoy Advance | mGBA | mGBA | RetroArch | Yes |
NEC
| System | General | RetroArch Core | Android | RGA Compliant |
| PC Engine | Mednafen | Beetle PCE | RetroArch | Yes |
| PC-FX | Mednafen | Beetle PCFX | RetroArch | Yes |
Sony
| System | General | RetroArch Core | Android | RGA Compliant |
| PS1 | Mednafen | Beetle PSX | RetroArch | Yes |
| PS2 | PCSX2 | - | NetherSX2-patch | Yes |