I can't wait to play all of my games with DK Bongos.

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I really liked the original HL1 mod. Haven't played this one too much even though version 1.0 was released in 2009.

Also, there's a dedicated directory for Source mods:

$XDG_DATA_HOME/Steam/steamapps/sourcemods

Extract the mod there there, restart Steam and AHL2 should appear in your library, no need for launch options. Note that for some reason it doesn't work with external libraries, only the default one.

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Quoting: STiATI would prefer if they put up stores where you legally can buy and download rom dumps of their games (new or old). But I hardly have hope that this will happen any time soon (hard part would be copyright protection).

There are a few (sort of) official ways to acquire ROMs for older systems, though of course not every single game ever released is available.

The Humble Store has a lot of Neo Geo games without DRM. [External Link] You'll get the ROMs and even the BIOS required by emulators.

SEGA offers many of their Mega Drive / Genesis games via Steam. [External Link] These contain the original ROMs, though you'll have to use a Windows-only tool to extract them.

I also believe the Wii Shop Channel is still active and enables you to buy games for the NES, SNES, N64 and other consoles. If you have a homebrew enabled Wii, you could dump the Virtual Console channels to your computer and extract the ROMs using tools like romextract [External Link] or vcromclaim [External Link].

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Quoting: ElectricPrismIn the case of Wii / GC, etc... I would just reccomend using the GC or Wii DVD if you have a DVD drive and are worried about not knowing.

Dolphin can't read Wii or Gamecube discs. You have to dump a disc image using original Nintendo hardware or a PC with a special optical drive like the GDR8082N.

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Quoting: liamdaweActually, reading up on it, a private copy was made legal and then quickly re-made illegal in the UK. So in the UK all forms of copying copyrighted content are still illegal, which essentially makes roms illegal in the UK (unless approved or provided by the developer/publisher). That actually makes me really sad to see that the UK is so bloody backwards.

Unfortunately Dolphin can't read Wii and Gamecube games straight from disc. IIRC as a means of copy protection Nintendo optical discs have to be read backwards. You have to use an actual Wii or a special optical drive to create an ISO and open the file in Dolphin. If it's not legal in your country to make copies of games you physically own, you can only use Dolphin for homebrew games.

For other systems however you could use a device like the Retrode [External Link] to emulate your cartridge based games without dumping the ROM. I don't think emulators themselves are illegal anywhere, so that's one perfectly legal way to play your retro games on Linux.

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Quoting: AnxiousInfusionScrew the legality.

It's very easy to use a Wii with homebrew to make disc images of your legally purchased Wii and Gamecube games. Of course, creating digital copies of physical media for personal use is unfortunately not legal everywhere in the world, but it's not really a lost sale if you keep your physical copies and even bought their hardware.

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