RetroGaming @lemmy.world AndrewZabar @lemmy.world 3mo ago

Does anyone know of a Linux-based or playable via emulator/wine of the NES Rygar?

I only ever played Rygar a little one summer but I remember it very fondly. I’d love to play it on my Linux laptop if possible. I saw on wiki there was an Android port at some point - I’d ideally like the NES incarnation.

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No idea if rom links are allowed; however, very easy to find online if you search for the game name and rom.

Emulator wise, https://www.retroarch.com/ is very good, and cross platform. I think save states are compatible across platforms wherever retroarch is supported
- Very cool, thanks!!
FCEUX is good and simple to use.
- Not my favorite emulator, but it does have the best hacking/debugging tools I've seen.
Any NES that runs on Linux works. I play this game every so often, actually. Just install Retroarch to make it easy.
- Yeah looks to be the ideal way. I have numerous laptops available I wanna make one my retro machine.
  
  Lakka will make a dedicated RetroArch machine, if that's your thing.
  
  Edit: Updated link for Lakka x86.
I was always a fan of Mednaffe, a GUI frontend for Mednafen, for all of my NES, SNES, and GBA emulation needs. Of course, that's all a bit moot now that I have a handheld.
Rygar was weird as fuck. That guy running around cloud lands, throwing out a spiderweb looking bonker thing. I never understood what I was doing on that game.
- I never progressed far enough to make it to the cloud city my understanding was you needed to play some flute or something? This was so long ago.
  
  As a kid playing that on the NES, I recall getting frustrated and hating the game, but then I played on an emulator years later and enjoyed it.
Install ares from flathub

Download nes ROM of Rygar

Play
- Sweet! TYVM Got a few responses everyone is so generous and helpful. I just haven’t gotten. Around to doing any of it yet lol.

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