Single Download Mega Packs Rant

[bigleaguechew111]

hey guys i just donated 10 bucks, hoping to get some single download mega packs, but there are only a few! I'm pretty disappointed hot trout, can you make some more of those packs? LOTS of systems are missing them. I'll give some examples (developers):

altos computer systems
ampro
amstrad
apf
bally
bandai
bondwell
campbridge university

PLEASE add single download mega packs to these and all the other systems that don't have them. it'll just add to the convenience i paid for.

[Hot Trout]

There are over 500 different systems on this site totalling more than 2300GB in size. If I made rom packs for them all I would need another 2.3TB of storage. We are not a torrent website, everything you see is actually stored on our servers and that storage is expensive, more expensive than a ten bucks donation would cover.

We do our best with what we have, if you list the specific systems you would like a pack for, within reason I will try and make them up for you this week.

We aim to cater for everyone but not everything is possible.

[bigleaguechew111]

Oh, I guess I never thought about that. You could always put the single download thingies in a .rar format instead of .zip you'll save a good amount of space. Anyway, I'll give a list of manufacturers. don't worry, most of them are in the kilobyte/megabyte range.

altos computer systems
ampro
amstrad (probably the biggest, with a size of 273 mb, but this is one that could totally use it)
apf
bally
bondwell
cambridge university
camputers
casio
cce
cell mobile phone (wait, this is the biggest, with a size of 3gb, but if this one is too big, you can pass. space is important.)
central data
chaos
chintendo
chip 8
convergent technologies
creatronic
cybiko
dec (this one's kinda big, with a size of 424mb, but this is another one that could totally use it)
dick smith
dragon
dream
eaca
elektor
elektronika
elektronska industrija nis
emerson
enterprise
entex
epoch
etl
exelvision
exidy
fairchild
front fareast
fuji
fujitsu (no, this is the biggest, at 6gb, but once again, if it's too big, pass)
funtech
game park (this one's kinda big too, with a size of 605mb, but this is another one that could totally use it)
gce
hartung
hewlett packard
homelab
ibm (this one's kinda big also, with a size of 785mb, but this is one that could totally use it)
infocom
interact
interton
jupiter cantab
kaypro
keio university
koei
konix
lcd epfl stoppani
luxor
magnavox
matra hachette
Matsushita-National
memotech
mgt
microbee
microkey
millennium systems
mits
multitech
namco
nascom
ncr
nuon
osborne
palm
pc (another big one, 35gb, but id really appreciate it if you did it)
pel varazdin
philips (could you do this one, but exclude the cdi?)
phunsy
pinball (optional)
pioneer
pipbug
pong
powertran
psion
ptc sol
rca
research machines rm
robotron
sage stride
sharp
signetics
sony (just add pocket station, smc70, and smc777
sord
soviet bloc
spectra video
tangerine
tapwave
tatung
tesla
thompson
tiger (optional)
tiki data
tomy (optional)
triumph alder
Tsukuda
University-of-Tokyo
Uzebox
VideoBrain
Videoton
Visual-Technology
VTech
Wang
Watara
zinc (optional)
worlds of wonder (optional)

thank you for your time

[Hot Trout]

Oh, I guess I never thought about that. You could always put the single download thingies in a .rar format instead of .zip you'll save a good amount of space. Anyway, I'll give a list of manufacturers. don't worry, most of them are in the kilobyte/megabyte range.

altos computer systems
ampro
amstrad (probably the biggest, with a size of 273 mb, but this is one that could totally use it)
apf
bally
bondwell
cambridge university
camputers
casio
cce
cell mobile phone (wait, this is the biggest, with a size of 3gb, but if this one is too big, you can pass. space is important.)
central data
chaos
chintendo
chip 8
convergent technologies
creatronic
cybiko
dec (this one's kinda big, with a size of 424mb, but this is another one that could totally use it)
dick smith
dragon
dream
eaca
elektor
elektronika
elektronska industrija nis
emerson
enterprise
entex
epoch
etl
exelvision
exidy
fairchild
front fareast
fuji
fujitsu (no, this is the biggest, at 6gb, but once again, if it's too big, pass)
funtech
game park (this one's kinda big too, with a size of 605mb, but this is another one that could totally use it)
gce
hartung
hewlett packard
homelab
ibm (this one's kinda big also, with a size of 785mb, but this is one that could totally use it)
infocom
interact
interton
jupiter cantab
kaypro
keio university
koei
konix
lcd epfl stoppani
luxor
magnavox
matra hachette
Matsushita-National
memotech
mgt
microbee
microkey
millennium systems
mits
multitech
namco
nascom
ncr
nuon
osborne
palm
pc (another big one, 35gb, but id really appreciate it if you did it)
pel varazdin
philips (could you do this one, but exclude the cdi?)
phunsy
pinball (optional)
pioneer
pipbug
pong
powertran
psion
ptc sol
rca
research machines rm
robotron
sage stride
sharp
signetics
sony (just add pocket station, smc70, and smc777
sord
soviet bloc
spectra video
tangerine
tapwave
tatung
tesla
thompson
tiger (optional)
tiki data
tomy (optional)
triumph alder
Tsukuda
University-of-Tokyo
Uzebox
VideoBrain
Videoton
Visual-Technology
VTech
Wang
Watara
zinc (optional)
worlds of wonder (optional)

thank you for your time

WOW, ok, lets try this again. Choose 5 systems under 1GB that you would like done now. We can work on the rest later

[superuser88]

Hello hot trout

any chance of a mega drive / genesis mega_download pack?

Is there anything we users can do to help get you some increased server storage?
i will make another donation end of this month.

I'll help any way i can.

[Hot Trout]

Hello hot trout

any chance of a mega drive / genesis mega_download pack?

Is there anything we users can do to help get you some increased server storage?
i will make another donation end of this month.

I'll help any way i can.

Actually I am about to pull the trigger on a new monster server, it will cost us over $1500 to setup and then approx. $280 a month for basic rent. That said it will be a 6TB Raid10, 32GB, Dual Quad Core Xeon Monster with 100MB Unlimited link.

Every donation you make will help, currently we are well short of the amount needed but I am going to foot the bill myself and hope to recoup during the year.

[superuser88]

Geez man, thats a monster of a server for roms and emulators.

I'd put the unlimited user donation up by another £5, may help recoup your costs a bit quicker. XBOX Live do it... so why can't you eh lol

"Mo' Server = Mo' Money" :-D

you'll get a donation from me on Friday. Keep up the good work. Takes a lot to keep over 30 years worth of arcade / console gaming alive. Much respect.

[PrincessMilissa]

I would love to have a GBA mega pack. I had my secondary hard drive crash and I have lost everything I had on that drive. That was a little over 750GB of data I lost. I am grabbing only what I would play now.

[bigleaguechew111]

I would like a GBA mega pack, too. Hey, and can you make one for the Apple Macintosh?

Sorry for the delayed response, it's just been a while.

[Hot Trout]

I would like a GBA mega pack, too. Hey, and can you make one for the Apple Macintosh?

Sorry for the delayed response, it's just been a while.

Thats ok, I will add some more megapacks later in the year. Right now I am working on the new website code and I need to finish that first. Bump this badboy in the future to remind me.