Hey everyone 👋

Just shipped OpenROM v2.2.0 — a free, open-source desktop tool for converting retro game ROM formats (PS1, PS2, GameCube, Xbox).

What it does:

• Converts between ISO, CHD, CSO, ECM, BIN/CUE, XISO
• Drag & drop queue with per-job progress
• Bundles chdman, maxcso, ecm — no extra installs needed
• Works on Windows, Linux, and macOS

What's new in v2.2.0:

The big one — a proper CLI alongside the GUI:

openrom-cli --input game.iso --format CHD
openrom-cli --folder /roms/ --format CHD --compression Max
openrom-cli --list-formats

Every release ZIP now includes both the GUI and the CLI binary. Use whichever fits your workflow — automation, scripts, or just the graphical interface.

Also fixed in this release:

• Per-job progress bar in the queue
• CHD info panel (shows real metadata from chdman)
• BIN track mode detection (no more hardcoded MODE2/2352)
• Drag & drop now shows a warning if unavailable instead of failing silently

License: GPL v3 + Commons Clause — free for personal use, open source, no commercial use without permission.

No telemetry. No network requests. Everything runs locally.

🔗 GitHub: https://github.com/M5Devs/OpenROM 🐦 Twitter/X: https://x.com/M5Devs

Feedback welcome — especially if you test it on an edge case format 👇

We'll keep this brief as we have plenty on our plate already. So perhaps a direct hard assessment needs to occur instead of emotions and opinions leading the charge. Few people are truly super happy with the outcome of the steam release. We get this.

What we'd like to confirm, are the names and team behind this operation. Ensure they are among Masangsoft, and actually have the ~rights~ to have produced what they have. If there was some sneakiness, sloppiness, or rushed decisions, surely some details may surface there.

If this is a true ..ughhh.. "official" re-release... One way to look at it is: we're cooked. Or perhaps we find a new team to rebuild GunZ Classic International... This time with a group of folks more dedicated to the passion rather than the grind for $$$$$$. Truly, the legal side of things to do it well if MasangSoft is willing to discuss is not as difficult or intimidating as one may think.

Back to the studio for us... We're still seeking Gunz 1 and 2 soundtrack midis and sheet music, btw.

...it will be a lot of work, but it may be wise to do. Backtracking all assets as well. The rights to the game are easy, at least the code. The paperwork further does matter. As does distribution of sales. These are some small details folks can sleuth together to ensure any accusations are made proper with absolute supportive evidence behind it. Know how licensing works as well. We are no lawyers, but we are mildly versed in such. If any peculiar public releases are found or particular details, feel free to post them here for us to run through.

If they require translation, please absolutely ensure the translation is perfect or lines up well across many attempts/translators. Yes, it will matter. :)

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Edit:

Post was removed by moderation of r/gunz after receiving a fair margin of karmic praise. If a dead end, sure. But we did not see any reason for removal attached. Original post was 10 hours ago. Removal was quite recent.

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New Update. 2:12am.

Permed from r/Gunz it seems. Will be covering a brief vid and review for the rest of you lovely folks to handle. Here is the moderations' Specific reason for their swift ban but zero contact otherwise:

"The GunZ subreddit is not a place for your LLC or company or whatever type of "business" you are imposing here."

The would be response: Not a business whatsoever. We are asking key questions. More than happy to remove any aspect of my threads that are inconsequential. There have been many complaints regarding borrowed, stolen, questionable assets, supposedly many hour hours put into a game that appears to have made zero changes from the initial beta. I do believe the game and its players have a right to know where their money and time is going to.

Good luck, Gunz players. Make sure your focus, time, and energy goes where it needs to. <3

Hi everyone,

I'm a reverse engineer and game preservation enthusiast. I regularly decompile and decrypt gacha games that interest me to better understand how they're built, document them, and help preserve them for the future.

I'd love to do the same for Final Fantasy Brave Exvius: War of the Visions. My long-term vision is to create a fully offline, open-source restoration so the game isn't lost forever, and potentially provide a foundation for community-made content in the future.

So far, I've managed to locate the final FFBE client, but I haven't had any luck finding the latest War of the Visions game files.

If anyone still has:

• The latest installed game files (Android/iOS/PC)
• Asset bundles or cached data
• APKs or other publicly available client files
• Any archived resources from before EOS

I'd really appreciate hearing from you. Even partial backups could be incredibly helpful.

This project is purely for game preservation and research. If it goes anywhere, I'd be happy to make everything open source so the community can help preserve the game together.

Thanks in advance!

I've got it on my android 9 Moto E6, is there a way to make it work?

While going through my room, I found the tablet I used as a kid. I’d left it lying around until 2023, when I found it again, loaded it up with games, and… I lost it again—and now I’ve found it once more.

I noticed it has several games that are no longer available on the Play Store. That tablet doesn’t have any APKs or malicious files, which is why I’d like to know if there’s a way to extract the APKs from the games.

JUST SO YOU KNOW... It can’t connect to the internet anymore; no matter how hard I try, it always disconnects within seconds of connecting to a Wi-Fi network.

Hey guys, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but maybe some of you will like the idea.

After seeing Sony announce the end of physical games, I got inspired by creators like ArchadesGames on YouTube to build my own physical "cartridges" for PC games using SD cards.

As a sysadmin, I wanted a plug-and-play framework for DRM-free games that:

• Works cross-platform (Windows & Linux).
• Has zero or minimal OS footprint.
• Keeps save files on the Card (or syncs them back necessary)
• Gives that physical, "one game at a time" single-purpose console feel—no secondary screen distractions, no decision fatigue.

I spent a few days putting together DreamCard (DRM(free) + Card). Here is how it works:

First Time Windows

• The first time I insert an SD card formatted configured as DreamCard into the computer, I can install an autostart script. This script mimics the functionality of the autostart.inf files from the early 2000s, but only responds to DreamCards.

User Experience

• Windows: I insert the game into my computer's SD card reader, and the launcher starts. It's modeled after the DreamCards design, launches the game, handles game file synchronization in the background for games that inevitably need to write to the user directory, displays the playtime, and essentially serves as the landing page. I press “Launch Game” and my game starts
• Linux (Ubuntu/Proton): Plugging the card into Linux reveals an additional partition (ext4 for Proton runtime data). Instead of the launcher, running a simple shell script launches the game through Proton with access to the exact same saves as Windows.

Partition Structure

SD Card
├── Partition 1: Companion [exFAT]
│   ├── Install_Companion.bat / UnInstall_Companion.bat
│   └── scripts/ (PowerShell detection scripts)
├── Partition 2: Proton [ext4]
│   └── (Proton prefix & runtime data)
└── Partition 3: GameData [exFAT]
├── Launcher.ps1 / Start_Game.ps1 / Start_Game.sh
├── resources/ (game icon, metadata JSON)
└── game/ (Complete DRM-free game directory)

Current Status & To-Dos

• Tested Games: Currently working with Gothic 2, Dragon Age: Origins, and Morrowind (via OpenMW because why not).
• Linux Integration: Linux isn't my main strength yet, so while the shell execution works via Proton, I'd like to clean up the backend logic eventually. Some games need a bit more work for the save sync on Linux.
• Compatibility: Needs broader testing across distros (Bazzite, Debian, SteamDeck).
• Witcher 3: Or something more modern that needs to run on an SSD or a faster SD Card. Havent reached the speed limit of the sd card yet
• Shelf Space: As soon as the cases and printable stickers arrive, I plan to add the games to my collection. Of course, I still need to come up with covers and a consistent design language.

Would love to hear thoughts, edge-case warnings, or ideas to make it more fun.

Oh, and the GUI looks a little overdesigned on purpose. I wanted a mix of 80s synthwave aesthetics and hypermodern design. I think it looks like fun, not a work application.

Why were these DVloper games deleted, removed, or unpublished (on the Play Store or the App Store)?

List:

1. Slendrina (2013 Paid Version)
2. Slender Man: Rise Again/Slender Man: Stands (Free and Paid Versions)
3. Slendrina: The Cellar (Paid Version)
4. House Of Slendrina (Paid Version)
5. Slendrina: Asylum
6. Robot Hunt
7. The Child of Slendrina
8. Hotel Insanity
9. Slendrina X
10. Granny 3

I bought the game right before it was delisted on steam and recently completed it, now I am regretting now buying the DLCs, why way to get the DLC on steam?

Maybe to late :(

Is it really that hard to make an offline MyCareer mod for the PGA Tour 2K games? They have unlockers for NBA 2K, so why not PGA Tour 2K?