LINKS OF INTEREST
Here are the links to the best resources online for the emulating gamer. Plus some other goodies thrown in for good measure.
High Quality Free Games:
DOTA 2 (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena)
League of Legends (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena)
Tera (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game)
Star Wars: The Old Republic (MMORPG)
Path of Exile (Action RPG)
Team Fortress 2 (Squad-Based Shooter)
You Have to Win the Game (Old School Platformer)
PlanetSide 2 (Massively Multiplayer FPS)
Frog Fractions (Bizarre Play In Browser Game)
Black Mesa (FPS, Half-Life Reimagined)
City of Heroes/City of Villains (MMORPG)
Runescape (MMORPG)
Heroes of Newerth (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena)
World of Tanks (MMO, Action)
Tribes: Ascend (Multiplayer FPS)
Blacklight: Retribution (FPS)
Warframe (Third-Person Shooter)
Neverwinter (MMORPG, D&D)
MAME Assets:
Arcade-History.com (latest MAME "history.dat" file)
Mr. Do's Arcade (MAME in-game artwork files)
MameDB.com (the official MAME game info database)
Best Emulators:
MAMEUI (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, EZ Version)
MAME (official site, command-line version, font-end req.)
Daphne (for Laser Disk arcade games, like Dragon's Lair)
Stella (Atari 2600 for Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix & others)
Atari800Win Plus (Atari 5200)
ProSystem (Atari 7800)
Nostalgia (Intellivision)
ColEm (Colecovision)
Jnes (Nintendo Entertainment System: NES)
Zsnes (Super Nintendo Entertainment System: SNES)
VBjin (Nintendo Virtual Boy)
Project 64 (Nintendo 64)
VisualBoyAdvance (Nintendo Game Boy, GBC & GBA)
Dolphin (Nintendo Gamecube & Wii)
DeSmuMe (Nintendo DS)
Fusion (Sega Genesis, Game Gear, Master System & more)
MEKA (Sega Game Gear & Master System, Colecovision)
GENS (Sega Genesis)
NullDC (Sega Dreamcast)
ePSXe (Sony Playstation)
PCSX2 (Sony Playstation 2)
PPSSPP (Sony PSP)
Emulator-Zone.com (more emulators)
EmuParadise (more emulators)
RomNation (more emulators)
Zophar's Domain (more emulators)
Emu/Game Compatibility Lists:
MameDB (official MAME database)
NullDC Compatibility (Dreamcast list)
Dolphin Compatibility (Gamecube/Wii list)
Free Emulator Front-Ends:
Emulator Tutorial Videos:
Sega Dreamcast Emu Download & Setup
Sony Playstation Emu Download & Setup
Sony Playstation 2 Emu Download & Setup
Nintendo DS Emu Download & Setup
Game Development Tools:
Sploder (no coding required, make games online)
Construct 2 (no coding required, for all OS's & phones)
Game Maker (no coding required)
Click Team (no coding required)
The Game Creators (many tools here, all skill levels)
Unity 3D (powerful free version, coding)
UDK (Unreal Development Kit, coding)
Puzzle Script (build & play in your browser)
Stencyl (no coding required, make for all OS's & phones)
Twine (for text-based games, interactive fiction)
Inform 7 (for text-based games, interactive fiction)
Ren'Py (visual novel engine)
Adventure Game Studio (make point-&-click games)
Adventure Game Studio Resources (for above)
FlashPunk (free ActionScript 3 libraries, IDE required)
Flixel (free ActionScript 3 libraries, IDE required)
FlashDevelop (IDE for coding with FlashPunk or Flixel)
RPG Maker (for all skill levels)
Free Game Graphics:
DeviantArt (also search "tiles" & "icons")
Unity Asset Store (free items)
Mayang's Textures (daily limit of 20)
3DM3.com (free 3D models)
Digital X Models (free 3D models)
3DModelFree (free 3D models))
Archive3D (free 3D models)
3DExport (free 3D models)
3DWarehouse (free 3D models, for SketchUp)
TF3DM.com (free 3D models)
CreativeCrash (free 3D models)
3D Content Central (free 3D models)
Artist-3D.com (free 3D models)
HongKiat.com (60 free 3D model sites)
Free 3D Modeling:
Google SketchUp (free version: SketchUp Make)
Free PC/Internet Security:
Startpage (the world's most private search engine)
AdBlock Plus (plugin for popular browsers, works!)
Torrent Clients:
PC Gamepads & Joysticks:
Wal-Mart (gamepads)
Target (Logitech F310)
Radio Shack (PC game controllers)
GameStop (PC game controllers)
TigerDirect.com (gamepad search results)
Logitech (pads, sticks, phone controllers)
NewEgg (gamepads)
Arcade Hardware:
Twisted Quarter
Quarter Arcade
Holland Computers Arcade Parts
Free Sound Effects:
Free Audio File Editing:
Free MIDI Editing:
Other Nurmweb Sites:
Arcade Master (showcase site)
Nurmweb Games (download my games)
Brunswick UFO Group (not yet active)
Nurm Games (Facebook)
Arcade Master (Facebook)