Is It Possible To Get Source-Code Of Cartridge Based Games (8-bit/16-bit Games) & Port To RPi ?

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  Cyborg 009

  The cartridges had rom which is resistant to tampering ..
  Reading them can be difficult if proper addresses are not known..
  16bit apps can run in dos mode ..
  Had tried final fight & contra on pc ..but its more fun on console ..
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  Abhishek Rawal

  Cyborg 009

  The cartridges had rom which is resistant to tampering ..

  Well buddy, i know that. I am not talking about getting source code from within ROM. What I mean is do you know developers which can hand you assembly codes?
  BTW with Logic barrier method makes impossible to copy the IC, so getting source is not possible by any illegal way.
  
  

  Cyborg 009

  16bit apps can run in dos mode .

  I am riding with Linux & I am not interested in anything related to Windows or DOS crap.
  
  So, back to my question, Is it possible to get asm source code from anywhere ? (I searched it couldn't find any)
  - Do you have any idea related to implementation of porting these old-school games for RPi ?
  Is it better to develop game from scratch for RPi than porting ?
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  Sarathkumar Chandrasekaran

  Yes the 8-bit game's roms are available over many websites.But I dont have an idea on editing or coverting to other platforms.I have played the 8-bit games like contra , mario on my phone via .Nes emulators.We can also play myboy games in android .
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  Abhishek Rawal

  No I ain't talking about emulators. The PSX emulators are also available which can run PS2 games in Linux. But emulators are emulators, buggy & full of glitches.
  All I want is source code at this moment & simple information like using which compiler they build it. I know mario was builded with ca65, so i assume most games might be using same.
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  Cyborg 009

  how about this ???
  Overview | Retro Gaming with Raspberry Pi | Adafruit Learning System
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  Sarathkumar Chandrasekaran

  I found in wikipedia that Atari -a 8 bit game maker uses follwing programmes:
  Assemblers , via the Atari
  Assembler Editor, Atari Macro
  Assembler, MAC/65 , and several
  others.
  BASIC ; Atari BASIC was the
  "standard" BASIC
  implementation for the 8-bit
  family, originally a ROM
  cartridge, and built-in from the
  600XL/800XL onwards. Other
  BASICs included Atari Microsoft
  BASIC , BASIC A+ , BASIC XL,
  Turbo Basic XL , and Advan
  BASIC.
  C (Programming Language) , via
  the Deep Blue C , Lightspeed C
  and cc65 compiler.
  Other languages including
  LOGO (Atari LOGO), LISP
  (INTER-LISP/65), PILOT (Atari
  PILOT), several versions each
  of Forth and Pascal, Action! (a
  high performance Atari-specific
  language from OSS),
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  Abhishek Rawal

  Cyborg 009

  how about this ???
  Overview | Retro Gaming with Raspberry Pi | Adafruit Learning System

  I have read it long ago. Newbies can't setup this. I want retro games without using any external hardware.So that any kid from 3rd world country can download it from Pi store. You know what I mean ?
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  Cyborg 009

  #-Link-Snipped-# You want the source code of those games so that they can be made to work on Rpi ?
  **I dont know a bit abt linux & Rpi ..joining cdac to learn abt these things ..😀
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  Abhishek Rawal

  Cyborg 009

  #-Link-Snipped-# You want the source code of those games so that they can be made to work on Rpi ?
  **I dont know a bit abt linux & Rpi ..joining cdac to learn abt these things ..😀

  Congrats buddy for admission 👍
  i guess they'll teach you more about Linux device drivers,Linux kernel, RTOS & Shell scripting more than playing with RPi or Arduinos.
  BTW I am newbie in RPi too, I am just playing with it, hope I don't burn it 😛