Import Genesis games purchased outside of Steam (from Amazon)?

[skeletron]

I purchased some of the Genesis games through Steam, and also purchased some of them from Amazon (here: http://www.amazon.com/Sega-Genesis-Classic-Game-Download/dp/B00A6CS0OU , provided by Amazon as direct downloads and not Steam keys).

Is there a way to import the ones from Amazon into the new Steam version?
I tried copying the ROM files into the \Sega Classics\uncompressed ROMs\ folder, but it didn't work. Not sure if I need to rename the files or something else, or if it's not possible.

[Tatsuya Hiroki]

im very much doubtful that its possible as the steam and amazon version are two different things

[Kenny32673]

Originally posted by Tatsuya Hiroki (たつや, タ):

im very much doubtful that its possible as the steam and amazon version are two different things

Not necessarily. If it's the same Sega Genesis/Megadrive classics then it's the same emulator and game roms etc. But only in the original launcher (aka the Simple Launcher) not the new hub.

I did the same initially when I bought the Gold collection (Packs 1-4 plus Sonic and TJ&E etc) on Gamersgate. I bought Pack 5 on Steam then just put the other ROMS in the data folder.

You'll need to download them from Amazon (and possibly install them too in order to get to the .pak files). Then find the pak files which will be named g0000-g0058 and copy them.

You copy them to the data folder (not the uncompressed roms folder) and they will play in the simple launcher but won't play in the hub.

In order to get them in the hub you need to own them on Steam so that the uncompressed roms are downloaded.

[Coleco_84]

I remember I bought some games off GMG, and there is a way.

[smashtildawn]

i bought mine from amazon. I made a thread about this before as well. Mine was bought as a DOWNLOAD only purchase. Not online gamecode purchase.

Hope Sega can fix this ...

[Red]

The emulator itself can run any Genesis ROMs in general so you can just dump ROM into its ROM folder and you'll be able to launch them just fine.

The virtual hub however reads your DLC list to know which games you have on Steam in order to display them in your virtual shelf. Only way to have your games there is to own the DLCs on Steam, which means purchases done somewhere else don't count.

Originally posted by bulletclubAdam:

i bought mine from amazon. I made a thread about this before as well. Mine was bought as a DOWNLOAD only purchase. Not online gamecode purchase.

Hope Sega can fix this ...

You're SOL there. Amazon is the one supposed to "fix" this, not SEGA. And even then, they never promised to you any Steam keys, just direct downloads.

In theory, there's really nothing to fix here. You either buy the games on Steam or don't and forget about this.