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Click the tabs on the top of the webpage and look for your console to find your ROMs.
Inspired by that thread from the other day. I hope this thread inspires anyone who wanted to get into retro games to consider emulation instead of 5000$ scalped disks and consoles. This site maybe doesn't have the fastest downloads but it makes emulation sooo easy for anyone hesitating!
Edit: thanks eveyone for the links!
More ROMs!
https://www.myabandonware.com/
https://vimm.net/
For PC games!
https://gog-games.com/
For Flash games!
https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/downloads/
GOOD post.
I also want to shout out Fightcade which is an emulator that was built to play classic fighting games online - it has expanded over the years to include lots of classic systems and games. I played NES Contra with some guy in Brazil a few days ago for free. Get your friends on Fightcade and there are literally thousands of classic games you can play online for free.
edit: If anyone downloads fightcade follow this tutorial which will install a script that automatically downloads the proper rom for you when you join a lobby.
Fightcade sounds pretty cool, it always impresses me when people add online functionality to old, emulated games, I can't imagine the work it takes to accomplish such a task.
Only thing Fightcade needs is a way to emulate that hype crowd that watches you fight, to really emulate that amusement arcade feel!
It allows you to spectate games live - sometimes I'll go on there and watch Japanese players play Street Figther 3rd strike or Darkstalkers for funsies. It also supports replays of your sessions. But you're not wrong though, crowds are really what make fighting game events and such.
OH SHIT!!! Then never mind, it's got everything! Gosh that's so cool, those people really went out of their way to revive the spirit of arcades. Really inspiring how far people will go to work on something that inspires them without a capitalist motivation.
Fightcade is so cool, I often put on match videos on youtube of people playing fighting games and eat dinner while watching.
Somewhat relatedly, there's apparently even a whole achievement system for old games that's integrated into modern emulators