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r-roms.github.io
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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/

  • justjoshint [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    anyone know how much of a risk it is to do ddls of stuff like this from archive? i assumed that it was mainly torrents but idk how that shit works. in america

    also damn i would like a better processor so i could properly emulate ps2 games and ideally switch games

    • Dawn_Beveridge [she/her, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      I think it's pretty safe. The risk was always in distributing piracy, not downloading it. You can always use a VPN in case, but I've downloaded without and never got in any trouble.

      And yeah, emulation is always CPU intensive, especially Switch since your CPU doubles as a GPU. But it's worth trying the older consoles, there are some games that have stood the test of time!

        • riseuppikmin [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          It does. Emulators for most more modern consoles (PS2 onwards and some before) do use your GPU instead of strictly only using the CPU.