Seeing as games companies are using AI to mass report sites for DMCA I figured it'd be a good time to circle the wagons around safe sites you can use for your roms needs. Here's my list I have bookmarked so far:

https://vimm.net/ (recently got hit with a dmca and had to remove stuff)

https://r-roms.github.io/ (megathread of roms stuff)

https://gog-games.to/ (my go-to for GOG games)

https://edgeemu.net/ (lots of classics)

https://fitgirl-repacks.site/ (excellent modern PC games)

Of course we also have archive.org which I hope most people know about by now.

For fun here's some video game private servers:

https://github.com/XiPrivateServers/Servers/blob/main/SERVERS.md (final fantasy xi private server listings)

https://www.eqemulator.org/index.php?pageid=serverlist (everquest private servers)

https://github.com/diasurgical/devilutionX (source port of diablo 1, hosts multiplayer games)

https://slashdiablo.net/ (diablo II private server)

https://cp.payonstories.com/ (best classic ragnarok online server I found)

  • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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    23 days ago

    If you guys are wondering what games got removed from Vimm's, a poster on r/roms compiled a list of what franchises were affected and by whom:

    spoiler

    Nintendo of America

    Mario
Zelda
Pokemon
All the different regions of these franchises were removed

    Sega Corporation

    Sonic
Yakuza
Shin Megami Tensei/Persona
The North American and European versions of these roms have been taken down, but the Japanese roms are still up

    LEGO Juris A/S

    LEGO only targeted certain systems it seems like. 
Namely the Wii,Xbox 360 and Gamecube, a lot of the earlier Lego games seem to be pretty good and while the libraries on other systems aren't guaranteed to be complete, the three I listed have the most missing.

    Entertainment Software Association

    Ace Attorney
Ace Combat
Assassin’s Creed
Battlefield
Batman Arkham
Bioshock
Borderlands
Call of Duty
Castlevania
Contra
Devil May Cry
Doom
Diablo
Donkey Kong
Dragon Age
Dragon Ball Z
Dragon Warrior/Quest
Elder Scrolls
Fallout
Far Cry
Final Fantasy
Fire Emblem
God of War
Gran Turismo
Grand Theft Auto
inFamous
Jak and Daxter
Just Cause
Kingdom Hearts
Madden
Mass Effect
Max Payne
Medal of Honor
Mega Man
Metal Gear
Metroid
Minecraft
Monster Hunter
Mortal Kombat
Need For Speed
Nier(Drakengard is ok)
Pac-Man
Plants vs Zombies
Pro Evolution Soccer
Ratchet and Clank
Red Dead Redemption
Resident Evil
Scribblenauts
Soul Calibur
Super Smash Bros
Tales of
Tekken
The Last of Us (Sony actually removed this one themselves)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Uncharted
Watch_Dogs
Wolfenstein
Like with Sega, the American and European roms were targeted but the Japanese roms stayed.