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Recommended Sites:

• emuparadise.me - Good for No-Intro rips (No-Intro collections - requires registration). Hosts a lot of bad single game rips with no indication.
• nitroroms.com - Good for Redump PSX rips
• romulation.net - Useful for Wii, GameCube, NDS etc, may be no-intro rips
• thepiratebay.se - Use for Wii/PS3 games
• romhustler.net - Various platforms, mostly handhelds
• theisozone.com - Many systems
• blackcats-games.net - Not as good as BG/UG (RIP IN PEACE) used to be, but still an excellent source for PC and older gen games. Invite only, but should be pretty easy to get one.
• http://archive.org/details/vintagesoftware Many DOS collections and older games
• https://archive.org/details/No-Intro-Collection_2013-06-14 - No-Intro Sets
• http://archive.org/details/messmame - MAME ROMs
• http://archive.org/details/tosec - TOSEC Sets
• Nyaa Torrents - Useful for Japanese games
• World of Spectrum - For ZX Spectrum games and applications as well magazines, cover art, booklets, and much more.

User uploaded Direct-Download Sites (use some common sense while downloading):

• pspiso.com - PSP and PS1 games
• wiiso.com - Mostly Wii games, but also other Nintendo games
• ps3iso.com - A lot of 'premium-only' links
• warez-bb.org - General warez site

*All above sites require registration.

Sites for Determining Good Dumps (CRC's, MD5's, etc.)

• http://renascene.com/ - PSP Games
• http://www.gametdb.com/ - Gamecube, Wii, Wii U, PS3 Games
• http://datomatic.no-intro.org/ - Cartridges and digital downloads
• http://releases.pocketheaven.com/ - Handheld based systems
• http://redump.org/ - Disc based systems

Game Recommendations

• /v/'s Recommended Games Wiki - SUBJECTIVE AS HELL. Please do not bitch about your favorite game not being there, or a game you hate being there.
• Retro-Sanctuary's Top 100 Lists

Searching for ISOs

ISOs (cartridge based games are fairly easy to find due to their low file size) are frequently missing from the above sites and must be found the old fashioned way. If you want to find these games, searching for their ID number is generally more effective than searching for their title. Both Mobygames and GameFAQs will list these under the game's release information. This number is region specific and is very useful if you want to find an ISO from a specific region.