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***[https://archive.org/details/vintagesoftware Vintage Software] Many DOS collections and older games.
***[https://archive.org/details/NeoKobe-NecPc-98012017-11-17 Neo-Kobe PC-9801] and [https://archive.org/details/Neo_Kobe_NEC_PC-8801_2016-02-25 PC-8801] sets.
**Registration Required <small>(If you do not have an account at the Internet Archive, you can use <abbr title="Email: [email protected] | Password: emugenMugen">these credentials</abbr>.)</small>
***[https://archive.org/details/No-Intro-Collection_2016-01-03_Fixed No-Intro Collection] for most cartridge-based systems (2016-01-03).
***[https://archive.org/details/No-Intro-Collection_2016-09-06 No-Intro Collection] (June 27, 2017)
*[https://romsmode.com/ RomsMode] RomsMode is a website which offers its users free ROM downloads that are available to play on a PC or a mobile phone.
*[https://www.pokemonlog.com/ Pokemonlog] Small website where you can get the latest Pokemon ROM's and Pokemon rom hacks.
*[http://romhustler.net/ ROM Hustler] Has Renascene PSP PlayStation Portable dumps. Has a good selection of games from all consoles Gen-6 and earlier
*[https://romsmania.cc/ RomsMania] RomsMania.cc is a source with a big collection of popular ROM games and Emulators such Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Super Nintendo, Sony PlayStation, Sega Genesis and more.
*[https://retrogames.goodolddownloads.com/ Retro Games (Good Old Downloads)] New ROM site opened up from [https://goodolddownloads.com/ Good Old Downloads]. Has many retro consoles.
*[http://www.doperoms.com Doperoms] Has some Redump PSX/GCN among other things. (Nintendo-published titles have been DMCA'd as of July 2017.)
*[http://mamedev.org/roms/ MAME] Directly from the MAME site. Games that were released with permission for free and non-commercial use.
*[http://nicoblog.org/ Nicoblog] A site where people can share their games. if you come here for ps3 PlayStation 3 games and wanna play them on [[RPCS3]], be mindful that the game might not play on RPCS3 due to the RPCS3's team strict stance on piracy. so... there's that.
*[https://cdromance.com CDRomance] Nicoblog's alternate site for retro roms, like SNES, GB, GBA, NDS, GameCube and Dreamcast games.
*[http://www.planetemu.net Planet Emulation] Very old, weekly updated and classy French ROM site, full MAME CHDs. Just click on "Telecharger" for download. (All ROMs from Nintendo-based systems have been taken down as of July 2018.)
*[https://vimm.net/ Vimm's Lair] A lot of No-Intro games as well as manuals for games / Fantastic place for ROMs with altered headers with VIMMSLAIR watermarks, If you want a perfect ROMs, then Vimm's Lair is the place to go. /s
*[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7H6hIZDxNXeQW9uODA5UkM0ZG8 Nintendo Wii - Scrubbed Retail Collection (NTSC)] hosted on Google Drive
*[https://www.ziperto.com/ Ziperto] good for decrypted 3ds 3DS games for Citra
*[https://downloadgameps3.com/ DownloadgamePS3] great for ps3 games obviously. when using this site, make sure to have a good adblocker and shit to protect you from malicious shit. it's a legit site, just wear a digital condom.
*[http://eagleforces.tistory.com/ eagleforces] hosted in Korea, has no-intro sets for various 8 and 16 -bit consoles available as individually downloadable roms. Links are direct with no redirects, confirmation pages, or captchas.
* [http://emuparadise.me/ Emuparadise] Good for [http://www.epforums.org/showthread.php?56293 No-Intro sets (which require registration).] Since Emuparadise removing ROMs download links from view, [https://gist.github.com/Eptun/3fdcc84552e75e452731cd4621c535e9/raw/d1dcc00185085ce10df8bebcc2a640fd01ef9058/emuparadise.eptun.user.js a TamperMonkey/GreaseMonkey script] is currently required for downloading ROMs from it (outside of the forums).
===Registration Required===
*[http://www.romulation.net Romulation] Useful for Wii, GameCube, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2 etc, may be maybe no-intro rips. (account required - use bugmenot or make one with a temp email account) (Many games (including most Nintendo titles) have been DMCA'd as of January 2017)
*[http://www.pleasuredome.org.uk Pleasuredome] Great private tracker for getting full sets of many systems (No-Intro, Goodsets, Trurip, Redump, TOSEC). Does not allow newer systems. Strict ratio site that requires you to maintain a positive upload to download ratio. No longer hosts Nintendo game torrents.
===User Uploaded Direct-Download (Forum post) Sites (Registration Required)===
Use some common sense while downloading!
*[https://darkumbra.net/forums/forum/57-content-sharing/ darkumbra.net] Great site with a massive selection of Wii/, Wii U, PS3PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 (with many others as well), and full ROM sets.
*[http://psvitaiso.com/ psvitaiso.com] Vita, PSP and PS1 games.
*[http://wiiuiso.com/ wiiuiso.com] Mostly Wii games, but also other Nintendo games.
**[magnet:?xt=urn:btih:0e5ef752f78ccd368580467ed26edf2435ca1911 TOSEC SegaCD and 32X set] Format is .cue, .wav and .iso and therefore may not work with some emulators (bin/cue preferred)
**[magnet:?xt=urn:btih:6CCAAF9A361C6D2A0B79A1009322C0F8853BFB1D TOSEC 3DO set]
**[magnet:?xt=urn:btih:EE6BB932A4C451FD8DEB1B2C85CCDD3347C7C63A TOSEC CDi Philips CD-i set]
**[magnet:?xt=urn:btih:0E7DE4C2E472ECB20265C95D4056BF6ACDEED442 TurboGrafx-CD set Tru-Rip + Maybe-Intro (v2014)]
**[magnet:?xt=urn:btih:29F45A7759986DB92A64A3330EDF4FF3F92B0652 TurboGrafx-CD set Tru-Rip + Maybe-Intro (v2017)]
==Official Dumps==
===Nintendo Wii U===
Nintendo used to deliver games the same way Sony does with the PlayStation Network; with a big encrypted disk image where all the data is useless without an authentication key. Unfortunately , they've changed this for 3DS and Switch, but not for Wii U (yet).
You need a titlekey database, covering base games, updates , and DLCs. Some notable ones include [http://wiiu.titlekeys.gq/ this for Wii U keys]. '''Note''' you're still restricted to games that are on the eShop and that people bothered to upload their tickets to that titlekey site, so rare or retail-only games are excluded. You can likely still find these types of games from ROM sites above.
On real Wii U hardware, you could also download a package of all tickets ever of all regions and trick the official eShop into thinking you own the game and can redownload it, but on real hardware, it has been reported some out-of-region tickets cause problems. freeShop will just install the tickets you need for the game you chose.
Once the download is complete:
* '''Wii U dumps:''' You can either install the game to your Wii U by moving it to an SD Card and using [http://wiiubru.com/appstore/#/app/wup_installer_gx2 WUP Installer GX2], or if you're using the deprecated Loadiine (or [[Cemu]]), you can "Convert" it "to Loadiine/CIA". Simply right -click your newly downloaded game, and then click "Prepare for Emulation". The .rpx file will be available in the game's folder, at /code/[yourgame].rpx.
Updates and DLCs can be downloaded the same way. Right click on a game's name to choose which to download. For Wii U games for emulation on Cemu:
===Nintendo Amiibo===
[[Amiibo]] are special figurines that interact with a number of 3DS, Wii U and Switch games. Depending on how hard they are to find, they can either be bought at a local retailer, or on eBay for a fortune. NFC tags are dumped to binary files (.bin). [[Android emulators|Android]] users can use [https://github.com/HiddenRamblings/TagMo/releases TagMo] to read and write these files, provided they have the [https://pastebin.com/aV23ha3X appropriate encryption keys.]
Here's the most complete amiibo Amiibo set from:
* [https://mega.nz/#F!Ylc02BzA!6_3eAIzG-0UY2l63Nhy4hg October 2017]
* [https://mega.nz/#F!Ek8BCCqD!ggJQ4SVOtfTR74ohXvn-Ng December 2017]
===Sony PlayStation Portable / PlayStation 3===
Similar situation as Nintendo. As of now, you need RAP license files and the game dump proper to install your game on your CFW'd console, or on real hardware. Some people offer their own license files on some applications and websites so that everyone can get their dumps. Of course, these are limited to popular games people bothered to upload their license files for, and only digital games.
The [http://psndl.net/packages PSNdl] website is a good way to get PS3 PlayStation 3 games for example, including PS PlayStation Classic versions of PS1 PlayStation and PS2 PlayStation 2 dumps that can be extracted and run on regular emulators. Make sure to get the RAP license as well. The pkg file can be decrypted with tools like [https://sites.google.com/site/theleecherman/psnpkgdecryptor-extractor psnpkgdecryptor-extractor] (useful for ripping PS PlayStation Classics), though through emulators like RPCS3 now offer built-in installers for those, and PS3 PlayStation 3 CFW support supports those as well.
PSNStuffX is another PC downloader tool that comes with a database and covers some games that PSNdl doesn't.
