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| − | ==Downloads==
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| − | ===No limit===
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| − | *[http://www.theisozone.com/ The ISO Zone] Many systems and PC
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| − | *[http://emuparadise.me/ Emuparadise] Good for [http://www.epforums.org/showthread.php?56293 No-Intro sets (Require registration).] Hosts a lot of bad disc rips with no indication.
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| − | *[http://www.doperoms.com Doperoms] Has some Redump PSX/GCN among other things.
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| − | *[http://romhustler.net/ ROM Hustler] Various platforms, mostly handhelds
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| − | *[http://thepiratebay.se/ The Pirate Bay] Useful for Wii/PS3 games
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| − | *[http://www.nyaa.se/?cats=6_24 Nyaa Torrents] Useful for Japanese games. Frequently down, possibly dead.
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| − | *[http://worldofspectrum.org/ World of Spectrum] For ZX Spectrum games and applications as well magazines, cover art, booklets, and much more.
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| − | *https://archive.org/details/vintagesoftware Many DOS collections and older games
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| − | *https://archive.org/details/No-Intro-Collection_2013-06-14 No-Intro Sets
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| − | *https://archive.org/details/messmame MAME ROMs
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| − | *https://archive.org/details/tosec TOSEC Sets
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| − | ===Download Limit===
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| − | *[http://nitroroms.com/ Nitro ROMs] Good for Redump PSX rips. (1 GB daily limit)
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| − | *[http://www.romulation.net Romulation] Useful for Wii, GameCube, NDS etc, may be no-intro rips. (Account required)
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| − | *[http://rutracker.org/ rutracker] Has a lot of hard to find complete set like Dreamcast, PSX, 3DO, CDi, TurboGrafx-CD etc (account required, site entirely in russian)
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| − | ===User Uploaded Direct-Download (Forum post) Sites<nowiki>*</nowiki>===
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| − | Use some common sense while downloading
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| − | *[http://pspiso.com/ pspiso.com] PSP and PS1 games
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| − | *[http://wiiso.com/ wiiso.com] Mostly Wii games, but also other Nintendo games
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| − | *[http://www.ps3iso.com/forum.php ps3iso.com] Many 'premium-only' links.
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| − | *[http://www.warez-bb.org/viewforum.php?f=112 warez-bb.org] General warez site.
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| − | <nowiki>*</nowiki>All require registration.
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| − | ==Verifying Good Dumps==
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| − | {{Main|File_Hashes#Determining_Good_Game_Dumps}}
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| − | ==Game Recommendations==
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| − | Game recommendations are highly subjective, but big lists like these usually cover the worthwhile games for each system.
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| − | *[http://vsrecommendedgames.wikia.com/wiki//v/%27s_Recommended_Games_Wiki /v/'s Recommended Games Wiki]
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| − | *[http://retro-sanctuary.com/Top%20Games%20Main.html Retro-Sanctuary's Top 100 Lists]
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| − | [[Category:Recommendations]]
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| − | ==Searching for ISOs==
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| − | A lot of the above sites have ISOs for disc-based games, but some of the more obscure titles can be hard to find. 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.
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| − | ==Downloaders==
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| − | These can sometimes come in handy when you need download lots of links and you can't be bothered to manually deal with 13 different parts every 20 minutes, they are also sometimes a necessity when your faced with a .DLC file, you will then need something like JDownloader to download what you're after. Below are just some of the more popular Downloaders.
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| − | NOTE: '''DO NOT''' install JDownloader with the web installer, it contains toolbars, adware, malware, etc. Use the offline installers.
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| − | [http://jdrch.wordpress.com/2013/10/01/where-to-get-the-full-adware-free-jdownloader-offline-installer/ JDownloader]
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| − | [http://board.jdownloader.org/showthread.php?t=54725 JDownloader 2]
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| − | [http://pyload.org/ pyLoad] - An alternative for JDownloader that does not require Java to be installed, it's open-sourced too.
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