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• Archive.org:
  • MAME and MESS sets.
  • No-Intro (2016-01-03) for cartridge based systems.
  • ReDump PS1 USA set. Requires login.
  • ReDump GameCube USA set.
  • TOSEC (The Old School Emulation Center) sets.
  • Vintage Software Many DOS collections and older games.
  • Retrotvdan PSP set A lot of PSP games.
• Atarimania Contains a complete Atari 2600 ROM set.
• The ISO Zone Many systems and PC
• Planet Emulation Very old, weekly updated and classy French ROM site, full MAME CHDs, also good for GBA ROMs. Just click on "Telecharger" for download.
• Emuparadise Good for No-Intro sets (Require registration). Hosts a lot of bad disc rips with no indication.
• Doperoms Has some ReDump PSX/GCN among other things.
• ROM Hustler Has Renascene PSP dumps. Various platforms, mostly handhelds.
• Kickass Torrents Useful for Wii/PS3 games.
• Nyaa Torrents Useful for Japanese games.
• World of Spectrum For ZX Spectrum games and applications as well magazines, cover art, booklets, and much more.
• MAME Directly from the MAME site. Games that were released with permission for free and non-commercial use.
• Nicoblog A site where people can share their games.
• PSNdl PSN Packages direct from Sony. Can get official psx eboots here. Decrypt the files with psnpkgdecryptor-extractor
• Portal Roms Torrent site for ROMs and ISOs. Mostly Nintendo stuff. Especially good for Wii U, Wii, and no-intro 3DS.

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• RuTracker Account required for some stuff, site entirely in Russian, use translate if you really need to.)
  • Redump PS1 sets: USA, JAP, PAL
  • TOSEC Dreamcast set
  • TOSEC 3DO set
  • TOSEC CDi set
  • Tru-Rip TurboGrafx-CD set
  • DS/DSi 2014 Fullset
• Nitro ROMs Good for Redump PSX rips. (1 GB daily limit)
• Romulation Useful for Wii, GameCube, NDS etc, may be no-intro rips. (Account required)
• 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.

User Uploaded Direct-Download (Forum post) 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 Many 'premium-only' links.
• 3dsiso.com 3DS games
• warez-bb.org General warez site.
• Rom Shepherd Great site to request or fill requests for ROMs. Also has an invite only tracker, but do not ask for an invite on the forums, only privately.

*All require registration.

Onion Sites

Use the Tor Browser to view, and DownThemAll! to download. Download speeds wont be great.

• Decrypted 3DS Roms

Verifying Good Dumps

Main article: File_Hashes#Determining_Good_Game_Dumps

Game Recommendations

Game recommendations are highly subjective, but big lists like these usually cover the worthwhile games for each system.

• /v/'s Recommended Games Wiki
• Retro-Sanctuary's Top 100 Lists
• Racketboy's Defining Games
• Racketboy's Hidden Gems

Searching for ISOs

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.

Downloaders

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 you're 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.

NOTE: DO NOT install JDownloader with the web installer, it contains toolbars, adware, malware, etc. Use the offline installers.

JDownloader

pyLoad - An alternative for JDownloader that does not require Java to be installed, it's open-sourced too.