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If you are looking for BIOS/Firmware files, you can find them on the Emulator Files page.

Downloads

Internet Archive

Add a slash (/) after the URLs to view the contents of compressed archives from the browser. This helps you avoid downloading upwards of 400 gigabytes just to get only a fraction of the contents. The archive also creates torrents of each entry (that are not the same as any original torrents the user may have uploaded) that you can use to speed up your downloads, but be warned however that these torrents can be problematic if the uploader has added/removed/renamed files in the collection as they tend to not update correctly, if at all, so you may end up with only part of the collection, or an older version of the collection. A better recommendation is to use a download manager listed below to grab all the files rather than use the torrents.

NOTE: If downloads are restricted (greyed out), copy the file name and append it to the end of the URL (ie: https://archive.org/downloads/NameOfPack → https://archive.org/downloads/NameOfPack/ROMPack.zip)

Set	Date	Registration Required	Notes
NI ROM Sets	2024-03-06	No	Huge collection of updated No-Intro ROM Sets. Maintained and updated regularly.
pspminis pspminigamecollection		No	294 PSP mini games
Arcade Version Roms		No	Caveui v1.3.3 Shooting Complete, Demul v0.7 Full Roms, FinalBurn Alpha v0.2.97.34 Full Roms, Mame4All v2.3 Full Roms, Mame4Droid v0.139u1 Full Roms, Mame32 Plus! v0.84u5, Nebula v2.25b Full Roms, NeoRAGEx Full Roms, Raine v0.64.16 Full Roms, Raine v0.91.4 Full Roms, SEGA Model 2 v1.1a Full Roms, SEGA Supermodel v0.2a Full Roms, Win Kawaks v1.65 Full Roms, Zinc v1.1 Full Roms
HTGDB/SmokeMonster ROM Packs		No	Regularly updated, organized ROM packs designed for use with flash carts or MiSTer. Originally maintained by SmokeMonster, and now maintained by HTGDB. Source code available here
MAME and MESS		No
Redump.org Sets		No	A massive collection of most of the Redump sets. A good place to start for those new to collecting.
Redump Original Xbox		No	Extract with extract-xiso.
Redump Sega - Saturn	2019-10-17	No
Redump SNK - Neo Geo CD	2019-10-16	No
TOSEC (The Old School Emulation Center)		No
TOSEC - Sega Dreamcast		No
Vintage Software		No	Many DOS collections and older games.
Neo-Kobe NEC PC-9801	2017-11-17	No
Neo-Kobe NEC PC-8801	2016-02-25	No
Redump Wii America (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)	2017-09-07	No
Complete Gameboy Roms	2019-02-19	No	US/EU/JP/World/Proto/Demo/Etc. Includes Translated and Hack Titles.
Complete Super Nintendo RomPack	2019-02-11	No	US/EU/JP/World/Proto/Demo/Etc. Includes Translated and Hack Titles.
No-Intro Collection	2016-01-03	No	Outdated.
No-Intro Nintendo DS	2019-06-30	No	File names are in alphabetical order.
No-Intro Nintendo DSi	2018-06-30	No
Nintendo DSiWare	2019-01-29	No	Formatted to .nds, can be used on homebrewed DSi's running TWiLight Menu or converted into a .cia for 3DS. Will NOT work on any emulators (in theory could work with No$GBA).
Redump PS2 NTSC-U (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)	2018-08-01	No	Game IDs are used for file titles. CD-based games are .bin files, DVD-based games are .iso files.
Redump PS1 America	2017-10-02	No
John (Mr) Smith		No	Uploads Redump PS1 NTSC-U and PAL sets.
No-Intro Collection	2017-06-27	No	Outdated.
Complete North American GameCube Collection	2015-09-13	No	Redump SCRUBBED ISO image files. To bypass registration look in comments for magnet link (torrent).
Redump Saturn	2015-09-13	No	Includes manuals and magazines.
FinalBurn Neo	2024-02-10	No	Maintained and updated regularly.
No-Intro Collection	2024-02-21	No	Maintained and updated regularly.
Sega CD, Sega Saturn, PC Engine CD, PlayStation (Part 2), 3DO, Neo Geo CD, PC-FX	2020-08-03	No	A collection of trurip/EmulationArchive sets.
Redump NEC PC-FX	2020-02-13	No	Complete collection (at least as of 2020-09-05). Some titles are outdated, so files themselves and contents of .CUE files will have to be renamed.
Redump NEC PC Engine CD & TurboGrafx CD	2024-03-06	No
Terraonion - SNK - Neo Geo (.neo format)	2021-04-02	No	Terraonion (141) Torrent contains "SNK - Neo Geo - NEOs + TOSEC manuals.torrent"
No-Intro Collection	2023-09-19	No
C64 Preservation Project 10th Anniversary Collection	2015-11-07	No	Clean copies of Commodore 64 games in nbz and G64 format.
The IPA Software Archive		No	Best source for classic iOS (1-to-6) ROMs. Just search your app or find collections with your app in it

ROM & ISO websites

Name	Content	Registration Required?	Rate Limited?	Rating	Notes
Myrient	Various	No	No	⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️	A collection of almost if not all No-Intro, Redump and TOSEC sets accessible with no prior registration, no ads and unlimited download speed. You can also access Myrient via FTP or rsync.
Legends World	PC Games	No	No	N/A	Hosts many obscure games not found elsewhere. The files labeled "full demo" are actually full games.
Ziperto	Most of Nintendo Games	No	Yes	⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️	Good for decrypted 3DS games for Citra and others. Use an adblocker.
Madloader	3DS	No	No	⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️	Decrypted 3DS and Switch games for Citra and yuzu. Use an adblocker.
ROMsie	Various	No	No	N/A	ROMs up to 6th gen.
RomStation	Various	Yes	Yes	⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️	~30KB/s for free accounts. Run by shady people. Needs extra proprietary ~~spyware~~ software to download games. Has netplay. Downloads are limited and you often have to wait in a queue. Premium subscription unlocks Full Speed download and without queue. The PS1/DC/PSP part is full of bad dumps.
EmuGen	Various	No	No	⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️	Collection of Various ROMs and Recent Nintendo Games.
FreeRoms	Various	No	No	TBA	Wide selection of retro titles (Nintendo first-party titles nuked, but third-party titles remain).
DownloadGamePS3 DownloadGameXbox DownloadGamePSP DownloadGameWii	Various	No	Partially	⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️	1.PS2/PS3/PS4 games. 2.Xbox Classic/360 games. 3.PSP/PS Vita games. 4.Wii/Wii U/3DS/Switch games. When using this site, make sure to have a good adblocker to protect you from malicious ads and whatnot.
Vimm's Lair	Various	No	No	⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️	A lot of games up to 7th generation, as well as scans of the manuals. All dumps are matching Redump or No-Intro, however GameCube and Wii dumps are scrubbed. *Note that scrubbed discs can be restored to 1:1 copies using Nkit.
CDRomance	Various	No	No	⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚪️	Contains PSP ISOs and PSX2PSP eboots collection but also PS2, PS1, Gamecube, NDS, GBA, GB, SNES, many ROM hacks and English patched games. Also contains a collection of PSP DLCs.
BlueRoms	Various	No	No	⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️	Collection of various ROMs and ISOs, from Arcade and SNES to 3DS and PS3. All dumps are matching Redump or No-Intro, download via direct download or torrent. It has descriptions, covers, and screenshots of the games, simple and functional interface to browse/search and there are no ads.
PortableRoms	Various	No	No	⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️	Collection of various ROMs.
Gamulator	Various	No	No	TBA	Small website where you can download all sorts of retro console ROMs and ISOs.
RomsPlanet	Various	No	No	TBA	One of the biggest ROM collections for PlayStation, Game Boy, Nintendo, etc.
CoolROM	Various	No	No	TBA	Wide selection of retro titles (Nintendo first-party titles nuked, but third-party titles remain).
RomsDownload	Various	No	No	TBA	Standard selection of ROMs up to 5th gen, plus some 6th and 7th gen.
Roms-Download.com (Killerroms)	Various	No	No	TBA	A website which contains ROMs from Magnavox Odyssey to Wii. Roms on this site originate from a website called s2roms.cc A.K.A Killer Roms.
Emuparadise	Various	No	No	TBA	Good for No-Intro sets (which require registration). Since Emuparadise removing ROMs download links from view, a TamperMonkey/GreaseMonkey script is currently required for downloading ROMs from it (outside of the forums).
RomUniverse	Various	No	No	TBA	Wide selection of retro titles (Nintendo first-party titles nuked, but third-party titles remain).
Planet Emulation	Various	No	No	TBA	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.)
GameTronik	Various	No	No	TBA	French ROM site.
Atarimania	Atari 2600	No	No	TBA	Contains a complete Atari 2600 ROM set.
Pokemonlog	Pokémon Mod & Hacks	No	No	TBA	Small website where you can get the latest Pokémon ROMs and Pokémon ROM hacks.
Macintosh Garden	Macintosh	No	No	TBA	Abandonware archive for old Macintosh games. Popular vintage PC abandonware site, "Home of the Underdogs", originally hosted this site. It has small guides to running a few Macintosh emulators.
Macintosh Repository	Various	No	No	TBA	A website with a lot of software from old Apple computers, including games.
MacGameFiles.com	Macintosh	No	No	TBA	Site dedicated to basic shareware and demo versions of Macintosh games; as well as patches, mods and tools.
AsciiExpress	Apple II	No	No	TBA	Little collection of Apple II games + some miscellaneous files.
JapaneseCompendium	Old PC Games Jpn	No	No	TBA	A blog dedicated to old PC games from Japan.
ROMsGet Download ROMs	Various	No	No	TBA	Standard selection of ROMs up to 6th gen, plus Wii.
EmuRoms.ch	Various	No	No	TBA	Torrent site for ROMs and ISOs. Has ROMs up to the 3DS. Also, it has the same layout as the now dead Portal Roms.
World of Spectrum	ZX Spectrum	No	No	TBA	For ZX Spectrum games and applications as well magazines, cover art, booklets, and much more. ROMs and tape images on the site were released with permission from their original authors.
RetroStic	Various	No	No	TBA	Standard selection of ROMs up to 5th gen, plus NDS.
Abandonware France	DOS	No	No	TBA	Also, a French ROM site.
Rom Center Markdown Edition 2022 (/r/Roms Mega Thread)	Various	No	No	TBA	Center made with MkDocs in Github, Edition 2021.Documentation of places to get roms, curated by /r/Roms on Reddit
MAME	MAME	No	No	TBA	Directly from the MAME site. Games that were released with permission for free and non-commercial use.
eagleforces	Various	No	No	TBA	Hosted in South 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.
Switchrls	Nintendo Switch	No	No	TBA	Decrypted Switch games for yuzu. Use an adblocker. Site is now parked.
XCINSP	Nintendo Switch	No	No	TBA	Decrypted Switch games for yuzu.
jiyouWang	Nintendo Switch	Yes	No	TBA	Chinese site, decrypted Switch games for yuzu.
Romulation	Various	Yes	Yes	TBA	Useful for Wii, GameCube, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2 etc, 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).
Pleasuredome	MAME & Non-MAME	No	No	TBA	Was once a great private tracker for getting full sets of many systems (MAME, No-Intro, GoodSets, Trurip, Redump, TOSEC) as well as miscellaneous content like video game magazines and Daphne laserdisc rips that were almost impossible to find elsewhere. Did not allow newer systems, and was a strict ratio site that required you to maintain a positive upload to download ratio. In 2021 the tracker and forum were permanently closed, and only the MAME & Non-MAME ROMs and wiki remain. There are several other gaming-focused private trackers, but none have open registration.
TheOldComputer	DOS	Yes	No	TBA
Arcade Punks	Various	Yes (User Uploaded Direct-Download (Forum post))	No	TBA
Emudesc	Various	Yes (User Uploaded Direct-Download (Forum post))	No	TBA	Spanish forum site where you can find Nintendo 64, GameCube, Wii, Nintendo DS, 3DS, PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable roms (possibly more stuff too).
k73	Various	?	Yes	TBA	A Chinese site that relies on Baidu as a hosting service. Whenever prompted to install an external application (really persistent malware), most if not all links are not premium. Has lots of Chinese fan-translations as well as Japanese games on newer consoles that are not usually uploaded, and more importantly latest gen dumps.
oldmanemu	Various	Yes	No	TBA	Chinese site for getting full rom sets of various systems. Files are hosted on Baidu/CTFile/115.
ROM Hustler	Various	?	Yes	TBA	Has Renascene PlayStation Portable dumps. Has a good selection of games from all consoles Gen-6 and earlier. Limited to one download at a time; additional attempts "503" while a download is active. Currently you can't download Nintendo related ROMs from here.
RomToHome	Various	No	Yes	TBA	~50kB/s downloads, but has proper scene releases for a variety of consoles including (but not limited to) Wii U, Wii, PlayStation 2, Nintendo 3DS, DS and PlayStation Portable.
PS1Games	PS1/2/PSP	No	No	TBA	Contains a complete PSP, PS2 and PSX ISOs.
popuw	Various Prince of Persia Games	No	No	TBA	Contains Prince of Persia 1/2/3D games.
Partial PlayStation 2 Redump (2016/03/19)	PlayStation 2	No	Yes	TBA	PS2 (5046/6863 games).
NXBrew	Nintendo Switch	No	No	TBA	Downloads to the latest Nintendo Switch Games, NSPs, XCIs, Homebrews, & CFWs etc. Use an adblocker.
hShop	Nintendo DSi and Nintendo 3DS	No	No	TBA	This website has 3DS games (including retail, eShop, and Virtual Console), updates, DLC, Virtual Console (official and injects), Themes, and DsiWare in .cia format. You can download them directly or through FBI Remote Install through a QR Code.
64DD.org	Nintendo 64DD	No	No	TBA	Collection of dumps for 64DD games.
RomsDL	Various	No	No	TBA	Roms up to 6th generation.
nsw2u	Nintendo Switch	No	No	TBA	This website carries many games and updates in .nsp, .ncz, and .XCI formats. The website uses dedicated hosts and torrents, though sometimes the torrent files do not work.
My Abandonware	Various	No	No	TBA	Old abandoned PC and console games.
romsever	Playstation, Nintendo Switch	No	No	TBA	This website carries many games and updates in .iso, .xci, .nsp, .ncz and many other PKG formats.
SwitchXCIROMS	Switch ROMs, Nintendo Switch	No	No	TBA	This website carries many games and updates in .xci, .nsp, .ncz and many other PKG formats.
Bytebay	Nintendo, SEGA, and PlayStation	No	No	TBA	This website carries databases of ROM sets for dedicated systems related to Nintendo, SEGA, or PlayStation. From what I have seen, it seems to just contain ShrinkMe (a URL shortener) links which, in the end, redirect to Myrient.
EdgeEmu	Various	No	No	TBA	Contains ROMs for all Atari consoles, as well as Nintendo (up to 6th gen), Sega, and some lesser known consoles (3D0, CDI, etc.) It also contains some arcade ROMs.
Half-Life Project Beta	Various	No	No	TBA	Contains unreleased/cut Valve & Id Software beta contents.

BitTorrent

Note: Here's a list of public trackers you can use to increase the amount of peers you can reach, and a service that attempts to convert magnet links into torrent files in case your BitTorrent client doesn't support magnets.

Trackers

RuTracker Account required for some stuff, site entirely in Russian, use google translate if you really need to.
- PlayStation Redump: USA (2015-05-24), Japan (2015-11-03), Europe (2015-11-03)
- TOSEC Dreamcast set
- TOSEC Sega CD and 32X set Format is .cue, .wav and .iso and therefore may not work with some emulators (bin/cue preferred)
- TOSEC 3DO set
- TOSEC Philips CD-i set
- TurboGrafx-CD set Tru-Rip + Maybe-Intro (v2014)
- TurboGrafx-CD set Tru-Rip + Maybe-Intro (v2017)
- DS/DSi 2014 Fullset
- Sega Saturn Redump (2018-12-15)
- SNK Neo Geo CD TruRip (v2017-04-07)
- eXoDOS v3.11 Vol. I: Adventure, Vol. II: RPG, Vol III: Strategy, Vol IV: Sim/Sports/Racing/Edu, Vol 5: Action
- eXoDOS v4.0
NNM-Club Another entirely Russian tracker, which requires account for some stuff.
- Sony PlayStation 2 Redump as of 2013/01/25 (NTSC-U): (#-L), (M-Z), (Additional disk images)
- Sony PlayStation 2 Redump as of 2017/06/13 (NTSC-U): (#-I), (J-R), (S-Z)
- ADVANsCEne Playstation Portable: 0001-2000, 2001-3200, 3200-3336
- Nintendo Wii America: (#-L), (M-S), (T-Z)
- Nintendo GameCube Redump as of 2015-04-29: (PAL), (NTSC-U), (NTSC-J)
- Nintendo GameCube Redump as of 2018-08-25: (PAL), (NTSC-U), (NTSC-J)
- Sega Dreamcast TOSEC as of 01.11.2017 + SelfBoot 0.08 as of 17.03.2011
- Nintendo 3DS 2011-2014 dump(In dire need of region sorting)
1337x for complete 1G1R collections. No account required but adblocker is advised
ThePirateBay (not recommended)

Outside the trackers

Independent romset releases.
- No-Intro Collection, a set comparable to the Internet Archive ones above but with individual archives per title instead of per system. 2019-9-16, 2018-5-13
- No-Intro Nintendo DSi (DLC) 2019-1-1, a DSiWare set comparable to the Internet Archive one but with individual files.
Wii digital software megapack, a reorganized mirror of MarioCube wads: as of 2019-07-26, as of 2019-02-05
ALL NTSC WiiWare titles

Tools & emulator forks for auto-download

ia-rcade Auto downloads the game you choose for MAME.
Daphne Loader Auto downloads LaserDisc games for DAPHNE (except Digital Leisure games).

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. A notable one is titlekeys.ovh. 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.

If you're using Cemu with physical dumps, you'll also need the Common Wii U Key, and individual game keys for games you're emulating.

Once you have the titlekey database including your game, you can download the game off the official servers using your tool of choice.

NUS Downloaders (PC)

You can get Wii U dumps this way. First get the NUS Downloader, for example Wii U USB Helper or [1]. Make sure to use the appropriate URL for the titlekey database.

Then, it's as simple as selecting the game you want to download, clicking "Get It" and then "Download Games". This will download the files for the game you chose (the same as the .tik's title). Choose your own region where possible, so the servers are closer to you.

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 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:

To install updates and DLC on Cemu:

Run the game at least once.
Check Cemu's log.txt file and look for a line that says "Mounting local storage (AOC): .\mlc01\usr\title\NUMBERS\NUMBERS\aoc\"
Add (create) folders with the same name as the above (substituting the "NUMBERS" bit with the actual numbers) in your "CEMUFOLDER/mlc01/usr/title" folder.
Add any updates (which must be added first) you want to the "CEMUFOLDER/mlc01/usr/title/NUMBERS/NUMBERS/" folder.
Create a folder named "aoc" and put the DLC files into there. The "code", "content", and "meta" folders of the actual game itself also go in the "aoc" folder.

Sony PSP / Vita / 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 PSNdl website is a good way to get PlayStation 3 games for example, including PlayStation Classic versions of PlayStation and 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 psnpkgdecryptor-extractor (useful for ripping PlayStation Classics), though emulators like RPCS3 now offer built-in installers for those, and PlayStation 3 CFW supports those as well.

PSNStuffX is another PC downloader tool that comes with a database and covers some games that PSNdl doesn't.

An even newer project is NoPayStation, offering both a database of pkg links and licenses, as well as a Windows downloader and auto-converter: NPS Browser

For PlayStation 3 game updates, go to https://a0.ww.np.dl.playstation.net/tpl/np/{game_id}/{game_id}-ver.xml (replacing both {game_id} with the game's ID) to see links to available update .pkgs for that game.

PKGj for the PlayStation Vita can be downloaded from within VitaDeploy and comes with a database of PKG files and ISOs for Vita and PSP/PS1 games respectively, all of which can be extracted and played on the usual emulators.

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 users can use TagMo to read and write these files, provided they have the appropriate encryption keys.

Here's the most complete Amiibo set

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.

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. This number is region specific and is very useful if you want to find an ISO from a specific region.

Download Managers

Many resources we've listed will link to files called .DLCs that contain a list of urls to download. We've voluntarily listed some programs you can use in the event that you come across one and don't want to deal with the links manually.

JDownloader 2 (Adware-free installer) - Written in Java, and quite possibly the most recognized tool for the job.
pyLoad - Written in Python under AGPL3, PyLoad is a good alternative.
Internet Archive Python Library - Archive.org specific command-line download tool.
NoIntro Roms Downloader v2 - Download "datted" ROMs from the popular NoIntro libraries on archive.org (listing live updated) with user-friendly interface (only Windows release for now)

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ROM & ISO websites

BitTorrent

Trackers

Outside the trackers

Tools & emulator forks for auto-download

Official Dumps

Nintendo Wii U

NUS Downloaders (PC)

Sony PSP / Vita / PlayStation 3

Nintendo Amiibo

Verifying Good Dumps

Game Recommendations

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 ===Internet Archive===
 Add a slash (<code>/</code>) after the URLs to view the contents of compressed archives from the browser. This helps you avoid downloading upwards of 400 gigabytes just to get only a fraction of the contents. The archive also creates torrents of each entry (that are not the same as any original torrents the user may have uploaded) that you can use to speed up your downloads, but be warned however that these torrents can be problematic if the uploader has added/removed/renamed files in the collection as they tend to not update correctly, if at all, so you may end up with only part of the collection, or an older version of the collection. A better recommendation is to use [[#Download Managers|a download manager listed below]] to grab all the files rather than use the torrents.
-:<small>'''''NOTE:''' If downloads are restricted (greyed out), copy the file name and append it to the end of the URL (ie: <nowiki>https://archive.org/downloads/NameOfPack -> https://archive.org/downloads/NameOfPack/ROMPack.zip</nowiki>)''</small>
+:<small>'''''NOTE:''' If downloads are restricted (greyed out), copy the file name and append it to the end of the URL (ie: <nowiki>https://archive.org/downloads/NameOfPack → https://archive.org/downloads/NameOfPack/ROMPack.zip</nowiki>)''</small>
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-|Huge collection of updated No-Intro ROM Sets
+|Huge collection of updated No-Intro ROM Sets. Maintained and updated regularly.
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-|294  psp mini games
+|294  PSP mini games
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 |[https://archive.org/details/efarcadeversionroms Arcade Version Roms]
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+|No
-|Caveui v1.3.3 Shooting Complete, Demul v0.7 Full Roms, FinalBunr Alpha v0.2.97.34Full Roms, Mame4All v2.3 Full Roms, Mame4Droid v0.139u1 Full Roms, Mame32 Plus! v0.84u5, Nebula v2.25b Full Roms, NeoRAGEx Full Roms, Raine v0.64.16 Full Roms, Raine v0.91.4 Full Roms, SEGA Model 2 v1.1a Full Roms, SEGA Supermodel v0.2a Full Roms, Win Kawaks v1.65 Full Roms, Zinc v1.1 Full Roms
+|Caveui v1.3.3 Shooting Complete, Demul v0.7 Full Roms, FinalBurn Alpha v0.2.97.34 Full Roms, Mame4All v2.3 Full Roms, Mame4Droid v0.139u1 Full Roms, Mame32 Plus! v0.84u5, Nebula v2.25b Full Roms, NeoRAGEx Full Roms, Raine v0.64.16 Full Roms, Raine v0.91.4 Full Roms, SEGA Model 2 v1.1a Full Roms, SEGA Supermodel v0.2a Full Roms, Win Kawaks v1.65 Full Roms, Zinc v1.1 Full Roms
 |-
-|[https://archive.org/details/latest-everdrive-pack-2020-04-16 SmokeMonster's ROM Packs]
+|[https://archive.org/details/htgdb-gamepacks HTGDB/SmokeMonster ROM Packs]
-|2020-06-29
+|
-|{{✗}}
+|No
-|[https://i.imgur.com/vEtcYaP.png All links have been purged], 2018 torrent can be found on piratebay or 2020 pack with this [magnet:?xt=urn:btih:26a20a07a81c1df113b008973a2df2649690d9a0&dn=Latest%20Everdrive%20pack%20%202020-04-16&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.opentrackr.org%3a1337%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2f9.rarbg.to%3a2710%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2f9.rarbg.me%3a2710%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.internetwarriors.net%3a1337%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.leechers-paradise.org%3a6969%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.cyberia.is%3a6969%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2fexodus.desync.com%3a6969%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker3.itzmx.com%3a6961%2fannounce&tr=http%3a%2f%2ftracker1.itzmx.com%3a8080%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.tiny-vps.com%3a6969%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2fopen.stealth.si%3a80%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.torrent.eu.org%3a451%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.ds.is%3a6969%2fannounce&tr=http%3a%2f%2fopen.acgnxtracker.com%3a80%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2fretracker.lanta-net.ru%3a2710%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker4.itzmx.com%3a2710%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.moeking.me%3a6969%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2fp4p.arenabg.ch%3a1337%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2fipv4.tracker.harry.lu%3a80%2fannounce&tr=http%3a%2f%2fp4p.arenabg.com%3a1337%2fannounce&tr=http%3a%2f%2ftracker.bt4g.com%3a2095%2fannounce torrent magnet]
+|Regularly updated, organized ROM packs designed for use with flash carts or MiSTer. Originally maintained by SmokeMonster, and now maintained by HTGDB. [https://github.com/frederic-mahe/Hardware-Target-Game-Database Source code available here]
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/messmame?sort=-publicdate MAME and MESS]
 |
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |
-|-
-|[https://archive.org/details/sega-mega-cd-sega-cd-chds Redump Sega - Mega-CD - Sega CD CHDs]
-|2020-09-13
-|{{✗}}
-|Redump (526/530) Torrent contains "Sega - Mega-CD - Sega CD - CHDs.torrent"
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/redump Redump.org Sets]
 |
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |A massive collection of most of the Redump sets.  A good place to start for those new to collecting.
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/xboxcds?sort=-publicdate Redump Original Xbox]
 |
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |Extract with [https://github.com/XboxDev/extract-xiso extract-xiso].
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/RedumpSegaSaturn2019October17MIA1 Redump Sega - Saturn]
 |2019-10-17
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |
-|-
-|[https://archive.org/details/snk-neo-geo-cd-chds Redump SNK - Neo Geo CD - CHDs]
-|2020-09-17
-|{{✗}}
-|Redump (101/101) Torrent contains: "SNK - Neo Geo CD - CHDs.torrent"
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/RedumpSnkNeoGeoCd16Oct2019 Redump SNK - Neo Geo CD]
 |2019-10-16
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/tosec?sort=-publicdate TOSEC] (The Old School Emulation Center)
 |
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/@manydumpedgames TOSEC - Sega Dreamcast]
 |
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/vintagesoftware Vintage Software]
 |
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |Many DOS collections and older games.
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/NeoKobe-NecPc-98012017-11-17 Neo-Kobe NEC PC-9801]
 |2017-11-17
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/Neo_Kobe_NEC_PC-8801_2016-02-25 Neo-Kobe NEC PC-8801]
 |2016-02-25
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |
 |-
 |Redump Wii America ([https://archive.org/details/RedumpNintendoWiiAmericaPart1 1], [https://archive.org/details/RedumpNintendoWiiAmericaPart2 2], [https://archive.org/details/RedumpNintendoWiiAmericaPart3 3], [https://archive.org/details/RedumpNintendoWiiAmericaPart3_201802 4], [https://archive.org/details/RedumpNintendoWiiAmericaPart5 5], [https://archive.org/details/Httpsarchive.orgdetailsRedumpNintendoWiiAmericaPart6 6])
 |2017-09-07
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/Cyles_Gameboy_roms Complete Gameboy Roms]
 |2019-02-19
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |US/EU/JP/World/Proto/Demo/Etc. Includes Translated and Hack Titles.
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/CylesSNESRomPack Complete Super Nintendo RomPack]
 |2019-02-11
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |US/EU/JP/World/Proto/Demo/Etc. Includes Translated and Hack Titles.
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/No-Intro-Collection_2016-01-03_Fixed No-Intro Collection]
 |2016-01-03
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |Outdated.
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/noIntroNintendoDsDecrypted2019Jun30 No-Intro Nintendo DS]
 |2019-06-30
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |File names are in alphabetical order.
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/No-Intro_Nintendo_DSi_2018-06-30 No-Intro Nintendo DSi]
 |2018-06-30
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/NintendoDSiDLC2019 Nintendo DSiWare]
 |2019-01-29
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |Formatted to .nds, can be used on homebrewed DSi's running [[Emulators_on_3DS#Nintendo_DS|TWiLight Menu]] or converted into a .cia for 3DS. Will <b>NOT</b> work on any emulators (in theory could work with [[No$|No$GBA]]).
 |-
 |Redump PS2 NTSC-U ([https://archive.org/details/redumpSonyPlaystation2UsaGames2018Aug01 Part 1], [https://archive.org/details/redumpSonyPlaystation2UsaGames2018Aug01Part2 Part 2], [https://archive.org/details/redumpSonyPlaystation2UsaGames2018Aug01Part3 Part 3], [https://archive.org/details/redumpSonyPlaystation2UsaGames2018Aug01Part4 Part 4])
 |2018-08-01
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |Game IDs are used for file titles. CD-based games are .bin files, DVD-based games are .iso files.
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/redumpSonyPlaystationAmericaGames02October2017 Redump PS1 America]
 |2017-10-02
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/@john_mr_smith?sort=titleSorter John (Mr) Smith]
 |
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |Uploads Redump PS1 NTSC-U and PAL sets.
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/No-Intro-Collection_2016-09-06 No-Intro Collection]
 |2017-06-27
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |Outdated.
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/gamecubenaiso Complete North American GameCube Collection]
 |2015-09-13
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |Redump SCRUBBED ISO image files. To bypass registration look in comments for magnet link (torrent).
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/SgaStrnCmplt Redump Saturn]
 |2015-09-13
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |Includes manuals and magazines.
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/2020_01_06_fbn FinalBurn Neo]
-|2021-10-27
+|2024-02-10
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |Maintained and updated regularly.
 |-
-|[https://archive.org/details/no-intro_romsets No-Intro Collection]
+|[https://archive.org/details/ni-romsets No-Intro Collection]
-|2021-10-29
+|2024-02-21
-|{{✓}}
+|No
 |Maintained and updated regularly.
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/SCD32X_Arquivista Sega CD], [https://archive.org/details/SS_Arquivista Sega Saturn], [https://archive.org/details/PCECD_Arquivista PC Engine CD], [https://archive.org/details/ps1_arquivista_parte2 PlayStation (Part 2)], [https://archive.org/details/3DO_Arquivista 3DO], [https://archive.org/details/NGCD_ARQ Neo Geo CD], [https://archive.org/details/PCFX_Arquivista PC-FX]
 |2020-08-03
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |A collection of [http://database.trurip.org/ trurip/EmulationArchive] sets.
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/EF_PC-FX_Collection Redump NEC PC-FX]
 |2020-02-13
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |Complete collection (at least as of 2020-09-05). Some titles are outdated, so files themselves and contents of .CUE files will have to be renamed.
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/redump.pcecd Redump NEC PC Engine CD & TurboGrafx CD]
-|2021-09-10
+|2024-03-06
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/1-g-1-r-terra-onion-snk-neo-geo Terraonion - SNK - Neo Geo (.neo format)]
 |2021-04-02
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |Terraonion (141) Torrent contains "SNK - Neo Geo - NEOs + TOSEC manuals.torrent"
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/no-intro-2021 No-Intro Collection]
-|2022-03-04
+|2023-09-19
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |
 |-
 |[https://archive.org/details/C64_Preservation_Project_10th_Anniversary_Collection C64 Preservation Project 10th Anniversary Collection]
 |2015-11-07
-|{{✗}}
+|No
 |Clean copies of Commodore 64 games in nbz and G64 format.
+|-
+|[https://archive.org/details/ipaarchive The IPA Software Archive]
+|
+|No
+|Best source for classic iOS (1-to-6) ROMs. Just search your app or find collections with your app in it
 |}
@@ Line 213: / Line 208: @@
 | No
 | No
-| <abbr title="Clean interface, no ads or queue, 1:1 Redump and No-Intro copies, etc.">⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️</abbr>
+| <abbr title="Clean interface, no ads or queue, has FTP and rsync support, 1:1 Redump, No-Intro and TOSEC copies.">⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️</abbr>
-|A collection of almost if not all No-Intro and Redump sets accessible with no prior registration, no ads and unlimited download speed.
+|A collection of almost if not all No-Intro, Redump and TOSEC sets accessible with no prior registration, no ads and unlimited download speed. You can also access Myrient via FTP or rsync.
 |-
 |[[File:LegendsWorld.png|200px]]
@@ Line 238: / Line 233: @@
 | No
 | <abbr title="From BintendoTwist's testing, the games available on here are next to none.">⚫️⚫️⚪️⚪️⚪️</abbr>
-| Decrypted 3DS and Switch games for Citra and Yuzu. Use an adblocker.
+| Decrypted 3DS and Switch games for Citra and yuzu. Use an adblocker.
 |-
 |[[File:Romsie.png|120px]]
@@ Line 515: / Line 510: @@
 |-
 |[[File:switchrls.jpeg|100px]]
-[https://switchrls.co/ Switchrls]
+Switchrls
 | Nintendo Switch
 | No
 | No
 | TBA
-| Decrypted Switch games for Yuzu. Use an adblocker.
+| Decrypted Switch games for yuzu. Use an adblocker. Site is now parked.
 |-
 |[[File:Xcinsp.jpeg|120px]]
@@ Line 528: / Line 523: @@
 | No
 | TBA
-| Decrypted Switch games for Yuzu.
+| Decrypted Switch games for yuzu.
 |-
 |[[File:8i99.jpeg|120px]]
@@ Line 536: / Line 531: @@
 | No
 | TBA
-| Chinese site, decrypted Switch games for Yuzu.
+| Chinese site, decrypted Switch games for yuzu.
 |-
 |[[File:Romulation.png|120px]]
@@ Line 625: / Line 620: @@
 | TBA
 | Contains Prince of Persia 1/2/3D games.
-|-
-|[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7vPmuZfN3snMU0zYlBXSWVhOUE WiiWare and Virtual Console WADs]
-| WiiWare
-| No
-| No
-| TBA
-| Also hosted on Google Drive, can be used on Dolphin or a modded Wii.
 |-
 |[https://1fichier.com/dir/uExVcS2h Partial PlayStation 2 Redump (2016/03/19)]
@@ Line 712: / Line 700: @@
 | This website carries databases of ROM sets for dedicated systems related to Nintendo, SEGA, or PlayStation. From what I have seen, it seems to just contain ShrinkMe (a URL shortener) links which, in the end, redirect to Myrient.
 |-
-|[[File:Emuline.png|200px]]
+|[[File:EdgeEmu.png|200px]]
-[https://www.emuline.org/ Emuline]
+[https://edgeemu.net/ EdgeEmu]
-| Various
-| Yes<br> <small> (User Uploaded Direct-Download (Forum post))</small>
-| No
-| TBA
-| A forum for arcade PC dumps, Teknoparrot games, and many ROMs & ISOs.
-|-
-|[https://edgeemu.net/ EdgeEmu]
 |Various
 |No
 |No
 |TBA
-|Contains roms for all atari consoles,as well as nintendo (up to 6th gen), sega,and some lesser known consoles ( 3D0, CDI). It also contains some arcade roms
+|Contains ROMs for all Atari consoles, as well as Nintendo (up to 6th gen), Sega, and some lesser known consoles (3D0, CDI, etc.) It also contains some arcade ROMs.
 |-
-|[https://hl2-beta.ru/?language=english Half-Life Project Beta]
+|[[File:HL-ProjectBeta.png|200px]]
-|Half-Life Beta Games & Mods
+[https://hl2-beta.ru/?language=english Half-Life Project Beta]
+|Various
 |No
 |No
 |TBA
-|Contains unreleased/cut Half-Life beta contents, along with other Valve & Id Software stuff.
+|Contains unreleased/cut Valve & Id Software beta contents.
 |-
 |}
@@ Line 740: / Line 722: @@
 ====Trackers====
-*[http://rutracker.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=548 RuTracker] Account required for some stuff, site entirely in Russian, use [https://translate.google.com/ translate] if you really need to.
+*[http://rutracker.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=548 RuTracker] Account required for some stuff, site entirely in Russian, use [https://translate.google.com/ google translate] if you really need to.
 **PlayStation Redump: [magnet:?xt=urn:btih:6C5088295FAE49B5F2D92EF70B31F0377C05D824 USA (2015-05-24)], [magnet:?xt=urn:btih:DD381766675FBCE1204CFB4A260B2D97D43AD403 Japan (2015-11-03)], [magnet:?xt=urn:btih:3D41D4E6024AA4AB905BF0E6354D57F680C654F3 Europe (2015-11-03)]
 **[magnet:?xt=urn:btih:4F8D3549E1B536D5B2B183592DC574404A9C5135 TOSEC Dreamcast set]
@@ Line 805: / Line 787: @@
 ====NUS Downloaders (PC)====
-You can get Wii U dumps this way. First of all get the NUS Downloader, for example [https://github.com/FailedShack/USBHelperInstaller/releases/latest Wii U USB Helper] or [https://github.com/Xpl0itU/WiiUDownloader/releases/tag/v2.27]. Make sure to use the appropriate URL for the titlekey database.
+You can get Wii U dumps this way. First get the NUS Downloader, for example [https://github.com/FailedShack/USBHelperInstaller/releases/latest Wii U USB Helper] or [https://github.com/Xpl0itU/WiiUDownloader/releases/tag/v2.27]. Make sure to use the appropriate URL for the titlekey database.
 Then, it's as simple as selecting the game you want to download, clicking "Get It" and then "Download Games". This will download the files for the game you chose (the same as the .tik's title). Choose your own region where possible, so the servers are closer to you.
@@ Line 813: / Line 795: @@
 * '''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:
+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:
 To install updates and DLC on Cemu:
@@ Line 841: / Line 823: @@
 ==Verifying Good Dumps==
-{{Main|File_Hashes#Determining_Good_Game_Dumps}}
+{{Main|File Hashes#Determining Good Game Dumps}}
 ==Game Recommendations==
@@ Line 849: / Line 831: @@
 *[http://www.racketboy.com/guide/games-that-defined-retro-gaming-machines Racketboy's Defining Games]
 *[http://www.racketboy.com/guide/hidden-gems Racketboy's Hidden Gems]
+*[https://deidetected.com/ DEI Detected - The guy who set up the steam curator is building a website to keep track if '''DEI infesting''' videogames]
 [[Category:Recommendations]]
@@ Line 864: / Line 847: @@
 ==See Also==
 *[[Ripping Games]] - If you don't feel comfortable downloading ROMs you can try dumping the game yourself.
+----
+{{NEL}}