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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 (<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.

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable"

!Notes

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|[https://archive.org/details/messmame?sort=-publicdate MAME and MESS]

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|A massive collection of most of the Redump sets. A good place to start for those new to collecting.

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|[https://archive.org/details/xboxcds?sort=-publicdate Redump Original Xbox]

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|[https://archive.org/details/RedumpSegaSaturn2019October17MIA1 Redump Sega - Saturn]

|2019-10-17

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|[https://archive.org/details/RedumpSnkNeoGeoCd16Oct2019 Redump SNK - Neo Geo CD]

|2019-10-16

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|[https://archive.org/details/tosec?sort=-publicdate TOSEC] (The Old School Emulation Center)

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|[https://archive.org/details/@manydumpedgames TOSEC - Sega Dreamcast]

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|[https://archive.org/details/vintagesoftware Vintage Software]

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|Many DOS collections and older games.

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|[https://archive.org/details/NeoKobe-NecPc-98012017-11-17 Neo-Kobe NEC PC-9801]

|2017-11-17

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|[https://archive.org/details/Neo_Kobe_NEC_PC-8801_2016-02-25 Neo-Kobe NEC PC-8801]

|2016-02-25

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|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

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|[https://archive.org/details/Cyles_Gameboy_roms Complete Gameboy Roms]

|2019-02-19

|US/EU/JP/World/Proto/Demo/Etc. Includes Translated and Hack Titles.

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|[https://archive.org/details/CylesSNESRomPack Complete Super Nintendo RomPack]

|2019-02-11

|US/EU/JP/World/Proto/Demo/Etc. Includes Translated and Hack Titles.

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|[https://archive.org/details/No-Intro-Collection_2016-01-03_Fixed No-Intro Collection]

|2016-01-03

|Outdated.

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|[https://archive.org/details/noIntroNintendoDsDecrypted2019Jun30 No-Intro Nintendo DS]

|2019-06-30

|File names are in alphabetical order.

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|[https://archive.org/details/No-Intro_Nintendo_DSi_2018-06-30 No-Intro Nintendo DSi]

|2018-06-30

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|[https://archive.org/details/NintendoDSiDLC2019 Nintendo DSiWare]

|2019-01-29

|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]]).

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|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

|Game IDs are used for file titles. CD-based games are .bin files, DVD-based games are .iso files.

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|[https://archive.org/details/redumpSonyPlaystationAmericaGames02October2017 Redump PS1 America]

|2017-10-02

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|[https://archive.org/details/@john_mr_smith?sort=titleSorter John (Mr) Smith]

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|Uploads Redump PS1 NTSC-U and PAL sets.

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|[https://archive.org/details/No-Intro-Collection_2016-09-06 No-Intro Collection]

|2017-06-27

|Outdated.

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|[https://archive.org/details/gamecubenaiso Complete North American GameCube Collection]

|2015-09-13

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|[https://archive.org/details/SgaStrnCmplt Redump Saturn]

|2015-09-13

|Includes manuals and magazines.

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|[https://archive.org/details/2020_01_06_fbn FinalBurn Neo]

|Maintained and updated regularly.

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|Maintained and updated regularly.

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|2020-08-03

|A collection of [http://database.trurip.org/ trurip/EmulationArchive] sets.

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|[https://archive.org/details/EF_PC-FX_Collection Redump NEC PC-FX]

|2020-02-13

|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.

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|[https://archive.org/details/redump.pcecd Redump NEC PC Engine CD & TurboGrafx CD]

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{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible sortable"

! scope="col"|Name

! scope="col"|Registration Required?

! scope="col"|Rate Limited?

! scope="col"|Notes

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| No

| No

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|[[File:Ziperto.png|120px]]

| Most of Nintendo Games

| No

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|[[File:Madloader.jpeg|60px]]

| No

| No

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|[[File:Romsie.png|120px]]

| No

| No

| ROMs up to 6th gen.

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| Various

| No

| No

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|[[File:Freeroms.png|120px]]

| No

| No

| Wide selection of retro titles (Nintendo first-party titles nuked, but third-party titles remain).

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|[[File:Vim'slair.png|120px]]

| No

| No

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| No

| No

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|[[File:Portableroms.png|120px]]

| No

| No

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|[[File:Gamulator.jpeg|120px]]

| No

| No

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|[[File:Romsplanet.png|120px]]

| No

| No

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|[[File:Coolrom.gif|120px]]

| No

| No

| Wide selection of retro titles (Nintendo first-party titles nuked, but third-party titles remain).

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| No

| No

| Standard selection of ROMs up to 5th gen, plus some 6th and 7th gen.

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| No

| No

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|[[File: Emuparadise.jpeg|100px]]

| No

| No

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|[[File:Romsuniverse.jpeg|120px]]

| No

| No

| Wide selection of retro titles (Nintendo first-party titles nuked, but third-party titles remain).

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| No

| No

| 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.)

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|[[File:Gametronik.jpeg|120px]]

| No

| No

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|[[File:Atarimania.jpeg|80px]]

| No

| No

| Contains a complete Atari 2600 ROM set.

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|[[File:Pokemonlog.png|120px]]

[https://www.pokemonlog.com/ Pokemonlog]

| No

| No

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|[[File: Macintoshgames.gif|120px]]

| No

| No

| 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.

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| No

| No

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|[[File:macgamefiles.jpeg|120px]]

| No

| No

| Site dedicated to basic shareware and demo versions of Macintosh games; as well as patches, mods and tools.

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| No

| No

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|[[File:Romsget.jpeg|120px]]

[https://www.romsget.io/ ROMsGet]

[[File:Romsgames.png|120px]]

[https://www.downloadroms.io/ Download ROMs]

| Various

| No

| No

| Standard selection of ROMs up to 6th gen, plus Wii.

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| No

| No

| Torrent site for ROMs and ISOs. Has ROMs up to the 3DS. Also, it has the same layout as the now dead Portal Roms.

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| No

| No

| 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.

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|[[File:Retrostic.png|120px]]

[https://www.retrostic.com/ RetroStic]

| No

| No

| Standard selection of ROMs up to 5th gen, plus NDS.

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| No

| No

| Also, a French ROM site.

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|[[File:Markdown.jpeg|120px]]

| Various

| No

| No

| Center made with MkDocs in Github, Edition 2021.Documentation of places to get roms, curated by [https://www.reddit.com/r/Roms /r/Roms on Reddit]

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| No

| No

| Directly from the MAME site. Games that were released with permission for free and non-commercial use.

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| No

| No

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|[[File:switchrls.jpeg|100px]]

| Nintendo Switch

| No

| No

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|[[File:Xcinsp.jpeg|120px]]

| No

| No

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|[[File:8i99.jpeg|120px]]

| Yes

| No

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|[[File:Romulation.png|120px]]

| Various

| Yes

| 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).

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|[[File:Pleasuredom.gif|120px]]

| No

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[https://www.theoldcomputer.com/ TheOldComputer]

| DOS

| Yes

| No

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|[[File:Arcadepunks.png|80px]]

| Various

| Yes<br> <small> (User Uploaded Direct-Download (Forum post))</small>

| No

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| Yes<br> <small> (User Uploaded Direct-Download (Forum post)) </small>

| No

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|[[File:k73.png|120px]]

| ?

| Yes

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|[[File:oldmanemu.jpeg|120px]]

| Yes

| No

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|[[File:Romhustler.jpeg|120px]]

[http://romhustler.net/ ROM Hustler]

| Various

| Yes

| 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.

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| No

| Yes

| ~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.

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| No

| No

| Contains a complete PSP, PS2 and PSX ISOs.

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[https://popuw.com/ popuw]

| No

| No

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|[https://1fichier.com/dir/uExVcS2h Partial PlayStation 2 Redump (2016/03/19)]

| No

| Yes

| PS2 (5046/6863 games).

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| No

| No

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| No

| No

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| No

| No

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| Various

| No

| No

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| No

| No

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| Various

| No

| No

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| No

| No

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| No

| No

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| No

| No

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==BitTorrent==

:<small>''Note: [https://github.com/ngosang/trackerslist Here's a list of public trackers you can use] to increase the amount of peers you can reach, and [http://magnet2torrent.com a service that attempts to convert magnet links into torrent files] in case your BitTorrent client doesn't support magnets.''</small>

====Trackers====

**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]

**[magnet:?xt=urn:btih:B6AA4211BB8382AD750354E91406817411BED18F Sega Dreamcast TOSEC as of 01.11.2017 + SelfBoot 0.08 as of 17.03.2011]

**[magnet:?xt=urn:btih:E9CB345A0378F3F76344D315C65FA5E423B6190C Nintendo 3DS 2011-2014 dump](In dire need of region sorting)

**[magnet:?xt=urn:btih:A46C4DB9BFD21F9603F292C0BF31DCE96E81CF1F Redump Dreamcast 1G1R set]

**[magnet:?xt=urn:btih:C1B091BA342CA25BA69D1BE48298E5F23641698C Redump Neo Geo CD 1G1R set]

**[magnet:?xt=urn:btih:D6DA390292CEED3EA99B1C930805DF81E04FC3E1 MAMEdevs Neo Geo MVS-AES 1G1R set]

**[magnet:?xt=urn:btih:1B6C0392A0415DD18D245E3A287B76248214BE33 Redump Sega Saturn 1G1R set]

====Outside the trackers====

====NUS Downloaders (PC)====

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.

* '''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.

To install updates and DLC on Cemu:

* 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===

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

==Verifying Good Dumps==

==Game Recommendations==

*[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]

[[Category:Recommendations]]

==Searching for ISOs==

==Download Managers==

*[https://pyload.net/ pyLoad] - Written in Python under AGPL3, PyLoad is a good alternative.

*[https://github.com/jjjake/internetarchive Internet Archive Python Library] - Archive.org specific command-line download tool.

==See Also==

*[[Ripping Games]] - If you don't feel comfortable downloading ROMs you can try dumping the game yourself.