Changes

===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.

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!Registration<br>Required

!Notes

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|[https://archive.org/details/pspminis pspminis][https://archive.org/details/pspminigamecollection pspminigamecollection]

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|[https://archive.org/details/efarcadeversionroms Arcade Version Roms]

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

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|[https://archive.org/details/redump Redump.org Sets]

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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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|Extract with [https://github.com/XboxDev/extract-xiso extract-xiso].

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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

|Redump SCRUBBED ISO image files. To bypass registration look in comments for magnet link (torrent).

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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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|[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

|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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|[https://archive.org/details/1-g-1-r-terra-onion-snk-neo-geo Terraonion - SNK - Neo Geo (.neo format)]

|Terraonion (141) Torrent contains "SNK - Neo Geo - NEOs + TOSEC manuals.torrent"

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|[https://archive.org/details/no-intro-2021 No-Intro Collection]

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|[https://archive.org/details/C64_Preservation_Project_10th_Anniversary_Collection C64 Preservation Project 10th Anniversary Collection]

|2015-11-07

|Clean copies of Commodore 64 games in nbz and G64 format.

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! scope="col"|Registration Required?

! scope="col"|Rate Limited?

! scope="col"|Notes

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|Various

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| No

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|[[File:LegendsWorld.png|200px]]

| No

| No

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

| Most of Nintendo Games

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

| No

| No

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

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| No

| ROMs up to 6th gen.

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| Yes

| Yes

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

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| No

| Collection of Various ROMs and Recent Nintendo Games.

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| No

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

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| Various

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| Various

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| No

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|[https://www.blueroms.ws/ BlueRoms]

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| No

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

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| No

| Collection of various ROMs.

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| Small website where you can download all sorts of retro console ROMs and ISOs.

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| One of the biggest ROM collections for PlayStation, Game Boy, Nintendo, etc.

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| 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

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| 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.

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| No

| No

| 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.githubusercontent.com/lorossi/f40daeb9bc69fdfed2ea59eaa70e2fba/raw/0ae3485e56367c2e4201d940d6c822b83413b7ec/emuparadise.js a TamperMonkey/GreaseMonkey script] is currently required for downloading ROMs from it (outside of the forums).

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| 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

| French ROM site.

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| No

| No

| Contains a complete Atari 2600 ROM set.

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| No

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| Small website where you can get the latest Pokémon ROMs and Pokémon ROM hacks.

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| No

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| 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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|[[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

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| 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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| No

| No

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

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| No

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| Also, a French ROM site.

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

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

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| No

| No

| 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.

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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]]

| Yes

| 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]]

[https://pleasuredome.github.io/pleasuredome/ Pleasuredome]

| No

| No

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

| Yes

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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

| 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).

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| ?

| Yes

| 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.

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| Yes

| No

| Chinese site for getting full rom sets of various systems. Files are hosted on Baidu/CTFile/115.

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[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]

| Various Prince of Persia Games

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

| No

| No

| Downloads to the latest Nintendo Switch Games, NSPs, XCIs, Homebrews, & CFWs etc. Use an adblocker.

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| No

| No

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|[[File:64DD_logo.png|120px]]

| No

| No

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| Various

| No

| No

| Roms up to 6th generation.

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| No

| No

| 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.

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| Various

| No

| No

| Old abandoned PC and console games.

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| No

| No

| This website carries many games and updates in .iso, .xci, .nsp, .ncz and many other PKG formats.

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| No

| No

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====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]

====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:

==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==

==See Also==

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