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Click the tabs on the top of the webpage and look for your console to find your ROMs.
Inspired by that thread from the other day. I hope this thread inspires anyone who wanted to get into retro games to consider emulation instead of 5000$ scalped disks and consoles. This site maybe doesn't have the fastest downloads but it makes emulation sooo easy for anyone hesitating!
Edit: thanks eveyone for the links!
More ROMs!
https://www.myabandonware.com/
https://vimm.net/
For PC games!
https://gog-games.com/
For Flash games!
https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/downloads/
I think it's pretty safe. The risk was always in distributing piracy, not downloading it. You can always use a VPN in case, but I've downloaded without and never got in any trouble.
And yeah, emulation is always CPU intensive, especially Switch since your CPU doubles as a GPU. But it's worth trying the older consoles, there are some games that have stood the test of time!
why cant the switch emulation use your gpu?
It does. Emulators for most more modern consoles (PS2 onwards and some before) do use your GPU instead of strictly only using the CPU.
Thanks for the correction, I wasn't sure if I was pulling shit out of my ass.