Hello everyone, after the shutdown of myrient. I created a list of best roms site and emulator for you, enjoy 😊


ROMS-
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Old gen (1980-2012)
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This gen includes consoles like nes,snes,arcade games,psx - ps3, wii, sega's all console and etc.


Here are some sites for old gen roms

https://romsfun.com/roms/  😺

 pros - 
big libarary, 
most console roms included,
fast downloading speed.

Cons -
Sometimes don't work with adblockers,


https://www.axekin.com/ 💭

Pros-
Decent library,
Friendly interface 
Most console included 
Not much ads 

Cons-
Some games might not be available for a few consoles

https://romheaven.com/  😇

Pros- 
User friendly ui 
Big libarary 
Good download speeds 

Cons-
Too many ads pop ups


https://vimm.net/vault  💴

Pros- 
Very big libarary 

Cons-
Slow downloading speed


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Last gen (2012-2020)
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This gen includes consoles like wii u,ps4,Nintendo switch one.

https://romsfun.com/roms/ 😺

Also includes ps4 and wii u roms

Great site overall 


https://ziperto.com/ 🛑

Pros -
Includes all Last gen roms like switch,ps4,wii u.
Good library 

Cons-
Okish download speed,
Sometimes laggy

https://romheaven.com/ 😇

Can also install switch roms


https://nxbrew.net 🎦

Pros - good download speed
Cons - only switch library

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Current gen (2020-current)
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This gen includes consoles like switch 2,ps5 and Xbox series x

https://fitgirl-repacks.site/popular-repacks/

Pros - includes switch 1 and 2 games,
Also includes pc games
Good download speed

Cons - doesn't includes ps and Xbox games


(Emulators/roms for current gen hasnt been created).

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Bonus site : https://archive.org/

Pros - biggest library to exist
Cons - not good with Nintendo stuff and people might give malware in the name of roms, so be a little aware while installing.





Emulation


List of best emulators for each console! (2026)


Here are the current recommended emulators for each console, this list Also serves as a list of best RetroArch cores. This is for PC emulators, but RetroArch is on mobile and other platforms too.

- 👾 = has libretro (RetroArch) core
- 🏆 = supports achievements (RetroAchievements.org)
- 🪟 = Windows only (no native Linux)
- ~( ) = somewhat recommended

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Nintendo
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NES
- Nestopia UE👾
- puNES
- NintendulatorNRS
- Mesen👾🏆
- ares

SNES
- ares
- bsnes👾
- Mesen
- Snes9x👾🏆

N64
- ares
- Gopher64
- Mupen64Plus-Next👾🏆
- Rosalie's Mupen GUI

GameCube
- Dolphin👾🏆

Wii
- Dolphin👾🏆

Wii U
- Cemu

Switch
- Ryubing (Ryujinx fork)
- Kenji-NX (Ryujinx fork)
- Eden (yuzu fork)

Game Boy, Game Boy Color
- SameBoy👾
- BGB🪟
- Emulicious
- ~ (Gambatte👾🏆)

Game Boy Advance
- mGBA👾🏆
- Mesen

DS
- melonDS (DS)👾🏆
- DeSmuME👾🏆

3DS
- Azahar (Citra fork)👾

Game & Watch
- MAME👾

Virtual Boy
- Mednafen/Beetle VB👾🏆

Pokémon Mini
- GBE+
- PokeMini👾🏆

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Sega
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SG-1000
- MasterGear
- MAME👾
- BizHawk
- ares
- ~ (Genesis Plus GX👾🏆)

Master System, Game Gear
- Genesis Plus GX👾🏆
- Snepulator
- MAME👾
- ares
- Emulicious

Mega Drive/Genesis
- Genesis Plus GX👾🏆 (CD support)
- ares (CD, 32X support)
- PicoDrive👾🏆 (CD, 32X support)
- BlastEm👾

Saturn
- Mednafen/Beetle Saturn👾🏆
- Ymir

Dreamcast
- Flycast👾🏆
- redream

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Sony
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PS1
- DuckStation/SwanStation👾🏆
- Mednafen/Beetle PSX (HW)👾🏆

PS2
- PCSX2/LRPS2👾🏆

PS3
- RPCS3

(PS4)
- ~ (shadPS4)

PSP
- PPSSPP👾🏆

PS Vita
- Vita3K

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Microsoft
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Xbox
- xemu

(Xbox 360)
- ~ (Xenia🪟)

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other
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NEC - PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16
- Mednafen/Beetle PCE (FAST)/SuperGrafx👾🏆
- ares
- Mesen

SNK - Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color
- ares
- Mednafen/Beetle NeoPop👾🏆
- MAME👾

Bandai - WonderSwan, WonderSwan Color
- Mesen
- ares
- Mednafen/Beetle Cygne👾🏆
- BizHawk

MSX, MSX2
- openMSX
- blueMSX👾🏆
- MAME👾

Arcade
- MAME👾
- FinalBurn Neo👾🏆
- Hypseus Singe (LaserDisc)
- TeknoParrot🪟 (PC-based)
- Supermodel (Sega Model 3)
- Visual Pinball (Pinball)
- Flycast👾🏆 (Sega Naomi, Naomi 2, Atomiswave)

(Thx to u/JUMPhil for the emulators list. I just copied his text from a post)



Few things to be aware of :

- There is no fully safe site for pirating roms,
 there is always a certain amount of risk while pirating things.
 I told you this list because I tested these sites and used them to download roms myself.

- for the most protection, use ublock origin with firefox
- this list is not sponsored by anything also
- you can use emudeck to install the important emulator at once
- good luck