For many years, people have referred to "the paradise site" as one of the best places to obtain ROMs of games. From the NES, to the GBA, to the PS2, and more, this site hosted thousands of games. Of course, doing so will bring about the ire of video game developers, and it appeared that Nintendo might have led to the site having to remove many of its ROMs from Nintendo systems as of last year. Now, after 18 years, things seem to be more dire, as Emuparadise will no longer host illegal content or ROMs. The site itself will still be around, and you'll be able to participate on their forums and download emulators, however all "warez" will be removed. The owner of the site plans to have Emuparadise be a retro gaming community, heavily changing how things have been for nearly two decades.

Many of you are aware that the situation with regards to emulation sites has been changing recently. What you probably don't know is that we at EmuParadise have been dealing with similar issues for all 18 years of our existence.

From receiving threatening letters in the early days to our hosts suddenly shutting down our servers due to complaints, we've seen it all. We've always complied with takedown requests but as you can see, that is no guarantee of anything.

I started EmuParadise 18 years ago because I never got to play many of these amazing retro games while growing up in India and I wanted other people to be able to experience them. Over the years, many folks have joined in and contributed to this vision and I think I can say that we've been successful in spreading our passion for retro games far and wide.

Through the years I've worked tirelessly with the rest of the EmuParadise team to ensure that everyone could get their fix of retro gaming. We've received thousands of emails from people telling us how happy they've been to rediscover and even share their childhood with the next generations in their families. We've had emails from soldiers at war saying that the only way they got through their days was to be lost in the retrogames that they played from when they were children. We've got emails from brothers who have lost their siblings to cancer and were able to find solace in playing the games they once did as children. There are countless stories like these.

It's been a long and beautiful journey with many ups and downs. When I started EmuParadise things could have gone either way. But right now the direction they are going in could not be more than clear.

So where does that leave us?

It's not worth it for us to risk potentially disastrous consequences. I cannot in good conscience risk the futures of our team members who have contributed to the site through the years. We run EmuParadise for the love of retro games and for you to be able to revisit those good times. Unfortunately, it's not possible right now to do so in a way that makes everyone happy and keeps us out of trouble.

This is an extremely emotional decision for me after running this site for so many years. But I believe it is the right thing for us at this point of time.

Thus, we have decided to make a new start. We will continue to be passionate retro gamers and will keep doing cool stuff around retro games. But you won't be able to get your games from here for now. Where we go with this is up to us and up to you.

We'll still have our emulators database, the community, and everything that comes along with that.

We have already made several plans of what is going to happen next. It's going to be a fun new beginning and there's going to be lots to come! We'd also love to hear from you in the comments about what you think we should do. But for now, we need to make this change. We've served the community for 18 glorious years and it's been a hell of a ride!

But every end is a new beginning and we're excited to find a way forward to continue being your #1 emulation destination.

Thank you for supporting us through this journey. We could not have done so much without you visiting us, telling your friends about us, uploading screenshots and descriptions, telling us when something was wrong, letting us know when we messed up, and more. Thank you for being a part of our community and encouraging us through all these years.

 

[AsPika2219]

RIP.... All famous ROM games....

 

[banjo2]

RIP.... All famous ROM games....

But if they're famous, shouldn't a lot of people have them already?

 

[AsPika2219]

But if they're famous, shouldn't a lot of people have them already?

Thanks right! I love them! Anyway, I hope other ROM website will still online right now!

 

[Chary]

I feel like Emuparadise "dying" would be much easier for many to deal with if Nintendo just actually provided a way for users to purchase their classic titles on a digital storefront in an easy manner on the Switch. Something like...a Virtual Console...nahhh, that'd be a terrible idea.

 

[Deleted User]

There are plenty of sites still available, and there always will be. It's just a matter of finding them.

 

[regnad]

The Internet ain't what it used to be. It was more fun when it was all "dark web" instead of under so much corporate and government control.
Again, Ron Paul said these days and worse were ahead. On the upside, sales for street boosters are probably going to sky rocket in the days to come.

Ron Paul is not the libertarian you think he is.

 

[AutumnWolf]

VERY bad and sad news

Now where will I get my retro warez from?

 

[TheZander]

Whatever screw rom sites. They're sketchy malware infested gpu-bitcoin-mining traps that just sucked. There are better ways to download this stuff anyways, only noobs and jerks use these sucky rom sites that suck.

Also, has enough time passed where GBA temp let's you talk about rom sites by name now?

 

[SomeGamer]

Whatever screw rom sites. They're sketchy malware infested gpu-bitcoin-mining traps that just sucked.

I'm pretty sure if you download, say, a .gba file they can't make your PC mine bitcoins through an emulator. If they were able to, GPU prices wouldn't have skyrocketed, instead, everyone would've stocked up on GBAs.

 

[TheZander]

I'm pretty sure if you download, say, a .gba file they can't make your PC mine bitcoins through an emulator. If they were able to, GPU prices wouldn't have skyrocketed, instead, everyone would've stocked up on GBAs.

The website itself isita new thing. I think big time torrent websites even sure they they do it now. You can see it in resource Management

 

[SomeGamer]

The website itself isita new thing. I think big time torrent websites even sure they they do it now. You can see it in resource Management

You don't spend much time there and uBlock Origin has filters for most of them.

 

[TheZander]

You don't spend much time there and uBlock Origin has filters for most of them.

Either way i was just slamming these types of sites and their actions although they don't effect me. For all those people feeling bad about this like they're missing out i say good riddance

 

[Jiehfeng]

Why prolong it at all? Let it die as the great site it once was, we already have too many gaming communities.

 

[FAST6191]

Either way i was just slamming these types of sites and their actions although they don't effect me. For all those people feeling bad about this like they're missing out i say good riddance

What is wrong with the notion of deploying a mining script on your website for visitors to it?

 

[Deleted member 388531]

What is wrong with the notion of deploying a mining script on your website for visitors to it?

The only real issue is that it does so without permission.

 

[FAST6191]

The only real issue is that it does so without permission.

While I would say it is is good taste to seek permission in some manner, especially if it is likely to use a significant fraction of resources, I would go so far as to say if I am supposed to accept adverts without otherwise granting permissions then a mining script would be analogous to that.

 

[TheZander]

What is wrong with the notion of deploying a mining script on your website for visitors to it?

It's lame. It impedes the effectiveness of the website. I'm not saying they shouldn't do it, i think shady bs websites should do all the shady crap they want. I just don't think anyone should go to them nor feel bad when they get taken down. Screw them and their greasy malware infested bitcoin mining computer. People go-to web sites to download roms but they'll download way slower because of how the site makes money. Im not saying these sites don't have the right to exist just no one should use them.

 

[FAST6191]

It's lame. It impedes the effectiveness of the website. I'm not saying they shouldn't do it, i think shady bs websites should do all the shady crap they want. I just don't think anyone should go to them nor feel bad when they get taken down. Screw them and their greasy malware infested bitcoin mining computer. People go-to web sites to download roms but they'll download way slower because of how the site makes money. Im not saying these sites don't have the right to exist just no one should use them.

That sounds like a failure of implementation rather than a failure at the concept level.

 

[TheZander]

That sounds like a failure of implementation rather than a failure at the concept level.

It's evolution of notorious websites. Nobody likes popups back in the day they were every where and impeded everything and slowed everything down. They do what they're intended to do but from an end user perspective it's an obstacle they do not have to hurtle.

 

[the_randomizer]

I feel like Emuparadise "dying" would be much easier for many to deal with if Nintendo just actually provided a way for users to purchase their classic titles on a digital storefront in an easy manner on the Switch. Something like...a Virtual Console...nahhh, that'd be a terrible idea.

Nintendo's gonna Nintendo, that would make too much sense. I say "screw them" and just keep on using ROMs.