Sorry for the misleading title.

As of today I was researching the benefits of having Emulators. And you probably already know what that is; basically I figured because the files needed cannot be ripped, and you have to download them threw a ROM Website. What I'm questioning is because they cannot be downloaded VIA internet (cough piracy, FBI Regulations), how do I rip the legitimate disc to the emulator/sd card legally?

And I understand. User created content on HBC, those games are not illegall due to them being well. Free to download.

 

Went ahead and done so. Nintendo states it's illegal to have a ROM File downloaded on your PC, or any device within 24 hour period. I was a little surprised about this when I had found out that they actually allow you to download it but in a 24 hour period.

Wonder if the Wii heads under the same regulations to be considered piracy. But reguardless avoiding that now;


What would you recommend I use for extracting those types of games? I do have about three SD Cards ready without about 8GB of memory so... I'm thinking an adaptive game card reader would work best, but I just want to know the best method to use.

 

I'm questioning how to get your legitimate N64 Games, or PS1 etc... Onto a PC. So far USB Loader is the most easiest way since this specificly rips them from the Wii. But what I am more confused on is why the other emulators actually REQUIRE you to have the file present and not the game.

At this rate all I can really say is that the Wii is nothing new when it comes to legal services. It's not illegal to mod your Nintendo Wii since it is not harming anyone (or anything.) It's just used for fun.

Same thing with emulators. And putting files on there. I know for a fact even if you had the legit copy but you downloaded it off of the Internet to get the game anyway that's piracy reguardless so I questioned how do I do so.

I don't even know if USB Loader would even be able to read those other game files tbh since they are outdated past GameCube.

 

Realized I had misread that slightly. That's my bad.

https://www.nintendo.com/corp/legal.jsp#download_rom

Well off to extracting the legit games.
So I have these old PS1 Games lying around my house. I do know some people made it possible to play PS1 Games. But I have no idea how they extracted it onto there in the first place. So this is kind of mind bending for me without having to use a present SD Card Transfer. Instead of transfering the full disk onto the PC...

Would I have to burn the disk onto my PC?

 

Managed to find this PS1 Game ripped for putting the files LEGALLY on your Desktop Computer.



Instead of installing it as a CIF on your computer. I believe you will have to install it as a ROM File that way the Wii can read it.

The following tutorial above is for a PS1 Emulator. Not a Wii.