at the moment on Emuparadise only games made by Nintendo have been taken down. There will likely still be plenty of discussion around emulation, just without the quick access to ROM downloads.Judging by Nintendo's recent history of being the copyright gestapo, I expect things to worsen yet. KitGuru Says: The way I see it, EmuParadise will likely turn into more of a community forum for those who enjoy retro games. At this point, we don't entirely know what will happen with the site next, but whatever it ends up being, it won't offer ROM downloads anymore. The statement ends with a thank you to the EmuParadise community. Unfortunately, it's not possible right now to do so in a way that makes everyone happy and keeps us out of trouble.” We run EmuParadise for the love of retro games and for you to be able to revisit those good times. I cannot in good conscience risk the futures of our team members who have contributed to the site through the years.

The statement then goes on to say “It's not worth it for us to risk potentially disastrous consequences. We've always complied with takedown requests but as you can see, that is no guarantee of anything.” From receiving threatening letters in the early days to our hosts suddenly shutting down our servers due to complaints, we've seen it all. What you probably don't know is that we at EmuParadise have been dealing with similar issues for all 18 years of our existence. “Many of you are aware that the situation with regards to emulation sites has been changing recently.

This will include the removal of its ROM library, although the emulator database and community sides of the site will remain. In a statement, site operator ‘Mas J', confirmed that EmuParadise would be ‘changing' after 18 years of going strong. Now, other sites are starting to remove ROMs, including EmuParadise.ĮmuParadise is one of the more popular ROM sites and offered many classic games for people to download and run on emulators. It started with lawsuits filed against LoveROMs and LoveRETRO, which were forced to remove their libraries of classic Nintendo games. A couple of weeks ago, we learned that Nintendo had begun taking legal action against popular emulator sites.

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