In an announcement to their visitors, the following was stated by those behind the scenes of The ISO Zone. However very recently, within the last day or so, another distribution website, The ISO Zone, has decided to follow in the footsteps of EmuParadise, and remove all ROM and disc images, alongside of their various scans of printed materials and videos, from their web pages as well. While Nintendo had not specifically set out to begin legal proceedings with this site, those behind EmuParadise felt that it would be best to end that specific segment of their internet presence before such a lawsuit could be filed.

Earlier this week, another quite popular website that offered similar downloads, EmuParadise, had decided to close up shop, and take a new approach as a very large retro video game database, removing all ROM image downloads from their pages. Both of these sites have since shut down all operations due to the pending lawsuit. They are also good for independent programmers to use as a way of testing out their creations.īut it goes without saying, that hundreds of illegal ROM images are, or at least at this point, were, downloaded every day. The use of ROM images for use on computer based emulators, has always been an interesting discussion when it comes to the legality of the technology.įor over two and a half decades, emulation methods have been a welcome alternative for those retro gamers that wanted to play games using other devices such as computers, and in more recent years, mobile devices and other television set top boxes.

This morning, we report that yet another widely popular ROM image collection website, The ISO Zone, has also decided to close up shop, prior to any possible lawsuits issued by Nintendo, or other game companies. This past month has been an absolute nightmare for those that are looking for downloadable ROM images for emulator use.

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