Games

PC

Steam

  • Steam Achievement Manager - A manager for game achievements in Steam.

  • AugmentedSteam - Augments your Steam Experience.

  • Depressurizer - A Steam library categorizing tool.

  • ICE - Application to automatically add ROMs to Steam.

  • Playnite - Video game library manager with support for 3rd party libraries like Steam, GOG, Origin, Battle.net and Uplay.

  • Pressure-for-Steam - A skin to improve the visual aesthetics of Steam.

  • Proton - Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components.

  • steam-dark-mode - A true Dark Mode for Steam.

  • SteamCleaner - A PC utility for restoring disk space from various game clients like Origin, Steam, Uplay, Battle.net, GoG and Nexon.

  • SteamCMD-GUI - Graphical interface for SteamCMD.

  • SteamDesktopAuthenticator - Desktop implementation of Steam's mobile authenticator app.

  • Threshold-Skin - A Windows 10 UWP style skin for Steam.

  • NetHook2 - Intercept Steam client's network messages.

Console

PlayStation

3DS

Custom Firmware

Wii Hacking

  • r/WiiHacking - Community dedicated for Wii Roms, Firmwares, Discussions and links around the Wii hacking topic.

  • Wii Hacking Guide - Provides hacking guidance for the Wii console.

Console Emulators

  • OpenEmu - Retro video game emulation for macOS.

  • higan - Originally called "bsnes", the emulator supports Mega Drive, SNES, GBC & other systems.

  • RetroArch - Cross-platform, sophisticated frontend for the libretro API (supports multiple cores/systems).

Amiga

  • E-UAE - Computer emulator which emulates the hardware of Commodore International's Amiga.

Arcade

  • MAME - Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME) - is a free and open-source emulator designed to recreate the hardware of arcade game systems in software on modern personal computers and other platforms.

Atari

  • Stella - Atari 2600 game console emulator.

xBox 360

  • Xenia - Xbox 360 emulator.

SNES

  • Mesen - Mesen-S is a cross-platform (Windows & Linux) - SNES emulator built in C++ and C#. Mesen claims to be the most accurate SNES emulator.

  • Snes9x - SNES emulator written in C++ with official ports for DOS, Linux, Microsoft Windows, AmigaOS 4, macOS, MorphOS, Xbox, PSP, PS3, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii, iOS, and Android.

NES (Super NES/Famicom)

  • fceux - FCEUX, a NES Emulator.

  • nes - NES emulator written in Go.

  • JsNES - A JavaScript NES emulator.

Nintendo 64

  • 1964 - One of the oldest and most popular N64 emulators written in C++.

  • Mupen64Plus (Mupen64-64bit/Mupen64-amd64) - Written in C, C++, allows users to play Nintendo 64 games on a computer by reading ROM images.

  • parallel-n64 - Optimized/rewritten Nintendo 64 emulator made specifically for Libretro. Originally based on Mupen64 Plus.

GameCube/Wii

  • Dolphin - Supports Windows, Linux, macOS and Android.

Wii U

  • Cemu - Closed source Wii U video game console emulator.

Game Boy

  • Wzonka-Lad - Well known emulator for amiga series of home computers.

Game Boy Advance

  • VBA - VisualBoyAdvance supports Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles.

Nintendo 3DS

  • Citra - C++ developed for Nintendo 3DS and is the first of his kind. Citra does not work very well with older PCs and needs a x64 CPU.

Nintendo Switch

  • Yuzu - The first and (only) - C++ emulator for Nintendo Switch. From the developer(s) - of Citra.

Neo Geo CD

  • NeoCD - Supports of Red Book (audio CD standard).

PlayStation

  • PSEmu Pro - It has been discontinued since 1999 but still works on older systems perfectly fine.

PlayStation 2

  • PCSX2 - Open-source PlayStation 2 emulator for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

PlayStation 3

  • RPCS3 - Video game console emulator and debugger for the Sony PlayStation 3 written in C++.

PlayStation Portable

  • PPSSPP - Free and open-source PSP emulator for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, BlackBerry 10 and SymbianOS.

  • PCSX-Reloaded - Supports Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux.

  • ePSXe - PlayStation video game console emulator for x86-based PC hardware with Microsoft Windows or Linux.

DOS games

  • The Archive - Archive.org provides a legit way to play almost all DOS games for free in your browser.

Repacks

  • FitGirl Repacks - Popular DDL and torrent site for game repacks.

  • Xatab Repacks - Russian game repacker, primarily torrents.

  • Skidrow Repacks - Repacks from popular repacker SKIDROW. Lots of anime stuff too.

  • BlackBox - A well known forum/site for game repacks.

  • DODI - Similar like fit-girl repacks, known and trusted by thousend of peoples around the world.

  • ElAmigos Games - Premium links to cracked PC games.

  • Kaoskrew - Repacks from popular repacker SKIDROW, CPY, Razor1911, PLAZA etc.

  • Kapital Sin

  • NitroBlog - Plenty of ISOs, ROMs & repacks.

  • qoob.name - Repacker site of popular cracker teams like CPY, PLEX etc.

  • R.G Mechanics - Various repacks.

  • Tapochek - Official R.G Mechanics repacks can be found here.

  • Zorro - Search engine for repacks from FitGirl, Xatab, Skidrow & more...

  • TorrentGames - (RU) - Russian game repacker site, delivers the games via torrent.

ROMs

Homebrew and Custom Firmware

  • r/3dshacks - Nintendo 3DS hacking and homebrew.

  • r/ps3homebrew - News, updates, apps, and answers regarding PS3 homebrew!.

  • r/ps4homebrew - News, releases, and questions regarding the PS4 jailbreak, homebrew, and mods.

  • r/SwitchHacks - Another Nintendo Switch hacking subreddit.

  • r/SwitchHaxing - Nintendo Switch hacking & homebrew subreddit.

  • r/vitahacks - A place to discuss Vita hacking and homebrew.

  • r/WiiHacks - This reddit is for people interested in modifying their Wii.

  • r/YuzuPiracy - Links for Yuzu, the open-source Nintendo Switch emulator.

  • 3DS Hacks Guide - A complete guide to 3DS custom firmware, from stock to boot9strap.

  • r/WiiUHacks - A subreddit dedicated to Wii U hacking and homebrew!.

  • r/VitaPiracy - Fairly active community of PS Vita pirates with guides and releases.

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