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    Last night I introduced my nephew to SNES Zelda, and older games via SNES9X and Roms. He loves it, but once I leave he can't play because they're all on my laptop and he doesn't have a mac.

    Question: Are Roms from torrent sites generally trusted to be safe for Windows? He has a windows laptop and I'd like to get him some kind of wireless controller and make him a USB stick with a ton of my favourite oldies so he can play them while I'm away.

    Any suggestions on ways to ensure safe roms/emulators for NES/SNES/Genesis, etc on Windows? Yeah, I know he can buy most of that stuff for Wii, but then his little brothers bother him too much. Playing in the browser is no good either, because he's still a little too young for his parents to allow him unsupervised internet access.

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    • imo, much-downloaded Torrents are fairly safe anyway, as long as the folder with the ROMs is all that can be accessed - no EXEs or ZIPs, I'd say he should be okdetritus
    • hand pick the top 50 ROMs and hand them over. They are safe on their own, and he wouldn't know what's good by testing hundreds anyway. Not like us 80s kids.monospaced
    • Yeah, I think I'll start him off with 5 and then send him new ones every now and then. Too many choices is no fun!nb
    • don't forget F-Zeromonospaced
    • Aye, hand-picking ROM is a great idea - just make him a Zip with all the things you yourself trust.detritus
    • Go to:
      e m u p a r a d i s e . m e
      for your rom / emulator needs. Massive selection, been using it for years with no problems.      face_melter
    • Torrents? Why? There are loads of sites that host every game. SNES games are like 5mb.section_014
    • what sites, section_014? WIth a torrent, I was able to download 300+ SNES games in a single go, and 75% of them are good.monospaced
    • i've never heard of an "unsafe" romscarabin
    • Viruses, Scarabin. Viruses.set
    • i know. i've been using roms since... roms. and never heard anything about them being infected. just sayin' there's not much to worry aboutscarabin
    • i use piratebay. download a pack like this https://thepiratebay…scarabin
    • samemonospaced
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