We’ve picked a few of our favourites and provided links for finding out more. Original games rub shoulders with ‘demakes’, modern games on old systems. Thanks to the homebrew scene, new games for old systems are appearing all the time. If you think retro gaming is just about old games, then we’ve got some great news. These are modern games that are developed for classic hardware. There is also a new kind of game, called ‘homebrew’. Some holders of the original copyright have given their blessing for games to be distributed across the internet. We thought it'd be a great idea to put all these ROMs in one place where our readers can find them. We use these ROMs to test out Lakka and RetroPie, and to demonstrate how to set up games consoles. But there are lots and lots of legal ROMs for RetroPie and Lakka.

Many ROMs are protected by copyright, and it is illegal to download copyrighted ROMs from the internet.