r/Roms

I have reached a new low/high as a tech enthusiast. I was trying to move some ROMs to my 1TB SD card on my PC today and suddenly Windows decided the card is "Write Protected." I didn't touch the physical slider, I didn't change a setting, and I haven't dropped it. It just locked me out of nowhere.

I was getting so incredibly pissed off. I tried everything. I went into CMD and ran diskpart to clear the readonly attributes but it did absolutely nothing. I went into the Registry Editor to create StorageDevicePolicies keys and that didn't work either. I even tried connecting my Android phone via USB to use it as a bridge, but the phone wouldn't even acknowledge the PC and the USB options were all grayed out. I swapped through three different data cables and nothing changed.

I finally reached my breaking point. I’ve spent the better part of my afternoon staring at CMD prompts and grayed-out menus and I just snapped. I didn't think about it, I didn't Google a "saliva hack," and I didn't have a plan. I just got so mad that I pulled the adapter out and licked the contacts. I don't even know why. I think I just wanted to hurt its feelings.

The weirdest part is that the contacts tasted oddly sweet, which is a mystery because the adapter has been sitting inside my computer for weeks, but I just wiped it off on my shirt and shoved it back into the PC. And wouldn't you know it, IT WORKS. The Write Protect flag is gone and I can move my files again. Apparently my PC only respects me when I treat it like a toddler treats a 9v battery.

TL;DR: If your 1TB of ROMs is held hostage by Windows and diskpart fails you, forget the code and use the spit. 10/10 would taste my hardware again.

Sooo I’m having trouble. I got some 3ds roms. Unzipped them into .cia using 7zip extension tool (was I supposed to do that?). Decrypted them using an extension I downloaded(again.. was I supposed to do that?). And then moved the decrypted .cia into my n3ds folder.

I put the sd card back into my device (rp6), ran azahar, and it said “INSTALLATION FAILED UNABLE TO FIND CIA FILES” but when i open up the file app, click on the sd card, open the roms folder, go into my n3ds folder, and click on the game…. I can open the game up with azahar and it runs perfectly fine?!!! Uh WHAT?!!

Any help will be appreciated.

This is my first time setting up a device and using emulators. Finding the roms hasn’t been a huge issue…it’s actually getting them to work inside the device?!! I don’t know when they’re supposed to be encrypted or decrypted. Zipped or unzipped? Or when files should end with .zip or .7z or .cci or .cia (I can go on and on) I don’t even know what that means. I’m not a computer person so take it easy on me.

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This is gonna sound really pathetic but I’m nervous about downloading WiiU downloader and just want to make sure it is 100% safe. I know that it can be falsely flagged as a virus but I just want to make sure it is still safe to use and want someone to reassure me that it won’t mess up my network traffic or pc.

I’ve used Vimms to download different 3ds games but for some reason when I try to put them in azahar they just won’t work. Ive tried extracting the files and stuff but nothing works

It also causes melon to crash which makes no sense because they aren’t even the same thing😭 I need help bad.

Hello guys do you know where i can download a heart gold or soulsilver so that i can put it in a sd card and use an R4 ds cartridge?

I'm looking specifically for Mario Kart Wii ISO/ROM, but I can't seem to find any... All of the popular available rom archive has a different hash that is not accepted by RetroAchievements.

Hello all, I'd really like to play the Final Fantasy Pixel remasters. I've checked the roms megathread and can't really see anything specific to Android there, unless I am missing something? I have found something on the internet archive that appears to be what I want, but I'm not sure if this apk would be safe. I've done quite a lot of emulation on older consoles, but never anything for android yet. Are there any pointers that I might be missing?

Hello ! im very new to emulaters etc, and while i manage to install the emulater i cant understand how to find the rom file in what i downloaded.

btw apparently theres a megathread to help newbies, anyone knows if the answer to my question might be there ? and if so i'll take down this post to not bother your feed...

so, i dowloaded what is written on the site as the ROM, but its actually a setup file. and when i open it i cant find the ROM file. to add onto that when i open the file i am greeted with a "setup instalation" but when i try to run it nothing happens. any idea on how i can make my game work ?? or any walkthrough tutorial to give me ?

btw i tried to make my explanation as clear as possible but im not a native english speaker, and a terrible computer user, so feel freeto ask if what i am saying is complete nonsense ;(

Just lowk bummed Roms are harder to find now that Myrient shut down.

So i downloaded a rom off of myrient and its a .torrent file. I need it to be .cci or .3ds to use it on citra. I dont know how to do this.

Any recommended emulators and tips to play the original RE 4? I am new to the emulator world, and the only experience I had with emulators was through mobile. Any guides would be greatly appreciated!

Is anyone willing to give me a bit of time on helping me figure all this out? Just want to play some Wii, gamecube and DS games please i'd really appreciate it. I could add on discord or something

Could someone please help me find a decrypted version of either of those games. I can't find em for the love of god