Seeing as games companies are using AI to mass report sites for DMCA I figured it’d be a good time to circle the wagons around safe sites you can use for your roms needs. Here’s my list I have bookmarked so far:

https://vimm.net/ (recently got hit with a dmca and had to remove stuff)

https://r-roms.github.io/ (megathread of roms stuff)

https://gog-games.to/ (my go-to for GOG games)

https://edgeemu.net/ (lots of classics)

https://fitgirl-repacks.site/ (excellent modern PC games)

Of course we also have archive.org which I hope most people know about by now.

For fun here’s some video game private servers:

https://github.com/XiPrivateServers/Servers/blob/main/SERVERS.md (final fantasy xi private server listings)

https://www.eqemulator.org/index.php?pageid=serverlist (everquest private servers)

https://github.com/diasurgical/devilutionX (source port of diablo 1, hosts multiplayer games)

https://slashdiablo.net/ (diablo II private server)

https://cp.payonstories.com/ (best classic ragnarok online server I found)

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    If you guys are wondering what games got removed from Vimm’s, a poster on r/roms compiled a list of what franchises were affected and by whom:

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    Nintendo of America

    Mario
    Zelda
    Pokemon
    All the different regions of these franchises were removed
    

    Sega Corporation

    Sonic
    Yakuza
    Shin Megami Tensei/Persona
    The North American and European versions of these roms have been taken down, but the Japanese roms are still up
    

    LEGO Juris A/S

    LEGO only targeted certain systems it seems like. 
    Namely the Wii,Xbox 360 and Gamecube, a lot of the earlier Lego games seem to be pretty good and while the libraries on other systems aren't guaranteed to be complete, the three I listed have the most missing.
    

    Entertainment Software Association

    Ace Attorney
    Ace Combat
    Assassin’s Creed
    Battlefield
    Batman Arkham
    Bioshock
    Borderlands
    Call of Duty
    Castlevania
    Contra
    Devil May Cry
    Doom
    Diablo
    Donkey Kong
    Dragon Age
    Dragon Ball Z
    Dragon Warrior/Quest
    Elder Scrolls
    Fallout
    Far Cry
    Final Fantasy
    Fire Emblem
    God of War
    Gran Turismo
    Grand Theft Auto
    inFamous
    Jak and Daxter
    Just Cause
    Kingdom Hearts
    Madden
    Mass Effect
    Max Payne
    Medal of Honor
    Mega Man
    Metal Gear
    Metroid
    Minecraft
    Monster Hunter
    Mortal Kombat
    Need For Speed
    Nier(Drakengard is ok)
    Pac-Man
    Plants vs Zombies
    Pro Evolution Soccer
    Ratchet and Clank
    Red Dead Redemption
    Resident Evil
    Scribblenauts
    Soul Calibur
    Super Smash Bros
    Tales of
    Tekken
    The Last of Us (Sony actually removed this one themselves)
    Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
    Uncharted
    Watch_Dogs
    Wolfenstein
    Like with Sega, the American and European roms were targeted but the Japanese roms stayed.