Nintendo Strikes Again! The Web's Oldest ROM Site Forced To Takedown
One Of The Web's Oldest ROM Sites Removes Games By Nintendo, Sega, And Lego
Emulation site Vimm's Lair – which has been running since 1997 – has announced that it has been asked to remove many games from its archive. God speed, old king.
Takedown Requests
In a statement on the site's main page, Vimm's Lair said:
"Vimm's Lair has been asked to remove many games from The Vault on behalf of Nintendo , Sega , Lego , and the ESA . While most of these games (and the hardware to play them) haven't been sold in decades, ultimately it's their prerogative, so these games are now gone for good."
Preservation and Resources
As well as hosting and preserving access to many video games, Vimm's Lair also has a large selection of emulators and video game instruction manuals , as well as a message board .
iOS App Store Impact
The site recently posted about the arrival of emulation on the iOS App Store , thanking "everyone who has