The internet is a quickly changing landscape from what it was just a decade ago. Back in the day it was the Wild West, and now it’s looking a lot more like the Draconian East. Longtime emulation and ROM provider, EmuParadise, recently announced that they will no longer allow visitors to download ROMs.

In a post published on August 8th, 2018, the owner of the website, a gaming enthusiast from India who goes by the handle of MasJ, wrote…

“It’s been a long and beautiful journey with many ups and downs. When I started EmuParadise things could have gone either way. But right now the direction they are going in could not be more than clear. […]

 

“[…] This is an extremely emotional decision for me after running this site for so many years. But I believe it is the right thing for us at this point of time.

 

“Thus, we have decided to make a new start. We will continue to be passionate retro gamers and will keep doing cool stuff around retro games. But you won’t be able to get your games from here for now. Where we go with this is up to us and up to you.”

MasJ makes it known that you will still be able to download emulators for various systems from EmuParadise, but you won’t be able to download anymore ROMs from the site.

MasJ doesn’t cite any specific example, but simply points to the times changing and the current direction of the internet landscape making it known that they would have to get out of providing ROMs to the public.

While MasJ didn’t make it public, it could be due to pressure from some companies like Nintendo, who recently sued LoveROMs and LoveRETRO, as reported by PCGamesN.

EmuParadise may have decided to call it a day before the going got tough.

Either way, this is yet another emulation website closing down its ROM section to accommodate today’s more politically correct and corporately controlled climate.

(Thanks for the news tip Jank Gameplay)