Nintendo’s American division has decided to lay down the law on RomUniverse, which at first glance appears to be your usual vault of ROMs that users can grab and run through emulators.

EmuParadise is one of the longest-standing sites fort retro games on the internet. It’s been around for two decades, letting people download admittedly illicit ROMS for older game systems. Thanks to Nintendo coming down hard on ROM sites with financially-crippling lawsuits, EmuParadise will no longer offer rom downloads. They’ve not been hit by a similar lawsuit yet but have opted to err on the side of caution

Nintendo has filed a lawsuit against emulation sites LoveROMs and LoveRETRO for their part in distributing copyrighted games.

Like the NES before it, the nostalgia driven SNES Mini has been cracked to play even more downloadable ROMS. If you're fine with the murky legality around it all.

A 3DS flashcart enabling piracy on the handheld bricks consoles if its files are tampered with.

It looks like hackers have found a way to pirate games on Nintendo's 3DS - which could spell doom for the system.