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puNES VS The ROM Depot

Compare puNES VS The ROM Depot and see what are their differences

puNES logo puNES

PuNES is a high accuracy NES emulator.

The ROM Depot logo The ROM Depot

Get free ROMs for your classic video game systems. No registration, captcha, surveys, or waiting!
  • puNES Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-30
  • The ROM Depot Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-08-01

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to puNES and The ROM Depot)
Emulators
67 67%
33% 33
Roms
0 0%
100% 100
Gaming
100 100%
0% 0
Games
0 0%
100% 100

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Reviews

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The ROM Depot Reviews

  1. Complete roms collection with fast bandwith

    You just have to register and get full access to an exhaustive list of roms. They post a report of antivirus scan, never see that before. Only the emulators are missing.

    👍 Pros:    Full of roms|Security disclaimer and report
    👎 Cons:    Need to create an account|No emulators|Anyone can upload

Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, The ROM Depot seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 7 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

puNES mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of puNES yet. Tracking of puNES recommendations started around Mar 2021.

The ROM Depot mentions (7)

  • Help!
    I do not believe Xenia requires a BIOS, haven't messed with it in years, it was pretty terrible the last time I tried it. Short of buying a faster internet connection no. You might find the games you're looking for on theromdepot it's usually much faster than Internet Archive, but they don't have everything (requires you to make a free acc). Source: over 1 year ago
  • Retro emulator console
    There's a ton of them, some easier to access than others. https://theromdepot.com/ is fast and has complete sets for NES SNES and Genesis, and allows ftp access for batch downloads, it does requires a free account though. https://vimm.net/ is slower, dosen't allow ftp access, but they have a large archive, and don't require an account. https://archive.org/ has most everything but it's a chore to sort through... Source: over 2 years ago
  • Picked this up at a local game store today for $24 CAN. After playing PoOT I'm kinda hooked on them, gonna order FoMT off of Amazon soon
    After you have your emulator of choice installed you have to download the rom for the game you want to play. My go to site for that the last few years has been the rom depot. Source: almost 3 years ago
  • Free roms site
    TheRomDepot and Vimm's Lair are the two I use the most. Source: almost 3 years ago
  • Based and Rulepilled
    No, you make an account for theromdepot.com and get yer roms there. Source: about 3 years ago
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FCEUX - FCEUX is a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Famicom, and Famicom Disk System (FDS) emulator.

Roms Mania - A working online resource for roms.