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Message: <blockquote data-quote="J Arcane" data-source="post: 3795861" data-attributes="member: 51146">An emulator is a program that, as the name suggests, emulates the hardware of a given platform, allowing that platform's software to be run without the original hardware."ROM" stands for read only memory, and in emulator context, refers to a computer file conataining a copy of the software from a game cartridge.Emulation itself is not illegal, but downloading the ROM files is considered piracy, on par with downloading MP3s or torrents or the like.  If that sort of thing bothers you, then you probably won't want to bother with the emulation thing.  Me, I've got like 2 gigs of the stuff.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />There is a built in emulator in the Wii, and you can digitally purchase various classic games for it, so that's one route you might consider.  Plus, it comes with Wii Sports, which is great fun, and might even be a great way to get your kid to get some exercise if he's the sort to spend too much time sitting about.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  Also, the games you mentioned have been ported to the Gameboy Advance.  The ports aren't perfectly accurate, but they work, and could serve as yet another avenue of acquiring them legally.</blockquote>

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