Many games are essentially open at this point, in that Nintendo and other publishers haven't asked that the roms not be distributed. The ones they really care

Many games are essentially open at this point, in that Nintendo and other publishers haven't asked that the roms not be distributed. The ones they really care about they have an ESA request on. See http://www.romnation.net/srv/page/esa.html http://www.romnation.net/srv/page/esa.html (WARNING : horrible flashing ads). This includes all Mario games, Zelda, and so on.