Vimm's Lair
Preserving the classics since 1997

Welcome to Vimm's Lair! This site is dedicated to console videogame nostalgia. Inside you'll find thousands of games, full-color manual scans, user ratings and reviews, and much more! Whether you're looking to relive an old classic or discover a forgotten gem, Vimm's Lair has everything you need to scratch your nostalgia itch.

Emulation Lair The newest and greatest console emulators.
The Vault Every game in the world for twenty-nine classic systems.
The Manual Project Thousands of full-color manuals. Add your own instantly!
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June 6, 2024
Vimm's Lair has been asked to remove many games from The Vault on behalf of Nintendo, Sega, Lego, and the ESA. While most of these games (and the hardware to play them) haven't been sold in decades, ultimately it's their prerogative so these games are now gone for good.
May 31, 2024
New Vaults are now open for the TurboGrafx-16 (known outside North America as the PC Engine) and the TurboGrafx-CD.

Demo discs can be tricky to label since many don't have the word "demo" (or some variant) in their name. Then some games like the Doko Demo series aren't a demo at all. Redump has added a category to each game, one of which is "Demos", and The Vault now uses that to better identify demo discs.

Vimm was recently a guest on the Retro Rehab Podcast:
#4 - Slaying ROMs In Vimm's Lair (Feat. Vimm)
April 19, 2024
For the first time ever Apple is allowing emulators in the official App Store and people are installing Delta in droves. A big thank you to everyone who has recommended Vimm's Lair to Delta users. Sadly the surge in traffic is causing the web server to run out of memory and crash. Repeatedly. It's now stable but sluggish, and will remain so until the Delta fervor subsides.