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Xbox Live VS The ROM Depot

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Xbox Live (Silver) is free for basic features such as messaging and dashboard and game updates.

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Get free ROMs for your classic video game systems. No registration, captcha, surveys, or waiting!
  • Xbox Live Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-05-05
  • The ROM Depot Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-08-01

Xbox Live videos

Xbox Live Gold Review | Xbox One | Xbox 360 - Worth It?

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  • Review - Xbox Live Gold 2020 Review | Xbox One | Xbox Series X
  • Review - Xbox One's Xbox Live: 7 Reasons It's Better

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Xbox Live and The ROM Depot)
Gaming Software
31 31%
69% 69
Roms
0 0%
100% 100
Games
25 25%
75% 75
Name Generators
100 100%
0% 0

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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 should be more popular than Xbox Live. 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.

Xbox Live mentions (1)

  • Xbox Requests: Week of October 21st, 2022
    It redirects to the page I linked you. Even if you do a Google Search, it sends you to https://xbox.com/en-us/live. Source: over 1 year ago

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: over 2 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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