Emuparadise was once the premier destination for retro gamers seeking ROMs, ISOs, and gaming history. In 2018, following a series of high-profile lawsuits by Nintendo against other ROM sites, Emuparadise made the difficult decision to remove its entire library of downloads to avoid legal catastrophe. This sparked a massive wave of internet mourning and nostalgia, turning the site's logo and the 'downloads are currently unavailable' message into symbols of the end of an era. Today, Emuparadise memes are used to express sadness over the loss of internet archives, the difficulty of accessing legacy titles, or simply to reminisce about the 'wild west' days of video game emulation.