⚠️ Downloading ISOs of games you do not own from public websites. I won’t link to ROM sites here, but I will say: many abandonware and archive sites host PS1 ISOs. Legality varies by country and copyright status.
✅ You own a physical PS1 game disc. You use a disc drive to dump (rip) that disc into an ISO file on your computer. This is legal in most regions for personal backup purposes. duckstation iso
❌ Downloading and distributing copyrighted games you never paid for. ⚠️ Downloading ISOs of games you do not
Use CHD for storage and BIN/CUE if you’re ripping directly from discs. duckstation iso