

It’s not to say that Nintendo won’t eventually shut this down, but having Mario 64 running in a browser keeps users from needing to go and search out/download ROMs to get up and running. This effort is a bit different, however, bringing Mario 64 to the web to play in a browser with no download or installs necessary. While it is technically legal to have a ROM of a game you physically own (I own a physical cartridge of Mario 64 for what it’s worth), the whole thing is a bit of a gray area and something we’ve never felt comfortable peddling here at Chrome Unboxed despite the existence of some very fine emulators that work on Chromebooks. While there have been emulators in the past that you could use to ressurect this gem of a game, those all required users to also go and download ROMs in order to play.
