MAME...

[ricola]

anyone else use it?

the new rls is up to 5943 games now!! :P

www.mame.net

give it a whirl!

[westernestates]

I freakin' love MAME and if you love your arcade games like I do it's a must.

[KungFuJesus]

Heard of it... not really sure wtf it is. Arcade emulator?

[westernestates]

Heard of it... not really sure wtf it is. Arcade emulator?

DING! You are correct. It usually emulates arcade games better than those arcade emulation compilations. It's a good thing.

[Anonymous]

Looks good. Something to do in my spare time when I'm not posting here...

[westernestates]

One very important thing. If you get MAME you have to find the ROMS that play them. If you need help to find MAME ROM's private message me and I'll tell you the name of a site that has everyone in exsistance.

[the deta]

Is this a pay site?

[LostMud]

Or if your a lazy bastard like me, Just go to http://www.1980-games.com/us/ and you can play all the top games online.

[westernestates]

Is this a pay site?

No, but technically it's illegal with a couple of intresting exceptions.

1) On this site there are a couple of "Public Domain" roms which just simply means that the who ever created the video game decided to share it with everybody. One example I can think of is the game Commando and one of my favorite classic buried treasures "Robby Roto!"

2) If you own a home version of that game (eg. console, computer) you have already bought the home rights to play that game. If you have a Aracade Complilation disc like Namco Museum you can legally download those games legally on your computer.

Now keep in mind that you can download anything from this site. There are tons of fun classic arcade games.

www.romnation.net/

[westernestates]

Here's a direct link to the MAME ROMs

http://www.romnation.net/srv/roms/mame.html

[Sticky Fumblings]

Heard of it... not really sure wtf it is. Arcade emulator?

Holy crap! I read that too fast and got, "Heard of it... not really sure wtf it is. Arcade emasculator?" :shock:

[Mini Dickman]

Just a quick legal clarification. Note I don't think any of this is good, just pointing it out.

The only situation in which you are allowed to have data copies of arcade games is one which you own an original machine ROM cartridge. Compilation discs do not count, and I'll explain why. Notice, the next time you play one, how the "original" games have different copyright notices on the bottom? For example, "Galaga: (c) Namco 1981, 1999"? This is to differentiate that copy from the original ROM copy, which you do not own.

Additionally, this privelage (data copies of ROM information) qualify for data sourced by you from your copy only. Owners of the physical ROMs also cannot transfer ownership of the data without transferring the ROM units.

Yes, the "24 Hour Rule" is bullshit.

There is no such thing as Abandonware. Nearly all videogames are covered under the later revisions of copyright law, which grant it for up to 75 years.

With that said, Dig Dug Round Start Theme :)

[ricola]

/ricola swipes mini dickmans custom cabinet

[westernestates]

Just a quick legal clarification. Note I don't think any of this is good, just pointing it out.

The only situation in which you are allowed to have data copies of arcade games is one which you own an original machine ROM cartridge. Compilation discs do not count, and I'll explain why. Notice, the next time you play one, how the "original" games have different copyright notices on the bottom? For example, "Galaga: (c) Namco 1981, 1999"? This is to differentiate that copy from the original ROM copy, which you do not own.

Well I read all of this is some issue of Game Pro a couple of years ago and they said legally you would be in the clear if you owned any copy of that game. They said specifficaly that by buying a cartridge, CD-Rom or what have you that you have bought the rights of that game to play at home.