MAME : Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator

MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. When used in conjunction with images of the original arcade game’s ROM and disk data, MAME attempts to reproduce that game as faithfully as possible on a more modern general-purpose computer.

MAME can currently emulate several thousand different classic arcade video games from the late 1970s through the modern era. Including Crystal Castles, Burger Time, Joust, Xevious, Donkey Kong, Tempest, and of course, Space Invaders ……

MAME’s purpose is to preserve these decades of video-game history. As gaming technology continues to rush forward, MAME prevents these important “vintage” games from being lost and forgotten.

The ROM images that MAME utilizes are “dumped” from arcade games’ original circuit-board ROM chips. MAME becomes the “hardware” for the games, taking the place of their original CPUs and support chips. Therefore, these games are NOT simulations, but the actual, original games that appeared in arcades.

The world’s most famous emulator is without a doubt MAME! With it you can play the most classic games that you loved so long ago. MAME as an emulation program is also pretty simple and easy-to-use.

Whether you like emulators or not if you are a fan of all those old games then MAME might be your last chance to play them again.

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