The development of MacMame could open the door to legal distribution, should copyright-holders choose to release them.Ī note on 's Web site reads: 'ROMs are required by MacMame in order to play the games. While the emulator is under development, arcade ROM files are hard to find, and are of questionable legality. It enables the Mac to read these ROM files and to emulate the information stored within them, meaning arcade fans can enjoy the real look and feel of arcade classics. MacMAME uses ROM (read-only memory) images culled from arcade classics. As such, it is much more than a reproduction ö it is essentially that same game running via an emulated layer inside your Macintosh.' Subscribe to IDG.net's free daily newsletter for IT leadersĪ MacMame spokesman said: 'MacMame achieves this by running the original program code found in the arcade games. Questions about computers? Let IDG.net's editors help you Organizers,, say: 'MacMame is part of the Mame project, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the history of arcade videogames through emulation.'

The application will be distributed as freeware. Once beta-testing is complete the full version will let Macintosh users play thousands of games developed for coin-operated arcade machines, reports MacCentral. (IDG) - MacMame 0.37b9 has been released, the latest beta version of MacMame's arcade-machine emulator. Arcade-game emulator released for Macs From.

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