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Whats it all about?

Is it basically a cabinet with a pc in it that can be used as an arcade machine? Do you just download the games and play them?

Interested to know more.

DJ Dunk

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Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator.

Its an emulator that can run on various platforms, PC, Mac, X-Box etc. It emulates arcade machines and runs their game roms.

From Mame.net:

MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. When used in conjunction with a game's data files (ROMs), MAME will more or less faithfully reproduce that game on a PC. MAME can currently emulate over 1900 unique (and over 3300 in total) classic arcade video games from the three decades of video games - '70s, '80s and '90s.
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.

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.

Daz34

It is a gateway to a some wonderful childhood memories

Darren

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how much do they cost to build?

what do you need?

DJ Dunk

iTrader: (5)

Costs nothing to run it on your PC

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so where can i get the games to download?

Big Goon

Do a search on google, or use kazaalite

You'll probably find Mame32 the easier version to get up and running, put the roms in the roms folder and dont unzip them.

stevebt

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dunk did you get vidomi sorted

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WOW! cant believe the games Im playing. The simpsons, NBA jam, Mortal kombat, turtles, moonwalker, xmen, to name a few. Brings back so many memorys.

Big Goon

Bah, too new !

Pacman/Galaxian/Galaga/DigDug/MrDo/MoonCresta/Phoenix/Asteroids/Robotron/Joust/Defender/Scramble/TrackandField/HyperSports/SpaceInvaders.

Real classics.

Recaro

I aint that old.