MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: Rip mame roms from cheaper sources instead of buying pcb?

> > Is it possible for instance, to buy Midway Arcade Treasures deluxe and have the rom
> > data to rip and use with Mame? Really curious since I'd like to legally obtain roms
> > but don't want to spend over $100 on each game.
>
> Yes, it's possible to do this. Some hobbyist-level commercial arcade cabinet
> manufacturers will sell old copies of games like this so that they can "legally"
> provide you with ROMs.
>
> To be honest, the legality is debatable. At the very least, you're probably violating
> the EULA of the software.
>
> Still, I think it provides users like you a way to "feel better" about emulating them
> in MAME.
>
> Let's concentrate on, instead, can you _technically_ do this.
>
> And the answer is "Yes".
>
> > Which legal compilations have rom data that can be extracted and used with Mame?
>
> CAESAR has an old list of some collections. Many of them used ROMs (but not all):
> http://caesar.logiqx.com/php/emulators.php?id=commercial
>
> Not sure what else you can do these days. Look at cabinet manufacturers who claim
> they provide you with "80 legal games" and so on and see what they do... Actually I
> wonder how many still do this instead of supplying some indie games...
>
> > I'm interested in NBA Jam, NBA Hang Time, Mortal Kombat (1, 2, 3, ultimate mk 3,
> and
> > 4); and especially the CHD games (most notably Killer Insinct 1 and 2, and Carn
> > Evil).
>
> No commercial emulators use MAME CHDs AFAIK. Some of the Midway/Taito collections
> licensed MAME sourcecode by talking to MAMEDEVs specifically, but didn't use CHDs.
> For CHD-era emulation, they usually ported the sourcecode or something.
>
> For what it's worth this discussion is flirting with Rules #1 and 2, so be careful.
> http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/rules.php?Cat=
>
> Something about the rest of your post made my brain bleed.
>
> - Stiletto