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Re: Rip mame roms from cheaper sources instead of buying pcb?
09/14/13 07:42 PM
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> > 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
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