Unlike most vintage console or computer games, arcade games can be both difficult to find and expensive to buy, so many arcade fans use emulators to create their own homebrewed arcade systems. The ...

If you were a little too slow downloading the MAME Arcade Emulator, which made a very brief appearance in Apple’s iTunes App Store before being pulled by Apple, you ...

I thought this day would never come, but MAME—the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator that would let you play retro games—is now available for free in the Apple app ...

Every once in a while, we get a question about those old games that were once the bleeding edge of entertainment in arcades and bars. Invariably from someone who played them and misses them—not from ...

Just as 'Doom clone' became an entire genre in the mid-90s, the world of 80s arcade games was dominated by Pac-Man-likes. Some were brazen knock-offs, but the broader idea of controlling a character ...

Today’s video games boast near photo-realistic graphics, enveloping surround sound and the ability to play against anyone, anywhere in the world. So why do so many still prefer classics such as ...

Donkey Kong stands as a cornerstone of arcade history, marking the debut of Mario (originally known as Jumpman) and setting the stage for the platformer genre. This game is a must-play for its ...

The community behind the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME) has gone to great lengths to preserve thousands of arcade games run on hundreds of different chipsets through emulation over the years.

This isn't a new development, but we're now in an era where some emulators are old enough to be run inside other emulators. MAME is best known as a preservation effort for old arcade games, but it ...

Vector based displays were used for arcade games in the ’70s and ’80s. A typical CRT uses raster graphics, which are displayed by deflecting a beam in a grid pattern onto a phosphor. A vector display ...

For gamers of a certain age, a real, playable arcade cabinet is one of the ultimate nostalgic conversation pieces/status symbols that you can have in your home. AtGames’ newly announced Legends ...

The Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator port for iOS lasted only a matter of hours on Apple’s App Store. That was sad. But don’t fret: MAME has now been successfully ported to Google Chrome, too. Rejoice ...