The Day MAME Saved My Ass

Re:The Day MAME Saved My Ass by joeyh on Sunday December 12, 2010 @09:36AM (#1997134)

I especially like the bit where someone else had embedded Mame with a pirated ROM as a "port" to a major console. Especially amusing if you read Mame's license, which includes:

> MAME is free. The source code is free. If you paid for it, you've been ripped off. If you sell it, you are a thief.

> You are not allowed to distribute X-Mame ( source or binary) and ROM's image in the same package or physical medium.

> If you distribute the executable, you should also distribute the source code.

> The source code cannot be used in a commercial product without a written authorization of the authors.

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Re:The Day MAME Saved My Ass by pnp on Sunday December 12, 2010 @01:45PM (#1997604)

It would depend on the console. I worked on "Midway Arcade Treasures" (PS2, XBOX and GameCube) and none of the emulators in that package was based on MAME, including Spy Hunter.

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Re:The Day MAME Saved My Ass by joezydeco on Sunday December 12, 2010 @08:25PM (#1998797)

I'm just amazed they could find the source for some of the older Midway games. I think Bally kept really good archives, but I think Williams not so much.

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Re:The Day MAME Saved My Ass by Goladus on Sunday December 12, 2010 @10:38AM (#1997212)

The article said it was "based on" MAME, so it's unclear whether any of the MAME source was actually used in the commercial product.

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