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Re:How I Dumped an Arcade Game for MAME by nfgrep on Saturday October 29, 2022 @07:12PM (#33388893)
Had no idea copy protection would be so intense for those old arcade boards. A whole ARM 7 right on the cart, hardcore!
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Re:How I Dumped an Arcade Game for MAME by mysterydip on Saturday October 29, 2022 @08:26PM (#33389446)
Game developers wanted to keep selling new cabinets to arcades. Arcade owners wanted to maximize ROI and reuse assets with new/modified games, which some enterprising engineers were able to provide. Ms Pac-Man started this way: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ms._Pac-Man
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