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 ...

Although the new games are still pretty exciting, it does not quite hit the spot as nostalgia does when playing an epic ROM game which most early gamers grew up on. Although some of the newer gamers ...

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 ...

I recently set up a MAME box and got it hooked up to my home theatre, and I love revisiting some old classics. What I also like, though, is finding the occasional random game I've never heard of that ...

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 ...

Cloud streaming has benefits for gaming, as we’ve seen with Google Stadia, but it’s not all about high-end, graphically demanding titles. Sometimes, it’s just about making games easy to access. Today, ...

Do you remember the smell? That specific mixture of ozone, stale popcorn, and overheating electronics. Do you remember the sound? A deafening, chaotic symphony of synthesized bleeps, triumphant ...

I'm wondering if there are some experienced MAMErs out there who can school a newbie on how to get MAME to actually work. I'm finding that only about 10-20% of the ...