This past weekend the <a href="http://mame.retrogames.com/">MAME</a> development team released version 0.36 beta 9 of their popular arcade emulator <b>MAME</b>. This update greatly improved the playability of all of <b><a href="http://www.midway.com">Midway's</a></b> great <b>TMS34010</b> based arcade games from the early 90's like: <b>Mortal Kombat</b>, <b>Smash TV</b> and <b>Terminator 2: The Arcade Game</b>. They now play at about full speed on a Pentium 2 400MHz based computer with sound emulation enabled. The previous releases it was impossible to play the game with sound on the same computer.
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For the mis-informed playing these games legally requires owning the arcade game's <b>PCB</b>, which u can pick up from <a
href="http://www.ebay.com">eBay</a> starting at around $20, and copying the game's <b>ROMs</b> to your PC using a <b>EEPROM programmer</b>. Those looking for illegal game roms, please do no not contact us, all requests will be ignored. And if you are looking to find a way to play arcade games at home, we may be doing a special feature on how to get your favorite arcade game up and running at home without having to buy a whole game cabinet.
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Thanks to <a href="http://www.vintagegaming.com">Vintage Gaming</a> (formerly Dave's Classics) and <b>Jason Sizemore</b> for the good word.
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For the mis-informed playing these games legally requires owning the arcade game's <b>PCB</b>, which u can pick up from <a
href="http://www.ebay.com">eBay</a> starting at around $20, and copying the game's <b>ROMs</b> to your PC using a <b>EEPROM programmer</b>. Those looking for illegal game roms, please do no not contact us, all requests will be ignored. And if you are looking to find a way to play arcade games at home, we may be doing a special feature on how to get your favorite arcade game up and running at home without having to buy a whole game cabinet.
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Thanks to <a href="http://www.vintagegaming.com">Vintage Gaming</a> (formerly Dave's Classics) and <b>Jason Sizemore</b> for the good word.