MAME is actually in a category all its own.
In general, two kinds of emulator can be distinguished: those that make your home computer imitate another home computer (Apple II, Amiga, Commodore 64) and emulators that imitate game computers (Vectrex, Atari, Gameboy).
and Ajax will win the European Cup I again in 1995.), and after a while starting pointing at everything around you with dramatic gestures and announce: One day this will all be yours!Īnd not only that, but you'll never have to pay for it again! After your 1983 version has made a fruitless attempt to zap back to the year 1999 with you, a feeling of amazement will remain: How will they do it? Is 1999 a utopia? And why will I still be playing computer games in sixteen years, anyway?īut what is left of that amazement in 1999 as we sit in front of the PC? Is nostalgia stronger than the hunger for novelty? And what do the words MAME 32 on the desktop icon mean? MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, and it is undoubtedly the most fascinating emulation program in recent years. Step into the time machine and zap to the year 1983, preferably in the neighbourhood of an arcade where you – in your 1983 version – are throwing your pocket money into all sorts of video games.
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