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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,
by joeyh 16y ago
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.
- Goladus 16y agoThe article said it was "based on" MAME, so it's unclear whether any of the MAME source was actually used in the commercial product.
- pnp 16y agoIt 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.
- joezydeco 16y agoI'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.