> DASArcade written by Dave Spicer was the first PC (DOS) based multiply game emulator
> which was release in 95 or early 96.

A multi-game Cinematronics emulator, called Cinelator or similar (IIRC), was developed about about a year before the first version of Sparcade (DASarcade) was released. However it was in "private testing" during this time, and only approved beta testers could access it. No, I wasn't one, but I did ask IIRC, they were trying to take this commercial (and that explains the private release). One of the authors is still active on these forums !

I've just seen this from Dave Spicer:
Ref: http://www.fizyka.umk.pl/~jacek/zx/faq_old/whereis2.html#SPICER

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From David himself:
After getting completely p*ssed off with the games industry, I went to Kent Uni to study VLSI circuit engineering. Once I'd completed my course, I spent 3 months writing Sparcade [for those who don't know, this is a very good arcade machine emulator, one of the first that appeared] with the intention of developing it commercially as a last "fling" before going into the electronics industry. However, no software companies were prepared to take it on, all lacking the foresight to see the imminent flood of interest in retro-gaming.