> I've been toying with MAME (and other emus) since version .58 and too be honest, I'm
> surprised the whole scene hasn't been sued out of existence by now. It's like there
> is this unspoken understanding between the emulation community and the game industry.
> What has been proven is that MAME, and projects like it have not impacted the games
> industry financially. Given the industry could've easily gone down the same path as
> the music/movie business, its refreshing to see ours take the high road.
>
> What gets me is that if there were an iTunes like service available for Roms that I
> could actually purchase/download DRM free roms playable in a MAME like emulator with
> a focus in features/playability, it would do very well I think. Of course the roms
> would have to be fully playable in any emulator, not just the iRoms client Maybe I'm
> wrong and there aren't enough of us old farts about around to warrant the effort.
It was actually tried before. Aside from charging waaaay too much (each game was I believe 2 dollars and lets face it, 50% of what is in mame isn't worth 10 cents). What ultimately killed it was legal issues. It's quite hard to track down the actual copyright holders to some of these games.
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