Tuesday, 19 August 2008 MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. When used
in conjunction with an arcade game's data files (ROMs), MAME will more or less
faithfully reproduce that game on a PC. MAME can currently emulate over 2600
unique (and over 4600 in total) classic arcade video games from the three
decades of video games - '70s, '80s and '90s, and some from the current
millennium. MAME's purpose is to preserve these decades of video-game history.
As gaming technology continues to rush forward, MAME prevents these important
"vintage" games from being lost and forgotten.