MAME 0.151 ROMs

#1

Post by moepstar » Sat, Dec 28, 2013, 1:24 PM UTC

MAME 0.151 ROMs
archive.org

Re: MAME 0.151 ROMs

#2

Post by gabemart » Sat, Dec 28, 2013, 2:47 PM UTC

I take it these ROMs are considered abandonware [0], rather than actually being legally free?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware

Re: MAME 0.151 ROMs

#3

Post by moepstar » Sat, Dec 28, 2013, 2:51 PM UTC

gabemart wrote: post #2

I take it these ROMs are considered abandonware [0], rather than actually being legally free? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware

IANAL, but the FAQ on the MAME Wiki says they're not (although i wonder how they (The Archive) then get away with it...)

http://www.mamedev.org/devwiki/index.php?title=FAQ:ROMs#Isn....

Re: MAME 0.151 ROMs

#4

Post by danso » Sat, Dec 28, 2013, 2:54 PM UTC

Anyone else surprised that the size of the ZIP is 42+ GB? I'm thinking these are pre-1990 games (i.e. Street Fighter 2 does not seem like abandonware just yet). Assuming a very generous average of 5MB per zipped ROM, that's 8,400 vintage arcade games in there.

Re: MAME 0.151 ROMs

#5

Post by nakkiel » Sat, Dec 28, 2013, 2:55 PM UTC

moepstar wrote: post #3

gabemart wrote: post #2

I take it these ROMs are considered abandonware [0], rather than actually being legally free? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware

IANAL, but the FAQ on the MAME Wiki says they're not (although i wonder how they (The Archive) then get away with it...) http://www.mamedev.org/devwiki/index.php?title=FAQ:ROMs#Isn....

Well, they put themselves in the same situation as other ROM distributors. They probably mention somewhere that it's illegal to "keep" a ROM unless you actually own the original game and pretend to provide them for the sake of "backup".

Re: MAME 0.151 ROMs

#6

Post by Mindless2112 » Sat, Dec 28, 2013, 3:01 PM UTC

Why did they put them all in one giant zip file? I would love to participate in the BitTorrent swarm, but I'm not keeping a useless [1] 42 GB zip file around.

[1] Apart from using fuse-zip, but as far as I can tell, that doesn't work in Windows.

Re: MAME 0.151 ROMs

#7

Post by jfim » Sat, Dec 28, 2013, 3:08 PM UTC

danso wrote: post #4

Anyone else surprised that the size of the ZIP is 42+ GB? I'm thinking these are pre-1990 games (i.e. Street Fighter 2 does not seem like abandonware just yet). Assuming a very generous average of 5MB per zipped ROM, that's 8,400 vintage arcade games in there.

Mame has support for later arcade machines, which have CD-ROM drives and hard drives.

Re: MAME 0.151 ROMs

#8

Post by Drakim » Sat, Dec 28, 2013, 3:08 PM UTC

danso wrote: post #4

Anyone else surprised that the size of the ZIP is 42+ GB? I'm thinking these are pre-1990 games (i.e. Street Fighter 2 does not seem like abandonware just yet). Assuming a very generous average of 5MB per zipped ROM, that's 8,400 vintage arcade games in there.

While home consoles like the NES has very small game sizes (often just a handful of kb per room), I think arcade games tended to have a lot more space available for huge sprites and music.

Re: MAME 0.151 ROMs

#9

Post by makira » Sat, Dec 28, 2013, 3:16 PM UTC

Mindless2112 wrote: post #6

Why did they put them all in one giant zip file? I would love to participate in the BitTorrent swarm, but I'm not keeping a useless [1] 42 GB zip file around. [1] Apart from using fuse-zip, but as far as I can tell, that doesn't work in Windows.

MAME supports zipped roms, they should have been each zipped separately...

Re: MAME 0.151 ROMs

#10

Post by joezydeco » Sat, Dec 28, 2013, 3:18 PM UTC

nakkiel wrote: post #5

moepstar wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IANAL, but the FAQ on the MAME Wiki says they're not (although i wonder how they (The Archive) then get away with it...) http://www.mamedev.org/devwiki/index.php?title=FAQ:ROMs#Isn....

Well, they put themselves in the same situation as other ROM distributors. They probably mention somewhere that it's illegal to "keep" a ROM unless you actually own the original game and pretend to provide them for the sake of "backup".

I would expect a DMCA takedown on this from at least Namco and Nintendo before the week is over. So grab it while you can (if you don't have an archive like this already).