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TouchArcade has spotted the appearance of a free MAME game emulator on the App Store called
iMAME.
MAME is a popular arcade machine emulator that will run thousands of arcade games if you have the original ROMs.
iMAME ships with nine "less than stellar" ROMs to play, but apparently can load arbitrary ROMs using a 3rd party utility such as
iExplorer without jailbreaking:Apple has had a bit of a spotty history with emulators on the App Store. While a number of individual emulators do exist on the App Store, Apple has been more restrictive about these open emulators, presumably due to potential legal issues. For example, a full
DOS/Windows 3.0 emulator appeared in the App Store at one point but was quickly pulled by Apple.
iMAME is currently available as a free Universal application on the App Store. [
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Update: It took Apple two days to get around to it with the holidays, but
iMAME has been removed from the App Store.
Article Link:
iMAME Arcade Emulator Hits the App Store (For Now) [Update: Pulled]