So, I've dipped into emulation again. I've always been fond of the NES 
and SNES emulators, since these were the consoles of my childhood. I 
still do have my SNES console. But it's nice to be able to arbitrarily 
save/load (Yeah, it's cheating... ;P)

So, I decided to find a few arcade classics and download MAME. Console 
roms were easy, just dump 'em in a directory, and off you go! Not so 
with arcade roms. First, you download the ROM, second you try to run it. 
It fails, and whines about missing files. Then you trace it's linage, 
then you download *that* ROM, only to find out that was an incomplete 
set, so you set about chasing files, then find out the files you need 
actually exist with several other ROMS, so you download one of those. 
Finally you can play the game.

Though I have to say, it seems to emulate just about every arcade game 
you can think of.
-- 
~Mike

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