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  2. MAME - Wikipedia

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    A "merged" set is a ROM that contains the "parent" ROM and its "clones" in one package. For example, a merged Pac-Man rom would contain the "parent" Japanese Puck-Man rom, the Midway USA Pac-Man version, and all other clone or bootleg versions of the game.

  3. ROM image - Wikipedia

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    A ROM image, or ROM file, is a computer file which contains a copy of the data from a read-only memory chip, often from a video game cartridge, or used to contain a computer's firmware, or from an arcade game 's main board. The term is frequently used in the context of emulation, whereby older games or firmware are copied to ROM files on modern ...

  4. ROM hacking - Wikipedia

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    ROM hacking. ROM hacking (short for Read-only memory hacking) is the process of modifying a ROM image or ROM file to alter the contents contained within them, usually of a video game to alter the game's graphics, dialogue, levels, gameplay, and/or other elements. This is usually done by technically inclined video game fans to improve an old ...

  5. RetroArch - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.retroarch.com, www.libretro.com. RetroArch is a free and open-source, cross-platform frontend for emulators, game engines, video games, media players and other applications. It is the reference implementation of the libretro API, [2][3] designed to be fast, lightweight, portable and without dependencies. [4]

  6. Multi Emulator Super System - Wikipedia

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    Multi Emulator Super System (MESS) was an emulator for various consoles and computer systems, based on the MAME core. It used to be a standalone program (which has since been discontinued), but is now integrated into MAME (which is actively developed). MESS emulated portable and console gaming systems, computer platforms, and calculators.

  7. Read-only memory - Wikipedia

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    Shown here is the inside of a Pokémon Silver Game Boy cartridge. The ROM is the IC on the right labeled "MX23C1603-12A". Read-only memory (ROM) is a type of non-volatile memory used in computers and other electronic devices. Data stored in ROM cannot be electronically modified after the manufacture of the memory device.

  8. Neo Geo (system) - Wikipedia

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    Hyper Neo Geo 64. The Neo Geo (Japanese: ネオジオ, Hepburn: Neojio), stylized as NEO•GEO and also written as NEOGEO, is a ROM cartridge -based arcade system board and fourth-generation home video game console released on April 26, 1990, by Japanese game company SNK Corporation. It was the first system in SNK's Neo Geo family.

  9. Mame (musical) - Wikipedia

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    Mame is a musical with a book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. Originally titled My Best Girl, it is based on the 1955 novel Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis and the 1956 Broadway play of the same name by Lawrence and Lee. A period piece set in New York City and spanning the Great Depression and World ...