I was thinking of having some retro fun with MAME on the weekend, but as soon as I see a list of some 3000 odd ROMs I suddenly forget every game I've ever played. And then I dribble. So I was ...

It's a notably early example of game including speech synthesis, and just the kind of thing that might never live again without a project like MAME. Old games never die, nor should they.

Games with complex 3D graphics, mostly. Really, MAME is for playing games that came out before around 1998 or so. They still made games after 1998?

If you're feeling nostalgic for early console games, you don't need to fork over big bucks on eBay. Just load up an emulator on your modern devices. Here are the best ones for the most popular ...