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iPhone MAME project launched
I'm pretty sure that, with this link, we've hit all the basic retrogaming points for the iPhone (wait-- can I play Nethack on it yet?). Yes, iphone-sdl-mame aims to bring all of your MAME favorites to Apple's latest endeavor. Like all of the other projects we've covered, it's open source, unofficial (duh), and a work in progress. From the text, kaisersoze (who's heading up this go) says PacMan and Q*Bert will run, but other games are too slow to be playable at the moment. And there's no word on whether control of anything is working yet or not.So it's a super early build-- all there is at the moment is just a few files in the subversion repository, so if you're looking to just install a file and get rolling, not so fast. But as with all of these open source iPhone hacks, attention seems to equal progress, so there you go. Hopefully, now that the word's out, playing Galaga at full speed on the iPhone is just around the corner.
Oh and if you don't have an iPhone yet, worry not-- MacMAME's got you covered.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Michael Rose said 5:19PM on 8-20-2007
OK, that's it: I said when there was MAME on the iPhone I'd get one. Crap. Now I have to find $500.
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Victor Agreda Jr said 6:03PM on 8-20-2007
Same here Mike, although I want to see Marble Madness running on it first. Also, should someone care to put Nettrek on the iPhone, I'm there.
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kane said 7:20PM on 8-20-2007
Ooohhh... nethack for iphone. Now were talking! I hope that comes next.
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Eric Litman said 8:20PM on 8-20-2007
Sure, you can play Nethack on your iPhone!
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Eric Litman said 8:20PM on 8-20-2007
Link to Nethack was deadened in the last comment: http://wickedpsyched.net/iphone/games/
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Aaron Yates said 8:26PM on 8-20-2007
I love mame.
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