In April 2024, Appleraised the prohibition of emulators in the App Store, opening the way toMany applicationsallowing you to play retro games. Delta, Retroarch or even Provenance allow you since then to relive the time of the first Nintendo and Sega consoles. Despite the attempts of certain publishers such as Nintendo to block these initiatives,many emulators have managed to make a place on iOS.
Until now, an entire part of the history of video games, however, lacked the call. This golden era where you slide pieces in arcade terminals to play Donkey Kong, Pac-Man or Space Invaders will finally be able to relive in your hands.
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A newcomer who changes the situation
Arcademania has just appeared on the App Store, finally filling this historical gap. Based on version 0.269 of the famous emulatorMAME(Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator), it allows you to accessOver 5000 gamesarcade on your iPhone or iPad.
Unlike its predecessors who focused on the show consoles, Arcademania faithfully reproduces the experience of arcade rooms.
The application supportsCompatible controllersXbox, PlayStation and Switch, making the experienceMuch more pleasant than touch controls. You will also benefit from the emblematic features of the Mame as status backups and cheat codes, as well as an optimized graphic rendering thanks to the Apple Metal engine.
An always delicate legal situation
Like all emulators available on iOS, Arcademania does not provide any game with its application. This absence of Roma allows him to respect Apple's directives while avoiding copyright problems. Arcade games remain protected works, even several decades after their initial release.
You will therefore have to get the Roma by your own means, which constitutesA gray areaFrom a legal point of view. However, the official website of Mame offers some legally games, the rights of which have been sold by their creators. Among them, you will find in particular Circus, Fire One or Star Fire. It is also very easy toFind your ROM yourself on the Internet.
To import your games in Arcademania, the process is relatively simple: open the application, go to the settings, then to the import option to select your files. Once the game is imported, you just have to insert a virtual piece and relive the sensations of yesteryear, with a touch of modernity as a bonus.
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