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Custom MAME arcade machine 

Australia, 2017
videogame

One way to preserve videogames is emulation, which recreates retro hardware and software on modern machines. MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) is one of..

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Play It Again 2: Preserving Australian Videogames

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Videogames and Us

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Commodore 64 console and cassettes

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Nintendo Entertainment Sytem (NES) console with two controllers

1985
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Play It Again I: Games Collection

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Commodore 64 Console

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Time Machine [game trailer]

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Ms Pac-Man arcade cabinet

United States, 1982
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Emulation of The Muncher for ZX Spectrum 128

Unknown, Unknown
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Basketball arcade cabinet

United States, 1979
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Play It Again II: Games Collection

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Videogames supercut

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Sega collection

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Blackmagic Design Media Preservation Lab

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Commodore 64

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Emulation of Hungry Horace for ZX Spectrum

Unknown, Unknown
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Pong

1972
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