Archive.org Hosts Massive Collection of MAME ROMs

Posted by timothy on Friday December 27, 2013 @11:20PM from the tie-a-yellow-onion-on-that-old-oak-tree dept.

An anonymous reader writes to point out a giant gift to the world from the Internet Archive: a massive collection of MAME ROMs, playable in your browser using Javascript Mess. From the blog post announcing this extension of the already mind-blowing Internet Archive: "Like the Historical Software collection, the Console Living Room is in beta – the ability to interact with software in near-instantaneous real-time comes with the occasional bumps and bruises. An army of volunteer elves are updating information about each of the hundreds of game cartridges now available, and will be improving them across the next few days. Sound is still not enabled, but is coming soon. Faster, more modern machines and up-to-date browsers work best with the JSMESS emulator."

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Re:42.8GB ZIP by FlyHelicopters · 2013-12-27 23:36 · Score: -1, Troll

What is the problem with a 43GB file? I have several USB flash drives laying on my desk that can hold that.
Are you concerned with the download size? Are you on a metered connection?
Just trying to understand, I'd personally much prefer a single huge file.