Discrete Logic (TTL) arcade game emulation

[spycat]

MAME currently supports two of these pre-CPU arcade games of the 1970's: PONG and more recently BREAKOUT. DICE (Discrete Integrated Circuit Emulator) as of version 0.9 emulates 21 of these games. It's GUI based and can be run standalone or used with LaunchBox. It's an unusual emulator in that the games are inside the executable itself. So, as there are no actual game files for LaunchBox to point to, you need to launch DICE in application mode and add the game name (as known to DICE) as a parameter. Some games, however, also need an external ROM image in order to work properly. These are Anti-Aircraft, Attack, Clean Sweep, Crash n Score, Indy 4, Jet Fighter, Shark JAWS, Steeplechase, Stunt Cycle and Wipeout. When sourcing these ROMs you need to ensure you get the TTL versions. The ROMs (still zipped) go in the roms folder and they must be renamed to the DICE recognised names as listed in the text file that comes with the emulator. The attention span of these games in today's gaming world is probably a few seconds, but for the arcade enthusiast they are worth preserving. http://adamulation.blogspot.com.br/ Note that VirusTotal returns a ratio of 1/57 for the DICE executable. I've had no issues with this program and this is most likely a false positive. Use your own judgement.

[garbanzo]

Emulator or simulator? Either way, I'm grateful for DICE. It's a fantastic project. Thanks for the write-up!

[Jason Carr]

Nice, that's pretty awesome. Bookmarked to play with it later. :)