The emulator (program) itself can be considered a universal cabinet whereas the games themselves are called ROMs (Read Only Memory), similar to the cartridges to an Atari 2600 or 5200 system. MacMAME is the Macintosh version of MAME, which stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. Now I can relive my video game-playing memories with the program called MAME which is available to both Mac- and PC-users.

Right now the only way to play classic pinball games are with a program called Visual Pinball, which unfortunately is only for Windows. Pinball machines and arcade games amazed me with the flashing lights, awesome sounds, and repetitive gameplay. It wasn't just Atari, Intellivision and other home consoles that got me addicted, but the lure of video arcades. I remember being at an 8th grade reading level in 1st grade, yet in 2nd grade when my parents presented me an Atari 2600 for my birthday, that reading went downhill. When I was growing up in the 70's and 80's I was a video game freak.

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