StarROMS is gone.

[+DamonicFury]

Sadly, it appears that StarROMS is out of business. Their web site www.starroms.com only has a goodbye message on it.

 

For those who didn't know, they were the one place you could purchase and download legal ROMS for use in MAME. They only were able to reach a deal with Atari/Infogrammes to do so, but they had a nice selection of the classics. Dealing with them was always a pleasure.

 

I'm curious if their downfall is tied into Atari's recent woes. Either way, they will be missed, and I will continue to hope that someday a similar service is made available with a selection of arcade games from many manufacturers.

 

Goodbye, StarROMS.

[Curt Vendel]

Hmmmm,

 

Thats a shame. I had a friend who worked there, I'll see if I can find anything out.

 

 

Curt

 

Sadly, it appears that StarROMS is out of business.  Their web site www.starroms.com only has a goodbye message on it.

 

For those who didn't know, they were the one place you could purchase and download legal ROMS for use in MAME.  They only were able to reach a deal with Atari/Infogrammes to do so, but they had a nice selection of the classics.  Dealing with them was always a pleasure.

 

I'm curious if their downfall is tied into Atari's recent woes.  Either way, they will be missed, and I will continue to hope that someday a similar service is made available with a selection of arcade games from many manufacturers.

 

Goodbye, StarROMS.

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[jaybird3rd]

That's unfortunate. I still had some credit with them (not much), even though I had already picked up just about every game they were offering.

 

I think they had the right idea: hardcore emulation fans have been wanting a way to get legal copies of these games for years, and StarROMS succeeded in licensing some good ones from Atari. If they had gotten more, and if they had licensed games from other publishers as well, perhaps they could have been more successful.