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RetrogamingDeep Dive August 9, 2026 3 min read

CHD Explained: Lossless Compression, Parent Images, Metadata, and Verification

A preservation-focused guide to MAME CHD hunks, codecs, hashes, parent-child images, metadata, creation, verification, extraction, and version control.

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RetrogamingNews July 12, 2026 4 min read

MAME Completes Its Move to GPL-Compatible Open-Source Licensing

Why MAME's 2016 relicensing mattered for reuse, preservation tooling, and the distinction between emulator source and copyrighted game data.

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RetrogamingNews July 11, 2026 5 min read

MAME and MESS Officially Merge into One Unified Emulator

MAME 0.162 integrated MESS in May 2015, placing arcade, computer, console, calculator, and other machine drivers in one preservation framework.

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