Hardware emulation isn’t a new thing nowadays, and as PC's have got more powerful you find more game systems are getting emulated even so close as to be just one generation behind the current game consoles. Well the real big name in emulation for me is MAME which stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator and it first appeared back in 1997

Its quiz time, and we have another game related questions to test your knowledge. This is a four word computer game - Adventure game that is currently freeware and features art by a very famous British artist.

One of my all time favorite arcade games is the 1988 Data East classic Bad Dudes Vs Dragon Ninja. How can you not love a game that manages to get dude in the title, because trust me they are a very rare breed. In Japan Bad Dudes Vs Dragon Ninja was just called Dragon Ninja but for me that just makes the game lose the rarity of its name, because lets be honest there are 365 gazillion (yes that’s a specific count, honest) games with dragon in the title

Why dont you pit you brain against our game quizzes. This is a two word console game - The original game from a classic game series, that has since become world famous. Games have been released in the arcade but mostly on consoles.

Once again we have a new game related quiz for you. This is a three word arcade game - A classic arcade game from the 90's. In the game you travel the world to become the champion. One word was displayed as a number in the actual game title.

Ever wanted you own arcade cabinet? Ever wondered if you have the patience to cut all that wood or posses the DIY skills to manage it? Ever looked for any easy way out? If the answer to all these questions is yes, then you may well like this article. I first stumbled upon this mini tabletop MAME conversion using an IKEA cabinet about a year ago. As soon as I saw it I knew it was going to be a great read and I was already worried I would be trying to make my own pretty soon

If you like free games and you like racing games, and you don't mind the occasional platform game, then you should definitely check out the very free and very good Trackmania Nations. Trackmania Nations was released by Nadeo the maker of the Trackmania racing series, and the free Nations game was used as a promotional tool

So while our aim here is to have a good solid set of quality game sites in our database, there is always room for more. In the next few weeks were going to be adding more freeware and public domain game sites to Cash Strapped Gamer

Yes its a very important day, because this is the day that cashstrappedgamer.com gets launched. We think there is a niche for a service like ours to provide you with links to some of the best sites. All the sites included have selections of freeware, public domain, shareware, abandonware and 3d games