Car Polo official MAME ROM: legal access and version-check guide
Open MAMEdev's Car Polo title page as the official source, read and accept its non-commercial-use condition there, and initiate any download only from that page. Keep the source receipt separate from a MAME 0.289 technical audit: the grant is limited to the original Car Polo images delivered by MAMEdev and does not authorize ArcadeShelf or another product to mirror, bundle, prefetch, or commercialize them.
Do this in order
- 01
Open the exact MAMEdev Car Polo page and confirm it still names H.R. Kauffman, Exidy, free non-commercial use, and the required acknowledgement.
- 02
Accept the condition and initiate the download on MAMEdev only; do not use a mirror, direct-file hotlink, app fetch, bundle, or cached copy.
- 03
Record the title-page URL, access date, permission wording, intended non-commercial use, and exact downloaded artifact without publishing it.
- 04
Record the target emulator and upstream MAME revision; for the August 2 baseline use MAME 0.289 and short name `carpolo`.
- 05
Place the file through the Android port's documented local import flow and run its targeted audit or the equivalent of `carpolo -verifyroms`.
- 06
Preserve the audit and current emulation limitations; do not claim complete sound, a perfect dump, tested Android controls, or redistribution permission.
Decision and diagnostic table
| Evidence | What it permits or proves | Boundary |
|---|---|---|
| MAMEdev title page | Source-site non-commercial access | User must review and act there |
| MAMEdev free-ROM catalog | Approved distribution from MAMEdev | No third-party mirror or bundle |
| MAME 0.289 driver | `carpolo` identity and driver flags | Code license does not license ROM assets |
| Targeted local audit | Technical match for one build | No rights or Android playability proof |
The official page is part of the permission
MAMEdev says H.R. Kauffman made the original images available for free, non-commercial use and requires an acknowledgement before download. Bypassing that page would remove the user from the published permission flow.
Free does not mean mirrorable
MAMEdev's catalog limits approved distribution to its own site and requires separate owner permission for another website, MAME distribution, software package, cabinet, or product. ArcadeShelf therefore links to the page and hosts no Car Polo file.
Preserve the imperfect-emulation flags
The fixed MAME 0.289 source marks sound as unemulated and one character ROM as a bad dump. A successful ROM audit confirms the expected data contract, not complete emulation or testing of a specific Android port.
The reviewed grant is free, non-commercial use through MAMEdev only. It does not authorize commercial use, mirroring, hotlinking, caching, bundling, modification, or redistribution by ArcadeShelf; trademarks and presentation assets are not separately cleared.