Kwangoko kule nyanga, umphuhlisi uJames Addyman usixelele ukuba wayesebenza kwi-MAME emulator yesizukulwane sesine se-Apple TV. Kule nto wasebenzisa ikhithi yophuhliso enikwa yiApple kubaphuhlisi. Nangona kunjalo, umphuhlisi uKevin Smith uze ngaphambili, ngubani izise umdlalo odumileyo we-emulator kwisizukulwana sesine se-Apple TV kwaye ibonisa ukuba isebenza ngokugqibeleleyo. Oku kuzisa amathuba amaninzi kunye nezizathu ezininzi zokufumana i-Apple TV entsha, ethi yona kunye nomlawuli weconsole ikwazi ukubonelela ngeeyure ezingapheliyo zolonwabo ukukhumbula imidlalo yakudala eyinxalenye yobuntwana bethu sonke.
Kwividiyo engezantsi sinokubona ukuba i-MAME emulator isebenza njani kwi-TVOS entsha yesine ye-Apple TV. Kulabo abangayazi iMAME, igama layo lokwenyani yiMultiplat Arcade Machine Emulator, njengoko igama layo libonisa ukusebenza kwayo linganisa oomatshini be-arcade ezahlukeneyo okanye ii-consoles ezindala esinokukhumbula sonke, njenge-NES. Iapps ezininzi ezinje nge-MAME ziye zangena ngokufutshane kwiVenkile yeApple, kodwa zonke zisusiwe, ngethemba lokuba iApple ayibi ngqongqo kangako kwiTVOS.
Njengoko ubonile kwividiyo, baleka imidlalo eyahlukeneyo yearcade njengeDonkey Kong, Galaga, Street Fighter I, Raiden kunye neMetal Slug. Yonke imidlalo ibonakala ngathi iqhuba kakuhle kwinkqubo ngaphandle kwemicimbi yesandi encinci eya kulungiswa kungekudala. Ezi ziindaba ezimnandi, abaphuhlisi basebenza kunye ne-Apple TV, kwaye oko kongeza ixabiso kwimveliso, enokuthengwa kwi-149 yevenkile kwivenkile. Nangona kunjalo, iApple ayinakulwamkela olu setyenziso kwiVenkile yeVenkile yeTV, ke kuya kufuneka sijonge indlela abaphuhlisi abajikeleza ngayo lo mqobo.