Claude Code Debugs MAME's Stubborn Macintosh Emulation

This article demonstrates how AI assistants like Claude Code can tackle complex, tedious debugging tasks that would normally take weeks or months. By combining custom scripting, log analysis, and deep code investigation, Claude Code identified and helped fix multiple bugs in MAME's PowerPC emulation and Macintosh hardware support. The success shows how AI can accelerate development on legacy systems and open-source projects, particularly when traditional manual debugging becomes impractical.