2010-07-09 19:15:00 +02:00
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MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. When used in conjunction
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with images of the original arcade game's ROM and disk data, MAME attempts
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to reproduce that game as faithfully as possible on a more modern general
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purpose computer. MAME can currently emulate several thousand different
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classic arcade video games from the late 1970s through the modern era.
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2015-02-27 23:10:12 +01:00
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2015-11-13 04:43:15 +01:00
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MESS (Multi Emulator Super System) is the sister project of MAME. MESS
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documents the hardware for a wide variety of (mostly vintage) computers,
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video game consoles, and calculators, as MAME does for arcade games.
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Modern versions of MAME now include MESS, so there's no need for a
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separate MESS build or binary.
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This build requires around 2GB of storage in /tmp (or whatever you set
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TMP to in the environment).
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2016-07-29 19:47:35 +02:00
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Optionally, MAME can be built with a debugger for emulated ROM
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code. You don't need this just to play the games; it's mainly useful
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for developing MAME itself. To build the debugger, first install qt5,
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then set QTDEBUG=yes in the environment before building mame.
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2017-02-15 01:44:12 +01:00
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Optionally, MAME can be built with the GroovyMAME patch. See
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README_groovy.txt for details.
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