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files that can be read by MAME. MAME does not support the use of external analog devices, which (along with identical speaker and speaker enclosures) would be required for a 100% faithful reproduction of the experience. An ever decreasing number of games with unemulated audio circuits require sound samples in WAV file format for sound emulation. MAME additionally supports artwork files in
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unplayably slow, even on the fastest computers. MAME does not currently take advantage of hardware acceleration to speed up the rendering of 3D graphics, in part because of the lack of a stable cross-platform 3D API, and in part because software rendering can, in theory, be an exact reproduction of the various custom 3D rendering approaches that were used in the arcade games.
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was integrated with MAME (so the MESS User Manual is still the most important usage instruction for the non-arcade parts of MAME). This also led to the removal of the acronym, as MAME can now emulate more than arcade machines. Since 2012, MAME has been maintained by former MESS project leader
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We want to document the hardware. Now a lot of people will say; "Where's your document? You just write a bunch of source code." And yes, that's true. One thing I've learned is that keeping documentation synced with source code is nearly impossible. The best proof that your documentation is right is
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Hard disks, compact discs and laserdiscs are stored in a MAME-specific format called CHD (Compressed Hunks of Data). Some machines use analog hardware, such as laserdiscs, to store and play back audio/video data such as soundtracks and cinematics. This data must be captured and encoded into digital
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commitments, handing stewardship of the project to fellow
Italian Mirko Buffoni for half a year. In May 2003, David Haywood took over as project coordinator; and from April 2005 to April 2011, the project was coordinated by Aaron Giles; then Angelo Salese stepped in as the coordinator; and in 2012,
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A "non-merged" set is a ROM that has everything a program needs to run in one ZIP file, such as its "parent". Non-merged roms take up more space due to redundancy, but they are useful for cases where only a specific set of programs are desired, such as only desiring one specific version of a game
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and other platforms. Its intention is to preserve gaming history by preventing vintage video games from being lost or forgotten. It does this by emulating the inner workings of the emulated machines; the ability to actually play the video games is considered "a nice side effect".
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license, respectively. The non-commercial clause was designed to prevent arcade operators from installing MAME cabinets and profiting from the works of the original manufacturers of the games. The ambiguity of the definition "commercial" led to legal problems with the license.
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due to the move to 64-bit builds), while the latter numbers were skipped due to the numerous releases in the 0.37 beta cycle (these version numbers have since been marked next to their equivalent 0.37 beta releases on the official MAMEdev website).
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systems (X/MAME), Macintosh (MacMAME and later MAME OS X) and
Windows (MAME32). Since 24 May 2001, with version 0.37b15, MAME's main development has occurred on the Windows platform, and most other platforms are supported through the
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with more advanced features. They provide varying degrees of customization, allowing one to see images of games' cabinets, histories, playing tips, specialized logo artwork for games, and video of the game's play or
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project, which was integrated into the main development source tree in 2006. MAME has also been ported to other computers, game consoles, mobile phones and PDAs and, at one point, even to digital cameras. In 2012,
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of the chip. This results in the ROM set requirements changing as the games are emulated to a more and more accurate degree, causing older versions of the ROM set becoming unusable in newer versions of MAME.
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notice to the MAME developers over those games being included in the emulator. MAME complied with the request a day later, making both unplayable on the emulator outside of command line, as of version 0.240.
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The MAME core coordinates the emulation of several elements at the same time. These elements replicate the behavior of the hardware present in the original machines. MAME can emulate many different
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that might make a game easier to run at the expense of emulation accuracy. Components such as CPUs are emulated at a low level (meaning individual instructions are emulated) whenever possible, and
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1990:. Vol. 26, no. 17. 4 September 2007. p. 61
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playable browser based MAME emulation at software archive
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without desiring to also obtain the other required files.
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CPU with new instructions) and sound chips (for example,
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1051:"With Software Sleight of Hand, Video Ghosts Walk"
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1806:"Aaron Giles at California Extreme 2008 – Part 2"
956:Since March 2016 with version 0.172, MAME itself
1189:"Afterlife: The World of Console Game Emulation"
293:sets, though not all of the games are playable.
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531:license, and the complete project is under the
2786:Lua (programming language)-scriptable software
1015:List of free and open-source software packages
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2508:List of Nintendo video game console emulators
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1478:Project Arcade: Build Your Own Arcade Machine
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2716:List of Sony video game console emulators
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688:(ROMs), although other devices such as
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57:MAME's main menu (as of version 0.209)
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1548:from the original on 22 February 2014
1515:from the original on 16 December 2012
1369:from the original on 7 September 2013
1336:from the original on 22 February 2014
285:The first public MAME release was by
247:designed to recreate the hardware of
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1857:Glasner, Joanna (10 February 2000).
1726:"You wanted the C&D, you got it"
1275:Milanovic, Miodrag (26 April 2012).
1020:List of video game console emulators
825:Aaron Giles, California Extreme 2008
645:Individual systems are specified by
2082:"So why did this annoy me so much?"
1580:from the original on 4 October 2011
944:, and as such is not considered an
386:development team's official website
1634:from the original on 22 April 2016
1534:Harris, Craig (30 November 2005).
1163:"WineVDM - Emulation General Wiki"
1063:from the original on 14 April 2019
795:or extra physical aspects such as
728:Street Fighter II Champion Edition
527:(90%+) is now available under the
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2801:Free video game console emulators
2756:Classic Mac OS emulation software
1859:"Court Upholds PlayStation Rival"
1025:List of computer system emulators
803:Philosophy, accuracy and quality
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238:Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator
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2771:Free software programmed in C++
2066:31 October 2013. Archived from
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737:MAME ROMs come in three forms,
2615:Connectix Virtual Game Station
1355:Wawro, Alex (3 January 2012).
1325:"But Wait, That's a Camera..."
1187:Maragos, Nich (25 July 2015).
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1913:"MAME ROMs for Free Download"
1804:Giles, Aaron (17 July 2009).
1781:. Mamedev.org. Archived from
1503:"Build Your Own MAME Machine"
1323:IGN Staff (3 November 1999).
1246:Giles, Aaron (5 April 2011).
2766:Cross-platform free software
1620:Wawro, Alex (4 March 2016).
359:, but it was soon ported to
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2164:MAME resource and news site
1656:Wawro, Alex (15 May 2015).
1536:"Dream Arcade Cocktail Kit"
1480:. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley.
1049:Herz, J.C. (5 March 1998).
726:is considered a variant of
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113:0.269 (August 29, 2024)
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2821:Windows emulation software
2126:"MAME | Legal Information"
2038:"MAME | Legal Information"
1389:"MAME Latest MAME Release"
1167:emulation.gametechwiki.com
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2781:Linux emulation software
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2326:Family Computer Emulator
1891:"17 U.S. Code § 117 (a)"
1476:St. Clair, John (2004).
1463:"MAME Previous Releases"
1083:"MAME | About MAME"
942:Free Software Definition
634:central processing units
2776:GP2X emulation software
2761:Cross-platform software
1962:. MAME development site
1934:"Gaelco Games at Home!"
1893:. U.S. Copyright Office
789:liquid-crystal displays
723:Street Fighter II Turbo
649:which take the form of
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1568:"Taito Legends manual"
1302:"The SDLMAME Homepage"
1226:"MAME Project History"
934:Open Source Definition
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820:"does this code work".
686:read-only memory chips
554:DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou
203:, with some sub-parts
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2816:PlayStation emulators
1982:"Make The Most of It"
1754:"About ROMs and Sets"
1410:"MAME Source Updates"
1138:"Virtual DOS machine"
909:Original MAME license
836:microcontroller units
673:dynamic recompilation
671:, MAME also supports
541:On 30 December 2021,
517:original MAME license
438:Yamaha FM sound chips
335:versions of Windows.
259:and other systems in
27:Multi-system emulator
865:Virtual Game Station
832:arcade system boards
813:high-level emulation
510:free and open-source
457:arcade game cabinets
339:History and overview
242:free and open-source
88:5 February 1997
2070:on 31 October 2013.
1277:"Passing the torch"
432:-derivative custom
426:reverse engineering
299:video game consoles
282:gamer should have.
253:video game consoles
2746:AmigaOS 4 software
2351:SNES/Super Famicom
1835:Salmoria, Nicola.
1758:MAME Documentation
1740:"MAME SVN History"
1056:The New York Times
997:Video games portal
895:has also released
585:possibly contains
265:personal computers
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