Ok, we're up to 6 updates this go-around. I expect a u7 next week and then hopefully we can move on to 0.128.
MAME is a multi-purpose emulation framework.
MAME’s purpose is to preserve decades of software history. As electronic technology continues to rush forward, MAME prevents this important "vintage" software from being lost and forgotten. This is achieved by documenting the hardware and how it functions. The source code to MAME serves as this documentation. The fact that the software is usable serves primarily to validate the accuracy of the documentation (how else can you prove that you have recreated the hardware faithfully?). Over time, MAME (originally stood for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) absorbed the sister-project MESS (Multi Emulator Super System), so MAME now documents a wide variety of (mostly vintage) computers, video game consoles and calculators, in addition to the arcade video games that were its initial focus.
The MAME project as a whole is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, 2 (GPL-2.0), since it contains code made available under multiple GPL-compatible licenses. A great majority of files (over 90% including core files) are under the BSD-3-Clause License and we would encourage new contributors to distribute files under this license.
Please note that MAME is a registered trademark of Gregory Ember, and permission is required to use the "MAME" name, logo or wordmark.
Ok, we're up to 6 updates this go-around. I expect a u7 next week and then hopefully we can move on to 0.128.
On Latest Updates. Have fun!
It's time to grab the latest MAME source update from the Source Updates page. Go on, you know you want to.
Time for another MAME update. Grab it from the Source Updates page.
Time for the latest update to MAME, over at the Source Updates page.
Now available over at the Source Updates page.
After a large amount of internal changes and restructuring, release day is finally here. Grab the final MAME 0.127 release from our Latest Release page.
This release marks a new "first" in MAME history: the first officially supported laserdisc game, Cube Quest, is now up and running. This was definitely one of the more obscure and challenging games to emulate, so special kudos to Philip Bennett, Joe Magiera, and Warren Ondras for figuring it all out!