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[[File:1676971-ms_pac_man_arcade_machine.jpg|thumb|156px|Example of a Ms. Pac-Man arcade cabinet.]]Arcades are not a single consolewere venues in which many games were played at, but rather hundreds often containing thousands of separate arcade system boardsgames. Arcades often got their revenue from players who paid to play games. Machines often varied by their design and, unlike consoles, were often tailored to just one game. Most arcade emulators focus on emulating many systems in one program, with some focusing on a few systems, and others attempting to emulate every systemthe scope of which varies between projects.

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|style="text-align:center;"|[[MAME]]|style="text-align:center;"|Multi-platform|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]|style="text-align:center;"|Thousands<ref>http://mamedb.com/history</ref>|style✓<ref group="textN>RetroArch cores: [https://github.com/libretro/mame mame] (latest), [https://github.com/libretro/mame2014-libretro mame2014] (0.159), [https://github.com/libretro/mame2010-alignlibretro mame2010] (0.139), [https:center;"|✓*|style="text//github.com/libretro/mame2003-alignlibretro mame2003] (0.78), [https:center;"//github.com/libretro/mame2000-libretro mame2000 aka mame4all] (0.37b5)</ref>|✓

|style="text-align:center;"|[[Final Burn Alpha]]|style="text-align:center;"|Windows|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.fbalpha.com/downloads/ 0.2.97.42]|style="text-align:center;"|Hundreds|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|✓

|style="text-align:center;"|[http://adamulation.blogspot.com/ DICE]|style="text-align:center;"|Windows, Linux, OS X|style="text-align:center;"|[http://sourceforge.net/projects/dice/files/DICE/ 0.9]|style="text-align:center;"|18|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|✓

|style="text-align:center;"|Supermodel|style="text-align:center;"|Windows, Linux, OS X|style="text-align:center;"|[http://supermodel3.com/Download.html 0.2a]/[http://www.emucr.com/search/label/Supermodel SVN]|style="text-align:center;"|1 (Sega Model 3)|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|✓

|style="text-align:center;"|[[Raine]]|style="text-align:center;"|Windows, Linux, OS X|style="text-align:center;"|[http://raine.1emulation.com/download/latest.html 0.64.13]|style="text-align:center;"|1058|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|✗

|style="text-align:center;"|[[Kawaks]]|style="text-align:center;"|Windows|style="text-align:center;"|[http://cps2shock.emu-france.info/download.html v1.65]|style="text-align:center;"|3 (Neo Geo, CPS1, CPS2)|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|✗

|style="text-align:center;"|Model 2 Emulator|style="text-align:center;"|Windows|style="text-align:center;"|[http://nebula.emulatronia.com/descargas.php 1.1a]|style="text-align:center;"|1 (Sega Model 2)|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|✓

|style="text-align:center;"|CPS3 Emulator|style="text-align:center;"|Windows|style="text-align:center;"|[http://nebula.emulatronia.com/descargas.php 1.0a]|style="text-align:center;"|1 (CPS3)|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|✗

|style="text-align:center;"|[[DEmul]]|style="text-align:center;"|Windows|style="text-align:center;"|[http://demul.emulation64.com/downloads/ 0.7A]|style="text-align:center;"|6 (NAOMI and variants)|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|✓

|style="text-align:center;"|[[Daphne]]|style="text-align:center;"|Windows, Linux, OS X|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.daphne-emu.com/ 1.0]|style="text-align:center;"|? (Laserdisc)|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|✓

<nowiki>*</nowiki> RetroArch cores: [https://github.com/libretro/mame mame] (latest), [https://github.com/libretro/mame2014-libretro mame2014] (0.159), [https://github.com/libretro/mame2010-libretro mame2010] (0.139), [https://github.com/libretro/mame2003-libretro mame2003] (0.78), [https://github.com/libretro/mame2000-libretro mame2000 aka mame4all] (0.37b5) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

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|style="text-align:center;"|[[Virtual Console]]|style="text-align:center;"|[[Wii]]|style="text-align:center;"|n/a?|styleVarious<ref group="text-align:center;"|Various N>Includes games from publishers such as Namco, Sega, Tecmo and Capcom boards, plus also Neo Geo</ref>|style="text-align:center;"|?|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|✓

|style="text-align:center;"|NJEMU CPS1PSP|style="text-align:center;"|[[PlayStation Portable]]|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.emucr.com/search/label/NJEMU 2.3.5]|style="text-align:center;"|1 (CPS1)|style="text-align:center;"|MAME 0.152|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|✓

|style="text-align:center;"|NJEMU CPS2PSP|style="text-align:center;"|[[PlayStation Portable]]|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.emucr.com/search/label/NJEMU 2.3.5]*<ref group=N name=cache>Generate cache with included <code>romcnv</code> utility.</ref>|style="text-align:center;"|1 (CPS2)|style="text-align:center;"|MAME 0.152|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|✓

|style="text-align:center;"|NJEMU MVSPSP |style="text-align:center;"|[[PlayStation Portable]]|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.emucr.com/search/label/NJEMU 2.3.5]*<ref group=N name=cache />|style="text-align:center;"|1 (Neo-Geo)|style="text-align:center;"|MAME 0.152|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|✓

|style="text-align:center;"|NJEMU NCDZPSP|style="text-align:center;"|[[PlayStation Portable]]|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.emucr.com/search/label/NJEMU 2.3.5]*<ref group=N name=cache />|style="text-align:center;"|1 (Neo-Geo CD)|style="text-align:center;"|MAME 0.152|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|✓

|style="text-align:center;"|UO CPS1PSP|style="text-align:center;"|[[PlayStation Portable]]|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.mediafire.com/?14qo3g1y81ayfyb 2.3.1]|style="text-align:center;"|1 (CPS1)|style="text-align:center;"|MAME 0.120|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|✓

|style="text-align:center;"|UO CPS2PSP|style="text-align:center;"|[[PlayStation Portable]]|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.mediafire.com/?7xg7vn7oqpo3nti 2.3.1]*<ref group=N name=cache />|style="text-align:center;"|1 (CPS2)|style="text-align:center;"|MAME 0.120|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|✓

|style="text-align:center;"|UO MVSPSP |style="text-align:center;"|[[PlayStation Portable]]|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.mediafire.com/?2qzaz2089f99cvk 2.3.1]*<ref group=N name=cache />|style="text-align:center;"|1 (Neo-Geo)|style="text-align:center;"|MAME 0.120|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|✓

|style="text-align:center;"|UO NCDZPSP|style="text-align:center;"|[[PlayStation Portable]]|style="text-align:center;"|[http://www.mediafire.com/?883tfd76v4qckz2 2.3.1]*<ref group=N name=cache />|style="text-align:center;"|1 (Neo-Geo CD)|style="text-align:center;"|MAME 0.120|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|✓

|style="text-align:center;"|FBA4PSP|style="text-align:center;"|[[PlayStation Portable]]|style="text-align:center;"|[https[sourceforge://sourceforge.net/projects/fba4psp/files/FBA4PSP_Formal/ |v12.4.0]]|style="text-align:center;"|1 (CPS1)|style="text-align:center;"|MAME 0.141|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|✓

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Generate cache with included <code>romcnv</code> utility. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

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|style="text-align:center;"|[[MAME]]|style="text-align:center;"|Android|style="text-align:center;"|[https://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/ 1.3.6]*<ref group=N name=libretro>Only available on mobile as a libretro core (e.g. [[RetroArch]]).</ref>|style="text-align:center;"|?|style="text-align:center;"|Depends on core|style="text-align:center;"|✓|style="text-align:center;"|✓

|style="text-align:center;"|MAME4droid (0.139u1)|style="text-align:center;"|Android|style="text-align:center;"|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.seleuco.mame4droid 1.11]|style="text-align:center;"|?|style="text-align:center;"|MAME 0.139u1|style="text-align:center;"|✓<br />mame2010|style="text-align:center;"|✓

|style="text-align:center;"|MAME4droid (0.37b5)|style="text-align:center;"|Android|style="text-align:center;"|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.seleuco.mame4all 1.5.3]|style="text-align:center;"|?|style="text-align:center;"|MAME 0.37b5|style="text-align:center;"|✓<br />mame2000|style="text-align:center;"|✓

|style="text-align:center;"|aFBA|style="text-align:center;"|Android|style="text-align:center;"|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greatlittleapps.afba 0.2.97.35]|style="text-align:center;"|?|style="text-align:center;"|FBA 0.2.97.35<br/>(based on MAME 0.159)|style="text-align:center;"|✗|style="text-align:center;"|✓

<nowiki>*<references group=N /nowiki> Only available on mobile as a libretro core (e.g. [[RetroArch]]). 

* ;[[MAME]] is very :Very extensivein scope, with the majority of arcade system boards from the 1970's, 1980's and early 1990's supported. Do not expect support for more recent boards, such as Atomiswave. MAME focuses on [[accuracy]] and archiving arcade gamespreservation, which means it does not always focus on meaning usability comes second for the end user. Only the most up to date ROM dumps will work in the latest MAME. There are many MAME front-ends available.

* ;[[Final Burn Alpha]] supports a :Supports many boards, such as Neo Geo, Capcom CPS1-3, and others. It is very good for the boards it supports. The Neo-Geo X system, in fact, uses FBA. It offers much better speeds on lower-end hardware than MAME and has been ported to many different devices, such as PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Original Xbox, Sega Saturn, Android, Wii, Dingoo, and many others.

* ;DICE is made for emulating :Emulates old arcade machines from the early 1970's at a very high level of accuracy. Since these machines had no CPU, the emulator instead emulates discrete logic components in the circuit board. This method is very system-intensive, and getting full speed requires at least a mid-range gaming PC along with the 64-bit version of the emulator.

* ;Supermodel emulates :Emulates Sega's Model 3 arcade platform focusing on accuracy. Presently, Supermodel is in a very early "alpha" stage of development, meaning it lacks many planned features. It does not yet have a user-friendly graphical interface, game compatibility remains low, and all CPUs are emulated using straightforward (and slow) interpretation rather than fast just-in-time translation.

* ;Model 2 Emulator emulates:Emulates, as per its name, Sega's Model 2 arcade platform with a focus on speed over accuracy. Despite this, however, it still manages to play games for that hardware with far higher accuracy than MAME currently can.

* ;[[Virtual Console emulates ]]:Emulates Sega, Namco, Capcom and Tecmo arcade games, in addition to Neo Geo. It is a viable method for official emulation, but forces you to play like you would on a real arcade machine.