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MAME
,|title = Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator
|logo = MAME.jpg
|logowidth = 135
|version = {{MAMEVer}}
|active = Yes
|target = Thousands of electronics
|developer = [https://github.com/mamedev/mame/graphs/contributors MAME Team]
|prog-lang = C++ (C & Python for some drivers)
|website = [http://mamedev.org/ MAMEDev.org]
|source = [https://github.com/mamedev/mame GitHub]}}'''[[wikipedia:MAME|MAME]]''' (an acronym for '''<u>M</u>ultiple <u>A</u>rcade <u>M</u>achine <u>E</u>mulator''') is a multi-platform, open-source , [[Multi-system emulators|multi-system emulator]]written in C++. The philosophy behind the project is to recreate the workings of machines through emulation, and thus the ability to actually play the games is "a nice side effect". MAME is incredibly large, [[MAME compatibility list|supporting thousands of machines and ROM sets]], though what is supported is not what's playable; your mileage may vary. In the event you don't like MAME's own interface, there are many alternative front-ends available.
Much like the name says, MAME was supposed to be for arcade machines like Pac-Man back when it was released in 1997. A similar project called [[MESS]] was made to do essentially the same thing for home consoles and other esoteric devices that never got emulated, but it has since been merged into MAME by the end of May 2015 in version 0.162, and now it supports ''a whole lot more'' than arcade machines.
==Downloads==
===Windows===
*[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html '''Official release''']* [http://ashura.mameworld.info/nightlybuilds/builds.html Nightly builds] (compiled by Ashura-X)*[http://www.emucr.com/search/label/MAME-SVN SVN BuildsNightly builds](up to November 27, 2015)*[http://www.t2e.pl/pl/466/134/466/Automatyczne-edycje?tsearch=mame,svn,not|plus,not|mameui,not|mewui T2E SVN BUILDSbuilds](Polish, up to March 2015)
===macOS===
*[http://sdlmame.lngn.net/ Unofficial SDLMAME buildport](64-bit, provided by lngn.net)* [http://ashura.mameworld.info/nightlybuilds/sdl_builds.html Nightly builds] (compiled by Ashura-X)
==Overview==
[http://qmc2.batcom-it.net QMC2 – M.A.M.E./M.E.S.S./U.M.E. Catalog / Launcher II]
QMC2 is a multi-platform MAME/MESS /UME frontend.
===gnome-arcade===
===GroovyMAME===
{{Main|GroovyMAME}}
Also known as '''GroovyUME'''. It's a fork of MAME /UME made to support arcade CRT monitors for AMD cards.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,128879.0.html?PHPSESSID=domm2c4q77esu0j9uohc5vrqn5
==References==
<references/>
==External Links==
* [https://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/Developer_WIPs Developer WIPs] (Official MAMEDEV.org page showcasing lists pointing to profiles and links of many MAME developers)
* [https://mamedev.emulab.it/haze/ Developer coverage] from [https://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/David_Haywood David 'Haze' Haywood]. (A media-heavy blog with few articles per month on average. Goes more in-depth than MAME's changelogs and can be fun to read. Also see his [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcd55nv9pTcFNlXOIax7fiQ YouTube channel]. Former project coordinator, 2003-2005.)
* [https://mamedev.emulab.it/kale/ Developer coverage] from [https://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/Angelo_Salese Angelo 'Kale' Salese]. (Former project coordinator, 2011-2012. He mainly developed the ST-V arcade core.)
* [http://www.bryanmcphail.com/wp/?cat=25 Dev coverage] from Bryan 'Mish' McPhail
* [https://redump.net/ Dev coverage] from [http://mess.redump.net/people/duke Dirk 'Duke' Best]
* [https://mamedev.emulab.it/etabeta/ Dev coverage] from Fabio 'etabeta' Priuli
* [http://avoidspikes.blogspot.com/ Dev coverage] from Frank 'Knarfian' Palazzolo
* [http://members.iinet.net.au/~lantra9jp1_nbn/gurudumps/ Dev coverage] from Guru (Mainly repairs/decaps arcade boards and provides dumps of them for MAME. [http://members.iinet.net.au/~lantra9jp1_nbn/gurudumps/decap/index.html Decapping status page], [http://members.iinet.net.au/~lantra9jp1_nbn/gurudumps/DumpingProject/wantedlist/wanted.html Wanted dumps list].)
* [http://www.lucaelia.com/mame.php Dev coverage] from Luca Elia
* [http://rbelmont.mameworld.info/ Dev coverage] from R. 'Arbee' Belmont (Worked often on Apple ][, /// and early Mac's emulation)
* [https://mamedev.emulab.it/robiza/ Dev coverage] from Roberto 'Robiza' Zandonà (Italian blog)
* [http://slanina.pl/mame.html Dev coverage] from Tomasz 'Dox' Slanina
* [http://rants.vastheman.com/category/technology/mame/ Dev coverage] from Vas 'cuavas' Crabb (Few posts)
* [https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCVnS-HQL-pzFku5ZVCGnvBA/videos YouTube channel] from [https://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/MooglyGuy%27s_To-Do_List Ryan 'MooglyGuy' Holtz], [https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Ryan_Holtz former Minecraft developer] (Note: His Twitter feed has lots of fillers unrelated to his MAME work)
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[[Category:Multi-emulators]]
[[Category:Windows emulation software]]
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