The first update to MAME 0.136 is now posted over at the Source Updates page. Before you compile it, though, you will need to read the whatsnew file and download a new tool chain. Have fun!
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.
The first update to MAME 0.136 is now posted over at the Source Updates page. Before you compile it, though, you will need to read the whatsnew file and download a new tool chain. Have fun!
Happy New Year! MAME 0.136 is now available for download.
The 4th and likely final update to MAME 0.135 is now available on the Source Updates page. There are a couple of known issues with the games in mitchell.c and konamigv.c, but beyond that, if you see anything bad with this version please report it over at MAMETesters.
A new update to MAME 0.135 is now available. Expect one more update, and then hopfully a 0.136 just before the year is out.
Time to wake up from the post-Thanksgiving coma and consume a new MAME update instead.
After a short hiatus, the first update to MAME 0.135 is now available for download on the Source Updates page.
And as promised, MAME 0.135 has been released.