MAME version 0.112 Now Available
Heads up my gaming friends and readers, MAME version 0.112 was released this morning.
MAME v0.112 has 6465 supported ROM sets and 3482 unique games.
It’s available for download in my MAME section.
For my readers who might be wondering what MAME is, I’ll tell you :)
MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator.
When used in conjunction with an arcade game’s data files (ROMs), MAME will more or less faithfully reproduce that game on a PC. Pretty cool don’t you think?
MAME can currently emulate over 3400 unique (and over 6400 in total) classic arcade video games from the three decades of video games – ’70s, ’80s and ’90s, and even some from the current millennium.
The ROM images that MAME utilizes are “dumped” from arcade games’ original circuit-board ROM chips and no I can not provide you with these ROMs for legal and copyright reasons.
MAME becomes the “hardware” for the games, taking the place of their original CPUs and support chips, therefore, these games are NOT simulations, but the actual, original games that appeared in arcades.
MAME’s purpose is to preserve these decades of video-game history.
As gaming technology continues to rush forward, MAME prevents these important “vintage” games from being lost and forgotten.
This is achieved by documenting the hardware and how it functions, thanks to the talent of programmers from the MAME team and from other contributors.
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Comments / What do you think?
August 27th, 2007
I personally love vintage toys. It’s fun finding the toys you had as a kid, or the ones you always wanted.