Just a small note. I have updated all the MAME downloads on our MAME page.
As before, we’ll continue to offer you the latest version and other related downloads.
New in our directory are the MAME source code and MAMEOSX.
The most recent version of MAME for Windows is MAME32 115.
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.
Heads up my gaming friends and readers, MAME version 0.111 was released yesterday.
MAME v0.111 has 6372 supported ROM sets and 3428 unique games.
It’s available for download in my MAME section.
MAME32 and the Windows Command Line version are current but I’m still waiting for the XMAME and MacMAME projects to get up to speed.
Hopefully in 2007 we’ll see some updates from them.
With all the excitement going on with government elections here in America and all the buzz about hacking democracy, I forgot to mention that MAME version 0.110 was released yesterday.
MAME v0.110 has 6310 supported ROM sets and 3401 unique games. w00t!
It’s available for download in my MAME section.
MAME32 and the Windows Command Line version are current.
I’m still waiting for XMAME and MacMAME to get up to speed. I’ll keep you posted.
The other day I posted about my Top 20 classic video games and coming in at number 14 was Space Invaders.
Well this morning an anonymous reader of my blog sent me a link to a video of people reenacting Space Invaders, complete with sound:
and people say that I have too much time on my hands… hehe.
This is actually a really well done video. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.