Many of those games are still fairly common today, while others have already become rare, and hundreds of titles have literally become extinct. There have been around 7000 different arcade games released since Computer Space started the whole thing back in 1971. The real goal of the MAME project is to preserve old arcade games for future generations. Instead I am going to talk about the true purpose behind MAME. Other people have already discussed how you can use MAME to play all your favorite games on your personal computer. All the frontends are listed here : Enjoy your travel to the past. Arcade OS ( is very useful if you want to plug a real arcade monitor to your MAME PC. Most others will use the DOS MAME binary. MAME32 is an integrated Windows frontend. One of those best sites (also, but not only, dedicated to MAME32) is Another way to enhance the MAME experience is to use frontends. More info about it here : Many people enhance the MAME experience with useful artwork such as game icons and screenshots.
The HotRod is a wonderful arcade joystick ( 2 players) with true arcade components and an authentic arcade feeling. They have ALL of the MAME roms, bios and drivers for free.Ī great addition to MAME is either building a MAME cabinet ( arcade cabinet with a MAME computer inside) or using a HotRod SE. One of the best source for dumped ROMS is dk. You can meet a lot of interesting and helpful people on. You will also find MAME ports for OS/2, QNX, AmigaPPC, AmigaOS, AROS, RISC OS, BeOS, Digita OS, EPOC32 and some more on The MAME community is very active. It is generally released a few days after the new version of DOS MAME. MAME 32 ( the Windows port, including a nice GUI and many useful features.DOS MAME ( html) is the original version, it has the priority.The betas fix bugs, add new games and/or drivers, and sometimes new functions. MAME's official website is MAME is in constant development, and each month, a new beta is released. M.A.M.E resources : getting the best out of M.A.M.E
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