Now MAME is not only an arcade hardware simulator, but also has many of the most perfect home computer simulation cores, such as FC/MD/PS/N64 and so on. Antique microcomputers such as AMIGA and C64 can also be simulated.
The main theme of this simulator is to "document the hardware of the arcade/console/antique PC (in a programming language)". In other words, it is necessary to restore the original characteristics and operations of the hardware step by step in a complete, original, and step-by-step manner. Instead of using some tricky HACK to achieve the "playable" effect.
For MAME, "perfect interpretation of the original hardware" is much more important than the word "playable". Because of this purpose, MAME rarely uses various optimizations, at most some SIMD Intrinsic, even in order to consider cross-platform portability, even this kind of thing is rare. Hardware acceleration is not supported at all. Does the original hardware have 3D graphics/3D acceleration function? Realize with C language software! Never borrow any hardware acceleration features.
Of course, the current MAME supports D3D/OGL output, and supports various Shaders to enhance picture quality. But after all, it's just outputting the picture after rendering the whole picture in software in the kernel part. The role of Shader is just icing on the cake, such as simulating the effect of CRT. The game itself will never be drawn through D3D or OGL.
In addition, in the early years, MAME itself was a command line program. Therefore, various GUI and integrated GUI versions have sprung up everywhere, and many of them are doing very well. Such as MAMEPlus, MAME XT and so on. But now MAME itself has a built-in GUI (it can still be used through the command line), so various GUI and integrated GUI versions have been discontinued and no further development. Since the operation of this GUI is not based on the operating habits of Windows, it is a pity for those who are used to the previous GUI, and it may be difficult to get started for the first time.
In short, MAME is an emulator. In short, it documents the hardware. The feature is that it perfectly simulates various hardware, but the efficiency is very low. The function is very powerful, but it may be difficult to get started.
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Windows (PC) - MAME Download Emulator for MAME ROMS
Specific 32-bit and 64-bit versions
Choose the one needed by your Windows
link 1.
👉 0.175.1 (32-bit) 👈
link 2.
👉 0.175.1 (64-bit) 👈
Android - MAME Download Emulator for MAME ROMS
👉 Download MAME4droid-0.139u1 Emulator 👈
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step 1: Download the game and put the downloaded archive to the ‘roms’ folder within your MAME root directory
step 2: After launching the emulator, press F5 to refresh the game database
step 3: Double click on the game’s title in the list to start the emulation
step 4: Once the game starts, press ‘5’ on your keyboard (the one above your regular keys, not the one on the numpad) to activate the ‘coin trigger’ and then press ‘1’ (again, not on the numpad) to start ‘player one’ game. (note: these can be both remapped through the MAME settings tab, where you can also find mapping for the second player controls).
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