What games does MAME emulate so far?
Each version of MAME includes support for additional games. If you run MAME with the -listfull option, it will display a list of all supported games. On the web, there is an excellent searchable database of the games that MAME supports, called MAWS. You can search games by name, manufacturer, year, etc. Another very helpful site is Bobby Tribble’s page of unemulated arcade games. It contains numerous screen shots and descriptions of yet-to-be emulated games. Also take a look at System16 – The Arcade Museum. It is a very detailed site about the games made by several of the biggest manufacturers and it also contains lots of hardware information.
Each version emulates more and more, and hopefully better and better.Check MAWS and WHATSNEW.TXT files. Use your browser’s search capability to find your favorite (one that you own that is ;-). You may also browse through the Mame.Net Screenshot Archive if you don’t remember the name of the game you are looking for. A very helpful site is Bobby Tribble’s page of unemulated arcade games. It contains numerous screen shots and descriptions of yet unemulated games. There is also a searchable database of the games that MAME supports, called MAWS. You can search games by name, manufacturer, year etc. Also take a look at System16 – The Arcade Museum. It is a very detailed site about the games made by several of the biggest manufacturers and it also contains lots of hardware information.
Each version emulates more and more and hopefully better and better ;-). Check the readme that ships with each MAME. The latest can be found from the whatsnew.txt file, which you can also read from here. Use your browser’s search/find in frame capability to find *your* favourite (one that you own that is ;-). To get a list of games not yet emulated, look at BTribble’s Video Games. Back G12. Emulate this and that game! Some members of the MAME team actually have the dreaded Real Life ™ syndrome. They are not yours to command which game to emulate next. Usually the roms aren’t a problem, so DO NOT start sending rom images to the developers to get a game emulated. It doesn’t help. Instead, you could set up a web page, trying to gather information about the game, like schematics, manuals and so on. Attempts like this have usually been very successful. Anyhow, for information about games being worked on, go to the official MAME WIP (Work-In-Progress) page. And if something isn’t there, i
