Mame Plus

MAME Plus! (MAMEPlus) is an unofficial Windows build of the MAME arcade emulator, based on MAME and the MAME32 graphical front end. The emulation core comes from the MAME project, which documents and reproduces the hardware of classic arcade machines so that their original software can run on a modern PC. MAME Plus! adds a graphical interface with game lists, filters and search, and it has also included some hacks and games that are not part of the official release. Because it is an unofficial build, its maintainers ask users not to send bug reports from it to the MAME team. Older releases were published in 32-bit and 64-bit versions. MAME itself is developed by the MAMEDev team and released under the GPL-2.0 license, with most of its files under the BSD-3-Clause license.

Features

• Plays arcade games from ROM sets that the user supplies; no ROMs are included with the emulator
• Some games, such as those that used hard disks or CDs, also require CHD image files
• Configurable controls for keyboard, gamepads and arcade sticks, with separate mappings for each player
• Video options with Direct3D, OpenGL and BGFX output, filtering, window mode and aspect ratio control

It combines MAME's arcade machine emulation with a graphical front end for browsing, filtering and launching games.

MAME Plus! is free to use. Game compatibility and speed depend on the emulated machine: many classic titles run at full speed on an average PC, while some drivers are marked as imperfect or not working in the game list. The game list can be filtered by manufacturer, year, category, screen orientation and working status. The settings menu also covers sound options, device mapping, directories for ROMs and other files, and saving the configuration.