MAME
Home of The MAME Project — preserving arcade and hardware history
MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) is a long-running open-source project that accurately emulates thousands of distinct hardware architectures, primarily arcade and classic computing systems. The project is maintained by a volunteer team focused on hardware preservation and cycle-accurate emulation fidelity. The team has announced a phased migration toward Rust and AI-assisted code review tooling beginning with an upcoming release.
MAME emulates thousands of hardware architectures in software with cycle-accurate fidelity, allowing users to run software originally designed for long-obsolete physical hardware.
retro gaming enthusiasts, hardware preservationists, and open-source contributors
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- open-source
- Company
- MAMEdev
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