MAME 0.289 After two long months, MAME 0.289 is ready, and it’s an undeniably massive update! But before we talk about emulation, there are a few more mundane things to mention. Our Windows binary releases now include the SDL sound output and joystick input modules. The sdljoy joystick input module...

MAME 0.288 We’re proud to present MAME 0.288 today. We’ve already mentioned it before, but in case you forgot, we’ve migrated to C++20 and raised the requirements for development tools and operating systems. Windows users will now need an up-to-date version of Windows 10 or later. We’ve also switch...

Updated requirements for MAME I hope you enjoyed our April Fools’ Day announcement. With that out of the way, it’s time to discuss actual upcoming changes to MAME. We’re upgrading the development language standard from C++17 to C++20 and winding back support for obsolete configurations. We’ll also ...

MAME 0.287 It’s the end of another month, which means it’s time for another MAME release! As you’d expect, MAME 0.287 includes a wide-ranging array of emulation improvements to a multitude of systems. Interesting changes this month include better Namco System 23 graphics, improved lighting for Sega...

Yes, all the available peripherals work. You can use the “TI-Graph Link (grey, HLE)” (glinkhle) to transfer objects between emulated TI-82 and TI-85 calculators, or between an emulated calculator and a program running on the host system that can speak the byte-level TI-8x link protocol over a socked...

It’s an unfortunate regression in MAME 0.286. I expect OG will fix it in time for MAME 0.287, but all you can really do in the mean time is keep using MAME 0.285.

MAME 0.286 It’s time for MAME 0.286, bringing you more adventures in emulation. This month, we’ve added support for SDL3, which will be used by default when building on macOS (the default is still SDL2 on other UNIX-like platforms). You can choose SDL2 or SDL3 by adding OSD=sdl or OSD=sdl3 to your ...

Honestly, it seems that the r/MAME discussion channel on Reddit seems to be the more popular place. Reddit ? Really ? Wow, I was under the impression that place was avoided like the plague these days. I must have been misinformed then. Thanks for the reply. Reddit is fine if you only visit communit...

Keep in mind that some people (namely me) barely read what is posted on reddit, have no intention to create an account there and actually go to bannister instead. Conversely, any time I look at the bannister forum, there’s someone (or multiple someones) who should know better mouthing off about stu...

MAME 0.285 Are you ready for the first MAME release of 2026? MAME 0.285 is out now! We’ve added support for an early, unreleased version of Atari’s Relief Pitcher running on their System 1 platform. Moon Raker, a Nichibutsu shooter from the late ’70s, has also been found and emulated. Sega’s Waku W...