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This page should contain brief descriptions of various emulators. If more information is needed for a particular emulator, an individual page may be used.
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Here is a brief list of some arcade machine emulators, and help to get these running on a arcadecab cabinet:
  
==MAME™==
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== Arcade Emulators with brief help ==
MAME ('''M'''ultiple '''A'''rcade '''M'''achine '''E'''mulator) is the big daddy of all the videogame emulators out there. Currently it supports over six thousand different arcade games. Standard vanilla versions of MAME can be found an [http://www.mame.net MAME.net], intermediate versions and development notes are at [http://www.mamedev.com MAMEDev.com].  
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* '''[[Daphne]]''' - A laserdisc emulator (like Dragon's Lair and Space Ace)
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* '''[[MAME]]''' - ('''M'''ultiple '''A'''rcade '''M'''achine '''E'''mulator)
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* '''[[Modeler]]''' - A Sega System 32 and Model 1 emulator.
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* '''[[Nebula]]''' - A CPS-2, NeoGeo, and NeoGeoCD emulator.
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* '''[[Vantage]]''' - an '''V'''ertical '''ANT'''iquated '''A'''rcade '''G'''ame '''E'''mulator
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* '''[[Zinc]]''' - An arcade emulator, based on Sony PlayStation hardware
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* '''[[AdvanceMAME]]''' - is a port of the MAME™ and MESS emulators for Arcade Monitors and TVs but also for normal PC Monitors.
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== These pages need adding info ==
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* '''[[Callus]]''' - A Capcom CPS-1 emulator
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* '''[[Final Burn]]''' - Emulates many Sega arcade games along with some Capcom CPS games
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* '''[[Kawaks]]''' - A CPS-1, CPS-2, and Neo-Geo emulator.
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* '''[[Raine]]''' - An emulator mainly focused on Taito and Jaleco games
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* '''[[System16]]''' - emulates the Sega System 16 system.
  
Since MAME is an open source project, many people have created modified versions with various extra tweaks and features. Here are just some of the versions out there:
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===AdvanceMAME===
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:AdvanceMAME includes advanced video support, allowing users to create tweaked video modes from software and thus achieve near perfect display using an arcade monitor. It also has several other unique featues, such as a simple internal scripting language. It is available in Windows, DOS and Linux versions and can be found on its [http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/download.html SourceForge page].
 
 
 
===BuddaMAME===
 
BuddaMAME is a derivitive work from MAME maintained by Buddabing since version 0.84.
 
 
 
There are four major extensions to MAME which BuddaMAME provides:
 
 
 
# Artwork display when pause is pressed
 
# Automatic generation of said artwork
 
# MAME Movie Maker
 
# Support for Buddabing's LED controller
 
 
 
The home page for BuddaMAME can be found at http://cpmaker.mameprojects.com
 
 
 
===fastMAME===
 
===MacMAME===
 
:Like the name implies, MacMAME is the Mac port of MAME. Due to the limited number of available programmers, the official version is not updated as often as its Windows counterparts. You can find more information at [http://www.macmame.org/]
 
 
 
===MAME32===
 
:MAME32 is a Windows version of MAME with a built in GUI/Front-End. It is available for download [http://mame32qa.classicgaming.gamespy.com here], and is mirrored on [http://www.whiper.com/mame MAMEmirror.tk]
 
 
 
===MameAnalog+===
 
===NoNameMame===
 
===PacMAME===
 
===PowerMAME===
 
:PowerMAME is a collaborative build of MAME for Windows that includes many tweaks and mods to make MAME more arcade cabinet friendly. PowerMAME is the brainchild of MikeQ and is available for download from [http://www.unappliedbraincells.com UnappliedBraincells.com]. Documentation of its features can be found a the [http://powermame.joymonkey.com PowerMAME Wiki]. It includes support for LEDWiz output controllers.
 
===VectorMAME===
 
:VectorMAME is a special build of MAME that allows games to be displayed on a vector monitor using Zektor's Vector Generator. It is available for download from [http://www.zektor.com/zvg/vectormame.htm Zektor's website].
 
 
 
===X-MAME===
 
:What is xmame?
 
:Xmame is a port of MAME, the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. It runs primarily on Linux and various flavors of UNIX, although some other operating systems, such as BeOS, are supported to some degree.
 
 
 
:The X-MAME home page is at http://x.mame.net
 
 
 
==Daphne==
 
:Daphne emulates laserdisc games like Dragon's Lair and Space Ace. It's available from [http://www.daphne-emu.com Daphne-EMu.com].
 
 
==ZiNC==
 

Latest revision as of 08:04, 5 December 2013

Here is a brief list of some arcade machine emulators, and help to get these running on a arcadecab cabinet:

Arcade Emulators with brief help

  • Daphne - A laserdisc emulator (like Dragon's Lair and Space Ace)
  • MAME - (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator)
  • Modeler - A Sega System 32 and Model 1 emulator.
  • Nebula - A CPS-2, NeoGeo, and NeoGeoCD emulator.
  • Vantage - an Vertical ANTiquated Arcade Game Emulator
  • Zinc - An arcade emulator, based on Sony PlayStation hardware
  • AdvanceMAME - is a port of the MAME™ and MESS emulators for Arcade Monitors and TVs but also for normal PC Monitors.

These pages need adding info

  • Callus - A Capcom CPS-1 emulator
  • Final Burn - Emulates many Sega arcade games along with some Capcom CPS games
  • Kawaks - A CPS-1, CPS-2, and Neo-Geo emulator.
  • Raine - An emulator mainly focused on Taito and Jaleco games
  • System16 - emulates the Sega System 16 system.