EmulatorWorld

Acorn BBC Micro / Amstrad CPC / Arcade machines / Commodore 64 / Commodore VIC-20 / IBM PC & DOS compatibles / MSX / Nintendo Entertainment System / Nintendo Game Boy / Nintendo Game Boy Advance / Nintendo Game Boy Color / Sega Mega Drive / Genesis / Sharp MZ-700 / Sinclair ZX Spectrum / Sony PlayStation / Super Nintendo Entertainment System / Tiki Data Tiki 100 /

MAME Active

The Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, a long-running project to document and preserve arcade hardware that covers thousands of boards and, since absorbing MESS, many computers and consoles as well.

Website Source code

Screenshot of MAME
FrakogeneX · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Facts

Runs on
Windows, macOS, Linux
Native: x86-64, ARM64
Install from
Flathub, Homebrew
Works with
RetroArch (mame), Lakka
License
Open source (GPL-2.0-or-later)
Mobile
None (no official phone or tablet version)
Written in
C++
First release
1997
Authors
MAMEdev team
Last checked
Oct 2026

C64 features

  • HasTrue drive emulation
  • HasPAL machines
  • HasNTSC machines
  • Has6581 and 8580 SID
  • HasTwo or more SIDs
  • Does not haveOutput to a real SID chip
  • Has1571 and 1581 drives
  • HasREU
  • HasFreezer cartridges
  • HasEasyFlash
  • HasReal cassette recordings
  • Unknown:Tape restoration
  • Does not haveSID music player
  • Does not haveAssembly64 catalog

Has it Doesn't have it Not known yet

MSX features

  • Unknown:Konami SCC sound
  • Unknown:MSX-MUSIC / FM-PAC
  • Unknown:MSX-AUDIO
  • Unknown:V9990 / GFX9000

Has it Doesn't have it Not known yet

PlayStation features

  • Unknown:PGXP geometry correction
  • Unknown:Texture filtering
  • Unknown:24-bit colour rendering
  • Unknown:Texture replacement
  • Unknown:Memory card management
  • Unknown:Multitap

Has it Doesn't have it Not known yet

Features

  • HasSave states
  • Not listed:Rewind
  • Not listed:Fast-forward
  • Not listed:Run-ahead
  • Not listed:Online multiplayer
  • HasCRT shaders
  • HasA/V recording
  • HasCheats
  • Not listed:Achievements
  • Not listed:Themes

Input

  • HasGamepad
  • Not listed:Touch controls
  • HasLight gun
  • HasMouse
  • Not listed:Positional key mapping
  • Not listed:Symbolic key mapping
  • Not listed:On-screen keyboard
  • Not listed:Native keyboard

For developers

  • HasDebugger
  • HasMemory viewer
  • HasDisassembler
  • Not listed:Profiler
  • HasTrace logger
  • HasScripting
  • Not listed:Command line

Features not listed may still exist. Edit this entry if something is missing or wrong.