- Variants

This section gives you an idea of all the version of Mame and what operating systems they work on. As you will see Mame can run on systems from the highest powered PC system all the way down to digital cameras!

Mame being an open source emulator has been ported to several systems. There are also several variants of Mame which are specifically for different genres of games or manufacturers. Here is a list of variants and the relative homepages. If you have made a version of Mame that I have missed email me an I'll add it to the list.

Name
Operating System
Information Homepage
RiscOS Mame
Acorn RiscOS
The Acorn Archimedes RiscOS port of Mame.
AmigaAROSMame
Amiga AROS
An Amiga port of Mame for the Amiga Research Operating System.
AmigaMame
Amiga OS
The Amiga OS port of Mame for '060 machines and above.
AmigaPPCMame
Amiga OS PPC Optimized
The same as above but optimized for the PowerPC Risc chip.
WarpMame
Amiga Warp OS
Another Amiga Port of Mame this time designed for Warp Up systems.
BEOSMame
BEOS
An unofficial port of Mame supporting the BEOS operating system.
MameD
Digita OS
This is a working version of Mame that you can play on Digita digital cameras!
OS/2Mame
IBM OS/2 Dos
The IBM OS/2 version of Mame.
CPS2MameX
Linux
This is the Linux port of the CPS2 only version of Mame.
XMame
Linux / Unix
The official *nix port of Mame.
MacMame
Mac OS
The official Apple Macintosh OS version of Mame.
GeoMame
Mac OS
This is a Neo-Geo only version of MacMame
CPSMacMame
Mac OS
This is a Capcom CPS1/2 only version of MacMame.
VsyncMame
PC MSDOS
This is a special version of Mame designed to give you smooth play on arcade monitors.
Advanced Mame
PC MSDOS
A special version of Mame which adds special graphics support for arcade monitors.
VPinMame
PC MSDOS
This version of Mame does what Pinmame does but also allows you to play the table as well.
CPS2Mame
PC MSDOS
A Capcom CPS2 only version of Mame developed by the CPS2Shock decryption team.
A/P Mame
PC MSDOS
Unofficial AMD and Pentium Pro optimized versions of Mame compiled by Rodimus Prime.
FixMame
PC MSDOS
An unofficial build of Mame with hidden games enabled and extra fixes too.
PinMame
PC MSDOS
This version of Mame uses rom images to emulate the Display boards on pinball machines using the Mame source code.
CPS1/CPS2Mame
PC MSDOS
This is an unofficial Capcom CPS1/CPS2 only version of Mame.
Mame
PC MSDOS
The daddy of them all!
Emu+
PC MSDOS
This is emulator is very similar to Mamelang32 in features as the author of Mamelang borrowed most of its features.
MESS
PC MSDOS / Linux / Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2K
The easiest way to describe Mess is a non arcade version of Mame. It is actually a console / home computer emulator that is based on the Mame source code.
Emame
PSion EPOC32
A version of Mame for the Psion series of palmtops and Nokia 9xxx phones.
CPS2Mame32
Windows 9x/Me/NT/2K
A windows version of CPS2Mame hosted at the CPS2Shock site.
CPS2Mame32K
Windows 9x/Me/NT/2K
This is CPS2Mame32 with Kaillera net play support.
MameW
Windows 9x/Me/NT/2K
A brand new version of Mame designed to run from the windows command line but using DirectX.
PacMame
Windows 9x/Me/NT/2K
A special build of Mame that supports only Pac Man and hacked arcade games with edited graphics.
Unofficial Mame32
Windows 9x/Me/NT/2K
Another unofficial version of Mame32 with similar features to Mamelang32.
Stretchmame32K
Windows 9x/Me/NT/2K
The same as below but with Kaillera support.
Stretchmame32
Windows 9x/Me/NT/2K
An unofficial build of Mame32 with the ability to stretch the game screen to fill your monitor.
Mame32
Windows 9x/Me/NT/2K
This is the official windows port of Mame.
NMame32
Windows 9x/Me/NT/2K
A Japanese Neo-Geo only version of Mame32
None (Discontinued but still on most sites)
Mamelang32
Windows 9x/Me/NT/2K
An unofficial version of Mame32 which also include the best parts of other Mame versions including net play, screen stretching, autofire to name but a few.
MameCE
Windows CE
MameCE was the first port of Mame to the WindowsCE Operating System. Designed for the Casio Cassiopeia E-10X series.
MameBoy
Windows CE
Designed and tuned to run well on the more powerful Casio Cassiopeia EM-500, E-125 & E-115 PocketPCs.
iMame
Windows CE
Designed for the Ipaq 3630 PocketPC.
MameCE3
Windows CE
MameCE3 The first port of Mame designed to run on all major PocketPCs such as the iPaq, Casio, and Jornado devices.