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Welcome to MAWS - yet another MAME ROM information aggregation site.

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MAME™ .128u4 - 7355 sets
 originals - 3882
 clones - 3433
  resources - 40
MAWS voting

interactive hall of fame

hall of fame as MAME32 .ini

top score:
Namco Classics Collection Vol.1 - 86.6%

lowest score:
Guardians of the 'Hood - 29.9%

Most recent votes:
1943 Kai: Midway Kaisen (Japan) - 50%
Gradius 4: Fukkatsu - 50%

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MAWS status

Information displayed on this site drawn from:

MAME - .128u4
mameinfo.dat - .128u4
PCB-infos - .120u4
highscore.dat - .113 (16/05/2008)
cheat.dat - .123
Logiqx - DAT file heaven
MAMu_'s icons - .124u5
NPlayers - .128
Marquees - pack 1-13
Control Panels - packs up to 104
Cabinets - pack 1-7 & Mr. Do - pack 1-4
Flyers - pack 1-5 (2006)
PCB - .127
clrmamepro - indispensable
Krick's xml2info

Thanks to MAME World for hosting and keeping me up to date!

Any errors on this site are probably due to my buggy code. Please let me know rather than emailing the maintainers of MAME or the support files.    

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31st August 2008

I'm back! Miss me?

Updated: MAME .127u1 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .127u1, history.dat 1.27a, Progetto Emma Catlist .127u1, NPlayers .127...

14th August 2008

Updated: MAME .126u5 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .126u5m Progetto Emma Catlist .126u5...

8th August 2008

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .126u4...

7th August 2008

Updated: MAME .126u4 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt...

Updated: mameinfo.dat .126u4...

4th August 2008

Updated: MAME .126u3 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .126u3, Progetto Emma Catlist .126u3...

24th July 2008

Updated: MAME .126u2 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .126u2...

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .126u2...

18th July 2008

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .126u1, mameinfo.dat .126u1...

17th July 2008

Updated: MAME .126u1 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt...

10th July 2008

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .126...

9th July 2008

Updated: NPlayers .126...

7th July 2008

Updated: MAME .126 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .126, history.dat 1.26...

3rd July 2008

Updated: MAME .125u9 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .125u9...

27th June 2008

Updated: MAME .125u8 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .125u8, Progetto Emma Catlist .125u8...

18th June 2008

Updated: mameinfo.dat .125u6...

17th June 2008

Updated: MAME .125u6 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt...

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .125u6...

13th June 2008

Updated: mameinfo.dat .125u5...

12th June 2008

Updated: MAME .125u5 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt...

8th June 2008

Fixed GameFAQs links to new format...

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .125u4...

6th June 2008

Updated: mameinfo.dat .125u4...

5th June 2008

Updated: MAME .125u4 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt...

30th May 2008

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .125u3...

29th May 2008

Updated: MAME .125u3 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .125u3...

22nd May 2008

Updated: MAME .125u2 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .125u2...

15th May 2008

Updated: MAME .125u1 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, Progetto Emma Catlist .125u1, mameinfo.dat .125u1...

6th May 2008

Updated: history.dat 1.25, Progetto Emma Catlist .125, NPlayers .125...

5th May 2008

Updated: MAME .125 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .125...

2nd May 2008

Updated: mameinfo.dat .124u5...

Updated: MAMu_'s icons .124u5!!!

1st May 2008

Updated: MAME .124u5 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, Progetto Emma Catlist .124u5...

25th April 2008

Updated: MAME .124u4 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .124u4, Progetto Emma Catlist .124u4...

18th April 2008

Updated: MAME .124u3 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .124u3, Progetto Emma Catlist .124u3...

12th April 2008

Updated: MAME .124u2 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt...

Updated: mameinfo.dat .124u2...

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .124u2...

6th April 2008

Updated: NPlayers .124a...

3rd April 2008

Updated: MAME .124u1 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, Progetto Emma Catlist .124u1...

Updated: mameinfo.dat .124u1...

27th March 2008

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .124a...

25th March 2008

Updated: MAME .124a - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt...

24th March 2008

Updated: MAME .124 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, history.dat 1.24...

Updated: (1.3k)

27th July 2004

Uh... Still no new coding but there are now five MAWS logos on rotation...

Had a fabulous time at Classic Gaming Expo UK. They did a fantastic job and I can't wait until next year. Thanks to all who made it possible.

Updated: MAME .84u5, mameinfo.dat .84u5, history.dat .84c...

18th July 2004

It was about time MAWS had something like a logo, but instead of trying to be original I just twiddled some existing pixels... That's more in keeping with the spirit of MAWS: duplication, aggregation and assimilation =)

All change in the hall of fame! I've changed it so that each ROM has a rating rather than each set. This means that the order is completely different. Outrun is #1 (91.9%) just now and Race Drivin' is the worst at #3132 (36.5%). I'm sure it will all change once the vote stuffing begins...

Updated: catver.ini .84u3...

17th July 2004

Updated: MAME .84u3, mameinfo.dat .84u3, history.dat .84b...

11th July 2004

Updated: MAME .84u2, catver.ini .84u2, mameinfo.dat .84u2...

8th July 2004

500k page views and over 50k user sessions (since the counter)... w00t!

Updated: history.dat .84a...

6th July 2004

Updated: catver.ini .84u1, mameinfo.dat .84u1...

5th July 2004

Updated: MAME .84u1 - just like old times ;)

4th July 2004

Updated: mameinfo.dat .84, catver.ini .84, Control Panels - pack 25 (from Emu-France), history.dat .84...

3rd July 2004

Happy birthday to Logiqx and Sixtoe's son and my own daughter this week-end! Good things come in threes =)

Uh... Make that four since since MAME .84 was released! MAME definitely not dead as we break the 5000 sets barrier...

1st July 2004

Yup, rating is now a percentage and shown as ten tokens with splits of 1/8th of a token. Added a ghost to the... Uh... Um... Screen saver function of MAWS. Going to be a quiet month from me as will be busy with RL stuff.

Updated the MAWS voting box with some stats for those of us who like that kind of thing... Yeah I know I said I was going to be quiet.

24th June 2004

Busy, busy M.A.S.H. =).

Updated: mameinfo.dat .83(c)...

24th June 2004

More and better links to external sites. Category/genre links from game pages list best of type in the hall of fame. Bits and pieces. Fiddling with ROM history stuff.

Updated: mameinfo.dat .83(b)...

17th June 2004

Finally fixed the browse menu, plus added the missing browse categories...

15th June 2004

You can now get to MAWS like this www.maws.tk - thanks Pi!

More links added on a per game basis (where approximate matching was possible) to arcade-history.com, GameFAQs, KLOV, MamEnd, System16... There are a few thousand approximate matched links and some of them will be wrong. Lots of them probably. Please let me know by email or on the forum.

Updated: Control Panels - pack 23-24...

12th June 2004

Added links to snapMAME, fixed some more links in recommended games.

Updated: mameinfo.dat .83(a)...

8th June 2004

MAWS now has an on topic message board. If you have suggestions or find errors in MAWS, please post there.

Updated: catver.ini .83...

6th June 2004

Updated to version .82 of CrashTest's Arcade Screenshots. See new & changed with thumbnails here. Oh yeah, and fixed the snapshot/thumbail search that I broke without realising last week...

Check out the awesome Emu Loader v4.5, somorld.net/mameinfo/" target="_top">mameinfo.dat .124, Progetto Emma Catlist .124...

20th March 2008

Updated: mameinfo.dat .123u6...

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .123u6...

19th March 2008

Updated: MAME .123u6 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt...

14th March 2008

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .123u5...

13th March 2008

Updated: MAME .123u5 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt...

6th March 2008

Updated: mameinfo.dat .123u4, Progetto Emma Catlist .123u4...

6th March 2008

Updated: MAME .123u4 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt...

1st March 2008

Updated: mameinfo.dat .123u3...

29th February 2008

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .123u3...

28th February 2008

Updated: MAME .123u3 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt...

22nd February 2008

Updated: MAME .123u2 - what's new + Paradroid? Even the green...

BTW: sorry if I'm slow with replying to email or posts on the boards but due to evil proxies, I have no access to this stuff for most of the day.

5th June 2004

Haze... We'll miss you, if you ever manage to stop posting =) Seriously, have a good holiday - it's been a great year!

Fixed some of the recommended games links, still hundreds left that don't link as they should. Looking into the patterns... Some changes to follow on the HOF/voting in the next couple of days.

Updated: mame .83, history.dat .83, mameinfo.dat .83...

6th June 2004

Updated to version .82 of CrashTest's Arcade Screenshots. See new & changed with thumbnails here. Oh yeah, and fixed the snapshot/thumbail search that I broke without realising last week...

Check out the awesome Emu Loader v4.5, some great new features in the new release including an integrated web browser pointed at MAWS. Thanks Jedi Knight!

If any of you can bear looking at the old MAWS theme, and use FireFox/Mozilla, the old theme now has rounded edges. Yeah I know it makes your eyes bleed but how cool are rounded borders? Does it not remind you of Paradroid? Even the green...

BTW: sorry if I'm slow with replying to email or posts on the boards but due to evil proxies, I have no access to this stuff for most of the day.

5th June 2004

Haze... We'll miss you, if you ever manage to stop posting =) Seriously, have a good holiday - it's been a great year!

Fixed some of the recommended games links, still hundreds left that don't link as they should. Looking into the patterns... Some changes to follow on the HOF/voting in the next couple of days.

Updated: mame .83, history.dat .83, mameinfo.dat .83...

2nd June 2004

Added "nice" link to hall of fame and latest new & changed.

There is a thread started here if you want to comment on the recent changes.

You can't say I don't spoil you: MAWS hall of fame in MAME 32 .ini format. Top 100 overall and top 25 for each genre (thanks TriggerFin). If there is another "folder" format you'd like to see supported, let me know =)

To use this file, click the link above and save it as mawshof.ini in your MAME32 directory under the folder "folders". You should see these new folders next time you start MAME32. Get MAME32 here.

Oh yeah... Today is MAWS' four month birthday, an active and promising baby. As anyone might have guessed, MAWS puts *everything* in it's mouth. Four months... Feels like forever =)

1st June 2004

Small fixes: link to bookmark frames now working and vote confirmation screen added. Blame [Haze] and Twisty for pointing the stuff out =) Any feedback or bugs, just email me or contact me via the MAMEWorld boards.

30th May 2004

Updated: catver.ini .82u3...

28th May 2004

Overhauled the hall of fame and new & changed... It's been a long time coming... Enjoy! Some stuff probably needs yet more tweaking, it always does =)

27th May 2004

Updated: mame .82u3, history.dat .82d, mameinfo.dat .82u3...

26th May 2004

Revamp of the hall of fame within the next few days. Pretty much there with it...

Updated: gamelist.txt + hilist.txt...

Updated: mameinfo.dat .123u2, Progetto Emma Catlist .123u2...

18th February 2008

MAWS was four years old this month. How time flies...

14th February 2008

Updated: mameinfo.dat .123u1, Progetto Emma Catlist .123u1...

13th February 2008

Updated: MAME .123u1 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt...

6th February 2008

Updated: mameinfo.dat .122u8, history.dat 1.23...

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .123, mameinfo.dat .123...

Updated: history.dat 1.23, NPlayers .123...

5th February 2008

Updated: MAME .123 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt...

Updated: cheat.dat .123...

4th February 2008

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .122u8...

3rd February 2008

Updated: MAME .122u8 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt...

26th January 2008

Updated: mameinfo.dat .122u7...

25th January 2008

Updated: MAME .122u7 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, Progetto Emma Catlist .122u7...

18th January 2008

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .122u6...

Updated: mameinfo.dat .122u6...

17th January 2008

Updated: MAME .122u6 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt...

15th January 2008

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .122u5...

13th January 2008

Updated: mameinfo.dat .122u5...

11th January 2008

Updated: MAME .122u5 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt...

8th January 2008

Updated: mameinfo.dat .122u4...

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .122u4, history.dat 1.22a...

7th January 2008

Updated: MAME .122u4 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt...

6th January 2008

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .122u3...

3rd January 2008

Updated: MAME .122u3 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .122u3...

2nd January 2008

Updated: MAME .122u2 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .122u2, Progetto Emma Catlist .122u1...

24th December 2007

Updated: MAME .122u1 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .122u1...

22nd December 2007

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .122...

19th December 2007

Updated: history.dat 1.22, NPlayers .122, PCB collection .122...

18th December 2007

Updated: MAME .122 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .122...

13th December 2007

Updated: MAME .121u4 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .121u4, Progetto Emma Catlist .121u4...

8th December 2007

Updated: history.dat 1.21b, Progetto Emma Catlist .121u3...

6th December 2007

Updated: MAME .121u3 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .121u3...

30th November 2007

Updated: PCB collection .121u1..

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .121u2...

29th November 2007

Updated: MAME .121u2 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .121u2...

Updated: history.dat 1.21a...

23rd November 2007

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .121u1, NPlayers .121...

22nd November 2007

Updated: MAME .121u1 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .121u1...

20th November 2007

Updated: history.dat 1.21...

19th October 2007

Updated: MAME .121 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt...

Updated: mameinfo.dat .121...

17th November 2007

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .120u4...

16th November 2007

Updated: PCB-infos .120u4...

15th November 2007

Updated: MAME .120u4 - catver.ini v0.82u2...

25th May 2004

Screen shot squishing code has been tweaked to give better results in most cases as per Haze's suggestions. More fiddling will no doubt follow. I'm working on some changes to the hall of fame and the new & changed lists. Also working on the ROM changes history to make it take into account set renaming. One day I'll finally finish adding the review/comment functionality =)

24th May 2004

Added bad dump/no dump and sha1 to ROM data information. For FishSalad!

Updated: mameinfo.dat - v0.82u2...

23rd May 2004

Updated: mame .82u2, history.dat .82c...

15th May 2004

Fixed the driver information pages that seemed to be missing links to resource information pages.

Updated: catver.ini v0.82u1...

14th May 2004

Happy birthday Dalthohref="/maws/mamesrc/whatsnew_0120u3.txt">what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .120u4...

11th November 2007

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .120u3, history.dat 1.20a...

9th November 2007

Updated: MAME .120u3 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .120u3...

4th November 2007

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .120u2...

2nd November 2007

Updated: MAME .120u2 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt,

Added genre (from TriggerFin's genrev.ini) as a searchable field plus updated to latest uX release and DAT files. Fixed bits and pieces.

Updated: mame .82u1, history.dat .82b, mameinfo.dat - v0.82u1...

10th May 2004

Can't leave the thing alone... Finally added driver information pages based on M.A.S.H.'s mameinfo.dat like this. Thanks M.A.S.H.! Can you spot the other change? ;) Thanks MAMu_! More soon.

9th May 2004

Updated to version .82 of CrashTest's Arcade Screenshots. Check it!

8th May 2004

Latest support files. And I'm leaving the date alone of this game out of perversity =)

Updated: mameinfo.dat - v0.82, catver.ini - v0.82...

7th May 2004

Finally got the hang of mod_rewrite. Very nifty... Finally you can link to MAWS with a URL like http://www.mameworld.net/maws/set/rtype. You may find it useful for name-that-game type queries. Now attempting to link the mameinfo.dat recommended games and history.dat series to resources within MAWS. Also, the odd fix here and there, plus a ROMs message in Welsh - thanks Irregular Shed.

Updated: mame .82, history.dat .82...

6th May 2004

Added a "fix aspect ratio" option that stretches screenshots to a correct aspect ratio. Other small fixes: search by frequency should finally be working, added driver entries for MegaTech games and a few others, fixed link from games with no year, allow searching for games with no buttons or no main input, fixed aspect ratio searching, and a few other bits and pieces...

1st May 2004

Introducing deluxe search... This is what MAWS was created for: being able to search MAME information using *many* fields at once. It will appeal to those who waste their time on stats rather than playing games =) If anyone can think of a good search related acronym I can use on the site to call the search that involves GAPE or GAPING, I would much appreciate it!

Made a couple of fixes here and there, mostly cosmetic. Search by frequency now works. Plenty more to do. Will update the browse toolbars soon. I know the deluxe search is horribly cluttered but I wanted to get it all working before tweaking the layout. Twisty?

If you have emailed me and I haven't responded, please try emailing me again or sending me a message through the MAME World discussion boards, I have been having issues with my email.

Updated: catver.ini - v0.81u9...

29th April 2004

Have made more fields searchable but for now you can only use this by clicking the new links on the resource details pages. Though the change doesn't appear great, the change affects almost eveything. Do let me know if something is broken. I will be updating the search/browse toolbars in the next couple of days.

Updated: mame .81u9, mameinfo.dat .81u9, history.dat .81g...

Update: couple of broken things (e.g. can't search on display frequency) but otherwise seems good. We had our 10,000th visitor today, except not really since the counter has only been there since the 7th!!!

24th April 2004

Fixed the uploading of the cheat table again so it doesn't skip all of the new style cheats... D'oh again! Thanks kelvSYC for pointing out the error of my ways =)

Updated: mameinfo.dat .81u7, catver.ini .81u7...

23rd April 2004

Updated a bunch of stuff and also fixed the uploading of the cheat table so it loads more than 1% of them... D'oh! Added a new section called cabinet art with cabinet photos, marquees, control panels and flyers. Thanks to the maintainers of the packs for the massive amounts of work!

I realise that a bunch of you are linking to inref="http://www.mameworld.net/mameinfo/" target="_top">mameinfo.dat .120u2...

27th October 2007

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .120u1...

25th October 2007

Updated: MAME .120u1 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .120u1...

23rd October 2007

Updated: NPlayers .120...

17th October 2007

Updated: MAME .120 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, history.dat 1.20, mameinfo.dat .120, Progetto Emma Catlist .120...

13th October 2007

Updated: MAME .119u4 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .119u4...

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .119u4...

5th October 2007

Updated: MAME .119u3 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .119u3...

2nd October 2007

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .119u2...

29th September 2007

Updated: MAME .119u2 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .119u2...

23rd September 2007

Updated: MAME .119u1 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .119u1, NPlayers .119a, PCB collection .119...

14th September 2007

Updated: MAME .119 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, history.dat 1.19, mameinfo.dat .119, Progetto Emma Catlist .119...

19th April 2004

I'm back! Three new uX releases to build to update the new & changed and all of the support files to update... Woo!

Updated: catver.ini .81u6, history.dat .81e, mameinfo.dat .81u6, cheat.dat by Mr. J and highscore.dat 8.3...

5th April 2004

MAME .81u3 already? Sweat and tears... Now if people would just stop going on about how the scene is dead =) New & changed now says what is new or changed. Thanks Twisty =) Also updated cheat.dat by Mr. J.

This may be my last update for a couple of weeks as I'm holiday from Wednesday and there is *no* way I'll be able to update from where I'm going...

Updated (again): catver.ini .81u3, history.dat .81a, mameinfo.dat .81u3

4th April 2004

Updated: screen shots to .81. Thanks CrashTest!

3rd April 2004

Exciting MAME WIP... Updated: mameinfo.dat .81, catver.ini .81, history.dat .81.

Just seen there is a new cheat.dat by Mr. J - next release!

2nd April 2004

MAME .81 is out and it's not even an April Fool prank... And MAME WIP that wasn't a joke either! Kewl. Adjusted sceen shots, a number were missing between .62 and .65. More soon.

29th March 2004

Twisty's theme, saviour of MAME'rs eyes everywhere, is now the default for MAWS. This theme is officially approved by MAME Dev ;) Those with a thing for pain, can still use the classic theme. You know who you are! Cookies and JavaScript are required to use these themes.

28th March 2004

For all of you out there ready to venture beyond MAWS' C64 palette, Twisty has created a new stylesheet for you. Use the box on the right to select a different style. If anyone wants to submit a stylesheet, you are more than welcome. Post on the MW forums or send me an email. Site updates to follow shortly, I'm waiting for u3 that RB said may follow soon.

Updated: MAME .80u3, mameinfo.dat .80u3, catver.ini .80u2, history.dat .80d.

20th March 2004

Been working on a bunch of things but nothing is quite ready yet. Will be rolling out weighted ranking (IMDb style as suggested by Pi) for the voting. Votes have reached staggering proportions now at over 5000 votes. Also working on more information and links for the resource information pages.

And it's my birthday tomorrow, looking forward to my age being a power of two again. It just feels so retro =)

Update: got permission to use CrashTest's screen shots. W00t! Don't forget to check out the snapshots results mode on the left. Thanks CrashTest! You're a legend.

12th March 2004

Check out the new Arcade History web site by history.dat maintainer Alexis Bousiges. Awesome! And a special thank you to the nutcase in France who has voted over 3000 times, you know who you are =)

Update: history.dat 80u1

12th March 2004

Moved hall of fame to it's own page and added hall of shame. Updated to MAME .80u1. Using unoffical cheat.dat WIP by Mr J.. Link added from each resource to CAESAR. If you want to link easily to any resource in MAWS, you can use the link http://www.mameworld.net/maws/frsrc.php?name=RESOURCE where RESOURCE is the filename of the set (e.g. xevious or rtypej or kof2000).

Update: catver.ini 80u1, mameinfo.dat 80u1. New & changed set to start from 80u1. New and changed from 79u1, still here. Couple of cosmetic changes...

8th March 2004

Updated to .80 of catver.ini and mameinfo.dat. Number of votes has now broken the 1000 mark. Woo! Good to see more and more old classics creep into the top 25.

6th March 2004

Updated new & changed and ROM information to .80. If support files become available tomorrow I may not update as I'll be at work... Bah!

Changed hall of fame ranking to something I think is more logical. Angela probably agrees =)

3rd March 2004

A couple of hundred votes later and I'm ready to put up the results so far. Surprising to see Metal Slug featuring so prominently... Excellent games but I was expecting to see more of the older classics! Keep voting!

A few visual tweaks here and there =) Also, at the bottom of each page there is now a link to restore frames or create a frameset to bookmark a particular page.

2nd March 2004

Up-to-date with catlist.ini .79u4, that makes the new & changed look better =) Hundreds of votes now, lookin' good!

Thanks to all of you who have linked the site in your newsposts.

29th February 2004

Getting ready to update to 79u4... Moved the old "news" to here and added links to random ROM sets below. Keep voting guys! Thanks to Nikoms for spreading the word.

Edit: updated to MAME .79u4 and mameinfo.dat .79u4. New and changed is from .79u1 to .79u4, you can filter it further using the cumulative changes option on advanced search.

26th February 2004

Been quiet and busy. No new DAT files... I've been working on the rate and review system, but nothing to show quite yet. Been working on the snapshots. It's ready to go except I'm waiting on getting permission to use an existing set of screenshots.

Had a couple of requests on the searching and added in a couple of new features: keyword search and results mode. The keyword feature allows you to search using a sentence fragment such as "Xevious" or "Mature" or even the name of a ROM set. The report results mode allows a very large number of records to show on one page of the search results. User's may find this useful for viewing all new & changed games in one long list.

Update: anonymous rating now enabled. I will add the hall of fame type functionality once enough games have been rated to make it worthwhile. I'd really appreciate if you could vote for your favourite games!

19th February 2004

Woo! We're now hosted on MAME World! No more hideous popups and massively intrusive banners.

In development is a system to rate and write reviews for games that will be attached to the ROM information pages. If you have any suggestions, let me know in The Loony Bin or by email. I'd love to hear from you if you'd like to review games. Other features coming soon...

14th February 2004

Sew + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .118u6, history.dat 1.18e...

9th September 2007

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .118u5, history.dat 1.18d...

7th September 2007

Updated: MAME .118u5 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .118u5...

12th February 2004

Some fixes to the search. Put the browse navigation back as default, bandwidth use has calmed down. New & changed now dynamic and sortable. Also possible to see all changes since a particular version (down to .74). Added 'ROMs' page =) Yes, I have had a few requests. If you hate my translation, send me your own, I know Google sucks.

Updated to MAME .79u1 and latest support files.

10th February 2004

Updated to latest history.dat and mameinfo.dat releases. Some fixes to the resource display pages: samples now shown and games/clones/other clones lists now alphabetically sorted (makes this entry less painful).

Will hold off updating the site to .79u1 as I have a couple of features that I want to implement first.

8th February 2004

Following feedback that I've had, the default navigation is a bit lighter now. Use the links at the top to switch between different types of navigt .118u4...

28th August 2007

Updated: MAME .118u3 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .118u3, history.dat 1.18c...

9th August 2007

Welcome back to Progetto Emma - s_bastian's ISP problems seem to have been resolved.

Updated: NPlayers .118, Progetto Emma Catlist .118...

Updated: PCB collection .118...

7th August 2007

Updated: history.dat 1.18...

6th August 2007

Updated: MAME .118 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, history.dat 1.17b...

2nd August 2007

Updated: MAME .117u3 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .117u3, history.dat 1.17a...

27th July 2007

Updated: MAME .117u2 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .117u2, PCB-infos .117u1...

20th July 2007

Updated: MAME .117u1 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .117u1, NPlayers .117...

14th July 2007

Updated: history.dat 1.17...

12th July 2007

Updated: PCB collection .117.1...

11th July 2007

Updated: mameinfo.dat .117...

10th July 2007

Updated: MAME .117 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, cheat.dat .117...

7th July 2007

Updated: PCB collection .116u4...

5th July 2007

Updated: MAME .116u4 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .116u4, PCB collection .116u3b...

29th June 2007

Updated: MAME .116u3 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .116u3...

Updated: PCB collection .116u3...

22nd June 2007

Updated: PCB collection .116u1...

Updated: PCB collection .116u2...

21st June 2007

Updated: MAME .116u2 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .116u2...

16th June 2007

Updated: MAME .116u1 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .116u1...

Updated: cheat.dat .116...

13th June 2007

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .116, PCB collection .116b...

Updated: NPlayers .116...

11th June 2007

Updated: MAME .116 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .116, history.dat 1.16...

8th June 2007

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .115u4, PCB collection .115u4b...

7th June 2007

Updated: MAME .115u4 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .115u4...

3rd June 2007

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .115u3...

1st June 2007

Updated: history.dat 1.15...

31st May 2007

Updated: MAME .115u3 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .115u3...

26th May 2007

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .115u2...

25th May 2007

Updated: MAMu_'s icons .115u1 WIP...

23rd May 2007

Updated: MAME .115u2 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .115u2...

19th May 2007

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .115u1...

17th May 2007

Updated: MAME .115u1 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .115u1...

10th May 2007

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .115...

9th May 2007

Updated: NPlayers .115, PCB collection .115b...

6th May 2007

Fixed the TAFA links which broke when the site launched the new archives at the end of April. Oops!

Updated: MAME .115 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt...

Updated: mameinfo.dat .115...

3rd May 2007

Updated: MAME .114u4 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .114u4...

1st May 2007

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .114u3...

27th April 2007

Updated: MAME .114u3 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .114u3...

26th April 2007

Updated: MAMu_'s icons .104u2 WIP...

21st April 2007

Updated: PCB-infos .114u2...

20th April 2007

Updated: MAME .114u2 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .114u2...

13th April 2007

Updated: mameinfo.dat .114u1...

12th April 2007

Updated: MAME .114u1 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt...

5th April 2007

Updated: PCB collection .114...

4th April 2007

Updated: history.dat 1.14...

3rd April 2007

Updated: mameinfo.dat .114, NPlayers .114...

2th April 2007

Updated: MAME .114 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, Progetto Emma Catlist .113u4...

31st March 2007

Welcome back MAMu_! WIP pack on his forum.

Updated: MAMu_'s icons .103u4 WIP...

30th March 2007

Updated: MAME .113u4 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .113u4...

23rd March 2007

Updated: MAME .113u3 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .113u3...

19th March 2007

Updated: history.dat 1.13a...

17th March 2007

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .113u2...

16th March 2007

Updated: MAME .113u2 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .113u2...

11th March 2007

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .113u1...

9th March 2007

Updated: MAME .113u1 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .113u1...

Updated: NPlayers .113...

8th March 2007

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .113...

6th March 2007

Updated: mameinfo.dat .113...

5th March 2007

MAME .113, lucky for *you*!

Updated: MAME .113 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt...

3rd March 2007

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .112u4...

Updated: history.dat 1.12a...

1st March 2007

Updated: MAME .112u4 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .112u4...

26th February 2007

Updated: MAME .112u3 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .112u3...

22nd February 2007

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .112u2...

21st February 2007

Been away for a couple of days but all seems to be still standing. Quick update...

Updated: MAME .112u2 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .112u2...

14th February 2007

Happy Valentines day to you =)

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .112u1...

12th February 2007

Updated: MAME .112u1 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .112u1...

10th February 2007

Finally added Enaitz Jar's snaps from last year...

Updated: cheat.dat .112...

9th February 2007

If you haven't seen the wonders that the MAME Artwork project have been producing then you are really missing out. Seriously, it can make a huge difference to classic games and it just keeps updating. (Done pimpin')

Added Dany69's Artwork Preview collection to the screenshots.

Updated: NPlayers .112, PCB collection .112, Artwork Preview .112...

7th February 2007

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .112...

6th February 2007

Updated: history.dat 1.12...

5th February 2007

Happy 10th Anniversary MAME!

Updated: MAME .112 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .112...

1st February 2007

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .111u6...

30th January 2007

Added Dany69's PCB collection images to the cabinet art section of the game pages. Ottimo lavoro Dany69!

Updated: MAME .111u6 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .111u6, Progetto Emma Catlist .111u5...

26th January 2007

Updated: mameinfo.dat .111u5...

25th January 2007

Updated: MAME .111u5 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt...

19th January 2007

Updated: mameinfo.dat .111u4...

18th January 2007

Updated: MAME .111u4 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt...

11th January 2007

Updated: MAME .111u3 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .111u3,

Some traffic... About 1500 visitors yesterday thanks to link from MAME World front page. Nice. And you with the 2000x1500 display - I want your monitor now! Thanks for the feedback, feels good.

Updated to history.dat .79a, a few days late due to Lycos/Tripod issues. Hopefully will have new hosting by the next big MAME release... Woo!

5th February 2004

Changed some of the layout. Need more browser compatibility testing. Added new & changed page.

Announced on MAME World.

2nd February 2004

Obtained permission to use the MAME support files. Woo!

Launching the site quietly. Basic features are now in place but I want to play with the design and there is still a long list of features that I want to add...

Feedback welcome. Yes I know it would be better with icons, snapshots, titles, artwork and... that other stuff.

What is the point of it all? I have wanted to aggregate all of good stuff that is available for MAME in a site and make it searchable. MAME.dk was great and so was MAMEdb (short while it lasted), I want to fill the gap they left and provide up-to-date MAME resource information.. I always wanted to search on multiple criteria and have a browse mechanism similar to MAME32. I hope you find it useful.

If you want screenshots, I recommend snapMAME. I strongly recommend CAESAR for it's depth of information.

2004-2008 MAWS all copyrights belong to their respective owners
 
w.progettoemma.net/?catlist" target="_top">Progetto Emma Catlist .111u3...

10th January 2007

Updated: history.dat 1.11b, Progetto Emma Catlist .111u2...

6th January 2007

Updated: MAME .111u2 - what's new + gamelist.txt + hilist.txt, mameinfo.dat .111u2...

3rd January 2007

Added a generated list of savestate support in latest version of MAME vs. hiscore.dat support in MAME .105: hilist.txt. Hope you find it useful!

1st January 2007

Added links to the VGMuseum Neo Geo Endings. Thanks Rey!

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .111u1...

31st December 2006

Merry New Year!

Updated: history.dat 1.11a...

28th December 2006

Updated: MAME .111u1 - what's new + gamelist.txt, mameinfo.dat .111u1, PCB-infos .111...

21st December 2006

Updated: cheat.dat .111...

19th December 2006

Updated: HitF12 Snaps Collection .111, NPlayers .111...

12th December 2006

Updated: mameinfo.dat .111, history.dat 1.11...

11th December 2006

Updated: MAME .111 - what's new + gamelist.txt...

8th December 2006

Updated: mameinfo.dat .110u5, Progetto Emma Catlist .110u5...

7th December 2006

Updated: MAME .110u5 - what's new + gamelist.txt...

2nd December 2006

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .110u4...

1st December 2006

Updated: MAME .110u4 - what's new + gamelist.txt, mameinfo.dat .110u4...

26th November 2006

Updated: MAME .110u3 - what's new + gamelist.txt, mameinfo.dat .110u3, Progetto Emma Catlist .110u3...

24th November 2006

Updated: history.dat 1.10b...

19th November 2006

Updated: history.dat 1.10a, NPlayers .110...

Updated: HitF12 Snaps Collection .110...

17th November 2006

Updated: MAME .110u2 - what's new + gamelist.txt...

Updated: mameinfo.dat .110u2...

11th November 2006

Updated: MAME .110u1 - what's new + gamelist.txt, mameinfo.dat .110u1, Progetto Emma Catlist .110...

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .110u1...

5th November 2006

Updated: MAME .110 - what's new + gamelist.txt, mameinfo.dat .110, history.dat 1.10...

2nd November 2006

Updated: MAME .109u5 - what's new + gamelist.txt, mameinfo.dat .109u5, Progetto Emma Catlist .109u5...

28th October 2006

Updated: MAME .109u4 - what's new + gamelist.txt, mameinfo.dat .109u4...

19th October 2006

Updated: MAME .109u3 - what's new + gamelist.txt...

14th October 2006

Updated: MAME .109u2 - what's new + gamelist.txt, mameinfo.dat .109u2, Progetto Emma Catlist .109u2...

9th October 2006

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .109u1, NPlayers .109...

6th October 2006

Updated: MAME .109u1 - what's new + gamelist.txt, mameinfo.dat .109u1, cheat.dat .109...

30th September 2006

Updated: history.dat 1.09...

27th September 2006

Updated: MAME .109 - what's new + gamelist.txt, mameinfo.dat .109, Progetto Emma Catlist .109...

23rd September 2006

Fixed the new & changed following the issues with listxml in .108u5. For those compiling their own, stephh has posted a fix.

Updated: mameinfo.dat .108u5...

22nd September 2006

Updated: MAME .108u5 - what's new + gamelist.txt...

18th September 2006

Updated: history.dat 1.08a...

15th September 2006

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .108u4...

14th September 2006

Updated: MAME .108u4 - what's new + gamelist.txt, mameinfo.dat .108u4...

10th September 2006

CBW Jr. the 2nd was born yesterday at 23:08. We're all well and her older sister is very proud. Upcoming MAWS updates may lag behind releases ;)...

Updated: HitF12 snaps .108u1...

9th September 2006

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .108u2, PCB-infos .108u3...

7th September 2006

Updated: MAME .108u3 - what's new + gamelist.txt, mameinfo.dat .108u3...

*edit*: fixed new & changed for .108u3...

5th September 2006

Been working on an HTML-based Simple Bezel Layout Generator for the new artwork system - early days but getting somewhere

2nd September 2006

Updated: history.dat 1.08...

1st September 2006

Updated: mameinfo.dat .108u2, Progetto Emma Catlist .108u2...

31st August 2006

Updated: MAME .108u2 - what's new + gamelist.txt...

25th August 2006

Updated: MAME .108u1 - what's new + gamelist.txt, mameinfo.dat .108u1, NPlayers .108...

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .108u1, cheat.dat .108...

22nd August 2006

Fixed links to System 16 as the monster list format changed at some point... Added links from games to VGMuseum Game Endings. Now over 15,000 distinct links to external Arcade sites (plus the generated ones to CAESAR, Progetto Emma and MARP.

Updated: mameinfo.dat .108...

21th August 2006

Added links to TAFA from game pages - thanks Dan! Note that links are generated through simple pattern matching so there may be errors.

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .108...

20th August 2006

Updated: MAME .108 - what's new + gamelist.txt...

19th August 2006

Updated: history.dat 1.07d...

18th August 2006

Updated: MAME .107u4 - what's new + gamelist.txt, mameinfo.dat .107u4, history.dat 1.07c...

11th August 2006

Decided to use Krick's xml2info XSLT tool for now. A cop out, I know. My own re-write is stalled again. MAWS doesn't display all the new info in listxml but this is better than not updated at all.

Updated: MAME .107u3 - what's new + gamelist.txt, mameinfo.dat .107u3, Progetto Emma Catlist .107u1, history.dat 1.07b, NPlayers .107a, cheat.dat .107...

3rd August 2006

Updated: MAME Source .107u2 - what's new + gamelist.txt...

30th July 2006

Updated: MAME Source .107u1 - what's new + gamelist.txt...

24th July 2006

Updated: MAME Source .107 - what's new + gamelist.txt...

20th July 2006

Updated: MAME Source .106u13 - what's new + gamelist.txt...

16th July 2006

Database still not updated. I'm taking some time to change my import scripts to work with the improved quality and quantity of information that MAME exports. MAWS will be back with even more info than before but in the meantime there will be no updates. I decided not to go down the route of downgrading the exported content from MAME into something that MAWS can use as-is.

Updated: MAME Source .106u12 - what's new + gamelist.txt...

11th July 2006

Updated: MAME Source .106u11 - what's new...

Updated: gamelist.txt, PCB-infos .107...

5th July 2006

Database not updated as need to change my import scripts... May take this chance to update lots of stuff so MAWS may be out-of-date and/or broken for a bit.

Updated: MAME Source .106u10 - what's new + gamelist.txt.

30th June 2006

Updated: MAME .106u9 - what's new + gamelist.txt, mameinfo.dat .106u9...

26th June 2006

Updated: MAME .106u8 - what's new + gamelist.txt, mameinfo.dat .106u8...

23rd June 2006

Updated: MAME .106u7 - what's new + gamelist.txt, mameinfo.dat .106u7...

20th June 2006

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .106u6...

19th June 2006

Back!

Updated: MAME .106u6 - what's new + gamelist.txt, mameinfo.dat .106u6...

14th June 2006

Going on hols until next week - don't panic if MAWS doesn't immediately update =)

9th June 2006

Updated: MAME .106u5 - what's new + gamelist.txt, Progetto Emma Catlist .106u5, mameinfo.dat .106u5...

6th June 2006

Updated: MAME .106u4 - what's new + gamelist.txt, history.dat 1.06r...

Updated: mameinfo.dat .106u4...

3rd June 2006

Now passed the 1,000,000 visits mark and well past the 10,000,000 page impressions... Stats!

Updated: Progetto Emma Catlist .106u3...

2nd June 2006

Updated: mameinfo.dat .106u3...

1st June 2006

Updated: MAME .106u3 - what's new + gamelist.txt...

29th May 2006

Updated: HitF12 snaps .106u2...

26th May 2006

Updated: MAME .106u2 - what's new + gamelist.txt, mameinfo.dat .106u2, history.dat 1.06q, MAME Italia Catlist .106u2...

25th May 2006

Updated: mameinfo.dat .106u1(a)...

20th May 2006

Bit of a delay as I was fixing issues with MAWS code and the new aspect ratio values. Let me know if you experience any issues.

Updated: MAME .106u1 - what's new + gamelist.txt, mameinfo.dat .106u1...

18th May 2006

Updated: NPlayers .106, cheat