This guide is based on Windows 10 and MAMEUI v0.198 (64-bit).
MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) is an emulator application designed to recreate the hardware of arcade game systems (e.g. Neo Geo MVS by SNK) in software. This article shows where to get MAME with a graphical user interface and ROMs for MAME.
Where to Get MAME
- Open https://www.planetemu.net/emulateurs/mame/Windows.
- MAME for other operating systems (e.g. macOS, Linux): https://www.planetemu.net/machine/mame
- Search for “MAMEUI v0.198 (64-bit)” (without quotation marks).
- Click on “Télécharger” to download MAME.
Where to Get ROMs for MAME
- ROMs for “MAMEUI v0.198 (64-bit)”: https://www.planetemu.net/roms/mame-roms
- Warning: Just because ROMs are available for download does not mean that their use is legal.
- Free legal to use ROMs from the official site of the MAME development team: https://www.mamedev.org/roms
- ROMs on GOG.com (e.g. Metal Slug, Blazing Star, The Last Blade): https://www.gog.com/games?devpub=snk_corporation
- Instructions for extracting these ROMs: https://www.gog.com/forum/snk/playing_snk_releases_in_openemu
Side note: Some of the old arcade game classics are available on Steam, in rare cases as remastered versions, e.g. R-Type with the possibility to switch between old and new graphics on the fly.