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Here are downloads for MAME/MESS on non-Windows platforms including Mac OS X, Linux, and BSD family operating systems.
Technical support for MAME on non-Windows platforms and for MESS on all platforms is available on the bannister.org forums.
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The free OpenEmu is great for running all sorts of emulators on your Mac with a beautiful frontend, and I heartily recommend it for consoles and computers, but its MAME support is classed as 'experimental' – indeed, you need to download a separate build to get MAME supported at all. Emulators » M.A.M.E. Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. Choose the platform you want to emulate on: Android Mac OS X Source Windows. Back to top ↑.
Source code download
Mame For Mac 2017
The following links are for source code, either pre-packaged by MAMEDev or you can simply clone/fork us on Github to follow the team's progress in real-time. Download these if you'd like to learn to develop for MAME/MESS, or if you know how to build the emulator and just want to follow along quickly.
MAME/MESS releases | http://mamedev.org/release.html |
Live MAME/MESS WIP on Github | https://github.com/mamedev/mame |
A guide to building MAME/MESS on Mac OS X is available here. An equivalent guide for Linux is available here.
Regularly Updated binaries and packages (usually within a few versions of baseline)
These links are for binaries and/or distribution packages for Mac OS X, the BSD family, and a variety of popular Linux distributions. Download these if you can't or don't wish to build MAME and don't mind waiting for the next release date to see progress.Please Note: In all source release versions starting with 0.162, MAME is a binary which consists the entirety of source (including the former MESS project). As a result, MESS links here will likely only be available up to 0.161 with anything beyond expected to be obtained at the MAME link. For the time being, old MESS can be compiled using 'SUBTARGET=mess' while older MAME (arcade only) can be made with 'SUBTARGET=arcade'. Support for these older styles of binaries will be discontinued in the near future.
Mame Emulator For Mac
Target OS/Platform | Build Target | URL |
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Apple Macintosh OS X Intel | MAME/MESS | http://sdlmame.lngn.net and https://choccyhobnob.com/ |
Apple Macintosh OS X PowerPC | MAME/MESS | http://mirrors.xmission.com/mame/mac/sdlmame |
Arch Linux | MAME | https://www.archlinux.de/packages/community/x86_64/mame , https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mame-git/ |
Debian | MAME | http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=mame |
Fedora | MAME | https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/mame |
FreeBSD | MAME | https://www.freshports.org/emulators/mame/ , https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/emulators/mame/ |
FreeBSD | MESS | https://www.freshports.org/emulators/mess/ , https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/emulators/mess/ |
General Linux Package Search | MAME | https://pkgs.org/download/mame , https://pkgs.org/download/sdlmame |
Gentoo/Funtoo Linux | MAME/MESS | http://gpo.zugaina.org/games-emulation/sdlmame |
Mageia | MAME | https://madb.mageia.org/package/show/name/mame/release/cauldron/application/0 |
NetBSD | MAME/MESS | http://pkgsrc.se/emulators/mame , https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/emulators/mame/README.html |
OpenBSD | MAME | http://openports.se/emulators/mame |
OpenMandriva | SDLMAME | https://pkgs.org/download/sdlmame , https://abf.openmandriva.org/openmandriva/sdlmame/build_lists |
OpenSUSE | MAME/MESS | https://software.opensuse.org/package/mame and https://software.opensuse.org/package/mame-mess |
Raspbian | MAME | https://choccyhobnob.com/ |
ROSA | MAME | https://pkgs.org/download/sdlmame |
Slackware | MAME/MESS | http://sourceforge.net/projects/mameforslack |
Ubuntu | MAME | http://sdlmame.wallyweek.org/repository/ |
Void Linux | MAME | https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/tree/master/srcpkgs/mame |
Discontinued/Irregularly Updated
Target OS/Platform | Build Target | URL |
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Apple Macintosh OS X PowerPC (10.5) | SDLMAME | https://www.mediafire.com/folder/07r0cvcq1i39g/OSX_PPC_10.5_%28SDL2%29 |
CentOS | SDLMAME | http://repoforge.org/use/ - Follow directions at 'Using RepoForge' then choose desired package |
Debian | MESS | http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=mess |
General Linux Package Search | MESS/SDLMESS | https://pkgs.org/download/mess , https://pkgs.org/download/sdlmess |
Google Native Client | MAME | http://tiny.cc/NaCLMAME , http://tiny.cc/NaCLMAMECaseStudy |
NetBSD | MESS | http://pkgsrc.se/emulators/mess |
OpenBSD | SDLMAME | http://openports.se/emulators/sdlmame |
OpenBSD | SDLMESS | http://openports.se/emulators/sdlmess |
OpenMandriva | SDLMESS | https://pkgs.org/download/sdlmess |
OS/2 Warp | SDLMAME | http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?key=sdlmame |
PCLinuxOS | SDLMAME | https://pkgs.org/download/sdlmame |
PCLinuxOS | MESS/SDLMESS | https://pkgs.org/download/mess , https://pkgs.org/download/sdlmame |
ROSA | SDLMESS | https://pkgs.org/download/sdlmess |
Ubuntu | MESS | https://pkgs.org/download/mess |
YellowDogLinux 6.2 / Playstation 3 | SDLMAME | https://emulationrealm.net/downloads/file/1509-sdlmame-intermediate-ps3 |
YellowDogLinux 6.2 / Playstation 3 | SDLMESS | https://emulationrealm.net/downloads/file/1462-sdlmess-ps3 |
Targets for which MAME/MESS have been known to exist, but have custom OSDs/Interfaces
Target OS/Platform |
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Android (ARM) |
Apple iOS |
Microsoft XBOX / XBOX 360 / XBOX One |
Nintendo Wii (PowerPC) / Wii U / Switch |
Mame For Mac Alternative
MAME for Mac Options: Smart switch for mac.
Mame For Mac Mini
OpenEmu - PC Mag Guide Here Kindle for mac.
https://renewbarn357.weebly.com/blog/mac-os-for-pcs. MAMEOSX (older)
Make Sure Your X-Arcade™ Is In Mode 1
Troubleshooting:
- Be sure toX-Arcade Is In MODE 1.
- Test your X-Arcade is working first!
- If you need more help after carefully following the steps here, head to our MAME™ Troubleshooting section.
- Game ROM troubleshooting: If you aren't able to certain Roms working on either client, you must make sure to use Rom Versions matching the version of MAME running.
The MAME™ software includes a 'Help' menu that can help you (pressF1on your keyboard to access). Alternatively, here are some more very helpful sites that have more in-depth MAME™ instructions, troubleshooting help, and information:
MacMAME™ Official Help - The help page of the MacMAME™, packed with helpful information!
SimpleHelp's MAME™ OS X Help - A very simple, straight-forward starter's guide.
MAME™ OS X Forum - Get help from others with MAME™ OS X.