MAME, an acronym for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, is a PC emulation software that aims to faithfully reproduce the functioning of arcade games and systems in order to preserve the history of video games.
It also integrates other emulators and versions, such as MESS and SDLMAME or MEWUI.
The first public release dates from February 1997 with version 0.1; we are now at v0.230 (March 2021). Today it brews more than 4000 unique games and more than 9000 romsets, with a constant contribution of new titles.
It spreads over a base of games from 1975 to nowadays.
MAME contains various components:
Libretro MAME
Libretro MAME2000
Libretro MAME2003
Libretro MAME2003_Plus
Libretro MAME2010
Libretro MAME2015
AdvanceMAME