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diff --git a/games/mame/README b/games/mame/README index ea0cd5dccb..c836db4ad0 100644 --- a/games/mame/README +++ b/games/mame/README @@ -2,21 +2,23 @@ Note: I'm aware that this isn't the latest version of MAME. However, it's the latest version that will compile on stock Slackware 14.2. If you *really* need the latest version, see README_gcc9.txt. -MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. When used in conjunction -with images of the original arcade game's ROM and disk data, MAME attempts -to reproduce that game as faithfully as possible on a more modern general -purpose computer. MAME can currently emulate several thousand different -classic arcade video games from the late 1970s through the modern era. +MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. When used in +conjunction with images of the original arcade game's ROM and disk +data, MAME attempts to reproduce that game as faithfully as possible +on a more modern general purpose computer. MAME can currently emulate +several thousand different classic arcade video games from the late +1970s through the modern era. MESS (Multi Emulator Super System) is the sister project of MAME. MESS -documents the hardware for a wide variety of (mostly vintage) computers, -video game consoles, and calculators, as MAME does for arcade games. +documents the hardware for a wide variety of (mostly vintage) +computers, video game consoles, and calculators, as MAME does for +arcade games. Modern versions of MAME now include MESS, so there's no need for a separate MESS build or binary. -This build requires around 3.5GB of storage in /tmp (or whatever you set -TMP to in the environment). +This build requires around 3.5GB of storage in /tmp (or whatever you +set TMP to in the environment). Optionally, MAME can be built with a debugger for emulated ROM code. You don't need this just to play the games; it's mainly useful |