2001-04-04 10:31:54 -04:00
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MAME stands for Multi Arcade Machine Emulator. As the name suggests, it is
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a program that emulates the hardware (and low-level firmware) of a massive
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variety of arcade machines.
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MESS stands for Multi Emulator Super System. It is an emulator for the
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hardware of many different games consoles (e.g. Sega, NES, SNES, etc.)
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as well as many different old games-oriented home computers (e.g. C64,
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C128, ZX80, etc.)
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While the two programs are conceptually different, and have different
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development teams, they share a lot of code and are distributed together.
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2002-01-09 21:09:52 -05:00
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Packages can be built with additional FLAVORs:
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x11: built with x11 support (default).
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sdl: built with SDL support.
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2003-03-02 00:35:10 -05:00
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This FLAVOR requires the sdl package.
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2005-10-01 21:39:37 -04:00
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esd: built with esound audio plugin.
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This FLAVOR requires the esound package.
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