MAME4droid (0.139u1)

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About this game

MAME4droid (0.139u1) is developed by David Valdeita (Seleuco) as a port of the MAME 0.139 emulator by Nicola Salmoria and the MAME team. It emulates arcade games supported by this version of MAME which includes over 8000 different ROMs.

* MAME4droid is an EMULATOR and DOES NOT INCLUDE ROMS OR COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL OF ANY KIND.

This version of MAME4droid was designed to be used with dual-core Android devices because it is based on the PC MAME version which requires higher specifications than the older versions.

Even with a high end device, do not expect "modern" arcade games from the 90s and beyond to necessarily work at full speed or compatibility. Some games like Outrun and the Mortal Kombat series are badly optimized and require at least a 1.5ghz dual core device.

With over 8000 games supported, some games will run better than others; some games may not run at all. It is impossible to support such a vast number of titles, so please do not email the developer asking for support for a specific game.

After installing, place your MAME-titled zipped roms in /sdcard/MAME4droid/roms folder.

This MAME4droid version uses only '0.139' romset.

Official web page for news, source code & additional information:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/mame4droid/

FEATURES

Native support for NVidia Shield Portable and Tablet devices
Autorotate with individual settings for portrait and landscape orientation
HW Keys remapping
Touch Controller can be toggled on and off
Image smoothing (including new HQx smoothing up to HQ4x)
Integer-based scaling for purest game recreation at higher resolutions
Overlay filters including scanlines, CRT, etc.
Digital or Analog touch selectable
Animated touch stick or DPAD
Customizable In-App button layout
iON's iCade and iCP (as iCade mode) external controllers supported
Plug and play support for most Bluetooth and USB Gamepads
Tilt Sensor replacement for joystick movement
Touch lightgun with auto-detection option
Mouse support for Nvidia Shield devices
Display 1 to 6 buttons on screen
Netplay over local WiFi
Options for video aspect ratio, scaling, rotate, etc.

MAME LICENSE

http://mamedev.org

Copyright © 1997-2015, Nicola Salmoria and the MAME team. All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use of this code or any derivative works are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

* Redistributions may not be sold, nor may they be used in a commercial product or activity.

* Redistributions that are modified from the original source must include the complete source code, including the source code for all components used by a binary built from the modified sources. However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need not include anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component itself accompanies the executable.

* Redistributions must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
Updated on
Dec 19, 2023

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Ratings and reviews

4.1
53.5K reviews
Boris Panovich
February 24, 2024
Was great until recently. Now it says to move roms to a folder in the main MAME4droid file but that particular file does not exist. Now it doesn't find any roms. What Happened? I have this app on my old note 3 which I have not updated the app and it still plays perfect. Please fix this problem. I really do love this app! Update, still waiting for a fix to the problem! New update, I figured it out. Someone posted a video on YouTube how to find your roms. App is back to 5 stars again!
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Eric Myres
January 1, 2024
The Sept 5 update made this app unplayable. It no longer recognizes downloaded game files. The message informes users that the files need to be moved to a specific ROM folder that is extremely hard to find. Once it is excavated, I copied every ZIP to that folder, only to find that the app still doesn't see any files there, even after a complete phone restart. I used to brag about how I could play Ms. PacMan on my phone. It is not possible to access the mame folder because it's a system folder
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Brandon Williams
March 8, 2023
Great emulator. It runs mover 90% of the games I play. Unfortunately, the MAME CHD games I tested on it don't play well and suffers from stutter and lag problems. One example I'd like to use is NFL Blitz. Menu screens run fine, but the gameplay on the field runs 28% to 46%, and that's without the fog graphics which reduces performance by 10% to 15%. The other games that don't use a CHD run great. Great emulator, it just needs to be made for mobile devices, so CHD games can run at 100%.
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What's new

1.16.9 Note about new MAME4droid 0.261
1.16.8 Android 14 support. Implemented SAF workaround for Android TV 11+ (Now defaults to app media folder which is writtable ). Fixed landscape layout for tablets. Improved customization of landscape touch controller (Now fit parent if you enable notch). FIX to open from Frontends.
1.16.6 Android 13 support. Added scoped storage support to read ROMs files from external storage on Android 11+. Added new setting to store game states under ROMs folder.