MAME

is one of the most complete arcade emulator available: it allows to play thousands of titles that would otherwise be lost forever.
In this website it plays a key role and will be updated as new versions come out.

Some links for further information:

• download latest release
• download previous releases
• Wikipedia
• source code

Statistics

There are 905 different releases of emulators, all related to Mame.
Information are updated to version 0.289 released on july 31 2026.
The emulated machines are 50,368 and including previously removed come to 56,251.

The total games processed to date is about 10.4 millions.
From these numbers are excluding unofficial versions of other Mame.

Software lists

A lot of Mame machines supports more programs/games and they are grouped into software lists, i.e. console software, computer games, embedded systems and a lot more.
There are 798 software lists with a total of 141,131 emulated programs and including those removed until version 1035 come to 887 and 172,682 programs.

The total programs processed to date is about 18.6 millions.

NOTE: Before release 0.162, the program with support for software lists was named MESS.