Package mame: Information

    Binary package: mame
    Version: 0.265-alt1
    Architecture: x86_64
    Build time:  May 1, 2024, 03:05 PM in the task #347233
    Source package: mame
    Category: Games/Arcade
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    License: GPLv2+
    Summary: Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator
    Description: 
    MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator.  When used in conjunction
    with an arcade game's data files (ROMs), MAME will more or less faithfully
    reproduce that game on a PC.
    
    The ROM images that MAME utilizes are "dumped" from arcade games' original
    circuit-board ROM chips.  MAME becomes the "hardware" for the games, taking
    the place of their original CPUs and support chips.  Therefore, these games
    are NOT simulations, but the actual, original games that appeared in arcades.
    
    MAME's purpose is to preserve these decades of video-game history.  As gaming
    technology continues to rush forward, MAME prevents these important "vintage"
    games from being lost and forgotten.  This is achieved by documenting the
    hardware and how it functions, thanks to the talent of programmers from the
    MAME team and from other contributors.  Being able to play the games is just
    a nice side-effect, which doesn't happen all the time.  MAME strives for
    emulating the games faithfully.

    Maintainer: Artyom Bystrov

    List of contributors:
    Artyom Bystrov

    ACL:
    Artyom Bystrov
    @everybody

    Last changed


    May 1, 2024 Artyom Bystrov 0.265-alt1
    - Update to new version
    March 29, 2024 Artyom Bystrov 0.264-alt1
    - Update to new version
    Feb. 29, 2024 Artyom Bystrov 0.263-alt1
    - Update to new version
    - Disable temporary patch for russian translation update (added to upstream)