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| author | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2020-10-13 03:44:30 -0400 |
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| committer | Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org> | 2020-10-17 09:40:22 +0700 |
| commit | 41d91ca3403ae4ca359f670c464b70b24f90b049 (patch) | |
| tree | 07c3d677198981e59a52efca51fbb96aacec1498 /games/mame | |
| parent | 7c33c0d4a5e6712b08f7a459a3c445e55d5807c2 (diff) | |
games/mame: Fix README.
Signed-off-by: B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/games/mame/README b/games/mame/README index ea0cd5dccb8d8..c836db4ad060f 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 |