r/pinball - Pinball specific discussion. r/arcade - Original CoinOP Arcade specific discussion. r/RetroGamingNetwork - a multireddit for retro gaming! r/HyperSpin - HyperSpin specific discussion. R/MAME RULES/REGULATIONS REDDIT'S ARCADE COMMUNITY Over time, MAME (originally stood for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) absorbed the sister-project MESS (Multi Emulator Super System), so MAME now documents a wide variety of (mostly vintage) computers, video game consoles and calculators, in addition to the arcade video games that were its initial focus. For Street Fighter EX for instance, go to service menu (F2), enable the 'Unlock all characters' cheat, change something like 1 Coin 1 Credit, go to save and exit, press SHIFT + F3.
The fact that the software is usable serves primarily to validate the accuracy of the documentation (how else can you prove that you have recreated the hardware faithfully?). This is not always true, sometimes enabling the cheat and triggering a system save is enough to make the cheat permanent.
The source code to MAME serves as this documentation. This is achieved by documenting the hardware and how it functions.
As electronic technology continues to rush forward, MAME prevents this important 'vintage' software from being lost and forgotten. MAME’s purpose is to preserve decades of software history. MAME is a multi-purpose emulation framework. Questions? Please check out OUR MAME/BYOAC Wiki!
