This release includes an experimental Hitachi SH3 recompiler

Oct 27, 2017 18:30 GMT  ·  By

A new maintenance update of the MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) software has been released with a bunch of cool new features and support for lots of those awesome retro games.

MAME 0.191 is now available as the latest and greatest release of the open-source emulator for playing retro games on modern computers. It with lots of goodies, starting with an experimental Hitachi SH3 recompiler to improve emulation support for Cave CV-1000 systems, though it also lays the groundwork for additional performance improvements for SH4-based platforms, such as Sega NAOMI.

"It’s the end of October, and time for the hotly anticipated MAME 0.191 release. This release includes an experimental Hitachi SH3 recompiler from frequent contributor David “Haze” Haywood that shows promising performance improvements for Cave CV-1000 emulation, and holds the tantalising possibility of bringing similar gains to systems based on the SH4 in the future," reads the release announcement.

Moreover, MAME 0.191 improves Saturn/ST-V emulation so you can enjoy all those excellent SEGA titles from the ’90s, adds optimizations and improvements to Voodoo and MIPS3 emulation, as well as the Gamate emulation, which was ultimately rewritten. The Tatung Einstein, NEC PC-Engine console, M6809 CPU also received improvements in this new MAME release.

MAME now supports three more Tiger handhelds

In addition to the emulation improvements mentioned above, MAME 0.191 introduces support for three more Tiger handhelds, namely Batman, Swamp Thing, and Judge Dredd, drops the hard limit of four emulated screens so you can plug-in more graphics cards, serial terminals, or emulate systems that support several screens. It also includes more than 70 new PlayStation dumps.

Other than that, the MAME 0.191 update adds support for lots of Apple II cassettes and RM Nimbus software, support for Gamate cartridges and BBC Torch floppies, adds Kiki Inland for Gamate, moves several titles that don't depend on PC/AT from the IBM 5170 list to the IBM 5150 one, and introduces several new additions to the Fujitsu FM Towns and IBM PC software.

Download MAME 0.191 source for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows.