Miscellaneous MAME Part 1 (Multisystem May, Arcade and Home System Game Emulation)
38Back in May of 2015 the, at the time, arcade-only emulator “MAME” and the spin-off emulator that covered other systems “MESS” were folded down into their more natural form; a single, easier to maintain and easier to develop entity that would move forward with the established “MAME” name.
May of 2021 therefore represents the 6th anniversary of this decision, one which has allowed MAME to bloom as a project, and helped to drive forward a large amount of arcade, and non-arcade progress that would otherwise have not been possible.
As a result, MAME today supports a wide variety of arcade games, but is also capable of running games from a large number of other systems, including many popular (and plenty more less popular) home systems.
For these May streams I want to alternate between playing an arcade game, then playing a game for one of the home platforms. Some of these will be connected in some way, for example, ports, spin-offs or console exclusive sequels, while others will simply be games in a similar genre that I’ll be deciding if are worth checking out or not.
MAME’s emulation of some home systems is second to none, providing the best experience out there, while for other systems it’s still in a preliminary state. This is something I’ll keep in mind when choosing games to play.
Timestamps from The Ogre
00:00:00 - Prestream Intro
00:05:09 - Jungler (1981, Konami)
00:16:59 - Serpentine (Apple ][+, Apple Computer, 1982 Broderbund Software)
00:25:54 - Jumping Cross (set 1, 1984 SNK)
00:40:42 - Super Motocross (Gundam RX-78, Bandai, 1983 Bandai)
00:55:26 - Breakout ([TTL] 1976 Atari)
01:02:38 - Block Buster (Microvision, Milton Bradley, 1979 Milton Bradley)
01:10:05 - Thunder Cross II (World, 1991 Konami)
01:21:25 - Hatenkou (X68000, Sharp, 1998 doujin)
01:32:29 - Super Cobra (1981 Konami)
01:38:03 - Super Cobra (Adventure Vision, Entex, 1982, Entex Industries) -- Eye / Flicker Warning!
01:46:10 - Blue Print (Midway, 1982 Zilec Electronics / Bally Midway)
01:58:39 - Moritz the Striker (CPC to GX4000 Conversion, Amstrad GX4000, Amstrad plc, 2021 Team Moritz)
02:11:06 - DoDonPachi II - Bee Storm (World, ver. 102, 2001 IGS)
02:21:36 - Buzz Bombers (Intellivision, Mattel, 1982 Mattel Electronics)
02:28:39 - Demoneye-X (1981 Irem)
02:34:53 - Striz B.H. (SMC-777, Sony, 1984 Sony)
02:42:47 - Joust 2 - Survival of the Fittest (revision 2, 1986 Williams)
02:49:28 - Emu Joust (Microbee 32 IC, Applied Technology, 1983 R. Sharples & G. Colmer)
02:55:18 - Wiz Warz (prototype, 1984 Mylstar)
03:04:23 - Tempest 2000 (Jaguar, Atari, 1994 Atari)