mame2003-libretro

MAME as it was in 2003, and using the libretro API. Accepts romset MAME 0.78. Any file-not-found issues will be because your romset is wrong, or incomplete (e.g. you're trying to run a clone .zip, without the parent .zip present).

Suitable for lower-end devices that would struggle to run current versions of MAME (later versions of MAME are increasingly accurate, thus can perform worse).

Tested for OS X, linux (including Raspberry Pi 2, 3), Wii, and Android (arm-v7a).

Directories

Generates directories as it requires:

User-generated content are in sub-directories within /libretro savefile dir/mame2003/ e.g.:

/libretro savefile dir/mame2003/diff/
/libretro savefile dir/mame2003/nvram/
/libretro savefile dir/mame2003/hi/
/libretro savefile dir/mame2003/cfg/
/libretro savefile dir/mame2003/inp/
/libretro savefile dir/mame2003/memcard/
/libretro savefile dir/mame2003/snap/

.dat files should be placed within /libretro system dir/mame2003/ e.g.:

/libretro system dir/mame2003/hiscore.dat
/libretro system dir/mame2003/cheat.dat
/libretro system dir/mame2003/history.dat

Static data should be placed in subdirectories within /libretro system dir/mame2003/ e.g.:

/libretro system dir/mame2003/samples/

To-do:

Make sure all of the mkdir commands in makefile complete before any compiling starts.
Input Descriptors (for use in Core Input Remapping).
Expose all MAME options as Core Options (including various vector game-specific options)
Lots more.

Notes:

Will have errors on 64-bit platforms.
Will have errors on platforms without unaligned memory access support.
When using concurrent building you may get an error that it can't create certain object files, just rerun make if it happens.
To run on Wii's memory constraints some drivers in src/driver.c must be removed.

Links to consult:

http://www.anthrofox.org/code/mame/index.html https://code.oregonstate.edu/svn/dsp_bd/uclinux-dist/trunk/user/games/xmame/xmame-0.106/src/unix/contrib/patches/word-align-patch http://www.filewatcher.com/b/ftp/ftp.zenez.com/pub/mame/xmame.0.0.html

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