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diff --git a/games/mame/README b/games/mame/README index ce580820a5..6e8fc71d08 100644 --- a/games/mame/README +++ b/games/mame/README @@ -1,23 +1,28 @@ -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 (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) + +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 2GB 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 -for developing MAME itself. To build the debugger, first install qt5, -then set QTDEBUG=yes in the environment before building mame. +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 the GroovyMAME patch. See +Optionally, MAME can be built with the GroovyMAME patch. Export +GROOVY=yes in the script's environment. If it doesn't work, see README_groovy.txt for details. + +Optionally, MAME can be build with support for bgfx graphics in +Wayland. To do this, export WAYLAND=yes in the environment. Note +that the SlackBuild author doesn't use Wayland and hasn't tested this +(other than making sure it compiles). |