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MAME4droid – Play all classic arcade games on your Android device

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MAME4droid (short for MAME for Android) is an Android port version of the most popular arcade emulator MAME (only version 0.139u1) that was developed by Nicola Salmoria and the MAME team, made by David Valdeita (Seleuco). It is able to emulate all romsets supported by the original MAME of this version.

MAME4droid is currently the most powerful and popular arcade emulator for Android devices. It is recompiled based on the open-source project Mame4All, has relatively high requirements for device hardware configuration, and is compatible with more than 8,000 arcade games. In addition, it can perfectly restore the excellent graphics of the arcade console, supports a variety of mobile phones/tablets of different brands, allows to customize the buttons and start methods, provides a variety of operation methods, supports Bluetooth gamepads and netplay, and so on.

MAME4droid is specially designed for Dual-Core Android devices, because it is based on the MAME version for PC. Even with a high end device, do not expect “modern” arcade games from the 90s and beyond to necessarily work at full speed or compatibility. Some games like Outrun and the Mortal Kombat series are badly optimized.

Although MAME is so powerful, it has not released a mobile platform version. If you are obsessed with arcade games and want to play them on your Android devices,  then MAME4droid is what you need. With it, you can now enjoy some of the most famous arcade games of all time right from the comfort of your Android smartphone or tablet.

// Key Features //

  • Native support for NVidia Shield Portable and Tablet devices
  • Autorotate with individual settings for portrait and landscape orientation
  • HW Keys remapping
  • Touch Controller can be toggled on and off
  • Image smoothing (including new HQx smoothing up to HQ4x)
  • Integer-based scaling for purest game recreation at higher resolutions
  • Overlay filters including scanlines, CRT, etc.
  • Digital or Analog touch selectable
  • Animated touch stick or DPAD
  • Customizable In-App button layout
  • iON’s iCade and iCP (as iCade mode) external controllers supported
  • Plug and play support for most Bluetooth and USB Gamepads
  • Tilt Sensor replacement for joystick movement
  • Touch lightgun with auto-detection option
  • Mouse support for Nvidia Shield devices
  • Display 1 to 6 buttons on screen
  • Netplay over local WiFi
  • Options for video aspect ratio, scaling, rotate, etc.

// Fan Made Demo Videos //

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOmjN-mpZwQ

// System Requirements //

  • Android 2.3+

// Prompts //

  • Put the ROM file in zip format into “/sdcard/MAME4droid/roms” to start the game.
  • When downloading the ROM from Internet, pay attention to the compatibility of the version. The rom that can be played with MAME4droid is limited to the games supported by its current version 139u1. If the version is too old, some files will not match, resulting in unrecognized.
  • Some games will run better than others; some games may not run at all.

// Download URLs //

License Version Download Size
Freeware Latest (mir) n/a

(Homepage | Google Play)

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