Update 30 May 2026: Quick summary on how to run Negatron with MAME installed via Homebrew While this turned out to be a bit tricky, it then ...

I will use this post as collector for any further improvements that we see in the MAME (current) RetroArch core. Update 9 May 2026 - with th...

Finally: Game & Watch handhelds decently run in RetroArch with the koko-aio shader This has been a major struggle, and with the spontane...

When it comes to mamedev.org, I really take everything very seriously. So I was not suspicious at all when the MAME core team published its ...

This featured post is in steady update.  23 March 2026 - updated Game Cube/Wii section, as some days ago, RetroAchievements landed for the W...

Update 3 March 2026: The Homebrew formula of MAME was updated to 286, which is the first MAME with SDL3 support in MacOS per default! It wor...

Update 16 February 2026: Attract Mode Plus 3.2.2 has been released. You can download fully notarized builds for ARM64/Silicon and Intel (for...

Quick Hints 2 February 2025 - Running QMC2 for the first time / older MAME installs Hint #1:  Prior to running QMC2 for the first time, plea...

I’m pleased to provide MacOS DarkPlaces builds, fully codesigned and notarized, for download and use on Silicon aka ARM64 as well as Intel M...

November 2025 — an excellent opportunity to present a broad overview of updates in macOS emulation. Since this will cover a diverse range of...

Besides Super Mario 64, the two Zelda games on my Nintendo 64 are high ranking in my forever games list. Even more than Super Mario 64, thes...

Update 26.7.2025: The very promising Launcher for Super Mario 64 received a nice update. See the new chapter at the bottom of this entry! Up...

Just a brief note on the latest version 0278 of MAME: As advertised in the Release Notes, it comes with a new sound infrastructure that prov...

Just a few days after my post on Intel64 builds, these thoughts became redundant because MAME 0.274 for Silicon Macs (along with other ARM64...

It seems that one of the major drawbacks of current MacOS MAME is the lack of a Dynamic Recompiler (dynarec), which is only available for In...