#MAME EMULATOR MAC INSTALL#
#MAME EMULATOR MAC PASSWORD#
#MAME EMULATOR MAC ZIP#

You can hold the вЂњFunction (fn)вЂќ key down everytime you want to use a function key or you can open the System Preferences > Keyboard and check the вЂњUse all F1, F2, etc.

In Yosemite the keyboard does not use the function keys on as F-1 through F19 the way other operating systems do, they are assigned all kinds of other functions.

If you use a web browser that automatically unzips files when you download them you will need to change that setting to preserve the original files.

MAME will handle unzipping them and using the contents inside.

#MAME EMULATOR MAC ZIP#

WARNING: ROMs are saved as zip files and they should stay zipped.

Click on вЂњI understandвЂ¦вЂќ and download the game to the Documents/mame/roms directory.

Now to get a ROM visit the website and the Robot Bowl game at.

Now to create the MAME configuration file enter вЂњ./mame64 -createconfigвЂќ this will create a вЂњmame.iniвЂќ file in the вЂњmameвЂќ directory.

Over in the Terminal app, enter вЂњcd ~/Documents/mameвЂќ and then вЂњls -alвЂќ to double-check that you are in the right directory.

Open the вЂњmameвЂќ folder and take a look at the contents.

Double-click the zip file, when finished you should now have a folder named вЂњmame0156-64bitвЂќ, now rename this folder вЂњmameвЂќ, keep in mind that case counts so make sure the folder name is all lower-case.

I am placing it in the вЂњDocumentsвЂќ directory.

Back at the SDLMAME page click on the вЂњ SDLMAME v0.156 64-bitвЂќ link and save the file to your computer.

Click вЂњAuthenticateвЂќ and then enter an Admin Username and Password.

#MAME EMULATOR MAC PASSWORD#

Drag the вЂњameworkвЂќ file from the SDL2 window into the вЂњFrameworksвЂќ window, you may be prompted to enter an Admin username and password to authenticate your desire to modify the Frameworks directory.

Enter вЂњopen /Library/FrameworksвЂќ into the terminal window, this will open a window for the Frameworks directory.

Open the Terminal application Applications > Utilities > Terminal.

Double-click the SDL2-2.0.3.dmg file which will mount it as a drive.

From the SDL website download SDL2-2.0.3.dmg or the latest version.

#MAME EMULATOR MAC INSTALL#

Follow the instructions at the top of the page and install the вЂњ SDL runtime libraryвЂќ.

Visit and click on the URL for вЂњApple Macintosh OS X IntelвЂќ with a build target of вЂњMAMEвЂќ.

These instructions are for SDLMAME version 0.156 64-bit which was released on November 28, 2014.

You will also need admin privileges on the computer, this is not absolutely necessary to run MAME, but that is how I am going to cover it here. You will have to use the terminal app and the console to get MAME working, but it is very easy following the steps below. I am going to use Robot Bowl as an example. You can download the ROMs of some games from the website. MAME uses data dumps from the Read Only Memory chips (ROMs) that were used in the original arcade games. A side effect of this is that MAME can be used to play old arcade games if you can find the games. Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME) is a free and open source application used as a reference of the inner workings of arcade gaming systems.

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