MAME4droid: Your Android Arcade Emulator
MAME4droid, developed by D. Valdeita (Seleuco), brings the classic arcade experience to Android. This port of MAME 0.37b5, based on GP2X and WIZ MAME4ALL 2.5 by Franxis, emulates over 2000 ROMs from the original MAME 0.37b5 and some newer additions. Keep in mind that performance will vary greatly depending on the game and your device's capabilities. Older devices may experience limitations.
Performance Tips for Older Devices:
- Reduce sound quality or disable sound entirely.
- Use 8-bit sound depth.
- Underclock the CPU and sound CPUs.
- Disable stick and button animations.
- Disable smooth scaling.
ROM Placement:
After installation, place your MAME-titled zipped ROMs in the /sdcard/ROMs/MAME4all/roms folder. Note that MAME4droid uses only MAME4droid and iMAME4all ROM sets ('0.37b5' and 'GP2X, WIZ 0.37b11'). Use the included "clrmame.dat" file (located in /sdcard/ROMs/MAME4all/) and ClrMAME Pro (http://mamedev.emulab.it/clrmamepro/) to convert ROM sets from other MAME versions.
Key Features:
- Supports Android 2.1 and higher.
- Native support for Android Honeycomb tablets.
- Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) 2D hardware acceleration.
- Auto-rotate functionality.
- Hardware key remapping.
- Customizable touch controller (show/hide).
- Smooth image scaling.
- Overlay filters and scaling options (CRT, etc.).
- Selectable digital or analog touch controls.
- Animated touch stick or D-pad.
- iCade and iCP controller support (via iON).
- Wiimote support (requires WiiCrotroller Market app).
- Customizable button display (1-6 buttons).
- Adjustable video aspect ratio, scaling, and rotation.
- Adjustable CPU and audio clock speeds.
Important Note: MAME4droid does not support save states due to limitations of the base MAME version.
Learn More:
- Official website (news, source code): http://code.google.com/p/imame4all/
- MAME License: See the end of this document. (Links to http://www.mame.net and http://www.mamedev.com are also provided.)
MAME License: (The full MAME license is included at the end of the original document and is omitted here for brevity.)
Version History (Highlights):
- 1.5.3 (Jul 9, 2015): Various bug fixes.
- 1.5.2: Added battery saving options, fixed dialog issues, improved ICS support.
- 1.5.1: Improved D-pad/coin button responsiveness in portrait mode, fixed tilted games using GL video rendering.
- 1.5: Added customizable landscape button layout, added tilt sensor as left/right control.
- 1.4: Added local multiplayer (requires external IME app like a Wiimote controller), added option to change default ROM path.
