In the heat of the summer, mamedev has cooked us up a hot new release to ensure our PC rooms stay nice and warm during the impossibly hot season. So we never have to worry about our machines getting too cold! OK, the new release is here, get it while it’s hot! Check out https://sdlmame.lngn.net/whatsnew/whatsnew_0257.txt while you’re here, and find the links below to MAME!
Apple Silicon:https://sdlmame.lngn.net/stable/mame0257-arm64.zip
Intel 64bit: https://sdlmame.lngn.net/stable/mame0257-x86.zip
Stay safe in the heat out there!
Hi, I’ve downloaded and unzipped mame0257-x86, whats the next steps to run the mame? thank you very much
Hi, you should run these commands in Terminal:
cd Downloads
cd mame0257-x86
and finally: ./mame
Good luck! 🙂
./mame
dyld[3839]: Library not loaded: @rpath/SDL2.framework/Versions/A/SDL2
Referenced from: /Users/ewang/Downloads/mame0257-x86/mame
Reason: tried: ‘/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS@rpath/SDL2.framework/Versions/A/SDL2’ (no such file), ‘/Library/Frameworks/SDL2.framework/Versions/A/SDL2’ (no such file), ‘/System/Library/Frameworks/SDL2.framework/Versions/A/SDL2’ (no such file, not in dyld cache)
[1] 3839 abort ./mame
You need to install the SDL library that the front page of the site mentions you need. libsdl.org
On High Sierra I just got “Segmentation fault: 11” at almost every launch via Terminal. What is the solution?
As stated on the main page to the site, you need MacOS 10.14 or above. 10.13 – High Sierra is not supported. Please upgrade your system to use MAME.
I can’t update now. What is the latest stable version for High Sierra?
I’ll be honest, I have no idea. I’d try things at least 2 years old. 0.240 or thereabouts would be my best guess. Read through the comments in these pages, someone likely noted it somewhere previously.
I’ve found MAME-for-MacOSX-0.163(32bit).zip is working stable on High Sierra.
More information if anyone needs it:
https://www.tweaking4all.com/software/games/macos-x-run-mame-mavericks-10-9/
I “upgraded” my classic MacPro (5,1) from High Sierra (10.13) to Mojave (10.14) earlier this year — and the last pre-built Intel versions I remember as still working under High Sierra was somewhere around 0.248. (I can’t remember if it was 0.249 or 0.250 where it stopped working.)
As a side-note, the upgrade to macOS 10.14 was totally worth it (after some minor tweaking) — that is if you *don’t* have an Nvidia GPU, of course! Also with the latest code fixes by Arbee/Jay to get it compiling for 10.14, the most recent versions have been working perfectly! (Thanks again!!!)
Thanks for the update build.
I usually get mine from the Homebrew packages – but the latest ones don’t seem to support my USB ‘Fighting Stick’ style controller. But fortunately your’s does.
Cheers.
Jason.
Hrm that’s odd. I’m assuming the homebrew port uses a standard Linux library package for SDL while I use the MacOS specific bundle for these builds, they should both provide the same support in the end. May be an issue with homebrew and/or SDL itself.
Either way, glad my builds work for you, maybe worth reporting to homebrew about the usb issue, someone might be able to fix it.