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[Installation and usage instructions, including examples.]

✓ MAME Installation

For complete MAME beginners, please go to this page first: MAME INSTALLATION and then continue reading the current page.

✓ INI File Installation/Usage

• Download the INI file packs you're interested in and extract the ZIP file to your "folders" folder of MAME or your favorite MAME frontend! (create the "folders" folder if it doesn't exist)
• Click the "Category" filter at the left side
• Choose the INI File and filter (Group): double click with the mouse to get a File/Filter (Group) list

!!! Note for MAMEUI users: Due to a long filter name bug/limitation in MAMEUI, INI files with long filter names are not working in MAMEUI and make the frontend not run. However, you can use them in official MAME which doesn't have this bug/limitation present.
It are the following INI files which should not be copied to your "folders" folder in case you use MAMEUI (all other INI files will work fine in MAMEUI):

• [ARCADE] Arcade Control Configuration.ini
• [ARCADE] Arcade Joystick Configuration.ini
• [ARCADE] Arcade CPU Configuration.ini
• [COIN-OP (GAMES)] Coin-Op (Games) By CPU Configuration.ini
• [COIN-OP (NON-GAMES)] Coin-Op (Non-Games) By CPU Configuration.ini
• [COMPUTERS] Computers By CPU Configuration.ini
• [CONSOLES] Consoles By CPU Configuration.ini
• [ELECTRONIC] Electronic By CPU Configuration.ini
• [GAMBLING] Gambling By CPU Configuration.ini
• [HARDWARE] HARDWARE By CPU Configuration.ini

!!! Note for MAMEUI users: when a lot of INI files are copied to the "folders" folder of MAMEUI, the frontend sometimes doesn't run. The solution is to use less INI files at the same time in the "folders" folder, until the frontend runs again. Official MAME doesn't have this problem and can use any number of INI files at the same time.

!!! No ROM files, DISC images or any copyrighted game materials are hosted on this website. ONLY INI files and DAT files (text files) are provided !!!

✓ Perfect companion file: Gaming History's history.xml

The perfect companion file for the INI files is available at !

✓ INI File Version

The INI file version can be found by opening the INI file using any text editor.
Read the 5th line of the file, example:

";; [ARCADE] Arcade System.ini for MAME 0.279 generated @ 30/04/2025 ;;"

This website ONLY provides INI files for the LATEST MAME version! If you want to use an older MAME version (for any reason), you should save previously downloaded INI file packs to your computer.

✓ INI File Examples

! Very important: each INI file ONLY contains the machines belonging to the machine category between square brackets (in the file name), which are:

• [ARCADE]
• [COIN-OP (GAMES)]
• [COIN-OP (NON-GAMES)]
• [COMPUTERS]
• [CONSOLES]
• [ELECTRONIC]
• [GAMBLING]
• [HARDWARE]

The machines are separated by machine category in order to get a grasp on the GIGANTIC machine list in MAME, so that users can choose the machines they are interested in!

• [ARCADE] 1980s Arcade By Manufacturer.ini

Filter Example: "Atari"
✓ All 1980s arcade machines manufactured by Atari

• [ARCADE] 1990s Arcade By Game Genre.ini

Filter Example: "Racing (no clones)"
✓ All 1990s arcade machines which are Racing games, without clones

• [ARCADE] Arcade By Decade.ini

Filter Example: "1980s Arcade (no clones)"
✓ All arcade machines from the 1980s, without clones

• [ARCADE] Arcade System.ini

Filter Example: "Sega Model 2 hardware"
✓ All arcade machines running on the Sega Model 2 hardware

• [ARCADE] Arcade Screen Configuration.ini

Filter Example: "(S1: raster) (S2: raster)"
✓ All arcade machines having 2 raster screens (S1 = screen 1, S2 = screen 2)

• [ARCADE] Arcade Controls.ini

Filter Example: "joy"
✓ All arcade machines having at least one joystick (of any type)

• [ARCADE] Arcade Control Configuration.ini

Filter Example: "(P1) lightgun (P2) lightgun"
✓ All 2-player arcade machines having a lightgun for each player (P1 = player 1, P2 = player 2)

(Note: If there is no (P1), (P2), ..., this means the arcade machine is a single player machine and all written controls are for a single player!)

• [ARCADE] Arcade CPU Configuration.ini

Filter Example: "(CPU1: Zilog Z80) (CPU2: Zilog Z80) (CPU3: Motorola MC68000)"
✓ All arcade machines having 2 Zilog Z80 CPUs and 1 Motorola MC68000 CPU (CPU1 = CPU 1, CPU2 = CPU 2, CPU3 = CPU 3)

• [ARCADE] Arcade Joystick Configuration.ini

Filter Example: "(P1) joy 4-way with 4 buttons (P2) joy 4-way with 4 buttons"
✓ All 2-player arcade machines having a 4-way joystick with 4 buttons for each player (P1 = player 1, P2 = player 2)

(Note: If there is no (P1), (P2), ..., this means the arcade machine is a single player machine and all written controls are for a single player!)

• [ARCADE] Arcade PCB Properties.ini

Filter Example: "Free Play"
✓ All arcade machines having Free Play mode (MAME: enable the DIP switch)



• [ARCADE] Arcade PCB Properties.ini

Filter Example: "Service Mode"
✓ All arcade machines having Service Mode mode (MAME: hold F2 key when game boots or enable the DIP switch if present)



• [COMPUTERS] Computers By Decade.ini

Filter Example: "1990s Computers"
✓ All computers from the 1990s

• [GAMBLING] Gambling By Machine Type.ini

Filter Example: "Fruit Machine"
✓ All gambling machines which have the machine type "Fruit Machine"

• [CONSOLES] Consoles By Manufacturer.ini

Filter Example: "Nintendo"
✓ All consoles made by Nintendo

• [SOFTWARE LIST MACHINES] MAMElicious - Software List Explorer.ini

Filter Example: "Apple II cassettes"
✓ All machines that can run cassettes of the software list "Apple II cassettes"

• [SOFTWARE LIST MACHINES] MAMElicious - Software List Explorer.ini

Filter Example: "Nintendo Entertainment System cartridges"
✓ All machines that can run cartridges of the software list "Nintendo Entertainment System cartridges"

• [ALL MACHINES] Machines Emulated By Developer.ini

Filter Example: "David Haywood"
✓ All machines that are emulated by David Haywood (note: many source code files have more then 1 developer)"

!!! No ROM files, DISC images or any copyrighted game materials are hosted on this website. ONLY INI and DAT files (text files) are provided !!!