MAMEWorld Forums - News - pfeMAME version 2.11.4 has been released today

This is a pretty big release with lots of bug fixes, a few minor new features, heaps of background code improvements, and a work-around for an issue with systems emulation under MAME (see below). Check out the changelog file for full details.

MAME Systems support – I don’t know if this is a bug or intended operation (odd if it is), but for systems that have expansion modules that when connected add an additional media type there is a problem. Even if you add the correct slot devices into the systems INI file (the slot devices that add the external hard drive, cartridge slot etc), when you run the MAME command with the new media type (e.g. flop1), MAME won’t see it and reports that it’s an unknown media type. It doesn’t seem to be parsing the slot devices before checking valid media types when MAME is invoked. Again, seems like odd behaviour if it’s by design. To get around it, I read the slot devices from the INI file and add them to the command line when calling MAME. Seems to work well and fixed issues with ZX Spectrum slot devices.

The Windows build is using python 3.8 while the Ubuntu build is using python 3.7. Basically, my Ubuntu VM only has a 3.7 release at this stage. You shouldn’t notice any difference at this point in time until I start looking at exploiting the new shared memory feature for multi-tasking under 3.8.

As always, I welcome feedback so feel free to give some.

You can download this release from HERE.

Please read the manual as it has everything you need. Please report bugs. You can email [email protected] or use the features on the sourceforge site to create a ticket, leave a review, or chat.

pfeMAME is a front end for the Multiple Arcade Game Emulator (MAME) written in Python. It is cross platform (tested on Linux - Ubuntu and Windows). It also includes a graphical Tile View designed for MAME cabinets which allows control using joystick / gamepad. It supports favourite game flagging, MESS systems, and a Tiled view for arcade cabinets. It was written with a minimalist view in mind but also because there were some features that I wanted that other front ends just didn't provide.