/mame_explorer

Web interface to explorer MAME roms and get all information in one page

Primary LanguagePHP

MAME Explorer

It's a responsive web interface (PHP / Perl / SQLite) to retrieve all informations about MAME roms.

Demo http://78.213.180.135:5080/mame

Screenshot Screenshot on mobile device

Rom Search Rom Search on mobile device

Create Database

  • To create your database, you have to download mame executable : http://mamedev.org/release.php (32 or 64 bits)
  • Go to sources directory and launch perl getfiles.pl to download latest version of files which work with MAME : catver.ini, nplayers.ini, series.ini, languages.ini, bestgames.ini, cheats, history.dat, story.dat, mameinfo.dat, catver.ini, command.dat
  • Go to sources directory and launch perl mame2sqlite.pl to create the SQLite database.
  • You can also manually download snapshots, titles, control panel,... images packs and unzip them into sources directory. Go to http://www.mamechannel.it/pages/progettosnaps.php to download images packs