SDL Supported Platforms

Here are downloads for MAME/MESS on non-Windows platforms including Mac OS X, Linux, and BSD family operating systems.

Technical support for MAME on non-Windows platforms and for MESS on all platforms is available on the bannister.org forums.

Source code download

The following links are for source code, either pre-packaged by MAMEDev or you can simply clone/fork us on Github to follow the team's progress in real-time. Download these if you'd like to learn to develop for MAME/MESS, or if you know how to build the emulator and just want to follow along quickly.

MAME/MESS releases	http://mamedev.org/release.html
Live MAME/MESS WIP on Github	https://github.com/mamedev/mame

A guide to building MAME/MESS on Mac OS X is available here. An equivalent guide for Linux is available here.

Regularly Updated binaries and packages (usually within 1-3 versions of baseline)

These links are for binaries and/or distribution packages for Mac OS X, the BSD family, and a variety of popular Linux distributions. Download these if you can't or don't wish to build MAME and don't mind waiting for the next release date to see progress.

Target OS/Platform	Build Target	URL
Apple Macintosh OS X Intel	MAME	http://sdlmame.lngn.net
Apple Macintosh OS X Intel	MESS	http://sdlmame.lngn.net
Apple Macintosh OS X PowerPC	MAME	http://mirrors.xmission.com/mame/mac/sdlmame
Apple Macintosh OS X PowerPC	MESS	http://mirrors.xmission.com/mame/mac/sdlmame
Apple Macintosh OS X PowerPC (10.5)	MAME	https://www.mediafire.com/folder/07r0cvcq1i39g/OSX_PPC_10.5_%28SDL2%29
Arch Linux	MAME	https://www.archlinux.de/?page=Packages;search=mame
Arch Linux	MESS	https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/sdlmess
Debian	MAME	http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=mame
Debian	MESS	http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=mess
Fedora	MAME	http://www.rpmfusion.org/ Follow directions at "Enable RPM Fusion" then package is named 'mame'
Fedora	MESS	http://www.rpmfusion.org/ As above, but package is named 'mess'
FreeBSD	MAME	http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/emulators/mame
FreeBSD	MESS	http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/emulators/mame
General Linux Package Search	MAME	http://pkgs.org/search/?keyword=mame
General Linux Package Search	MESS	http://pkgs.org/search/?keyword=sdlmess
Microsoft Windows (2000/XP/Vista/7/8)	MAME	http://mamedev.org/release.html
Microsoft Windows (2000/XP/Vista/7/8)	MESS	http://mamedev.org/release.html
NetBSD	MAME	http://pkgsrc.se/emulators/mame
NetBSD	MESS	http://pkgsrc.se/emulators/mess
OpenBSD	MAME	http://openports.se/emulators/sdlmame
OpenBSD	MESS	http://openports.se/emulators/sdlmess
OpenSUSE	MAME	http://packman.links2linux.org/package/mame
OS/2 Warp	MAME	http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?key=sdlmame
Slackware	MAME	http://sourceforge.net/projects/mameforslack
Slackware	MESS	http://sourceforge.net/projects/mameforslack
Ubuntu	MAME	http://sdlmame.wallyweek.org/repository/

Discontinued/Irregularly Updated

Target OS/Platform	Build Target	URL
Gentoo/Funtoo Linux	MAME	http://gpo.zugaina.org/games-emulation/sdlmame
Gentoo/Funtoo Linux	MESS	http://gpo.zugaina.org/games-emulation/sdlmess
Google Native Client	MAME	http://tiny.cc/MAMENaCL , http://tiny.cc/MAMENaCLCaseStudy
YellowDogLinux 6.2 / Playstation 3	MAME	http://pleasantfiction.ipower.com/ps3linux/ps3bodega62/ppc/repoview/mame.html
YellowDogLinux 6.2 / Playstation 3	MESS	http://pleasantfiction.ipower.com/ps3linux/ps3bodega62/ppc/repoview/mess.html
YellowDogLinux 6.2 / Playstation 3	Configuration	http://pleasantfiction.ipower.com/bodega/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=555&start=0

Targets for which MAME/MESS have been known to exist, but have custom OSDs/Interfaces

Target OS/Platform
Android (ARM)
Apple iOS
Nintendo Wii (PowerPC)
XBOX