MAME 0.288 Has added Apple II Watson and Inspector D0/D8 socket ROM image support.
Sample usage via Locksmith:
mame apple2 -romimage1 watson -romimage2 inspect locksmth60a
(Press I to run the inspector and Ctrl-C to quit.)
MAME 0.288 Has added Apple II Watson and Inspector D0/D8 socket ROM image support.
Sample usage via Locksmith:
mame apple2 -romimage1 watson -romimage2 inspect locksmth60a
(Press I to run the inspector and Ctrl-C to quit.)
Well I'm a day late and a dollar short on pushing the latest #mame 0.288 for Apple Silicon MacOS, but it's now ready to satisfy your classic gaming needs.
Minimum reqs are still MacOS 12 and above and these builds are using SDL3 which you'll need to have installed for this to run (the normal dmg install-- NOT through brew or macports). Have fun!
MAME 0.288 32bit and derived distributions avaliable (Xp compatibles). Download from RETRODANUART MAME XP
Dev Update 2 on my Shinobi: Commander X16 rewrite.
I've moved to arcade fidelity graphics, which look absolutely awsome on the Commander X16!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TntV3rE6Dg4
#RetroGameDev #GameDev #DevLog #Homebrew #IndieGame #C #CommanderX16 #X16 #VERA #Shinobi #SEGA #Arcade #ReverseEngineering #MAME #RetroComputing #8bit

Finally got #retroarch setup so time for some Macross Plus! Love shmups even if I suck at them.
Batocera – The Retro Arcade OS
I have a mini-PC that my workplace isn't using so I grabbed it and brought it home. With this home labbing I have been getting into I thought about having a retro video game box. Most people get a Raspberry Pi and install RetroPie on it. The limitations is the micro SD card that the RPi boots off of. I have a mini-PC that uses an M.2 SSD drive to boot the OS off it. So I chose that to host my retro video game box. It only has a 250 GB SSD so I ordered a 512 GB SSD. As for the OS I […]https://radicalgeek.blog/2026/05/16/batocera-the-retro-arcade-os/