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InSummer 2018, RetroArch added MAME 2003-Plus to the arcade section of its Core Updater. MAME 2003-Plus is a new arcade emulator core which prioritizes 1) usability and frontend integration, 2) performance, and 3) compatibility across the range of libretro-supported platforms including mobile devices, single board computers, and consoles. Unlike other libretro MAME cores which remain fixed at one MAME version, MAME 2003-Plus is actively backporting more recent game drivers and features.

MAME 2003-Plus is part of a lineage of codebase forks and ports: this core was forked from MAME 2003, which is itself derived from Xmame 0.78, the X11/Unix port of MAME 0.78. In addition to the games supported by MAME 2003, MAME 2003-Plus contributors have backported new drivers and substantial bugfixes for several hundred additional games.

There is a long tradition in arcade emulation of producing platform-specific and performance-optimized MAME builds. This core was first established when arcadez began adding games that were not available in MAME 0.78 to a new fork of the existing MAME 2003 emulator. In addition to contributions from arcadez, the core has also benefited from the contributions of new and veteran MAME hackers. The most current list of new and fixed games can be found in the CHANGELOG.

One of the other things that makes MAME 2003-Plus distinct from the other libretro MAME cores is an emphasis on integration between MAME 2003-Plus and the libretro API. For example, there is full support for remapping player controls in the libretro frontend rather than requiring users use the legacy MAME input binding system from standalone MAME.

While more than 95% of MAME 2003-Plus romsets are identical to MAME 2003 and MAME 0.78 romsets and can be used as-is, new and fixed games require romsets that are built for use with this core. Unless you are already sure that you have a romset collection that is correctly built for MAME 2003-Plus, you can consult the official docs for instructions on how to rebuild and verify your collection by using ClrMamePro.

As detailed in the building romset docs linked above, a ClrMamePro-compatible XML DAT file is maintained in the MAME 2003-Plus repository for users to download. One of the new features added to core also allows users to generate their own DAT via the MAME Menu. Generating a DAT ensures that it is an exact match for the version of the core that you are using.

The NES Classic Mini and the SNES Classic Mini have an active hack and homebrew community which helped make MAME 2003-Plus and other libretro cores available on that hardware. Thanks to gpstar, KMFDManic, and others in that community, MAME 2003-Plus supports alternate soundtracks for several popular arcade titles that were also released in other formats with high quality audio soundtracks.

These alternate soundtracks are enabled by first placing the appropriate audio sample pack within the mame2003-plus subdirectory of the libretro system path, and then activating the Use CD Soundtrack core option.

In the same way that content-aware core options only appear when they are relevant to the current game, MAME 2003-Plus has added support for content-aware control names. In other words, when remapping Street Fighter 2 controls, the libretro frontend can display the control names that were printed on the real arcade control panel like Jump, Strong Punch and Forward Kick instead of a generic labels like Up, Button 1, Button 2, etc.

Because our support for control names is relatively new and is derived from the third-party controls.dat project, control names need to be verified by a human being before they are activated. As of October 2018, dozens of games have these active control names, but hundreds more need to be double-checked before being enabled. Coders, and users who are willing to learn basic github commands, are invited to join in this effort as volunteers!

4-way joysticks are an essential aspect of the gameplay for many iconic arcade titles including games like Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, and Q-Bert. Because modern joysticks generally use 8-way designs, it is usually impossible to play these games well without special hardware. MAME 2003-Plus includes a core option to simulate 4-way joysticks. When enabled, this logic analyzes input from 8-way digital joysticks in order to render its position as if the joystick had a 4-way design. This simulation is not the same as using a real 4-way joystick, but it can make a significant improvement to playability.

MAME 2003-Plus is fortunate to have a small but active group of developers making contributions. However, there are several important opportunities to improve MAME 2003-Plus and its integration with the libretro API that remain to be addressed. Coders interested in working on these issues are very welcome to introduce themselves in the github issue tracker or in the #programming channel of the libretro Discord server.

Because MAME 2003-Plus does not yet implement the relatively new libretro lightgun API, the core currently supports lightguns only if they are configured to emulate a mouse. This bounty entails implementing the libretro lightgun API. Contribute to the bounty or read the corresponding github issue.

MAME 2003-Plus (also referred to as MAME 2003+ and mame2003-plus) is a libretro multi-arcade system emulator core which prioritizes 1) usability and frontend integration, 2) performance, and 3) compatibility across the range of libretro-supported platforms including mobile devices, single board computers, and consoles. MAME 2003-Plus is part of a long tradition in arcade emulation of producing platform-specific and performance-optimized MAME builds.

Unlike the other 'historic' libretro MAME cores which remain fixed at one MAME version, MAME 2003-Plus is actively maintained and has to date added support for hundreds of new games along with dozens of new features.

Some games require data from an internal hard drive, CD-ROM, laserdisk, or other media in order to be emulated -- those forms of media are packaged as CHD files. CHD files should be copied to subfolders within the folder where the romset zips have been installed: /libretro content dir/blitz/blitz.chd

MAME 2003-Plus began with the game drivers from MAME 0.78, meaning that 95% or more of MAME 0.78 romsets will work as-is in MAME 2003-Plus, where they immediately benefit from its bugfixes and other improvements. In order to play the new games and games which received ROM updates in MAME 2003-Plus, you will need to find or build MAME 2003-Plus romsets.

Arcade games are packaged as zip files, most of which are composed of more than one individual 'ROM' files. That is why some resources inaccurately refer to an individual arcade game as a ROM (like people use to describe a zipped game cartridge ROM) while other resources refer to an individual game as a ROM set, ROMset, or romset.

DAT files describe the exact ROM contents that the emulator needs including filenames, file sizes, and checksums to verify contents are not incorrect or corrupt. mame2003-plus has the ability to generate an XML "DAT" file from the MAME Menu. You can also access the MAME menu by turning it on as a core option, selecting Generate XML DAT and then disabing the menu as a core option.

We recommend the Full Non-Merged format, where each romset zip files includes all the files needed to run each game, including any ROMs from 'parent' ROM sets and BIOS sets. To configure ClrMamePro to validate or rebuild a Full Non-Merged collection, use "Non-Merged" mode and disable "Separate BIOS Sets" from the "Advanced" menu in both ClrMamePro's Rebuild and Scanner menus.

A complete Full Non-Merged romset collection with CHDs and Samples only requires approximately 6% more storage space than the Split format romsets that are also sometimes used to structure arcade romsets. MAME 2003-Plus can read Split, TorrentZipped romsets, but the RetroArch playlist scanner only supports Full Non-Merged, TorrentZipped romsets for MAME 2003-Plus.

ClrMamePro remains the most popular tool for rebuilding MAME romsets, at least for now. That said, ClrMamePro is focused on supporting more recent MAME versions so there are at least two things to know if you are using ClrMamePro to generate a MAME 2003-Plus set:

mame2003-plus emulates thousands of games, many of which have unique control layouts. These games are emulated on more than a thousand variations of arcade hardware. The purpose of the input system is to communicate input from the user's physical controls through the libretro frontend, the mame2003-plus emulator core, and into the emulated game itself.

No system of default input mappings can address the full range of emulated games and supported controls. Some degree of per-game customization should ways be expected. However, to the extent possible it is also within the purpose of the MAME 2003-Plus input system to attempt to provide predictable and meaningful defaults for input across this wide range.

mame_keyboard sets the core to process keyboard input directly through the legacy "MAME" keyboard interface. Use this input mode only if your input device is seen as a keyboard, including some arcade control panel hardware.

MAME 2003-Plus has support for multiple mice or touch devices in games that support trackballs, etc. MAME 2003-Plus also supports one or two spinners/dials via the "Share 2 player dial controls across one X/Y device" core option. By default, mice/trackballs and analog sticks (the left one, for controllers with 2) are supported in games that would have them, or equivalents. For example, Centipede supports the mouse/trackball, and Afterburner supports the stick.

4-way joysticks are an essential aspect of the gameplay for many iconic arcade titles including games like Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, and Q-Bert. Because modern joysticks generally use 8-way designs, it is usually impossible to play these games well without special hardware. MAME 2003-Plus includes a core option to simulate 4-way joysticks. When enabled, this logic analyzes input from 8-way digital joysticks in order to render its position as if the joystick had a 4-way design. This simulation is not the same as using a real 4-way joystick, but it can make a significant improvement to playability.

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