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MAME

by MAMEdev · Mostly GPLv2, with some subcomponents licensed differently.

95/100how this is calculated

A multi-purpose emulation framework. Its purpose is to preserve decades of software history. As electronic technology continues to rush forward, MAME prevents this important «vintage» software from being lost and forgotten.

Record

Latest version
0.289
Release date
31 Jul 2026
Official page
https://www.mamedev.org/index.php
Package identifier
MAMEdev.MAME

Official downloads

These URLs are the ones MAMEdev declares in its own manifest. We do not proxy or shorten them, and we do not host a copy.

More than one architecture below. Check which one your Windows is if you are not sure.

Verify the file you downloaded

Run this against the file on disk. If the output does not match the hash below, the file is not what MAMEdev published. Delete it.

Windows · PowerShell

Get-FileHash "mame0289b_x64.exe" -Algorithm SHA256

macOS · Linux

shasum -a 256 "mame0289b_x64.exe"

Expected output

a1aa7912168c9d1b05e611906bc21b8b9be3935822aead36d12a1da363150b7d

Got a different hash, or one you cannot place? Paste it into the hash checker and it will tell you which program and version it belongs to, past releases included.

Install MAME silently

The unattended switch below is the one MAMEdev declares in the installer manifest, not one we guessed by trying flags.

64-bit · publisher-declared

.\mame0289b_x64.exe -y

ARM64 · publisher-declared

.\mame0289b_arm64.exe -y

Run it from the folder holding the downloaded file, in a terminal opened as administrator when the package installs for all users. Silent means no window and no prompts, so check the exit code rather than waiting for something to appear: 0 is success and 3010 means it worked but wants a reboot.

Silent install commands for every program we index

How we scored this 95 out of 100

SignalFindingPoints
SHA-256 hash published2 of 2 installers ship a SHA-256 hashWithout a published hash there is no way to prove the file you downloaded is the file the publisher built.30 / 30
Binary provenance2 on a recognised distribution platformThe strongest signal against a repackaged installer: the file should come from the publisher, not from a mirror nobody vouches for.29.8 / 35
Served over HTTPS2 of 2 over HTTPSAn installer fetched over plain HTTP can be modified in transit.15 / 15
Release recencylast release about 1 months agoSoftware that has not shipped in years accumulates unpatched vulnerabilities.15 / 15
Licence declaredMostly GPLv2, with some subcomponents licensed differently.A declared licence tells you what you are actually allowed to do with the software.5 / 5

Is MAME safe to download?

The installer comes from a recognised distribution platform rather than MAMEdev's own domain. That is normal for this kind of software and not a red flag by itself.

Every one of the 2 installers on this page comes with the SHA-256 MAMEdev declared, so you do not have to take our word for it: hash the file you downloaded and compare.

What this does not tell you is whether the software itself is any good, or whether you want what it does once installed. A publisher can ship something you would rather not run and the download is still authentic. We answer the question we can measure and leave the other one to you.

If Windows says “Windows protected your PC” when you run it, that is SmartScreen reporting reputation, not a malware verdict — it shows up on perfectly legitimate software from small publishers and on releases that are simply new. The reverse matters more: no warning does not mean the file was checked.

How the 95/100 score is calculated · why the source matters more than the reputation

Install MAME with winget

Windows ships with a package manager, and this program is in it. The identifier below is the one Microsoft's repository uses, which is also where the download URL and hash on this page come from.

Install

winget install --id MAMEdev.MAME --exact

Upgrade later

winget upgrade --id MAMEdev.MAME

Why --exact: without it winget matches on name as well as identifier, and a search that returns more than one package makes it stop and ask rather than install. Pinning the identifier is what makes the command safe to put in a script.

Not installing anything, or getting an error back? The commands that actually come up covers upgrading everything at once, what --include-unknown is for, and why winget can be missing from a machine that should have it.

Old versions of MAME1 with hashes

The version history of MAME, each release with the download URL the publisher declared at the time and the SHA-256 to check it against. Useful when an update breaks something and you need to downgrade to a build that worked.

We do not host any of these files and never re-upload them, which is the difference between this and an old-version download site.

0.287

released 30 Mar 2026
  • mame0287b_x64.exe64-bitofficial URL

    68CDAF6D48213C6F3D0F7FA7F2733DB46F74E400AD66DB2D8A8D777430A42FB9

  • mame0287b_arm64.exeARM64official URL

    DAFC600B272A1D68E38DD79F06EFC6C37D14EE42659854381771884B050DD4B0

Publishers take old builds offline without warning, so a link here can stop working even though the hash stays correct forever. If you already have the file, the hash is what matters: it tells you whether what you have is what they published.

Every version on record2

Every MAME version with a published manifest, newest first. The most recent ones are listed above with their file names and hashes.

  • 0.289
  • 0.287

More programs we index

Not related to MAME — just other entries, each with its own official URL and published hash.

Where our data comes from

Windows manifest
github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifests/m/MAMEdev/MAME/0.289