
BeMAME beta
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Introduction:
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This is a port of MAME, the arcade emulator, based on the
0.35 sources.

MAME allows you to play arcade games on your computer - all
you need is the ROM images from the original arcade game.

As it stands, BeMame is not a finished product.  The current
development team does not have a great deal of time to
work on the sources due to other commitments, so we`re
releasing the program in the hope that other programmers
will join in the project.

Please see the ToDo and KnownBugs files for more details.

If you`re interested in contributing then please get in
touch.


Usage:
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`BeMame <gamename>`

where <gamename> is the game you want to play <doh!>

In addition to standard MAME command-line options are
the following:

`-nosound` to disable sound emulation.  This can give
a fair increase in framerate on slower machines.

'-nogap' makes the sound loop the last sample instead
of being quiet when there is no sound to play.

'-noadjust' stops the sound from changing with the
framerate.

'-window' runs BeMame in window mode.


Porting Team:
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Jonathan Belson	<jon@dookie.demon.co.uk>
Trent Trautman	<jay9560@uidaho.edu>
Casey Fleser	<casey@ideawerx.com>
Claes Lfqvist	<slarti@tripnet.se>
Chris Herborth	<chrish@beoscentral.com>
Patrik Lantz	<patrik.lantz@microdatahbg.se>
And some who prefer to remain anonymous. :)

BeMame also uses John Watt's doubling bitmap
blit, plus bits of xmame for file handling.


Bug reporting and support:
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Understand that BeMame is maintained by a group of guys that
devote time to this project as their schedule permits. While
we will try and answer questions regarding BeMame as time 
permits, the response may not be as timely as some would like.
With this in mind, it may be easier to visit the MAME FAQ 
<http://mame.retrogames.com/mamefaq.htm>. The MAME FAQ is
fairly extensive, and odds are that it will contain an answer
to your question.

Bug reports, questions, or comments should be submitted to
<mametalk@ideawerx.com>. Using this address will insure that
your question or comment is seen be the appropriate team member.

