MAME is the Multi Arcade Machine Emulator for playing classic games. Here’s how to get it up and running on your Apple Silicon Mac.

MAME is the multi-arcade emulator for your Mac.
MAME is a well-known project that allows you to run classic hardware systems and games on modern computers. MAME supports Macs, Windows, Linux, and some Android devices. There are also third-party emulators which use MAME on iOS.
MAME dates back over twenty-five years and was originally created by Italian developer Nicola Salmoria. The project’s development has changed hands over the decades, and there was an initial older version for Mac OS 9 called MacMAME.