What is "New" with MAME 0.78? (The MAME 2003-Plus Evolution)

– Strikers 1945 (Psikyo’s fast-paced WWII-themed shooter). 4. Platformers and Action-Platformers

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To solve this for lower-spec hardware, developers created and MAME2003-Plus . These emulators are specifically hardcoded to read the MAME 0.78 romset.

High-speed trackball shooters that map cleanly to analog sticks.

The MAME 0.78 romset contains (including clones, bootlegs, and regional variants). Unlike modern MAME sets that require tens of gigabytes of data to include complex 3D arcade boards, the 0.78 set focuses heavily on the golden age of 2D arcade gaming (the late 1970s through the early 2000s). This makes the entire set compact, usually weighing in at around 4.5 GB to 5 GB.