OpenEmu's MAME core is version 0.149.1, so its significantly behind the windows version (from 2013 to be exact). Name it the exact name as before (but with the new extension of zip). rar, be sure to decompress its contents and rezip it. OpenEmu only supports zipped ROMs, so if the ROM comes in a. Games can be nabbed from the usual suspects like emuparadise (defunct), the legality of this is fairly grey. Once installed, launch OpenEmu, open preferences, and select cores. The design on the OpenEMU website has slightly modified to make the experimental version easier to find Step 2: Install the MAME core This scfeenshot of the OpenEMU site is old. Go to and click the swatch and download OpenEmu Experimental, and install it. OpenEmu also sports MAME Arcade emulation support, but its a bit tucked away. For users on macOS 11.x Big Sur and above (Apple Silicon and Intel) see the new updated guide: Mac MAME Arcade emulation & NeoGeo using OpenEMU and SDLMame for Apple Silicon or Intel. This guide is dated to the pre-Apple Silicon / Big Sur era.
