Extra MAME 2016

If you are among the more nostalgic of us, you probably miss the old days when gaming was just a matter of getting to your favorite arcade, popping some coins inside a contraption and spending hours staring at the plethora of 8bit artworks.

Fortunately, you can relive your long-lost fascination of old-school gaming on your personal computer by turning to specialized software solutions, such as ExtraMAME, that can provide you with numerous games that you thought were obsolete.

This program acts as a loader for the multitude of games mentioned above, therefore, in order to use it, you need to load appropriate ROM files. However, if you want to jump straight into the action, the application provides you with a series of pre-loaded games that you can enjoy playing without retrieving their corresponding ROM first.

Among the titles, you can find the iconic "Pac-Man," "Space Invaders," "Battle City," "Castlevania" and "Super Mario Bros." Loading any of them can be accomplished by just selecting their entry from the list and hitting the dedicated Play button.

Unlike other similar emulators, ExtraMAME provides you with support for various input controllers. You can play your games using your mouse, keyboard, joystick, or even lightgun, if you have one.

You can assign each device to perform a certain role, according to your needs. Reaching the configuration section can be done by opening the "Game" menu, selecting the "Configure MAME..." entry and clicking the "Configure Machine" button. This lets you adjust a broad range of parameters.

Aside from giving you the pre-loaded games in the "Available" category, this emulator also provides you with a huge list of games that are compatible with it. You can access it by navigating to the "Supported" tab.

Selecting any game in the list lets you perform a quick search on the Internet for the game, install it on your PC, search within your local database or refresh the list.

All things considered, ExtraMAME is a handy MAME emulator that enables you to play a broad range of old-school games on your computer without significant efforts. It features a selection of pre-loaded games so that you can jump straight into action and features support for various input devices, including lightguns.