MAME 0.181 Open-Source Arcade Machine Emulator to Support Sega's Altered Beast

A new maintenance update of the open-source and multiplatform MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) computer emulator tool landed to kick off 2017, with even more improvements and support for lots of arcade games.

MAME 0.181 comes exactly one month after the release of the MAME 0.180 series, but it's not just a bugfix version addressing those nasty issues reported by users lately, and promises to be an extra-special build that adds emulated, real sound to the Teki Paki, Fire Shark, and Toaplan’s Vimana arcade games, as well as proper emulation of Tokio / Scramble Formation and M-chip  emulation for Taito Extermination.

MAME 0.181 also brings MCU emulation for Sega's Golden Axe and Altered Beast titles, M-chip emulation of the Plump Pop and Dr. Toppel arcade games, and partial sound in World Beach Volley. Votrax ...