games-emulation/xmame/metadata.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
<pkgmetadata>
  <herd>games</herd>
  <longdescription>
Mame is an arcade machine emulator. Started in 1997 by Nicola Salmoria, mame started out as a 
series of emulators for individual games. This series of emulators was combined into a simgle 
multi-game emulator. This is the current form of mame; no longer a one-man show, there are over 100 
contributors to the project.

Mame was created by Nicola Salmoria.

Mess is just like mame---a virtual machine emulator, only it doesn't emulate arcade machines but 
rather computers and consoles.

Xmame/xmess are the Unix/X11 ports of the mame and mess projects. It makes mame/mess available on 
*ix machines using the X11R6 X-Window System (and SVGAlib/ggi/XF86-DGA/OpenGL/SDL too).

Mame was orginally ported by Allard Van Der Bas, Dick the Ridder, Juan Antonio Martinez, and Hans 
de Goede.

Xmame/xmess is currently maintained by Lawrence Gold.

Xmame/xmess is based on the mame/mess source code. Due to technical reasons beyond the scope of 
this document, the mame/mess source may not compile under Unix. That's why the xmame/xmess project 
exists. Each time mame/mess is updated, the code is tested (and patched if needed) under Unix. This 
way xmame/xmess releases are always the same as their mame counterparts.

There are no plans for the independent development of xmame/xmess.
</longdescription>
  <use>
    <flag name="net">Add network support</flag>
  </use>
</pkgmetadata>