MAME Release Dates
There's no longer a fixed schedule for MAME releases, although they usually happen near the last Wednesday of every month.
Notification
To get a notification when a new version is released, create a GitHub account, go to MAME's GitHub, go to the releases page, then click Watch → Custom → check Releases → Apply.
Chart of Releases
Follows a chart of the MAME release dates:
List of release dates
Follows a list of the final versions and its release dates:
| Version | Release date | Notable changes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | 05 Feb 1997 (Wed) | First release. |
| 0.2 | 09 Feb 1997 (Sun) | |
| 0.3 | 13 Feb 1997 (Thu) | |
| 0.4 | 16 Feb 1997 (Sun) | First not playable game added (although there is no official concept for "non working" yet). First version of MacMAME released. |
| 0.5 | 20 Feb 1997 (Thu) | |
| 0.6 | 23 Feb 1997 (Sun) | |
| 0.7 | 27 Feb 1997 (Thu) | |
| 0.8 | 04 Mar 1997 (Tue) | |
| 0.8.1 | 04 Mar 1997 (Tue) | |
| 0.9 | 09 Mar 1997 (Sun) | |
| 0.9.1 | 09 Mar 1997 (Sun) | |
| 0.10 | 13 Mar 1997 (Thu) | First non-Z80-based game emulated (Centipede). |
| 0.11 | 16 Mar 1997 (Sun) | |
| 0.12 | 23 Mar 1997 (Sun) | First multiple-CPU game emulated (Burger Time). |
| 0.13 | 26 Mar 1997 (Wed) | High score saving support added. |
| 0.14 | 02 Apr 1997 (Wed) | First version to use samples - Donkey Kong. |
| 0.15 | 06 Apr 1997 (Sun) | |
| 0.16 | 13 Apr 1997 (Sun) | |
| 0.17 | 14 Apr 1997 (Mon) | |
| 0.18 | 20 Apr 1997 (Sun) | First version of X/MAME checked in. |
| 0.19 | 26 Apr 1997 (Sat) | Mirko Buffoni takes over from Nicola as MAME coordinator. |
| 0.20 | 05 May 1997 (Mon) | |
| 0.21 | 12 May 1997 (Mon) | |
| 0.21.5 | 16 May 1997 (Fri) | |
| 0.22 | 25 May 1997 (Sun) | |
| 0.23 | 02 Jun 1997 (Mon) | First FM synthesis-based sound chip supported — but only through a hack to use the OPL on a SoundBlaster card under DOS. |
| 0.23.1 | 03 Jun 1997 (Tue) | |
| 0.24 | 13 Jun 1997 (Fri) | |
| 0.25 | 28 Jun 1997 (Sat) | Introduced -listfull, -listroms and -listsamples. |
| 0.26 | 14 Jul 1997 (Mon) | First vector games added. |
| 0.26.1 | 18 Jul 1997 (Fri) | First release of MAME32. |
| 0.27 | 10 Aug 1997 (Sun) | Nicola returns as MAME coordinator. MAME switched away from the GPL license. |
| 0.28 | 07 Sep 1997 (Sun) | First 68000 game emulated (Rastan). |
| 0.29 | 20 Oct 1997 (Mon) | |
| 0.30 | 08 Jan 1998 (Thu) | First official "non working" game, Future Spy. YM2151 support added. |
| 0.31 | 25 Apr 1998 (Sat) | Atari slapstic first emulated. Timer system added. Built-in ZIP file support added. |
| 0.33b1 | 03 May 1998 (Sun) | |
| 0.33b2 | 08 May 1998 (Fri) | |
| 0.33b3 | 17 May 1998 (Sun) | |
| 0.33b4 | 31 May 1998 (Sun) | |
| 0.33b5 | 10 Jun 1998 (Wed) | |
| 0.33b6 | 16 Jun 1998 (Tue) | |
| 0.33b7 | 21 Jul 1998 (Tue) | |
| 0.33rc1 | 29 Jul 1998 (Wed) | |
| 0.33 | 09 Aug 1998 (Sun) | |
| 0.34b1 | 16 Aug 1998 (Sun) | First appearance of Neo Geo games, which have been the source of much controversy ever since. |
| 0.34b2 | 30 Aug 1998 (Sun) | First DSP core added: the TMS34010. |
| 0.34b3 | 17 Sep 1998 (Thu) | |
| 0.34b4 | 04 Oct 1998 (Sun) | Began using CRCs to identify ROMs. |
| 0.34b5 | 16 Oct 1998 (Fri) | |
| 0.34b6 | 28 Oct 1998 (Wed) | |
| 0.34b7 | 10 Nov 1998 (Tue) | |
| 0.34b8 | 29 Nov 1998 (Sun) | |
| 0.34rc1 | 14 Dec 1998 (Mon) | |
| 0.34rc2 | 21 Dec 1998 (Mon) | |
| 0.34 | 31 Dec 1998 (Thu) | First release with -listinfo. |
| 0.35b1 | 07 Jan 1999 (Thu) | |
| 0.35b2 | 24 Jan 1999 (Sun) | |
| 0.35b3 | 15 Feb 1999 (Mon) | Internal tilemap code added. Previously many drivers did tilemaps their own way. |
| 0.35b4 | 01 Mar 1999 (Mon) | |
| 0.35b5 | 07 Mar 1999 (Sun) | |
| 0.35b6 | 15 Mar 1999 (Mon) | |
| 0.35b7 | 18 Mar 1999 (Thu) | |
| 0.35b8 | 24 Mar 1999 (Wed) | |
| 0.35b9 | 30 Mar 1999 (Tue) | |
| 0.35b10 | 08 Apr 1999 (Thu) | |
| 0.35b11 | 22 Apr 1999 (Thu) | |
| 0.35b12 | 01 May 1999 (Sat) | |
| 0.35b13 | 24 May 1999 (Mon) | Switched to PNG from PCX as the main screenshot image format. |
| 0.35rc1 | 13 Jun 1999 (Sun) | |
| 0.35rc2 | 24 Jun 1999 (Thu) | |
| 0.35 | 04 Jul 1999 (Sun) | |
| 0.35 Fixed | 05 Jul 1999 (Mon) | |
| 0.36b1 | 19 Jul 1999 (Mon) | |
| 0.36b2 | 08 Aug 1999 (Sun) | Konami 052001/053248 CPU first emulated. |
| 0.36b3 | 22 Aug 1999 (Sun) | |
| 0.36b4 | 04 Sep 1999 (Sat) | |
| 0.36b5 | 18 Sep 1999 (Sat) | |
| 0.36b6 | 29 Sep 1999 (Wed) | |
| 0.36b7 | 17 Oct 1999 (Sun) | |
| 0.36b8 | 30 Oct 1999 (Sat) | |
| 0.36b9 | 13 Nov 1999 (Sat) | |
| 0.36b9.1 | 14 Nov 1999 (Sun) | |
| 0.36b10 | 20 Nov 1999 (Sat) | |
| 0.36b11 | 05 Dec 1999 (Sun) | |
| 0.36b12 | 18 Dec 1999 (Sat) | |
| 0.36b13 | 30 Dec 1999 (Thu) | |
| 0.36b14 | 10 Jan 2000 (Mon) | |
| 0.36b15 | 21 Jan 2000 (Fri) | |
| 0.36b16 | 03 Feb 2000 (Thu) | |
| 0.36rc1 | 26 Feb 2000 (Sat) | Removed Pong and gambling game drivers. |
| 0.36rc2 | 13 Mar 2000 (Mon) | |
| 0.36 | 21 Mar 2000 (Tue) | |
| 0.37b1 | 06 Apr 2000 (Thu) | |
| 0.37b2 | 06 May 2000 (Sat) | |
| 0.37b3 | 27 May 2000 (Sat) | |
| 0.37b4 | 16 Jun 2000 (Fri) | |
| 0.37b5 | 28 Jul 2000 (Fri) | |
| 0.37b6 | 20 Aug 2000 (Sun) | |
| 0.37b7 | 05 Sep 2000 (Tue) | |
| 0.37b8 | 03 Oct 2000 (Tue) | |
| 0.37b9 | 06 Nov 2000 (Mon) | First proper 32-bit CPU added (68EC020). |
| 0.37b10 | 06 Dec 2000 (Wed) | |
| 0.37b11 | 16 Jan 2001 (Tue) | Initial support for discrete sound emulation. |
| 0.37b12 | 15 Feb 2001 (Thu) | |
| 0.37b12 Fixed | 17 Feb 2001 (Sat) | |
| 0.37b13 | 10 Mar 2001 (Sat) | |
| 0.37b14 | 07 Apr 2001 (Sat) | |
| 0.37b15 | 24 May 2001 (Thu) | MAME starts being compiled for Windows. Previous versions were for DOS. |
| 0.37b16 | 02 Jul 2001 (Mon) | First checkins for AdvanceMAME. |
| 0.53 | 12 Aug 2001 (Sun) | Abandoning of "beta" numbering scheme. |
| 0.54 | 24 Aug 2001 (Fri) | First release to call out MAMETesters bugs. |
| 0.55 | 17 Sep 2001 (Mon) | |
| 0.56 | 01 Nov 2001 (Thu) | |
| 0.57 | 01 Jan 2002 (Tue) | |
| 0.58 | 05 Feb 2002 (Tue) | "Machine drivers," previously hard-coded structures, now initialized by macro-based constructors, allowing configurations to derive from each other. |
| 0.59 | 22 Mar 2002 (Fri) | Aaron Giles implements CHD (Compressed Hard Disk - later Compressed Hunks of Data). |
| 0.60 | 01 May 2002 (Wed) | Removed SoundBlaster FM support as software-based emulation finally became better in almost all cases. |
| 0.61 | 04 Jul 2002 (Thu) | Added initial support for artwork external to games. |
| 0.62 | 12 Nov 2002 (Tue) | |
| 0.63 | 12 Jan 2003 (Sun) | First actual CHD (Wargods). |
| 0.64 | 26 Jan 2003 (Sun) | |
| 0.65 | 10 Feb 2003 (Mon) | |
| 0.66 | 10 Mar 2003 (Mon) | |
| 0.67 | 06 Apr 2003 (Sun) | First dynamic recompiled CPU core added: MIPS3. |
| 0.68 | 15 May 2003 (Thu) | David Haywood takes over from Nicola as MAME coordinator. Added SHA1 hashes in addition to CRCs to reduce hacks and prevent collisions. |
| 0.69 | 23 May 2003 (Fri) | |
| 0.70 | 11 Jun 2003 (Wed) | -listXML introduced, no merged attribute on rom element yet |
| 0.71 | 04 Jul 2003 (Fri) | |
| 0.72 | 09 Aug 2003 (Sat) | First emulation of the SP0250 speech chip. |
| 0.73 | 03 Sep 2003 (Wed) | |
| 0.74 | 14 Sep 2003 (Sun) | |
| 0.75 | 12 Oct 2003 (Sun) | Removed the concept of TESTDRIVERS, making all drivers available in all builds. |
| 0.76 | 19 Oct 2003 (Sun) | |
| 0.77 | 11 Nov 2003 (Tue) | 3dfx Voodoo emulation added. |
| 0.78 | 25 Dec 2003 (Thu) | |
| 0.79 | 28 Jan 2004 (Wed) | |
| 0.80 | 06 Mar 2004 (Sat) | |
| 0.81 | 01 Apr 2004 (Thu) | |
| 0.82 | 06 May 2004 (Thu) | |
| 0.83 | 05 Jun 2004 (Sat) | |
| 0.84 | 02 Jul 2004 (Fri) | |
| 0.85 | 07 Aug 2004 (Sat) | |
| 0.86 | 22 Aug 2004 (Sun) | |
| 0.87 | 21 Sep 2004 (Tue) | |
| 0.88 | 24 Oct 2004 (Sun) | Sega FD1094 decryption added. |
| 0.89 | 24 Nov 2004 (Wed) | New debugger added. |
| 0.90 | 04 Jan 2005 (Tue) | |
| 0.91 | 29 Jan 2005 (Sat) | |
| 0.92 | 13 Feb 2005 (Sun) | Sega improvements and clean up. |
| 0.93 | 27 Feb 2005 (Sun) | Major sound system reorganization around streams. |
| 0.94 | 06 Mar 2005 (Sun) | |
| 0.95 | 27 Mar 2005 (Sun) | |
| 0.96 | 03 May 2005 (Tue) | Changed the license to be based off of the BSD license, with commercial restrictions. |
| 0.97 | 02 Jun 2005 (Thu) | |
| 0.98 | 10 Jul 2005 (Sun) | |
| 0.99 | 06 Aug 2005 (Sat) | |
| 0.100 | 14 Sep 2005 (Wed) | Video-based gambling games added (drivers ported from AGEMAME) (0.99u2). |
| 0.101 | 09 Oct 2005 (Sun) | |
| 0.102 | 14 Nov 2005 (Mon) | |
| 0.103 | 30 Dec 2005 (Fri) | |
| 0.104 | 05 Feb 2006 (Sun) | |
| 0.105 | 04 Apr 2006 (Tue) | |
| 0.106 | 13 May 2006 (Sat) | |
| 0.107 | 23 Jul 2006 (Sun) | First version of SDLMAME released (0.106u1). New video system, focused on letting the video hardware do compositing (0.106u2, enabled by default in 0.106u3 - Jun 1). |
| 0.108 | 20 Aug 2006 (Sun) | High score support removed. |
| 0.109 | 26 Sep 2006 (Tue) | |
| 0.110 | 05 Nov 2006 (Sun) | |
| 0.111 | 10 Dec 2006 (Sun) | |
| 0.112 | 05 Feb 2007 (Mon) | CPS2 decryption fully implemented. |
| 0.113 | 05 Mar 2007 (Mon) | Major changes in sound generation. (0.112u3) |
| 0.114 | 02 Apr 2007 (Mon) | |
| 0.115 | 06 May 2007 (Sun) | |
| 0.116 | 10 Jun 2007 (Sun) | |
| 0.117 | 10 Jul 2007 (Tue) | SDL headers/libraries. Build SDLMAME out of the box. CPS3 decryption added (0.116u2). Interesting little fact of history: MAME for the first time includes a preliminary driver of a bootleg multigame arcade that is based on a hacked early version... of MAME! |
| 0.118 | 05 Aug 2007 (Sun) | Major changes in input system. Basic UI to select a game (0.117u1). |
| 0.119 | 13 Sep 2007 (Thu) | |
| 0.120 | 15 Oct 2007 (Mon) | First official x64 build. Further source tree clean up (started few u releases earlier with new development tools). |
| 0.121 | 18 Nov 2007 (Sun) | |
| 0.122 | 18 Dec 2007 (Tue) | |
| 0.123 | 05 Feb 2008 (Tue) | |
| 0.124 | 23 Mar 2008 (Sun) | |
| 0.125 | 05 May 2008 (Mon) | |
| 0.126 | 06 Jul 2008 (Sun) | MAME debugger included all the time. New universal recompiler engine (started few u releases earlier), cheat engine in the middle of renovation (disabled). |
| 0.127 | 19 Aug 2008 (Tue) | First laserdisc game emulated (Cube Quest). Cheat re-enabled (read-only), renovation continues (0.126u4). |
| 0.128 | 16 Oct 2008 (Thu) | |
| 0.129 | 04 Jan 2009 (Sun) | Internal (source) changes: Global Machine pointer eliminated, CPUs are "devices" (0.128u7). |
| 0.130 | 09 Mar 2009 (Mon) | |
| 0.131 | 23 Apr 2009 (Thu) | Major change in CHD file format (0.130u1). |
| 0.132 | 08 Jun 2009 (Mon) | |
| 0.133 | 20 Jul 2009 (Mon) | |
| 0.134 | 10 Sep 2009 (Thu) | |
| 0.135 | 31 Oct 2009 (Sat) | |
| 0.136 | 31 Dec 2009 (Thu) | |
| 0.137 | 11 Mar 2010 (Thu) | SDLMAME is now part of the main source package. |
| 0.138 | 15 May 2010 (Sat) | MESS (an emulator for video game consoles and computer systems and calculators, based on the MAME core) started supporting Software Lists. |
| 0.139 | 29 Jul 2010 (Thu) | Larger binary due to on-going move to C++ work. |
| 0.140 | 21 Oct 2010 (Thu) | |
| 0.141 | 31 Dec 2010 (Fri) | |
| 0.142 | 03 Apr 2011 (Sun) | |
| 0.143 | 28 Jun 2011 (Tue) | HLSL effects added (0.142u4). |
| 0.144 | 13 Nov 2011 (Sun) | |
| 0.145 | 05 Feb 2012 (Sun) | |
| 0.146 | 21 May 2012 (Mon) | Since version 0.145u1 (released on 19 February 2012), 7-Zip archives are supported. Change in CHD format. |
| 0.147 | 17 Sep 2012 (Mon) | |
| 0.148 | 11 Jan 2013 (Fri) | First mention of MESS along with MAME in release news and first MESS binary in mamedev.org site, widening the foundation towards project merging. |
| 0.149 | 11 Jun 2013 (Tue) | |
| 0.150 | 17 Sep 2013 (Tue) | First release after abandoning u intermediate releases. Major video interface changes. Many new video devices because of the change. |
| 0.151 | 05 Nov 2013 (Tue) | Major NeoGeo driver updates. |
| 0.152 | 24 Dec 2013 (Tue) | |
| 0.153 | 07 Apr 2014 (Mon) | Independent palettes (as devices) and other architectural changes and major code modernization. |
| 0.154 | 23 Jul 2014 (Wed) | |
| 0.155 | 15 Oct 2014 (Wed) | Raiden II / DX finally working. |
| 0.156 | 26 Nov 2014 (Wed) | Started being released every last Wednesday of every month. |
| 0.157 | 31 Dec 2014 (Wed) | |
| 0.158 | 28 Jan 2015 (Wed) | |
| 0.159 | 25 Feb 2015 (Wed) | Massive addition of mechanical games. |
| 0.160 | 25 Mar 2015 (Wed) | |
| 0.161 | 29 Apr 2015 (Wed) | |
| 0.162 | 27 May 2015 (Wed) | MESS merged with MAME. |
| 0.163 | 24 Jun 2015 (Wed) | |
| 0.164 | 29 Jul 2015 (Wed) | New address space created for decrypted opcode accesses. |
| 0.165 | 26 Aug 2015 (Wed) | |
| 0.166 | 30 Sep 2015 (Wed) | |
| 0.167 | 28 Oct 2015 (Wed) | Major HLSL changes. |
| 0.168 | 25 Nov 2015 (Wed) | More HLSL changes. |
| 0.169 | 30 Dec 2015 (Wed) | Modernized core to C++14. First release to build clean in Raspberry Pi 2 and other ARM Linux targets. |
| 0.170 | 27 Jan 2016 (Wed) | LUA support (back) in. More video filtering/effects work. |
| 0.171 | 24 Feb 2016 (Wed) | A new user interface based on MEWUI (a MAME derivative) is used. Initial BGFX work. Improvement of videosnap feature. |
| 0.172 | 30 Mar 2016 (Wed) | MAME is now Free and Open Source software based on GPL-2.0+ license. New documentation. Major ini changes. Extended BGFX renderer (planing to move completely to). Improved screen effects. Major improvement of file handling support. |
| 0.173 | 27 Apr 2016 (Wed) | New shaders: xBR, HQ2x, HQ3x, HQ4x, SuperEagle. Support for ZIPs larger than 4 GB. |
| 0.174 | 25 May 2016 (Wed) | |
| 0.175 | 29 Jun 2016 (Wed) | Much work on emulating Sun SPARC machines. Many new software list CHD dumps added (esp. for PSX). |
| 0.176 | 27 Jul 2016 (Wed) | Cooperation with Debian team. New shaders. More progress on SPARC machines. |
| 0.177 | 31 Aug 2016 (Wed) | Some big bugs got fixed (dual lightguns, menus out of screen). Many new computers added in machines. VGM file player. Improvements in serial/keyboard devices. |
| 0.178 | 28 Sep 2016 (Wed) | UI more modular (DATs described in LUA, not hardcoded) and other UI improvements. Many machine fixes. Many new layouts. |
| 0.179 | 26 Oct 2016 (Wed) | No more debug build. 32bit binary is marked as such. Some rare systems added. Big software list cleanup. Whatsnew includes some software list details. |
| 0.180 | 30 Nov 2016 (Wed) | Improvement in ARM CPU, in turn improves Archimedes emulation. Acclaim RAX sound board emulated, bringing improvements to some classics. |
| 0.181 | 28 Dec 2016 (Wed) | Many MCUs are implemented improving sound in many games. Votrax SC-01 emulated. Further ARM improvements (Archimedes). Debugger works on Linux/Mac. |
| 0.182 | 25 Jan 2017 (Wed) | Continued serious work on various MCUs. Implemented PortAudio. |
| 0.183 | 22 Feb 2017 (Wed) | Many rares to celebrate MAME 20 years. Improvements for Amiga/C64. Added some handheld games. |
| 0.184 | 29 Mar 2017 (Wed) | Non-emulation improvements. Many new arcade dumps. New chess computers. Improved Famicom emulation. Many new BBC and PC software list additions. |
| 0.185 | 26 Apr 2017 (Wed) | Fix for multiple button assignment to sub-devices. Many software list additions. |
| 0.186 | 31 May 2017 (Wed) | Many arcade additions and improvements. More handhelds including some Game & Watch. Improvements for TI-99. Improvements in command line parameters (speed and patterns supported). |
| 0.187 | 28 Jun 2017 (Wed) | More Game & Watch, some original protection implemented, improvements in shaders. Many little updates. |
| 0.188 | 26 Jul 2017 (Wed) | Some protections were cracked. First INTELLEC 4 emulation. More handheld LCD. |
| 0.189 | 30 Aug 2017 (Wed) | On-going parameter fixes. Many performance improvements and bug fixes. Good progress for DECO cassette system. Improvements in GUI. |
| 0.190 | 27 Sep 2017 (Wed) | Gaelco additions, ZX Spectrum slots supported. Improvements for HP systems. |
| 0.191 | 25 Oct 2017 (Wed) | Many improvements by Haze. Experimental Hitachi SH3 recompiler, improvements for Saturn, MIPS3, Voodoo. Many software list additions. |
| 0.192 | 29 Nov 2017 (Wed) | Many games improved. New prototypes added. Many Aristocrat MK5 additions. IGS PGM2 software improved. Fixes for FM Towns. Many PC software list additions. |
| 0.193 | 27 Dec 2017 (Wed) | Windows binaries GCC7 (SSE2 minimum). Tiger handhelds. Many new arcade. |
| 0.194 | 31 Jan 2018 (Wed) | Hyperstone E1-XS recompiler. Improvements in cheats, lua scripting, internal debugger, disassembly. Improved support for TV games. More LCD handhelds. |
| 0.195 | 28 Feb 2018 (Wed) | |
| 0.196 | 28 Mar 2018 (Wed) | |
| 0.197 | 25 Apr 2018 (Wed) | |
| 0.198 | 30 May 2018 (Wed) | |
| 0.199 | 27 Jun 2018 (Wed) | |
| 0.200 | 25 Jul 2018 (Wed) | |
| 0.201 | 29 Aug 2018 (Wed) | |
| 0.202 | 26 Sep 2018 (Wed) | |
| 0.203 | 31 Oct 2018 (Wed) | |
| 0.204 | 28 Nov 2018 (Wed) | |
| 0.205 | 26 Dec 2018 (Wed) | |
| 0.206 | 30 Jan 2019 (Wed) | |
| 0.207 | 27 Feb 2019 (Wed) | |
| 0.208 | 27 Mar 2019 (Wed) | |
| 0.209 | 24 Apr 2019 (Wed) | |
| 0.210 | 30 May 2019 (Thu) | |
| 0.211 | 26 Jun 2019 (Wed) | |
| 0.212 | 06 Aug 2019 (Tue) | |
| 0.213 | 04 Sep 2019 (Wed) | |
| 0.214 | 25 Sep 2019 (Wed) | |
| 0.215 | 30 Oct 2019 (Wed) | |
| 0.216 | 27 Nov 2019 (Wed) | |
| 0.217 | 25 Dec 2019 (Wed) | The last release distributed as a pre-built 32-bit Windows binary. |
| 0.218 | 02 Feb 2020 (Sun) | |
| 0.219 | 29 Feb 2020 (Sat) | |
| 0.220 | 06 Apr 2020 (Mon) | |
| 0.221 | 19 May 2020 (Tue) | |
| 0.222 | 26 Jun 2020 (Fri) | |
| 0.223 | 06 Aug 2020 (Thu) | |
| 0.224 | 26 Aug 2020 (Wed) | |
| 0.225 | 30 Sep 2020 (Wed) | |
| 0.226 | 28 Oct 2020 (Wed) | |
| 0.227 | 31 Dec 2020 (Thu) | Delayed due to memory allocation overhaul. |
| 0.228 | 27 Jan 2021 (Wed) | |
| 0.229 | 24 Feb 2021 (Wed) | |
| 0.230 | 31 Mar 2021 (Wed) | |
| 0.231 | 28 Apr 2021 (Wed) | |
| 0.232 | 27 May 2021 (Thu) | |
| 0.233 | 01 Jul 2021 (Thu) | |
| 0.234 | 28 Jul 2021 (Wed) | |
| 0.235 | 27 Aug 2021 (Fri) | |
| 0.236 | 28 Sep 2021 (Tue) | |
| 0.237 | 27 Oct 2021 (Wed) | GUI, UI localisation and debugger improvements. New input macro plugin. Requires Python 3.2 or later for compiling. D3D support ("auto") is broken, use OpenGL. |
| 0.238 | 24 Nov 2021 (Wed) | Monster Zero from Nihon System is playable. |
| 0.239 | 29 Dec 2021 (Wed) | Improvements for Yamaha FM synthesis chips, Gaelco and Philips CD-i. |
| 0.240 | 30 Jan 2022 (Sun) | |
| 0.241 | 23 Feb 2022 (Wed) | |
| 0.242 | 01 Apr 2022 (Fri) | |
| 0.243 | 29 Apr 2022 (Fri) | |
| 0.244 | 25 May 2022 (Wed) | |
| 0.245 | 30 Jun 2022 (Thu) | Added Megumi Rescue and Marble Madness II. |
| 0.246 | 31 Jul 2022 (Sun) | Reorganisation of the source code to match the project structure; change on the system information screens. |
| 0.247 | 31 Aug 2022 (Wed) | 327.28 GB of CHDs (non-Software Lists) added. |
| 0.248 | 28 Sep 2022 (Wed) | |
| 0.249 | 27 Oct 2022 (Thu) | |
| 0.250 | 30 Nov 2022 (Wed) | |
| 0.251 | 31 Dec 2022 (Sat) | Emulation of Gerät 32620, made by the Institut für Kosmosforschung of the Deutsche Demokratische Republik. |
| 0.252 | 22 Feb 2023 (Wed) | Modules used to handle input and output (e.g. video, sound and controllers) have been cleaned up. |
| 0.253 | 30 Mar 2023 (Thu) | Updated to Lua 5.4. |
| 0.254 | 27 Apr 2023 (Thu) | System 10 emulation. |
| 0.255 | 31 May 2023 (Wed) | Namco System 10 MP3 audio is now supported. |
| 0.256 | 28 Jun 2023 (Wed) | Added Mortal Race. |
| 0.257 | 28 Jul 2023 (Fri) | Better support for Capcom's Avengers. Support for building against Qt 6 on Linux. |
| 0.258 | 30 Aug 2023 (Wed) | Many Apple Macintosh computers added. |
| 0.259 | 29 Sep 2023 (Fri) | Namco System 12 improvements. |
| 0.260 | 25 Oct 2023 (Wed) | Supports bgfx video output with Wayland on Linux. |
| 0.261 | 29 Nov 2023 (Wed) | Two home consoles with drawing features are now working: LJN’s VideoArt from 1987 and Sega’s Advanced Pico BEENA from 2005. |
| 0.262 | 31 Jan 2024 (Wed) | Supports FLAC compression for compact cassette images, and Zstandard compression in zip archives and CHD disk images. |
| 0.263 | 28 Feb 2024 (Wed) | Several default UI control assignments have changed, including pause and save/load state. |
| 0.264 | 27 Mar 2024 (Wed) | Supports saving compact cassette images in compressed FLAC format. |
| 0.265 | 25 Apr 2024 (Thu) | Multi-touch touch screen support. |
| 0.266 | 31 Mai 2024 (Fri) | Improved Taito F3 video emulation. Fixed distortion of Yamaha synthesizers. Added a GBA sound channel. |
| 0.267 | 30 Jun 2024 (Sun) | Brand new Z80 CPU core. Fixes for Motorola 68k floating point unit bugs. |
| 0.268 | 31 Jul 2024 (Wed) | Revelations LaserDisc was dumped and the game is now emulated. |
| 0.269 | 29 Aug 2024 (Thu) | Zilog Z80 emulation improvements. Two new CPS-2 dumps. |
| 0.270 | 25 Sep 2024 (Wed)* | |
| 0.271 | 30 Oct 2024 (Wed)* | |
| 0.272 | 27 Nov 2024 (Wed)* | |
| 0.273 | 25 Dec 2024 (Wed)* |
* Estimated date; usually the last Wednesday of every month.