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How MAME INP recordings capture emulated inputs, why machine state can desynchronize playback, and how to preserve a verifiable test or score run.
How MAME software lists describe known media, hashes, parts, compatibility, clones, and bad dumps without turning preservation data into ROM files.
A preservation-focused guide to MAME CHD hunks, codecs, hashes, parent-child images, metadata, creation, verification, extraction, and version control.
Why MAME's 2016 relicensing mattered for reuse, preservation tooling, and the distinction between emulator source and copyrighted game data.
MAME 0.162 integrated MESS in May 2015, placing arcade, computer, console, calculator, and other machine drivers in one preservation framework.