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.\" xmame.6
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.\" Done by René Herrmann <rene.herrmann@berlin.de>, September 2000
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.\" xmame should be distributed under terms of the license in
.\" readme.mame.
.\" The main issue involves ROM images. ROM images are protected under the
.\" copyrights of their authors, and CANNOT be distributed in the same
.\" package as xmame. Download any ROM images at your own risk and
.\" responsibility.
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.Dd 22. March 2001
.Dt Xmame 6
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm xmame
.Nd THE Arcade game machine emulator for UNIX/X
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm xmame[.x11|svga|xgl|sdl]
.Op Fl options
.Ar gamename
.Sh EXAMPLES
Some examples for those who are in a hurry.

If you don't have/want a frontend, you'll mostly use
.Nm xmame
(with a well defined xmamerc) in the following way:

.Nm xmame
.Ar ladybug

Plays Ladybug with all options defined in xmamerc. If there is no xmamerc the 
game starts with the buildin defaults.

.Nm xmame
.Ar defender
.Fl frameskip Ar 1
.Fl cheat

Starts
.Ar defender
using a frameskip of 1 and cheat is enabled.
Useful for slower computers, if the game is running really slowly.
And of course if you want (have?) to cheat. ;-)
.Sh LEGAL NOTICE
The main issue involves ROM images. ROM images are protected under the
copyrights of their authors, and CANNOT be distributed in the same
package as xmame. Download any ROM images at your own risk and
responsibility.

.Nm xmame
should be distributed under terms of the license in doc/readme.mame

XInputExtensions based Joystick support. Source code is entirely pure 
hack work. No sample code, no info at all was found (only library 
reference manual) and is copyrighted by me (Juan Antonio Marmnez).
Use it under terms of GNU General Public License.

PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBLE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF DOWNLOADING ROM
IMAGES, BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY DO SO!  YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED, AND WE TAKE NO
RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS -- YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN!

Also, the
.Nm xmame 
authors ask that you DO NOT distribute any ROM images with either source
code or binaries of the
.Nm xmame
emulator.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm xmame 
is the (M)ulti (A)rcade (M)achine (E)mulator for UNIX-(X).  It emulates
the hardware of realy many classic arcade game machines.
