GNOME Video Arcade

GNOME Video Arcade is a simple MAME frontend for the GNOME desktop.

It supports both the xmame and sdlmame ports of MAME for GNU/Linux and other UNIX-like operating systems, and can utilize third-party data files like arcade history and game categories.

GNOME Video Arcade recognizes that the frontend is not the point; the games are. As such, its chief design goal is to help you quickly find a game to play and then get out of the way. Its purpose is not to help you manage your ROM collection, nor to provide a confusing graphical interface for MAME's plethora of configuration options.

GNOME Video Arcade was written by Matthew Barnes and is released under terms of the GNU General Public License.

Latest Release

GNOME Video Arcade 0.7.1
Released May 31, 2010

News | Older Releases

Features

Focused on usability rather than customization.
Tag your favorite games to easily find them again later.
Read historical information and tips about your favorite games.
Game recording and play back.
Interactive search.

Screenshots

Main Window

Game Properties

Preferences

Get Involved

Help improve GNOME Video Arcade:

If it crashes on you or doesn't work, please tell me.

If something about it annoys you, please tell me.

Got a suggestion or cool idea? Please tell me!

The best ways to contact me are direct email or opening a Bugzilla ticket.

Development

News

May 31, 2010

GNOME Video Arcade 0.7.1 released.

March 11, 2010

GNOME Video Arcade 0.7.0 released. This release features in-game music previews for certain games. Open the Properties window to listen! Music is streamed from arcade-history.com.

January 23, 2010

GNOME Video Arcade 0.6.8 released. Yes, the project is still alive. Sorry about the long interval between releases. My day job keeps me busy.

This release is mostly translation updates and me dusting things off. See News for details. More interesting enhancements to follow...

April 26, 2009

GNOME Video Arcade 0.6.7 released.

April 5, 2009

GNOME Video Arcade 0.6.6 released. Special thanks to Pierre Riteau for his OpenBSD compatibility patch.

Official tarballs are now hosted at download.gnome.org.

February 22, 2009