MAMEWorld Forums - News - MAMEHub 0.5 released

MAMEHub 0.5 is released. You can download it from here: http://code.google.com/p/mamehub/downloads/list . MAMEHub 0.4 (or earlier) is not compatible with 0.5 and users must uninstall *and completely remove* 0.4 and install 0.5 to continue using MAMEHub.

For people who don't know, MAMEHub allows users to play MAME and MESS games online. It works by syncing two games across the internet, and has desync correction so games never become unplayable. Over 40,000 unique games can be played using MAMEHub, including many consoles and arcade machines.

Here's a list of some of the more significant changes in MAMEHub 0.5 and the CSMAME & CSMESS included in 0.5:

-The initial sync process (which could take on the order of 15 minutes for some machines) is completely gone and games now start almost instantly
-The input latency is better estimated and games are smoother
-Users can now choose any port to forward on their router and are not required to choose 5805
-Unicode support, including japanese and korean characters
-Improvements to the game auditor, a system that automatically finds ROMs and places them in a tree for easy access
-Many sync issues fixed, including time-dependent sync bugs and memory overruns
-Several memory leaks fixed, and games can now run indefinitely

To keep up to date on MAMEHub development, check out my blog http://10ghost.blogspot.com/

Check out MAMEHub here: http://www.mamehub.info/