Official binaries for BletchMAME are provided for Windows in both Windows Installer (MSI) and ZIP form. BletchMAME compiles on Linux but not macOS (MAME for macOS currently lacks support for the -attach_window parameter)
More details on the differences between different BletchMAME versions can be found in the latest CHANGELOG.
| Version | Date | Downloads | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0current | 2026-Sep-04 | MSI | ZIP | Initial Rust/Slint release |
Unreleaed interim builds of BletchMAME can be found at the GitHub CI. Being unreleased, they provide a preview of new functionality but are not guaranteed to be functional.
Source code for BletchMAME is available on GitHub. The main repository is at github.com/npwoods/bletchmame_rs.
Starting with version 3, BletchMAME is written in Rust and uses the Slint toolkit. Older versions are written in C++.
| Version | Date | Downloads | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.17 | 2023-Jul-13 | MSI | ZIP | Maintenance release |
| 2.16 | 2022-Aug-14 | MSI | ZIP | History.xml and 7-Zip support |
| 2.15 | 2022-May-22 | MSI | ZIP | Miscellaneous UI enhancements |
| 2.14 | 2022-Mar-26 | MSI | ZIP | Cassette device UI and miscellaneous enhancements |
| 2.13 | 2022-Feb-26 | MSI | ZIP | Maintenance update |
| 2.12 | 2022-Feb-17 | MSI | ZIP | MAME.ini importing |
| 2.11 | 2021-Dec-27 | MSI | ZIP | Maintenance update |
| 2.10 | 2021-Dec-05 | MSI | ZIP | Improved auditing and miscellaneous enhancements |
| 2.9 | 2021-Oct-23 | MSI | ZIP | Experimental auditing support |
| 2.8 | 2021-Aug-29 | MSI | ZIP | Maintenance update |
| 2.7 | 2021-Aug-27 | MSI | ZIP | Maintenance update |
| 2.6 | 2021-Mar-06 | MSI | ZIP | Many more folders |
| 2.5 | 2021-Jan-31 | MSI | ZIP | Initial Folder and Snapshot View |
| 2.4 | 2021-Jan-03 | MSI | ZIP | Slot support |
| 2.3 | 2020-Dec-13 | MSI | ZIP | Bug fixes |
| 2.2 | 2020-Oct-03 | MSI | ZIP | Cheat support |
| 2.1 | 2020-Aug-29 | MSI | ZIP | Bug fixes |
| 2.0 | 2020-Aug-23 | MSI | ZIP | Overhaul of BletchMAME application |
| Version | Date | Downloads | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.9 | 2020-May-20 | MSI | ZIP | Support for movie recordings |
| 1.8 | 2020-Feb-16 | MSI | ZIP | Debugger support |
| 1.7 | 2019-Dec-28 | MSI | ZIP | Minor usability improvements |
| 1.6 | 2019-Nov-24 | MSI | ZIP | Bug fixes |
| 1.5 | 2019-Nov-10 | MSI | ZIP | Support for MAMEUI-style icon packs |
| 1.4 | 2019-Nov-03 | MSI | ZIP | Full software list support |
| 1.3 | 2019-Oct-09 | MSI | ZIP | Basic software list support |
| 1.2 | 2019-Sep-18 | MSI | ZIP | Bug fixes |
| 1.1 | 2019-Sep-08 | MSI | Bug fixes |
| 1.0 | 2019-Sep-07 | MSI | Initial release |
The old repository is at github.com/npwoods/bletchmame.