Installing MESS

I will provide a step-by-step description to guide you during the installation procedure for MESS. The version used here is 0.141.

Installing the Windows version

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On the MESS download page you will find the most recent version of MESS, and also earlier versions which may be of interest if there is something wrong with the new version or if you have any other reason to use an earlier version.

However, please understand that you cannot expect appropriate support for earlier versions. Newer versions come up just because some errors have been corrected, and if you encounter some problems, what else should you expect but be advised to use the latest version? This may mean that some features are different, some menus look different, or - in the worst case - something stopped working. In that case we would really appreciate if you notify us so that we can find out how to correct the issue.

In the table "Current Windows Release" you will find three download options:

• The current version as a 32bit i586 build.
• The current version as a 32bit i686 build.
• The source code of the current version.

Unless you are using really old hardware, you should use the i686 build.

Concerning the MESS sources you should read the comments below.

Installing the Linux version

Download

As said above, on the MESS download page you will find the most recent version of MESS. However, for Linux there is no pre-built version here. You have to build the version on your system.

One notice here: The MESS download page only contains the source code for the MESS-specific parts. This will not suffice to build the system. You have to download the MAME base of the same version number, unpack it in your filesystem, and unpack the MESS sources directly over them. See the MAME download page for downloading MAME.