You will want to download the highest version that is 64-bit. Copy the SDL2 from the DMG to this folder.In the menubar click Go > Go to folder….On your Mac, open the /Library/Frameworks folder:.Open the DMG and you should see the SDL file.Download the SDL 2 Runtime Library for Mac OS X (Direct Link).This is a multimedia library that lets MAME display graphics, sounds and read keyboards and game controllers. They’re easy to use but they’re old, unsupported and abandoned. Also, avoid MAME ports named MacMAME and MAME for OS X. It’s actually a commandline program that you run by typing in commands via the Terminal. Note: SDL MAME is not user friendly it’s not a matter of double-clicking and expecting it to run. You can run MAME using OpenEmu’s Experimental version or use the “official” version which is called SDL MAME for OS X compiled by r0ni aka In part 1, we’ll go over how to run SDL MAME at the very barest bones.

MAME is a program that “runs” or emulates a large library of arcade games.

Mac os x mame emulator