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Abdessamad Derraz e255348f52 fix: read mame hiscore.dat where the cores open it
mame2000 opens hiscore.dat, history.dat and mameinfo.dat from IMAMEBASEPATH, the content directory (src/libretro/fileio.c:1002-1014, libretro.c:1044-1052). mame2014 and mame2015 open hiscore.dat through emu_file with no search path, the working directory (src/emu/hiscore.c:330-337, fileio.c:141-143). With no load_from the entries claimed system/ and the packs shipped files neither core opens there. ANoteOutsideTheSystemDirCarriesLoadFrom holds libretro notes and load_from together.
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emulator: MAME 2000
type: libretro
core_classification: frozen_snapshot
source: "https://github.com/libretro/mame2000-libretro"
upstream: "https://www.mamedev.org"
profiled_date: "2026-03-24"
source_commit: "181b42e5da0d2f0c7a2e59244f23633ed594de2e"
core_version: "0.37b5"
display_name: "Arcade (MAME 2000)"
cores:
- mame2000
- imame4all
systems:
- snk-neogeo-mvs
- deco-cassette
- arcade
notes: |
Frozen snapshot of MAME 0.37b5 via iMAME4All (David Valdeita). Fastest and
least accurate MAME core. Supports ~2000 arcade games from the 0.37b5 ROM set.
BIOS handling follows MAME 0.37b5 conventions. Shared BIOS files are packaged
as parent ROM ZIPs (e.g. neogeo.zip) and placed in the ROM directory alongside
game ROMs. The core searches only the ROM directory for ROMs and BIOS sets.
Samples (per-game WAV files) are loaded from system_dir/mame2000/samples/.
They provide sound effects for certain games and are optional.
hiscore.dat, history.dat and mameinfo.dat are loaded from the ROM directory.
cheat.dat is loaded from system_dir/mame2000/cheat/.
hiscore.dat and cheat.dat are bundled in the core repo (metadata/).
files:
- name: hiscore.dat
load_from: content_dir
required: false
category: game_data
system: arcade
sha1: "21ddda0c61bd4f1cc04fb9d09e16d403d620f9e8"
md5: "9b262149ec70cbda741a8ba55784f8e1"
size: 36182
source_ref: "src/hiscore.c:18,132-146,252-254, src/cpuintrf.c:664-666, src/libretro/fileio.c:1002-1014, src/libretro/libretro.c:1044-1052"
note: >-
high score definitions, opened from IMAMEBASEPATH, the directory of the loaded content. metadata/hiscore.dat
of the core repository. is_mem_range reads only "cpu:addr:len:start:end"
lines under a "gamename:" header.
- name: cheat.dat
path: "mame2000/cheat/cheat.dat"
required: false
category: game_data
system: arcade
source_ref: "src/cheat.c:210, src/cheat.c:618, src/cheat.c:833"
note: "cheat definitions, loaded from system_dir/mame2000/cheat/"
- name: history.dat
load_from: content_dir
required: false
category: game_data
system: arcade
source_ref: "src/datafile.c:52,281,541, src/libretro/fileio.c:1002-1014"
note: "game history database, opened from IMAMEBASEPATH, the directory of the loaded content"
- name: mameinfo.dat
load_from: content_dir
required: false
category: game_data
system: arcade
source_ref: "src/datafile.c:53,281,568, src/libretro/fileio.c:1002-1014"
note: "game technical info database, opened from IMAMEBASEPATH, the directory of the loaded content"
- name: neogeo.zip
required: true
category: bios_zip
system: snk-neogeo-mvs
source_ref: "src/drivers/neogeo.c:4499-4508"
contents:
- name: neo-geo.rom
description: 68K BIOS
size: 131072
crc32: "9036d879"
- name: ng-sm1.rom
description: Z80 sound BIOS
size: 131072
crc32: "97cf998b"
- name: ng-sfix.rom
description: fix layer tiles
size: 131072
crc32: "354029fc"
- name: decocass.zip
required: true
category: bios_zip
system: deco-cassette
source_ref: "src/drivers/btime.c:1996-2005"
contents:
- name: rms8.cpu
description: 6502 BIOS
size: 4096
crc32: "23d929b7"
- name: rms8.snd
description: audio CPU
size: 2048
crc32: "b66b2c2a"