{
  "count": 1,
  "generated_at": "2026-10-20T02:57:31Z",
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "mess2015",
      "profile": {
        "core_classification": "frozen_snapshot",
        "core_version": "0.160",
        "cores": [
          "mess2015",
          "mess"
        ],
        "display_name": "Multi (MESS 2015)",
        "emulator": "MESS 2015",
        "files": [
          {
            "category": "game_data",
            "md5": "7e31f0b84f6ea6f9ffec0cd968decf9f",
            "name": "hiscore.dat",
            "note": "high score definitions, loaded via f.open without explicit search path. metadata/hiscore.dat of the core repository. is_mem_range reads only \"cpu:addr:len:start:end\" lines under a \"gamename:\" header.",
            "path": "mess2015/hiscore.dat",
            "required": false,
            "sha1": "68e94fb579f46f3255ef7c34c0322f3f0f3c8e20",
            "size": 216250,
            "source_ref": "src/emu/hiscore.c:122-138,335-337"
          }
        ],
        "mame_version": "0.159",
        "notes": "Frozen snapshot of MAME/MESS 0.159 (version.c says 0.159, core reports 0.160).\nBuilt from same repo as mame2015/ume2015/cdi2015 with TARGET=mess.\n619 machine drivers (home computers, consoles, handhelds, calculators).\nNo BIOS root sets (no GAME_IS_BIOS_ROOT in src/mess/). Machine ROMs loaded\nper-machine via MAME ROM system from content directory.\n\nSoftware list support via 375 XML hash files in system_dir/mess2015/hash/.\nHash files are bundled in the source repo at /hash/. Not on libretro buildbot.\n.info incorrectly says SYSTEMDIR\\ume\\hash, the actual path is mess2015/hash.\n\nhiscore.c integrated (libretro addition, not in upstream MAME 0.159).\nSAMPLES sound driver disabled in mess.mak.\nPer-game cheat XMLs via system_dir/mess2015/cheat/.\nArtwork layouts via system_dir/mess2015/artwork/.\n\nUpstream comparison (tag mame0160): romload.c and softlist.c unmodified.\n",
        "profiled_date": "2026-03-24",
        "source": "https://github.com/libretro/mame2015-libretro",
        "source_commit": "7adbf440d5f554097f58f8c6ebb673adc4320a31",
        "systems": [],
        "type": "libretro",
        "upstream": "https://github.com/mamedev/mame/tree/mame0160"
      }
    }
  ],
  "kind": "emulators",
  "schema_version": 1
}