SAME_CDI is a Single Arcade/Machine Emulator for libretro, forked from MAME libretro, which is a fork of MAME (it's the SAME, get it?), and compiles only the Philips CD-I driver, and then sorts out the claptrap of loading the CD file for emulating. The name removes the name MAME altogether, as thats what I gather the MAME folks want for a fork like this - MAMEs license is below.
Game files can be either CHD, ISO, or BIN/CUE. Game support/functionality is whatever the MAME version included supports.
BIOS file (cdimono1.zip) is required, and can go either in the same directory as your CHD|ISO|CUE files or in the retroarch_system_dir/same_cdi/bios/ directory
Before sending bug reports to the upstream bug tracker, make sure the bugs are reproducible in the latest standalone release.
To build libretro SAME_CDI core from source you need to use Makefile.libretro make file:
make -f Makefile.libretro
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