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Add Sega Model 1 arcade platform#15609

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@WizzardSK WizzardSK commented Mar 28, 2026

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Summary

  • Add Sega Model 1 as a standalone arcade system (released 1992)
  • Emulators: MAME and libretro-mame (x86_64 only)
  • Known games: Virtua Fighter, Virtua Racing, Wing War, Star Wars Arcade, Virtua Formula, Net Merc

Changes

  • es_systems.yml — new model1 system definition
  • configgen-defaults.yml — default emulator: libretro mame
  • sega-arcade.mame.emulator.yml / sega-arcade.mame.libretro.core.yml — add model1
  • libretroMAMEConfig.py — model1 as basic MAME system (no softlists)
  • metadata.py — model1 in arcade metadata list

Add Model 1 as a standalone system with MAME and libretro-mame emulators.
Games: Virtua Fighter, Virtua Racing, Wing War, Star Wars Arcade, Virtua Formula, Net Merc.
@dmanlfc

dmanlfc commented May 9, 2026

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I don’t see the benefit of this… why? I prefer we keep reducing the Mame spawn since people are pushing back on it.

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I would say why not? Who prefers separate system will use it, who does not, won't.

@Tovarichtch

Tovarichtch commented May 12, 2026

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As of MAME 0.287:
MAME has 49 860 machines.
MESS has 5 947 machines.

I hope you are not planning to add them all.

@WizzardSK

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How can you compare Sega Model 1 with some random noname machine?

@protocultor

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I'm also a Sega fan, and came to this PR thinking a new emulator was released, all excited... only to find out it's just MAME, with all the emulation bugs it still has on Model 1 (at least VF1 physics remain wrong).
I'm afraid I agree with the guys, this doesn't add much value to what is already here.

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It is just a configuration option, nothing that anybody needs to use.

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