﻿MAME CATVER.ini 0.284 (Jan 12, 2026)
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ReadMe:
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In this package you can find these ini files:

* CatList: MAME machines divided by type of category.
* CatVer: classification by category and version, to be used in various frontends,
          but  NOT for MAMEUI!
* Genre: MAME machines divided by genre.
* Genre_OWS: MAME machines divided by genre (only working sets).
* Mature: Game list (arcade only) with adult images or content.


WhatsNew:
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2026/01/12 11.00: Aligned files to MAME 0.284.
2025/12/19 10.11: Aligned files to MAME 0.283.
2025/11/10 10.10: Aligned files to MAME 0.282. Divide the "Music" category into games and musical instruments (or similar).
2025/10/03 10.09: Aligned files to MAME 0.281.
2025/09/13 10.08: Aligned files to MAME 0.280.
2025/08/24 10.07: Aligned files to MAME 0.279.
2025/07/25 10.06: Aligned files to MAME 0.278.
2025/05/08 10.05: Aligned files to MAME 0.277.
2025/04/07 10.04: Aligned files to MAME 0.276.
2025/03/13 10.03: Aligned files to MAME 0.275.
2025/02/13 10.02: Aligned files to MAME 0.274.
2025/01/16 10.01: Aligned files to MAME 0.273.
2025/01/15 10.00: Revised readme.txt file (date format and internal version numbering).
2024/12/12  9.14: Aligned files to MAME 0.272.
2024/11/13  9.13: Aligned files to MAME 0.271.
2024/10/03  9.12: Aligned files to MAME 0.270.
2024/09/03  9.11: Aligned files to MAME 0.269.
2024/08/15  9.10: Aligned files to MAME 0.268.
2024/08/05  9.09: Changed the name of the category "Casino" to "Gambling."
2024/07/18  9.08: Aligned files to MAME 0.267.
2024/06/10  9.07: Aligned files to MAME 0.266.
2024/04/30  9.06: Aligned files to MAME 0.265.
2024/04/01  9.05: Aligned files to MAME 0.264.
2024/03/30  9.04: Fixed the genre and category of the games "Alien Storm," "Armored Warriors," "Wild Fang" and all their clones, suggested by a user.
2024/03/26  9.03: Thanks to a report from a Github user (Jakobud), I revised the "mature" flag of "danceyes" game (and clones) by removing it where it was present. There are no nude scenes.
2024/03/11  9.02: Aligned files to MAME 0.263.
2024/03/03  9.01: The "Puzzle/Match" category/genre has been completely revised.
2024/02/09  9.00: Aligned files to MAME 0.262. The files can also be found here https://github.com/AntoPISA/MAME_SupportFiles.
2023/12/05  8.11: Aligned files to MAME 0.261.
2023/11/01  8.10: Aligned files to MAME 0.260.
2023/10/06  8.09: Aligned files to MAME 0.259.
2023/09/05  8.08: Aligned files to MAME 0.258.
2023/08/02  8.07: Aligned files to MAME 0.257.
2023/07/06  8.06: Aligned files to MAME 0.256.
2023/06/08  8.05: Aligned files to MAME 0.255.
2023/05/05  8.04: Aligned files to MAME 0.254.
2023/04/22  8.03: The great correction work that has affected the 'allMAMEset' file this last month has also affected the files present in this package.
2023/04/07  8.02: Aligned files to MAME 0.253.
2023/03/06  8.01: Aligned files to MAME 0.252.
2023/01/04  8.00: Aligned files to MAME 0.251.
2022/12/08  7.12: Aligned files to MAME 0.250.
2022/11/05  7.11: Aligned files to MAME 0.249.
2022/10/06  7.10: Aligned files to MAME 0.248. Thanks to Mr. Ric's recommendation, Category and Genre of kyhatonu, mtburn, reelemin and sundance have been corrected.
2022/09/16  7.09: Thanks to the report by Sam Spludlow a problem of upper/lower case in the genre "Landline Phone" has been fixed.
2022/09/09  7.08: Aligned files to MAME 0.247.
2022/08/06  7.07: Aligned files to MAME 0.246.
2022/07/22  7.06: Aligned files to MAME 0.245.
2022/05/31  7.05: Aligned files to MAME 0.244.
2022/05/06  7.04: Aligned files to MAME 0.243.
2022/04/07  7.03: Aligned files to MAME 0.242.
2022/02/28  7.02: Aligned files to MAME 0.241.
2022/02/08  7.01: Aligned files to MAME 0.240.
2022/01/04  7.00: Aligned files to MAME 0.239.
2021/11/27  6.13: Aligned files to MAME 0.238.
2021/10/31  6.12: Aligned files to MAME 0.237.
2021/10/03  6.11: Aligned files to MAME 0.236.
2021/08/30  6.10: Aligned files to MAME 0.235.
2021/08/02  6.09: Aligned files to MAME 0.234.
2021/07/06  6.08: Aligned files to MAME 0.233.
2021/06/01  6.07: Aligned files to MAME 0.232.
2021/05/02  6.06: Aligned files to MAME 0.231.
2021/04/17  6.05: Fixed some files (eliminated the presence of BOMs that created problems). Thanks to Saknet and Robbbert.
2021/04/05  6.04: Aligned files to MAME 0.230.
2021/02/27  6,03: Aligned files to MAME 0.229.
2021/02/08  6.02: Thanks to marciolsf for having reported one mature game not present in mature.ini ('Swinging Singles').
2021/02/05  6.01: Aligned files to MAME 0.228.
2021/01/13  6.00: Aligned files to MAME 0.227.
2020/11/01  5.08: Aligned files to MAME 0.226.
2020/10/05  5.07: Aligned files to MAME 0.225.
2020/09/01  5.06: Aligned files to MAME 0.224.
2020/08/24  5.05: Aligned files to MAME 0.223.
2020/07/14  5.04: Aligned files to MAME 0.222.
2020/05/20  5.03: Aligned files to MAME 0.221.
2020/04/07  5.02: Aligned files to MAME 0.220.
2020/03/02  5.01: Aligned files to MAME 0.219.
2020/02/05  5.00: Aligned files to MAME 0.218.
2019/12/27  4.12: Aligned files to MAME 0.217.
2019/11/30  4.11: Aligned files to MAME 0.216.
2019/10/31  4.10: Aligned files to MAME 0.215.
2019/09/28  4.09: Aligned files to MAME 0.214.
2019/09/07  4.08: Aligned files to MAME 0.213.
2019/08/05  4.07: Aligned files to MAME 0.212.
2019/07/06  4.06: Aligned files to MAME 0.211.
2019/06/30  4.05: Fixed a dozen incorrect assignments weren't assigned to the 0.34b5 and 0.35b6 versions.
2019/06/06  4.04: Aligned files to MAME 0.210.
2019/04/27  4.03: Aligned files to MAME 0.209.
2019/03/30  4.02: Aligned files to MAME 0.208.
2019/02/28  4.01: Aligned files to MAME 0.207.
2019/02/02  4.00: Aligned files to MAME 0.206.
2018/12/27  3.17: Aligned files to MAME 0.205.
2018/12/05  3.16: Various entries corrected.
2018/11/29  3.15: Aligned files to MAME 0.204.
2018/11/02  3.14: Aligned files to MAME 0.203.
2018/09/28  3.13: Aligned files to MAME 0.202.
2018/08/31  3.12: Aligned files to MAME 0.201.
2018/07/27  3.11: Aligned files to MAME 0.200.
2018/06/29  3.10: Aligned files to MAME 0.199.
2018/05/31  3.09: Aligned files to MAME 0.198.
2018/05/29  3.08: Changed Genre and Category for "Michael Jackson's Moonwalker" series, from "Maze/Fighter" to "Platform/Fighter Scrolling" (thanks to Chris Mouland).
2018/05/18  3.07: Always thanks to Jake Wilson catver.ini is now on GiHub ( https://github.com/mamesupport/catver.ini ).
2018/05/14  3.06: Thanks to Jake Wilson for reporting one mature game not present in mature.ini ('Target Ball').
2018/05/04  3.05: Changed the genre of "Electromechanical / Reels" machines in "Slot Machine / Reels" and "Casino / Reels" in "Slot Machine / Video Slot".
2018/04/27  3.04: Aligned files to MAME 0.197.
2018/03/31  3.03: Aligned files to MAME 0.196.
2018/03/15  3.02: Fixed the categories of many "Mahjong" games instead of the more correct "Hanafuda". Adding the "Plug n' Play TV Game" category to the "Handheld" genre.
2018/03/01  3.01: Aligned files to MAME 0.195.
2018/02/02  3.00: Aligned files to MAME 0.194.
2017/12/28  2.19: Aligned files to MAME 0.193.
2017/11/30  2.18: Aligned files to MAME 0.192.
2017/11/20  2.17: Fixed all machines that had equal Genre and Category.
2017/11/11  2.16: Thanks to Omar B. for having reported two mature game not present in mature.ini ('Madball' and 'Puzznic').
2017/11/03  2.15: Thanks to Mr. Ric's report, I corrected 55 genre of games.
2017/10/28  2.14: Aligned files to MAME 0.191.
2017/10/20  2.13: Added genre "Whac-A-Mole". Fixed others 250 categories.
2017/10/15  2.12: Added genre "Medical Equipment". Change category 'Othello' to 'Othello - Reversi' and fixed categories of 1,000 machines.
2017/10/01  2.11: Fixed genre of (partygrs) machine (thanks to motoschifo).
2017/09/28  2.10: Aligned files to MAME 0.190.
2017/09/03  2.09: Aligned files to MAME 0.189.
2017/08/17  2.08: General revision and correction of "genre.ini" and "catlist.ini" files (suggested by motoschifo): the system of genres related to non-arcade machines has been completely revised.
2017/07/28  2.07: Aligned files to MAME 0.188 sets.
2017/07/04  2.06: Added 'not_mature.ini' file.
2017/06/30  2.05: Aligned files to MAME 0.187 sets.
2017/06/03  2.04: Aligned files to MAME 0.186 sets.
2017/04/29  2.03: Aligned files to MAME 0.185 sets.
2017/04/02  2.02: Aligned files to MAME 0.184 sets.
2017/02/25  2.01: Aligned files to MAME 0.183 sets.
2017/01/27  2.00: Aligned files to MAME 0.182 sets.
2016/12/30  1.16: Aligned files to MAME 0.181 sets.
2016/12/04  1.15: Aligned files to MAME 0.180 sets.
2016/10/27  1.14: Aligned files to MAME 0.179 sets.
2016/09/29  1.13: Aligned files to MAME 0.178 sets.
2016/09/04  1.12: Aligned files to MAME 0.177. From this version it is helped by a tool for the creation and verification of the .ini files created by motoschifo.
2016/07/31  1.11: Aligned files to MAME 0.176 sets.
2016/07/05  1.10: Aligned files to MAME 0.175 sets.
2016/05/30  1.09: Aligned files to MAME 0.174.
2016/05/13  1.08: Fixed parsing error in genre.ini. Added 'genre_OSW.ini' with 'Only Working Set'.
2016/05/08  1.07: Aligned files to MAME 0.173.
2016/04/02  1.06: Aligned files to MAME 0.172; fixed "genre.ini" file.
2016/03/26  1.04: Added "genre.ini" file.
2016/02/26  1.03: Aligned files to MAME 0.171.
2016/02/02  1.02: Some category changes suggested by Nigel Barnes (abc110, abc310, acw443, reutapm, torchf, torchh10 and torchh21).
2016/02/01  1.01: Aligned files to MAME 0.170 (from this version only the "full" version).
2016/01/09  1.00: Aligned files to MAME 0.169.
2015/11/28  0.11: Aligned files to MAME 0.168.
2015/11/04  0.10: Added cat32en folder with "Catlist Arcade.ini", "Catlist Full.ini" and "Mature.ini" files by JuLePe.
2015/10/31  0.09: Aligned files to MAME 0.167.
2015/10/05  0.08: Fixed wrong '[Added]' to right '[VerAdded]'; changed category for entries '7mezzo', 'truco' and 'trucocl' (thanks to Robbie for suggestions).
2015/10/04  0.07: Aligned files to MAME 0.166.
2015/08/31  0.06: Janez fixed some errors.
2015/08/30  0.05: Added all devices in the section 'version' (from 0.162 to 0.165) in 'catver_full.ini' and fixed some error; now the files is completed and verified: 35,318 entries as last MAME list.
2015/08/29  0.04: Fixed entry 'warfaa' in version section in 'catver_full.ini' (thanks to abelenki).
2015/08/29  0.03: Aligned files to MAME 0.165.
2015/08/05  0.02: Added a second file: catver_full with all sets (MAME and MESS).
2015/08/04  0.01: First unofficial release online.
2015/08/03  0.00: File fixed and updated by Janez.


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