mamedev/mame
Nov 2024 – Apr 2026
18 Months active
Languages Used
XMLC++
Technical Skills
Code RefactoringConfiguration ManagementData ManagementEmulator DevelopmentText NormalizationXML Editing
ArcadeShadow
PROFILE
Arcadeshadow
ArcadeShadow contributed to the mamedev/mame repository by expanding and maintaining emulator software catalogs across platforms such as PlayStation, ZX81, Mega Drive, and NeoGeo. Using C++, XML, and advanced data management techniques, they enriched software lists with new entries, standardized metadata, and improved parent/clone relationships to enhance catalog accuracy and searchability. Their work included metadata normalization, consolidation of related items, and alignment with external data sources, ensuring reliable compatibility and maintainability. Through disciplined version control and clear commit practices, ArcadeShadow delivered scalable improvements that reduced manual curation, improved user discovery, and supported robust QA and downstream tooling for the project.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
85%Features
Repository Contributions
58Total
Bugs
5
Commits
58
Features
29
Lines of code
26,665
Activity Months18
Your Network
106 peopleWork History
April 2026
3 Commits • 2 Features
Apr 1, 2026April 2026 performance summary for mamedev/mame: focus on data quality improvements and library expansion to boost catalog accuracy, discoverability, and compatibility across platforms. Delivered refined metadata for software entries and expanded the emulator software libraries across NeoGeo and Spectrum Computing, with careful ROM-spec alignment and library merging. These efforts enhance user experience and reduce maintenance costs through cleaner data relationships and standardized fields.
3 Commits • 2 Features
Apr 1, 2026April 2026 performance summary for mamedev/mame: focus on data quality improvements and library expansion to boost catalog accuracy, discoverability, and compatibility across platforms. Delivered refined metadata for software entries and expanded the emulator software libraries across NeoGeo and Spectrum Computing, with careful ROM-spec alignment and library merging. These efforts enhance user experience and reduce maintenance costs through cleaner data relationships and standardized fields.
April 2026
March 2026
3 Commits • 2 Features
Mar 1, 2026March 2026 highlights for mamedev/mame: delivered meaningful software-list enhancements across Spectrum and SAM Coupé, plus a focused code readability fix. The work improves data quality, coverage, and maintainability while delivering tangible business value to end users and tooling.
March 2026
3 Commits • 2 Features
Mar 1, 2026March 2026 highlights for mamedev/mame: delivered meaningful software-list enhancements across Spectrum and SAM Coupé, plus a focused code readability fix. The work improves data quality, coverage, and maintainability while delivering tangible business value to end users and tooling.
February 2026
1 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026 monthly summary for mamedev/mame focused on Mega Drive software compatibility catalog maintenance. Delivered a comprehensive update to the Mega Drive software list, adding 39 new working entries and 5 not-working entries, and updated statuses for existing titles (promotions to working, demotions to partial). This maintenance enhances the emulator’s software compatibility catalog accuracy, supporting QA/testing, user guidance, and release readiness. The update aligns with No-Intro references and external data sources (VG History Foundation) to ensure data reliability for developers and testers.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026 monthly summary for mamedev/mame focused on Mega Drive software compatibility catalog maintenance. Delivered a comprehensive update to the Mega Drive software list, adding 39 new working entries and 5 not-working entries, and updated statuses for existing titles (promotions to working, demotions to partial). This maintenance enhances the emulator’s software compatibility catalog accuracy, supporting QA/testing, user guidance, and release readiness. The update aligns with No-Intro references and external data sources (VG History Foundation) to ensure data reliability for developers and testers.
February 2026
January 2026
2 Commits • 2 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 performance summary for mamedev/mame: Delivered significant data-quality and compatibility improvements to software lists, with a focus on metadata enrichment, normalization, and PSX list expansion. Key outcomes include improved parent/clone relationships and descriptions, standardized naming, and cleaned disc label formats across multiple software-list XMLs, plus a major PSX software list expansion with 26 new working items and 9 redumped items, including updated copy-protection details to boost compatibility.
January 2026
2 Commits • 2 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 performance summary for mamedev/mame: Delivered significant data-quality and compatibility improvements to software lists, with a focus on metadata enrichment, normalization, and PSX list expansion. Key outcomes include improved parent/clone relationships and descriptions, standardized naming, and cleaned disc label formats across multiple software-list XMLs, plus a major PSX software list expansion with 26 new working items and 9 redumped items, including updated copy-protection details to boost compatibility.
December 2025
6 Commits • 2 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025 performance for mamedev/mame focused on expanding the software catalog and strengthening metadata quality to improve searchability, consistency, and maintainability across multiple XML lists. The work delivered lays a foundation for scalable catalog growth and a more reliable end-user experience.
6 Commits • 2 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025 performance for mamedev/mame focused on expanding the software catalog and strengthening metadata quality to improve searchability, consistency, and maintainability across multiple XML lists. The work delivered lays a foundation for scalable catalog growth and a more reliable end-user experience.
December 2025
November 2025
3 Commits • 2 Features
Nov 1, 2025Month 2025-11: Delivered key catalog enhancements for mamedev/mame, focusing on Neo Geo software catalog expansion and metadata cleanup to improve user experience and data quality. The work increases catalog completeness, boosts searchability, and standardizes metadata for maintainability across the project.
November 2025
3 Commits • 2 Features
Nov 1, 2025Month 2025-11: Delivered key catalog enhancements for mamedev/mame, focusing on Neo Geo software catalog expansion and metadata cleanup to improve user experience and data quality. The work increases catalog completeness, boosts searchability, and standardizes metadata for maintainability across the project.
October 2025
4 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025: Expanded the mamedev/mame emulator catalog across Spectrum, NeoCD, and PlayStation, delivering new working items and metadata improvements, plus a metadata normalization effort to improve data consistency. These changes broaden end-user access to software and improve data quality for downstream tooling.
4 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025: Expanded the mamedev/mame emulator catalog across Spectrum, NeoCD, and PlayStation, delivering new working items and metadata improvements, plus a metadata normalization effort to improve data consistency. These changes broaden end-user access to software and improve data quality for downstream tooling.
October 2025
September 2025
5 Commits • 3 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025: Expanded software coverage and improved data integrity across ZX81, NeoGeo, Mega Drive, and MegaCD in mamedev/mame. Key feature deliveries include ZX81 Software List Expansion, NeoGeo Software List Expansion, Mega Drive Software List Expansion, and MegaCD Data Correction for Monkey Island. Impact: broader platform coverage, improved emulation accuracy, and clearer data lineage; business value includes reduced user confusion, enhanced QA efficiency, and a stronger catalog for end users. Technologies/skills demonstrated: XML data curation, large-scale list maintenance, multi-commit coordination, and cross-team collaboration with contributors such as OzzyOuzo, Andrew DeRosier, No-Intro, and Blast Process Games.
September 2025
5 Commits • 3 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025: Expanded software coverage and improved data integrity across ZX81, NeoGeo, Mega Drive, and MegaCD in mamedev/mame. Key feature deliveries include ZX81 Software List Expansion, NeoGeo Software List Expansion, Mega Drive Software List Expansion, and MegaCD Data Correction for Monkey Island. Impact: broader platform coverage, improved emulation accuracy, and clearer data lineage; business value includes reduced user confusion, enhanced QA efficiency, and a stronger catalog for end users. Technologies/skills demonstrated: XML data curation, large-scale list maintenance, multi-commit coordination, and cross-team collaboration with contributors such as OzzyOuzo, Andrew DeRosier, No-Intro, and Blast Process Games.
August 2025
4 Commits • 1 Features
Aug 1, 2025Monthly summary for 2025-08 focused on expanding the Platform Software Catalog for mamedev/mame. Delivered cross-platform catalog growth across Mega Drive, Coleco, ZX81, and PlayStation by enriching XML-based configuration with 69 new working items and 2 PSX redumped entries. This work enhances catalog completeness, emulation accuracy, and research/test coverage, reducing manual curation and enabling more reliable user experiences.
4 Commits • 1 Features
Aug 1, 2025Monthly summary for 2025-08 focused on expanding the Platform Software Catalog for mamedev/mame. Delivered cross-platform catalog growth across Mega Drive, Coleco, ZX81, and PlayStation by enriching XML-based configuration with 69 new working items and 2 PSX redumped entries. This work enhances catalog completeness, emulation accuracy, and research/test coverage, reducing manual curation and enabling more reliable user experiences.
August 2025
July 2025
2 Commits • 2 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 monthly summary for mamedev/mame: delivered major software-list enhancements for ZX81 and PSX, improving catalog completeness and data accuracy, with clear contribution provenance. Results support better user experience, testing coverage, and decision making for platform maintenance.
July 2025
2 Commits • 2 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 monthly summary for mamedev/mame: delivered major software-list enhancements for ZX81 and PSX, improving catalog completeness and data accuracy, with clear contribution provenance. Results support better user experience, testing coverage, and decision making for platform maintenance.
June 2025
3 Commits • 3 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025: Expanded core software lists across Mega Drive, ZX81, and PlayStation for mamedev/mame, enriching metadata and relationships to improve emulation accuracy and user discovery. Three feature expansions delivered: Megadrive (27 new working items, 1 redumped, 1 removed) with enhanced metadata; ZX81 Cassette (36 new working items, 1 not working) with contributor details; PlayStation (11 new working items, 1 not working, 4 redumped) with adjusted parent/clone relationships. All changes are traceable via commits. No major bugs fixed this month; focus on data quality, catalog coverage, and maintainability to enable QA and future enhancements.
3 Commits • 3 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025: Expanded core software lists across Mega Drive, ZX81, and PlayStation for mamedev/mame, enriching metadata and relationships to improve emulation accuracy and user discovery. Three feature expansions delivered: Megadrive (27 new working items, 1 redumped, 1 removed) with enhanced metadata; ZX81 Cassette (36 new working items, 1 not working) with contributor details; PlayStation (11 new working items, 1 not working, 4 redumped) with adjusted parent/clone relationships. All changes are traceable via commits. No major bugs fixed this month; focus on data quality, catalog coverage, and maintainability to enable QA and future enhancements.
June 2025
May 2025
2 Commits • 2 Features
May 1, 2025Concise monthly summary for 2025-05 focused on software-list data quality improvements in mamedev/mame, with a focus on SNES and Spectrum cassette lists, metadata enrichment, and commit-based traceability.
May 2025
2 Commits • 2 Features
May 1, 2025Concise monthly summary for 2025-05 focused on software-list data quality improvements in mamedev/mame, with a focus on SNES and Spectrum cassette lists, metadata enrichment, and commit-based traceability.
April 2025
5 Commits • 1 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025: Focused on expanding and improving MAME's software catalog across multiple platforms and tightening metadata accuracy. Delivered large-scale catalog additions across Neogeo, Mega Drive, Spectrum Cassette, and ZX81 Cassette, and updated HuCards terminology to ensure consistent wording in SGX descriptions. These changes improve catalog completeness, searchability, and data quality, enabling better testing, compatibility checks, and user discovery.
5 Commits • 1 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025: Focused on expanding and improving MAME's software catalog across multiple platforms and tightening metadata accuracy. Delivered large-scale catalog additions across Neogeo, Mega Drive, Spectrum Cassette, and ZX81 Cassette, and updated HuCards terminology to ensure consistent wording in SGX descriptions. These changes improve catalog completeness, searchability, and data quality, enabling better testing, compatibility checks, and user discovery.
April 2025
March 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2025Summary for 2025-03: Delivered a metadata quality improvement for Megacd.xml in mamedev/mame, focusing on data consistency and accuracy by establishing parent/clone relationships, normalizing word casing, and correcting country abbreviations. No major bug fixes were documented this month. Impact includes improved metadata reliability, easier asset discovery, and groundwork for downstream tooling and analytics. Demonstrated skills in refactoring, data normalization, and repository hygiene; aligned with open-source project standards and contributed a documented commit to address (#13436).
March 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2025Summary for 2025-03: Delivered a metadata quality improvement for Megacd.xml in mamedev/mame, focusing on data consistency and accuracy by establishing parent/clone relationships, normalizing word casing, and correcting country abbreviations. No major bug fixes were documented this month. Impact includes improved metadata reliability, easier asset discovery, and groundwork for downstream tooling and analytics. Demonstrated skills in refactoring, data normalization, and repository hygiene; aligned with open-source project standards and contributed a documented commit to address (#13436).
February 2025
5 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 performance summary for mamedev/mame. Focused on expanding and quality-assuring the software catalog across emulator platforms. Delivered a major feature update that broadens user-facing titles across multiple XML lists (Oric, PSX, Coleco Homebrew, ZX81, Spectrum cassette systems) and enhanced data quality through metadata improvements and redumped entries. No major bug fixes were logged in this period; activity concentrated on catalog expansion, data integrity, and cross-platform consistency. Key catalog changes delivered: - Oric: 3 working items added to oric1_cass.xml - PSX: 12 working items + 4 redumped items added to psx.xml - Coleco Homebrew: Added new Mieyen game to coleco_homebrew.xml - ZX81: 19 items added to zx81_cass.xml (17 working) - Spectrum: 5 working items added to spectrum_cass.xml with improved metadata
5 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 performance summary for mamedev/mame. Focused on expanding and quality-assuring the software catalog across emulator platforms. Delivered a major feature update that broadens user-facing titles across multiple XML lists (Oric, PSX, Coleco Homebrew, ZX81, Spectrum cassette systems) and enhanced data quality through metadata improvements and redumped entries. No major bug fixes were logged in this period; activity concentrated on catalog expansion, data integrity, and cross-platform consistency. Key catalog changes delivered: - Oric: 3 working items added to oric1_cass.xml - PSX: 12 working items + 4 redumped items added to psx.xml - Coleco Homebrew: Added new Mieyen game to coleco_homebrew.xml - ZX81: 19 items added to zx81_cass.xml (17 working) - Spectrum: 5 working items added to spectrum_cass.xml with improved metadata
February 2025
January 2025
3 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025: Expanded and enriched emulator compatibility datasets in mamedev/mame across PSX, ZX81, and Spectrum, increasing coverage and data quality to improve user experience and adoption. The changes are item-level and metadata-rich, with clear commit traceability.
January 2025
3 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025: Expanded and enriched emulator compatibility datasets in mamedev/mame across PSX, ZX81, and Spectrum, increasing coverage and data quality to improve user experience and adoption. The changes are item-level and metadata-rich, with clear commit traceability.
December 2024
3 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for mamedev/mame focused on expanding and cleaning the emulator’s software catalog to improve coverage, data accuracy, and maintenance efficiency. Delivered substantial dataset updates across three XML databases and improved metadata quality, enabling better discovery and reliability for end users and downstream tooling.
3 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for mamedev/mame focused on expanding and cleaning the emulator’s software catalog to improve coverage, data accuracy, and maintenance efficiency. Delivered substantial dataset updates across three XML databases and improved metadata quality, enabling better discovery and reliability for end users and downstream tooling.
December 2024
November 2024
3 Commits • 1 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024 (2024-11) monthly summary for mamedev/mame. Delivered substantial improvements to legacy platform libraries and data consistency, reflecting a focus on expanding coverage, improving maintainability, and aligning repository standards.
November 2024
3 Commits • 1 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024 (2024-11) monthly summary for mamedev/mame. Delivered substantial improvements to legacy platform libraries and data consistency, reflecting a focus on expanding coverage, improving maintainability, and aligning repository standards.
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Quality Metrics
Correctness99.6%
Maintainability98.2%
Architecture98.2%
Performance98.6%
AI Usage20.4%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
C++XML
Technical Skills
C++ developmentCode RefactoringCode refactoringConfiguration ManagementData CleaningData ManagementDatabase UpdatesDocumentationEmulator DevelopmentGame PreservationMetadata ManagementSoftware List ManagementText NormalizationXMLXML Editing
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