Modern MAME versions require much beefier hardware. 2003 is lightweight.
Today, if you see someone playing Ms. Pac-Man on a handheld device, or Golden Axe on a mini-console, they are likely interacting with the spectral data of that 2003 Reference Set. It is a snapshot of history, preserved in amber, a digital monument to the era when the arcades fell, but the games refused to die. MAME 2003 Reference Set - MAME 0.078 ROMs- CHDs...