diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/mame/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/mame/default.nix
index eb0f9076a17d..1b6703cb6702 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/mame/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/mame/default.nix
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mame";
-  version = "0.243";
+  version = "0.249";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "mamedev";
     repo = "mame";
     rev = "mame${builtins.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "" ] version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-dUgYLNvgvolz9M0ySkGJIZjVMBQwejkxsZ6npg8rIqk=";
+    sha256 = "sha256-im6y/E0pQxruX2kNXZLE3fHq+zXfsstnOoC1QvH4fd4=";
   };
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "fortify" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/mame/emuopts.patch b/pkgs/applications/emulators/mame/emuopts.patch
index b85291f52f74..233d64eb15d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/mame/emuopts.patch
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/mame/emuopts.patch
@@ -1,29 +1,32 @@
-diff --git a/src/emu/emuopts.cpp b/src/emu/emuopts.cpp
-index c42fcef848..d1bddae060 100644
---- a/src/emu/emuopts.cpp
-+++ b/src/emu/emuopts.cpp
-@@ -36,16 +36,16 @@ const options_entry emu_options::s_option_entries[] =
- 	{ nullptr,                                           nullptr,     OPTION_HEADER,     "CORE SEARCH PATH OPTIONS" },
- 	{ OPTION_HOMEPATH,                                   ".",         OPTION_STRING,     "path to base folder for plugin data (read/write)" },
- 	{ OPTION_MEDIAPATH ";rp;biospath;bp",                "roms",      OPTION_STRING,     "path to ROM sets and hard disk images" },
--	{ OPTION_HASHPATH ";hash_directory;hash",            "hash",      OPTION_STRING,     "path to software definition files" },
--	{ OPTION_SAMPLEPATH ";sp",                           "samples",   OPTION_STRING,     "path to audio sample sets" },
--	{ OPTION_ARTPATH,                                    "artwork",   OPTION_STRING,     "path to artwork files" },
--	{ OPTION_CTRLRPATH,                                  "ctrlr",     OPTION_STRING,     "path to controller definitions" },
--	{ OPTION_INIPATH,                                    ".;ini;ini/presets",     OPTION_STRING,     "path to ini files" },
--	{ OPTION_FONTPATH,                                   ".",         OPTION_STRING,     "path to font files" },
-+	{ OPTION_HASHPATH ";hash_directory;hash",            "hash;@mame@/hash",      OPTION_STRING,     "path to software definition files" },
-+	{ OPTION_SAMPLEPATH ";sp",                           "samples;@mame@/samples",   OPTION_STRING,     "path to audio sample sets" },
-+	{ OPTION_ARTPATH,                                    "artwork;@mame@/artwork",   OPTION_STRING,     "path to artwork files" },
-+	{ OPTION_CTRLRPATH,                                  "ctrlr;@mame@/ctrlr",     OPTION_STRING,     "path to controller definitions" },
-+	{ OPTION_INIPATH,                                    ".;ini;ini/presets;@mame@/ini/presets",     OPTION_STRING,     "path to ini files" },
-+	{ OPTION_FONTPATH,                                   ".;@mame@",         OPTION_STRING,     "path to font files" },
- 	{ OPTION_CHEATPATH,                                  "cheat",     OPTION_STRING,     "path to cheat files" },
- 	{ OPTION_CROSSHAIRPATH,                              "crosshair", OPTION_STRING,     "path to crosshair files" },
--	{ OPTION_PLUGINSPATH,                                "plugins",   OPTION_STRING,     "path to plugin files" },
--	{ OPTION_LANGUAGEPATH,                               "language",  OPTION_STRING,     "path to UI translation files" },
-+	{ OPTION_PLUGINSPATH,                                "plugins;@mame@/plugins",   OPTION_STRING,     "path to plugin files" },
-+	{ OPTION_LANGUAGEPATH,                               "language;@mame@/language",  OPTION_STRING,     "path to UI translation files" },
- 	{ OPTION_SWPATH,                                     "software",  OPTION_STRING,     "path to loose software" },
+--- a/src/emu/emuopts.cpp	2022-10-29 15:05:18.591381088 +0200
++++ b/src/emu/emuopts.cpp	2022-10-29 15:10:10.938037551 +0200
+@@ -39,16 +39,16 @@
+ 	{ nullptr,                                           nullptr,     core_options::option_type::HEADER,     "CORE SEARCH PATH OPTIONS" },
+ 	{ OPTION_PLUGINDATAPATH,                             ".",         core_options::option_type::STRING,     "path to base folder for plugin data (read/write)" },
+ 	{ OPTION_MEDIAPATH ";rp;biospath;bp",                "roms",      core_options::option_type::STRING,     "path to ROM sets and hard disk images" },
+-	{ OPTION_HASHPATH ";hash_directory;hash",            "hash",      core_options::option_type::STRING,     "path to software definition files" },
+-	{ OPTION_SAMPLEPATH ";sp",                           "samples",   core_options::option_type::STRING,     "path to audio sample sets" },
+-	{ OPTION_ARTPATH,                                    "artwork",   core_options::option_type::STRING,     "path to artwork files" },
+-	{ OPTION_CTRLRPATH,                                  "ctrlr",     core_options::option_type::STRING,     "path to controller definitions" },
+-	{ OPTION_INIPATH,                                    ".;ini;ini/presets",     core_options::option_type::STRING,     "path to ini files" },
+-	{ OPTION_FONTPATH,                                   ".",         core_options::option_type::STRING,     "path to font files" },
++	{ OPTION_HASHPATH ";hash_directory;hash",            "hash;@mame@/hash",      core_options::option_type::STRING,     "path to software definition files" },
++	{ OPTION_SAMPLEPATH ";sp",                           "samples;@mame@/samples",   core_options::option_type::STRING,     "path to audio sample sets" },
++	{ OPTION_ARTPATH,                                    "artwork;@mame@/artwork",   core_options::option_type::STRING,     "path to artwork files" },
++	{ OPTION_CTRLRPATH,                                  "ctrlr;@mame@/ctrlr",     core_options::option_type::STRING,     "path to controller definitions" },
++	{ OPTION_INIPATH,                                    ".;ini;ini/presets;@mame@/ini/presets",     core_options::option_type::STRING,     "path to ini files" },
++	{ OPTION_FONTPATH,                                   ".;@mame@",         core_options::option_type::STRING,     "path to font files" },
+ 	{ OPTION_CHEATPATH,                                  "cheat",     core_options::option_type::STRING,     "path to cheat files" },
+ 	{ OPTION_CROSSHAIRPATH,                              "crosshair", core_options::option_type::STRING,     "path to crosshair files" },
+-	{ OPTION_PLUGINSPATH,                                "plugins",   core_options::option_type::STRING,     "path to plugin files" },
+-	{ OPTION_LANGUAGEPATH,                               "language",  core_options::option_type::STRING,     "path to UI translation files" },
++	{ OPTION_PLUGINSPATH,                                "plugins;@mame@/plugins",   core_options::option_type::STRING,     "path to plugin files" },
++	{ OPTION_LANGUAGEPATH,                               "language;@mame@/language",  core_options::option_type::STRING,     "path to UI translation files" },
+ 	{ OPTION_SWPATH,                                     "software",  core_options::option_type::STRING,     "path to loose software" },
  
  	// output directory options
+@@ -1301,3 +1301,4 @@
+ 	m_entry = entry;
+ 	return entry;
+ }
++