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1. Debian -- Package Search Results -- xmess-sdl
You have searched for packages that names contain xmess-sdl in all suites, all sections, and all architectures. Found 1 matching packages. Exact hits
http://packages.debian.org/xmess-sdl
2. Debian -- Details of package hatari in sid
Homepage [hatari.sourceforge.net] Similar packages: atari800; stella; xmess-sdl; xmame-sdl; gngb; aranym; gnuboy-sdl; bochs-sdl; mednafen; xmame-common; dgen
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/otherosfs/hatari
3. SDLMAME Ubuntu packages - Emuversal Bulletin Board
It is old, unmaintained, and does not work (in xmess-sdl package). sdlmess is new and shiny and *not* in the Ubuntu repository. How totally annoying.
http://www.bannister.org/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=33921#Post33921