Is there a plan to release MAME/PC + ROMs officially?

Man-wai Chang to The Door (+MS=32B)

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Oct 27, 2009, 5:50:19 AM10/27/09

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I think it could make some money actually... :)

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Oct 27, 2009, 10:09:50 AM10/27/09

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On Oct 27, 5:50 am, "Man-wai Chang to The Door (+MS=32B)"

Are you talking releasing all 5000+ games? Too many companies, too
many royalties. I don't see it happening except for maybe another
Return To Arcade with 5 games on it.

MCR

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Oct 27, 2009, 5:13:05 PM10/27/09

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On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:50:19 +0800, Man-wai Chang to The Door (+MS=32B)
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> I think it could make some money actually... :)

Not going to happen. It wouldn't be cost effective.

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FSogol

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Oct 28, 2009, 11:29:03 AM10/28/09

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MCR wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:50:19 +0800, Man-wai Chang to The Door (+MS=32B)
> wrote:
>
>> I think it could make some money actually... :)
>
> Not going to happen. It wouldn't be cost effective.
>

Ten years ago, this group would have blasted the OP for bringing the
money angle into Mame. Did you all go soft? Is it an age thing? Wife
wears the pants now? Bills are due? What gives? ;-)
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MCR

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Oct 28, 2009, 2:56:50 PM10/28/09

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We chilled. To his credit he was stating he wanted to *buy* ROMs not
sell them :)

Syfo-Dyas

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Oct 29, 2009, 1:29:55 PM10/29/09

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On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:29:03 -0400, FSogol <FSo...@nospamplease.org>
wrote:

Indeed we are all getting old.... Speaking for myself but I was in
college when Ms Pacman was in the arcades!

Man-wai Chang to The Door (+MS=32B)

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Oct 30, 2009, 12:06:49 AM10/30/09

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> Indeed we are all getting old.... Speaking for myself but I was in
> college when Ms Pacman was in the arcades!

I saw the real Ping arcade machine and the rich kids playing it .....
Back then, HK$1.00 was very useful! :)

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FSogol

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Oct 30, 2009, 9:12:37 AM10/30/09

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Man-wai Chang to The Door (+MS=32B) wrote:

>> Indeed we are all getting old.... Speaking for myself but I was in
>> college when Ms Pacman was in the arcades!
>
> I saw the real Ping arcade machine and the rich kids playing it .....
> Back then, HK$1.00 was very useful! :)
>

I've mentioned this before, but my first video game was Gun Fight or
Boot Hill. Franconia Pizza removed one of their two pinball
machines and put the cabinet in around 1977 or 1978.

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Syfo-Dyas

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Oct 31, 2009, 6:31:09 AM10/31/09

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On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:12:37 -0400, FSogol <FSo...@nospamplease.org>
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Ditto....
I was a pinball wizard long before the video games. Playing them at
the local bowling alley. And then there was this thing called SPace
Wars and well I was hooked on video games. Believe this was 1977

Man-wai Chang to The Door (+MS=32B)

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Oct 31, 2009, 8:19:10 AM10/31/09

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> I was a pinball wizard long before the video games. Playing them at
> the local bowling alley. And then there was this thing called SPace
> Wars and well I was hooked on video games. Believe this was 1977

Mechanical pinball machine.... hard to meet one now in Hong Kong! :)

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