Thoughts on MAME, emulation
SolWolf
emulation in general? DO you think it's healthy?
What about the operators? Do you think emulation takes food off of
your table?
Personally, I find MAME refreshing since it gives me a chance to relive
a little of my childhood. It doesn't keep me from plunking a few
quarters in a Ms Pac-Man or Gladiator machine when I see one. I have
bought one arcade game, SFII' Hyper, and I don't have enough room in my
condo for that!
Thoughts anyone, or is this a tired thread?
-SolWolf
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Alex Nigro
emulation in general? DO you think it's healthy? >>
I personally use MAME for old, unknown games. Just to see what I'm missing.
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Dave Dixon
as dedicated pieces. i've said it before so pardon the redundancy, i wouldn't
give up my Centipede, for example, for its mame counterpart. i'm perfectly
happy emulating games like Galaxian, though, for example, because while i like
the game, i play it very infrequently and don't usually play for a long period
of time.
so as someone who still wants to collect dedicated machines in the face of
emulation i give merit to both camps. i agree that emulators keep the classic
history and nostalgia alive when the companies that spawned it are not. but
intellectual property rights may be a different thing, i do not know how far
that part extends.
but at the very least, MAME has enabled me to remember what games I dig and want
to buy, and perhaps more importantly, what games i DONT want to buy! (you know,
"well i thought it was cool when i was 12...")
peace
dave
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richar...@hotmail.com
Playing an old arcade game on your computer is not the same as an
arcade game. MAME, however, is the next best thing, to try out some
games you may of seen only once in the arcade, but never again. It is
more a walk down memory lane than anything else. By the way, most
arcade operators tend not to carry such games.
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JT
>How do the frequent posters on here feel about MAME specifically, and
>emulation in general? DO you think it's healthy?
>
Absolutely... there are alot of game players out there who simply do
not have the time, resources, or ability to aquire & recondition
authentic video games. So given the state of computer technology
available today... for them, its the next best thing!
>What about the operators? Do you think emulation takes food off of
>your table?
>
The coin operating business has been slowly dying for years!
There simply aren't any quality games out there to operate...
take a stroll around any video arcade, many games today are
carbon copies, blood & guts, and senseless violence...
Ask any operator the difference in his income between today
and 15 years ago... Nintendo, Sega, and others have destroyed
the coin op business by under cutting their very customer base
with the introduction of home based video systems.
The average street operator can't afford to buy the latest games...
some of these NEW games cost as much as my car... a few....
as much as my house!!! Little by little, the small games operator is
being consumed by larger corporate accounts.
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James Sweet
I've become addicted to many and ended up buying an original for my
collection.
DOSIUS
Nah, they want the biggest, baddest quarter-wasters brand new off the
lines. More $$$, you know.
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The Maverick
>
> Playing an old arcade game on your computer is not the same as an
> arcade game. MAME, however, is the next best thing
Unless you build a MAME cabinet... in which case it is often just as
good as the real thing! I ran across a Ms. Pac Man machine in a
restaraunt this weekend and could not tell the difference from playing
it on my MAME cabinet.
http://www.arcadecontrols.speedhost.com/arcade.htm
the Mav
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The Maverick <thema...@volcano.net> wrote:
> richar...@hotmail.com wrote:
> >
> > Playing an old arcade game on your computer is not the same as an
> > arcade game. MAME, however, is the next best thing
>
> Unless you build a MAME cabinet... in which case it is often just as
> good as the real thing! I ran across a Ms. Pac Man machine in a
> restaraunt this weekend and could not tell the difference from playing
> it on my MAME cabinet.
> http://www.arcadecontrols.speedhost.com/arcade.htm
>
> the Mav
Follow me around Mav, eh? :-).
Anyhow, to do this would require getting a decent PC and dedicating it
to be a MAME emulator only, in addition to the cabinet, etc... I think
also, for real arcade feel, one would need to reconfigure the PC so
that it acts like an arcade game, not a PC (aka, game select is done
via game buttons and not a keyboard.
DOSIUS
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