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Donkey Kong 2 DOES work with MAME 140-Hi!!

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nitz:


--- Quote from: Haze on October 22, 2010, 02:25:03 pm ---The game is a pirate / hacked copy of Donkey Kong with new levels...

It might have been a fair amount of work to create, but you'd be pushed to say he owns the rights to it because most of the code he's selling isn't his..

If you take something made by somebody else (Donkey Kong) change a few things (new levels) it doesn't really make it yours to sell.  Independent developer is probably pushing it a little.  Independent rom hacker maybe ;-)  If reports are to be believed he was a complete arse over people wanting the bugfixed versions too, not simply allowing people to program their own by sending them the updated ROM, but insisting the whole thing was returned and/or they pay for the upgrade chip which is reportedly why somebody who did pay for it put it online, for others to use.  If that's true I have little sympathy for him, sorry.

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Definitely +1

It baffles me that people think he has the right to sell this and that it's bad to add it to Mame :dunno It's a rom hack - it doesn't matter how elaborate it is or how much work was put into it, a hack is a hack. Think of it this way. If someone made a hack of a popular game that came out this year and tried to sell it, they'd get shutdown real fast. I'm glad this guy did this, because I think it is a cool hack, but he doesn't own it for the most part.


--- Quote from: javeryh on October 22, 2010, 04:55:58 pm ---I always wondered why there weren't more sequels to these types of games - how hard would it be to release another Ms. Pac-man game with 4 new stages?  The graphics could stay exactly the same!

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If you want Pacman/Ms. Pacman sequels, there are a ton of rom hacks in MisfitMame that give you new mazes to play. I like to play them from time to time. Sure, they're not "official" sequels, but then again, neither was Ms. Pacman really. ;)

DeLuSioNal29:

My buddy has this installed on his restored Donkey Kong machine.  The hi score save is a great feature and the DKII is a bonus.  When I first tried it, I hated it.  WAY too hard and it WAS due to the poor level design.  But it eventually grew on me (with unlimited quarters of course it will) and I enjoy getting far in the game.  Cool levels to see.

The level design kind of reminds me of the Ms. Pac attack.  Some of the new mazes are hard to maneuver due to bad design (zig zag parts for example) but it's still fun to play every now and then.

DeLuSioNal29

Gray_Area:


--- Quote from: Haze on October 22, 2010, 02:31:24 pm ---
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on October 22, 2010, 02:28:05 pm ---I bought it for my AS board... but I'm pissed that I have to beg Steve every time I want to re-install it...

...---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- happens though.

It does make you wonder why a hack is in official MAME though...

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It found it's way into some arcades.  I'd argue not enough to care about, but others disagree.


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Is arcade presence a true factor of inclusion anymore?....

FrizzleFried:


--- Quote from: Gray_Area on October 25, 2010, 04:39:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: Haze on October 22, 2010, 02:31:24 pm ---
--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on October 22, 2010, 02:28:05 pm ---I bought it for my AS board... but I'm pissed that I have to beg Steve every time I want to re-install it...

...---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- happens though.

It does make you wonder why a hack is in official MAME though...

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It found it's way into some arcades.  I'd argue not enough to care about, but others disagree.


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Is arcade presence a true factor of inclusion anymore?....

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Yeah... I wonder if SPACE PARANOIDS that they had running at the Flynns Arcade setting in San Diego will ever make it in to MAME??

WhereEaglesDare:

Ive been reading a lot about MisfitMAME in this thread.  What is MisfitMAME exactly?  Is it related to MAME at all anymore?

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