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Haze:


--- Quote from: pinballjim on December 21, 2010, 05:31:26 pm ---It's almost if you enjoy griping about the state of mame rather than doing anything to change it.....

 :dunno

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I think you're missing the point.  I am doing something to change it, I'm one of the people who is left still actually doing something.

a) I'm continuing to work on the code, improving drivers and writing new ones
b) I'm making people aware that the project does need new people to contribute
c) I'm keeping people informed as to what progress is made to help them see there is still some cool stuff being done which they could become involved
d) I'm chasing down people to get things submitted when they've reported progress, but never sent anything as this situation can stall development of drivers if other people are relying on that code, or need the changes to make more progress.
e) I'm working with the people buying PCBs to tell them what we need for testing etc. and reference videos in order to fix more bugs.

that's about all I can do.  I can't really put a gun to people's head or clone myself to get more done.. quite a bit of it involves thinking about what you've discovered too and how to move further too.



Vulgar Soul:


--- Quote from: DJ_Izumi on December 20, 2010, 07:50:08 pm ---
--- Quote from: ark_ader on December 20, 2010, 06:33:54 pm ---I see new projects stemming from .84 like CoinOPS for the Xbox, or the up and coming Mame for Android that will reach new admirers.  I do not need to buy a $1000 machine to play classics.  Classics is what MAME is about.
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However what is a 'classic' changes as time goes on.  I'm only 28 and I don't reguard Pac-Man as a nostalgic classic game from my past.  Know what I think of as classics?  Early 90's arcade games.  I still grin when I hear 'Let's Go Away' from Daytona USA by Sega.  As the years go on, the era of games desired by the typical person looking for their nostalgia fix will shift to what they remember when THEY were younger.

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Right here.

I love Galaga, Pac-Man, Asteroids, Donkey Kong, and Space Invaders as much as the next person, but I came up from the early to mid 90s walking into the few arcades left. The Saturn/PSX based games are especially nostalgic to me. Than we'll have a new wave of people interested in MAME that probably wanna see Crisis Zone, House of the Dead 4, Pump it Up, and Police 911 emulated, and I feel REALLY sorry for them. But to say when MAME feels complete or is already running the "best games" is subjective.

clok:

Passion is a huge motivator, I think HAZE has it, hence his long posts reflect it. I myslef am suprised at the ammount of "its good enough" posts. MAME was never about us playing the games, it was about preserving the games the best they could. Of course if we cant play them, I do wonder how far MAME would have went? I do think the "i got mine, who cares about  the rest" attuitude is bad. I do understand the money thing, we have went from a country that (long before my time) sent people to die for it, to a country thats catch phrase is "show me the money". Doing something for nothing other than satisfaction and knowing its the right thing to do is not in most peoples train of thought anymore.

I hate to see MAME die or even go dormant, but I cant do anything but put in some contrubtions ( i have)... my programing skill is limited.

saint:

*snip*

shateredsoul:

.... seriously?

Haze thank you and chill out, everyone else stop complaining, go play some games, goodnight... and happy holidays!

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