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Is MAME going downhill?
DNA Dan:
Working or not, bloated or not, I don't know how to write such software so I'd be happy if they just threw me a kibble of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---. :cheers: The unskilled surely can't complain. Otherwise get your arse in there and get involved. Sitting on the fence is just too easy.
Donkbaca:
--- Quote ---Working or not, bloated or not, I don't know how to write such software so I'd be happy if they just threw me a kibble of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---. The unskilled surely can't complain. Otherwise get your arse in there and get involved. Sitting on the fence is just too easy.
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Yeah, that is sort of how I remember the last discussion going.
ark_ader:
The reason for the post regarding the downhill part, is to figure out where arcade emulation is going. Mame is the god of emulation as it has such a huge following.
The project alone is worth a bunch of cash to a retro game developer and to game companies alike. How many game companies are there, that will invest cash to develop a classic 80s game to a current console/hand-held? Why should they when you can just delve into what the MameDevs have created. I would think such attention from a game manufacturer would be a form of flattery to the devs.
But recently the latest builds of Mame has been dribbling out, where there is a emphasis to direct attention to MESS. Should both projects merge and become one entity?
I think the Mamedevs have come to the point that there are few games of importance out there that are worth keeping (console ports being attributed) and those in dire need of conservation being totally ignored.
The question of this topic:is Mame going downhill?
Do the BYOAC users on this board have a version of Mame they just stick to? If so why?
Is there as much interest being generated with what the Mamedevs are doing versus what was going on 5 years ago? If not why not?
If you think C++ was a disappointment, should the core be in assembler instead?
For those who think this is a troll thread - I'm providing references for my argument. ::)
I think the Mame story is coming to a close, and the politics surrounding the project is confusing matters.
If the project does indeed close, will the Mame hand over their efforts to the Library of Congress?
DaveMMR:
--- Quote from: Mikezilla on June 15, 2011, 12:45:02 pm ---HAha yeah that was a great thread. Who got banned? It wasnt Haze was it? I could do a search, but Im THAT lazy and I dont really care. The guy was trolling for compliments for far too long. ::)
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Don't think it was Haze. I want to say it was "abaraba" (...maybe...) but if it was him, it may have also been in one of the "spin-off" threads regarding a certain control set-up for a certain game I won't mention. That was also the thread Ark changed his avatar to snow, I believe. ;D
EDIT: Just checked. I was mostly right. It was in one of the resulting threads and it was abaraba.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=108728.msg1155331#msg1155331
As for the topic at hand - Mame is fine for me because I haven't updated in a while because it runs all the games I want it to. I'm happy therefore I can't complain. :cheers:
Cakemeister:
--- Quote from: ark_ader on June 15, 2011, 02:25:12 pm ---Should both projects (MESS and MAME) merge and become one entity?
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MESS uses the MAME core code. They are, pretty much, one entity.
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Do the BYOAC users on this board have a version of Mame they just stick to? If so why?
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I use v0.106 as it is the last version before a big change to the video code
--- Quote ---Is there as much interest being generated with what the Mamedevs are doing versus what was going on 5 years ago? If not why not?
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Definitely not. 5 years ago MAME was on version 0.106 and there just hasn't been too much good stuff happening to generate interest. Major video and sound rewrites plus discrete sound emulation plus a lot of change for change's sake isn't that interesting to the layperson.
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If you think C++ was a disappointment, should the core be in assembler instead?
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An assembler core would be an even worse idea than C++. Think of the ensuing complexity of the code! Assembler is not portable!
--- Quote ---If the project does indeed close, will the Mame hand over their efforts to the Library of Congress?
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Why would they do that? They could just turn it over to SourceForge or whoever.
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