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maws down???
FALSE:
Anyone know why Maws is down or when it will be back up?
It says "account suspended", I hope they didn't get shut down or something.
Wasn't there another site or program similar to maws that let you search through all the games in different categories?
BobA:
It is also mame world that is suspended. Seems to me this happens every year when they forget to pay.
Hoopz:
BobA is spot on as usual. A couple alternatives include:
mamedb.com
Romlister - http://www.waste.org/~winkles/ROMLister/
southpaw13:
I have been in this hobby for over a decade. The site goes down on an annual basis. It will be back up eventually.
Haze:
Apparently (according to actual admin there) the MAWS scripts were used to hack the server, and use it for sending spam.
Due to the severity of the hack the hosting company have kicked them (the whole of Mameworld) off as a result, it isn't just a case of non payment this time.
It's gone, possibly for good.
Note, given that MAWS isn't just a generic piece of software running on the server like the forums or wordpress were this would have had to be a deliberate targeted attack against MAME / MAWS not some generic attack relying on outdated installations. That's probably another reason the host pulled the plug.