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| emphatic:
Who cares about these sad knockoffs being burnt besides hurting the environment? I used to own a Chinese candy cab replica and I almost wanted to set it on fire myself. |
| Haze:
Unfortunately most of those probably aren't dumped, and the majority of the Chinese gambling games (especially ones from IGS) run with MCUs as their main CPU meaning dumping them will be hideously expensive, if even possible at all.. The couple of thousand sets added recently are 99% UK machines. Maybe you were joking, but yes, it's important they get emulated, they represent the various parts of the industry just like any other, and quite often the arcade gaming branches of the likes of IGS, Konami etc. are actually subsidised by their gamblers so they're kinda important. One thing I've noticed from working on the ones we have is a lot of people have no recollection of some of the machines we have roms for at all, yet they must have all had cabinet designs, artwork etc. which may well have already been lost to time. As games they're mostly ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, yes, but so is 99% of the NES library ;-) |
| Well Fed Games:
--- Quote from: Haze on August 18, 2012, 10:49:17 am --- One thing I've noticed from working on the ones we have is a lot of people have no recollection of some of the machines we have roms for at all, yet they must have all had cabinet designs, artwork etc. which may well have already been lost to time. --- End quote --- I think about that a lot... for instance, Mr. TNT is a favorite on my 4-way MAME cab, but there is literally nothing about it on the net other than the fact it had an early Atari computer port. That's why I love to see roms dumped, instead of hoarded. |
| shponglefan:
--- Quote from: Nephasth on August 17, 2012, 08:53:01 pm ---I think you're in on the conspiracy, a mole for the Chinese government... --- End quote --- You found me out. Now please ignore the Chinese helicopters heading towards your house... |
| Le Chuck:
--- Quote from: shponglefan on August 18, 2012, 04:33:55 pm --- --- Quote from: Nephasth on August 17, 2012, 08:53:01 pm ---I think you're in on the conspiracy, a mole for the Chinese government... --- End quote --- You found me out. Now please ignore the Chinese helicopters heading towards your house... --- End quote --- They're easy to spot, they're the ones with the kid running behind with the remote control right? |
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