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CoryBee:


--- Quote from: Typefighter01 on September 07, 2013, 09:22:47 am ---

--- Quote from: Haze on September 06, 2013, 02:22:06 pm ---Some of the things people have done / do with MAME do make me hate it too, hate having worked on it, hate the people who are abusing it, but I've always maintained that there is a bigger picture and a more important goal we're working towards.

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It's unfortunate Haze, but your work and those of the other dev's won't truly be appreciated until there are only a few Pac-Man and Donkey Kong cabs left in museums (appreciated by the masses I mean, as we all enjoy and appreciate your work now). It's like when someone puts something on the internet, it's there forever, whether they like it or not. MAME has traveled to every part of the world and no one can control who or how it's used, it's just a reality. I appreciate your passion for defending MAME and it's TOS, but I hope it's not at the expense of your sanity. Keep doing what your doing, haters gonna hate...

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Typefighter01:

The more I think about it, there is a certain "elitist" air to those that think anything other than the original arcade PCB should be used in their cab. Original PCB's are finite and every year, more and more disappear. If car collectors only used NOS parts to restore their cars, the classic car industry would have just stopped dead in it's tracks some time in the late 80's. The difference right now is there are still used boards floating around, but look at CRT arcade monitors, it gets harder and harder each year to source useable originals and now, even new.

ppv:


--- Quote from: WindDrake on September 06, 2013, 01:22:34 pm ---
Autism speaks, apparently, and I want it to shut up.

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stringbender:

Good post.. Thanks for sharing.


ark_ader:


--- Quote from: Typefighter01 on September 07, 2013, 09:22:47 am ---

--- Quote from: Haze on September 06, 2013, 02:22:06 pm ---Some of the things people have done / do with MAME do make me hate it too, hate having worked on it, hate the people who are abusing it, but I've always maintained that there is a bigger picture and a more important goal we're working towards.

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It's unfortunate Haze, but your work and those of the other dev's won't truly be appreciated until there are only a few Pac-Man and Donkey Kong cabs left in museums (appreciated by the masses I mean, as we all enjoy and appreciate your work now). It's like when someone puts something on the internet, it's there forever, whether they like it or not. MAME has traveled to every part of the world and no one can control who or how it's used, it's just a reality. I appreciate your passion for defending MAME and it's TOS, but I hope it's not at the expense of your sanity. Keep doing what your doing, haters gonna hate...

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Agreed.  For all those one hit wonders out there that was unique, and constructed by fledgling companies.  How many Donkey Kong cabs are out there, PAC man and galaga?  Are they still being marketed? Are 30th anniversary cabinets being built and sold?  How about PC ports (we are waiting for Sept 25 to roll on, right?) console, etc.

Why is the mamedevs holding up their collective socks on Dragon's Lair or Space Ace?  Would that green light the many legal actions due to the team, not from the one time wonders, but from the likes of Sega or Nintendoh?  There is no black and white to this argument, never will be.  Until you have spent 10k on an arcade machine, only to find it emulated on the Internet, and these people do exist, your "haters" will still have a voice.

This debate is rather pointless until we see a precedent.

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