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ark_ader:


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I don't blame you for your comments as I always referred you as the "father" of MAME during its most active years.  Aaron is the coding god in my book, and the guy knows how to make important decisions with regard to the project.  I would not be surprised if he got a memo from some R&D wing at Xbox Live to use MAME code for Xbox One.  It sounds completely logical.

The sky isn't falling Haze, just a new licensing position that will open a lot more doors, and help the project become more successful.  MAME cannot get away from its heritage of abusing IP or promoting the use of pirated copyright software/hardware, but it could mend fences and provide the means to those who would like to experiment.

Just get over it Haze and go back to what you do best (code/piss and moan/innovate).   :cheers:


--- Quote ---I would think that anybody and everybody involved could turn this into a legal battle when their work starts lining the pockets of whoever wants to cash in on this.
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Linus Torvalds is a classic example.   MAME was created with playing old arcade games from the start.  The Devs switched to the archiving stance when the penny dropped that they all could be sued to oblivion.  If a company started selling MAME under GPL the defending devs would be treading on perilous thin ice as their IP has been built from "borrowed" so many protected copyrighted works.  It would open the door to litigation  ::) 

Linus got royally screwed over by those around him.  MAME deserves to be treated in the same way IMHO.

Locke141:


--- Quote from: ark_ader on October 16, 2013, 03:30:27 pm ---
--- Quote ---Just get over it Haze and go back to what you do best (code/piss and moan/innovate).   :cheers:

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Your kind of a purple helmet warrior. You can disagree with some one without calling them names. Stop trolling.

I will not respond to any thing further you post.  :troll:
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BadMouth:


--- Quote from: ark_ader on October 16, 2013, 03:30:27 pm --- I would not be surprised if he got a memo from some R&D wing at Xbox Live to use MAME code for Xbox One.

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Hopefully it would be better than the POS that was Game Room for Games for Windows Live.
I thought I'd give it a try.  40 minutes worth of updates and restarts later, I played an Atari 2600 game.

ark_ader:


--- Quote from: BadMouth on October 16, 2013, 04:06:09 pm ---
--- Quote from: ark_ader on October 16, 2013, 03:30:27 pm --- I would not be surprised if he got a memo from some R&D wing at Xbox Live to use MAME code for Xbox One.

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Hopefully it would be better than the POS that was Game Room for Games for Windows Live.
I thought I'd give it a try.  40 minutes worth of updates and restarts later, I played an Atari 2600 game.

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Me too.  Yars Revenge for 80 MS Points.  Just for a laugh, and laugh I did.

Xiaou2:


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 That cant seem to get a simple switch put in to enable arcade accurate controls for certain games.  F for Fail.


--- Quote ---You know what? Why don't you do something about it, then? I know enough about development to do very, very rudimentary things with a programming language. I can only imagine the amount of knowledge that the MAME Developers have, to even remotely come close to what they've managed to accomplish, and I'd pretty much guarantee you don't either.
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 I did. I offered to Pay.

 Programming isnt my field of expertise.  If it was, it would be the very First, and most Important thing to get working before I labeled a game as "Working".

 Its NOT working.  It cant be controlled with the Arcade intended controller.   Thats like building a replica of the Titanic, and instead of putting a boat wheel on it... put a Sega Genesis controller there instead and call it a day.   It Working!  Its historically Accurate?!  Academic my foot.



--- Quote ---I would never state anything anywhere close as disrespectful as you seem to ad nauseum. The greatest insult of all are people like you who think the MAME Developers owe them anything.
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 Who said I think that?  You must be channeling Haze.   I believe, that its disrespectful to the Classics, to have them operate incorrectly, as well as the Designers and Team that put their hearts, souls, and a lot more blood sweat and tears into these creations...  all for some young punk kid to claim its OK, just use a Gamepad to play Spyhunter!  What a Joke. A sad one.   Thats Disrespect man.

 Historical Preservation IS preserving every aspect of that venue.   Not just the Parts and Pieces that YOU personally deem worthy.  Thats Ludicrous.

 And btw - I DO have some entitlement, cosidering that many of the Teams ability to emulate springs from Donations. Hence, many rare Jems wouldnt have EVER came into their hands, if it wasnt for people just as passionate.  Many of which actually Like playing them, and Like Driving games that have Shifters.  Imagine That?!



--- Quote ---I'm not taking sides on the debate. Personally, I know that I don't know enough about the situation to provide a good opinion on the matter. I do know about human decency and respect, however, and I can certainly call an ---uvula--- an ---uvula--- when I see one.
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 It takes one to know one   ;)    And from most of the post Ive seen of you... well, I came to that conclusion.

 Cheers

  :cheers:

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