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LeedsFan:

I'm new to this hobby..... just started my Mame cab a month ago. I've learned loads in that time, mainly from reading this very forum. (Well I would do, as I knew zero before that  ;))

But in my searches on the net I seem to find a bit of discomfort between Mamers and collecters of original cabs. How serious is this? And let's mot beat about the bush..... we may only be talking games here, but as in any hobby passions can be high. I would welcome views from both angles, but on this particular forum I may only get the one.
And remember, I'm new to this. So please don't flame me if I'm spouting the' bleedin' obvious.

Hoagie_one:

dunno about most problems, but one that arrises often enough is about rare games that have not been rom dumped.  the mamers want it, the collectors dont.  raises their value.



Lilwolf:

And also when people mame a classic or rare cabinet.  I'm sure that pisses people off.

but the value games go down as soon as they are emulated.  So for a collector, mame can drop the value of their collection pretty quick.

eypyeash:

Well, my two cents:

I'm compelled to buy PCBs mainly because MAME seems like 'cheating'.  Computers are tempermental and don't run the games I enjoy fast enough unless I run out and buy state-of-the-art, which I do not have the money for necessarily.  However, I do have the cash to plunk down on eBay for a PCB or two every month or so, and it's nice just to same "I've got a REAL arcade cabinet" rather than "I've got a computer in an arcade cabinet".  I'm also sick of seeing the same tired, though likely very efficient, trackball-in-the-center two-to-four-player MAME cabinets emblazoned with a hefty RACERMAMEXARCADEMAMEAWESOME logo jammed all over it.  No, I want to play Battle Bakraid without lag, and I want to feel the board and get stabbed by the solder side.  I'll play Mame in my living room from a laptop s-video out and a couple Dual Shocks plugged into a converter, but for it just doesn't beat the feeling of owning the game.  

But then, obviously I'm not what you'd call a "classic" gamer.  Everything I like is practically Jamma, or Jamma convertible.  Time Pilot 84 and Shinobi are the only games off the path I can think of.  My Dual Shock hacked arcade stick is enough to play Dig Dug on the PS2, thankyouverymuch.  

--Denis!

TOK:

Computers are temperamental and 15-20 year old arcade games aren't?
C'mon, do you ACTUALLY own a dedicated cab?  ;)


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