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Mame - Good or Bad for the Arcade Biz ?
tommy:
I dont agree, i think mame has killed the original arcade machine, no young person is going to buy a mrs pacman machine when he or she can get a mame machine with mrs pac and many others on it ,that alone is proof enough , if mame was not invented he would have to pick his fav game and buy it ,now he can have it all in one,not that thats bad, this day and age things progress we find better ways to do things
FractalWalk:
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SirPoonga:
But mame isn't that popular yet. Look at what midway and namco are doing. They are re-releasing classics for console systems. That's more proof to my opinion that classic arcade games don't belong in arcades these days because they aren't social games in nature.
Are you talking modern arcade game, because mame don
t allow that. You obviously are talking about older games then. Well, if a game is older than 3 years old it is likely going to go to the moth balls. There aren't going to be enough people willing to go out of their house just to play that game. So therefore mame isn't doing anything to destroy the arcade industry. Again, it's the consoles that are doing that. You can play today's console version of an arcade game at home. Noticed when this trend started, in the early 90s when the NES came out. When I was a kid I'd rather play TMNT2 at home than the arcade because it was there.
I still go to the arcade, but as I said, it's a social thing. The games in the arcade are more interactive with other players than the older games.
tommy:
You have a piont there sirpoonga,but thats why i bought an arcade cab id rather play an arcade version of the game then a console version,the graphics are better in my opinion,also the arcade makers have no restrictions on how there game could look, console game makers have to conform to the consoles limitations
Gunstar Hero:
As far as MAME goes, I think me playing a game that hasn't been made for 5 years or more isn't exactly killing the arcade market. The fact that now old school parts are selling for bucks would be an indicator to me how MAME is keeping the enthusiast markey alive in fact!
Honestly, I blame ebay for dropping values. I think ebay revitalized the arcade secondary market. Games that were impossible to find were suddely available for a couple clicks and the price of shipping. Sure prices dropped, but that's BETTER for collectors I think. But bad for people who think that 20 year old monitor, circuit board and cabinet are wirth $1500.00... except to a sucker. :P
ebay did kill a cool part of the arcade collecting hobby tho... board swapping. I had a buddy who had a couple old school dedicateds (Defender, Ms.Pac) and a generic JAMMA cab. He would go on a message board he was a member of, post what he was sick of playing at home, and other members would post games they were willing to swap for it. Then they'd swap via mail and play those until they were done and then do it all over again. I don't know how widespread that was, but I always thought it was cool. evilbay just killed that though. People suddenly knew there was "gold in them thar boards" and started hoarding them, and my friend sold off his cabs (on ebay) and that was that.