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Mame - Good or Bad for the Arcade Biz ?
fredster:
--- Quote ---I myself am one of those people. I made my own Mame machine. I also salvage dead originals, repair them and rotate them in and out of my own collection. I'm not alone in doing this.
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No your not alone, that's what I do too. And y'all might be right. The 30-40 somethings control the prices in this. They remember the arcade and spent a lot of quality time there. Once they are gone, the arcade machines will be only in museums.
The only arcades left are at Chuckie Cheeses. The new arcades are like computer rooms playing halo and creating clans. That's cool too.
The market goes up and down. Just like trading cards and comic books and other collectables. I just don't think there is the drive to repair them like there was.
tommy:
Sir p
Gunstar Hero:
tommy... someone not buying a Galaga from a private seller doesn't effect the arcade business. The only way that MAME would kill the arcade business is if MAME machines replaced real machines in arcades.
On a funny note, Konami is pissed because PS2 based DDR clones running home software are replacing their expensive DDR machines in arcades.
Tailgunner:
The way I see it MAME mostly wets the appetite of people for the original games. Sure some people are happy playing on a MAME cab, but others who were hard core into a preticular game back in the day aren't satisfied with emulation.
In my case, Spy Hunter is a good example. It's available in MAME, it's also available on the Williams Classics CD for PC. Neither come close (IMHO) to actually playing Spy Hunter on a dedicated sit down cab. If I had to sell either my MAME cab or my Spy Hunter cab, the MAME cab would be out the door in a New York minute. ;)
tommy:
Ok guys im not so much talking about business arcade,talking about the idea that there wont be an original game anymore -tommy