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Discussion: Ultracade and the Mame Trademark
GGKoul:
iRoms will never exist because Apple will sue DF for stealing their "i" marketing campaign to make a profit....
Also, why would people purchase from iRoms when most people can get roms for free or at minimal cost?
I have a feeling when Mame hits v1.00. Its going to stop...
RetroJames:
IMHO - "iRoms" the name is a diversionary label. He would have to be dim to toss that name out without already having trademarked it. I suspect he does plan to try and sell roms to the home user, but I would be totally shocked if it happens under the "iRom" label.
Crazy Cooter:
What I don't understand is this:
- MAME supports the EXACT arcade game.
- Foley's ROM's won't work with MAME.
- Foley can't be using the EXACT game then. It has to be recoded.
Why would anyone pay Foley for ROM's that aren't the real game? He wants $0.99 - $9.99 EACH!
Since it's not the real game anyhow, why don't I just buy one of those cd's at bestbuy etc that has 100 arcade games out of the $6.99 bin? I can play that on any computer, won't need his emulator (don't know how much that is), and I get more for my money, not to mention additional titles.
Who does he think is his target market?
GGKoul:
Just read DF's replies to Kevin Steele's (Retroblast) questions.
GGKoul:
--- Quote from: Crazy Cooter on March 07, 2005, 01:01:52 pm ---Who does he think is his target market?
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His target market is the people that already spent the $3000+ to get an Ultracade machine. As you'll need his machine to run roms purchased from iRoms.
Since Ultracade is just software. I can't wait for someone to hack/crack/emulate Ultracade. I can't imagine it'll be that hard or it'll be that big that it couldn't be traded around the world in a matter of seconds.