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Q*Bert_OP:
Anone seen that ticket spitting game called mallet madnes by capcom? To bad it wasn't made by ultracade, I'd enjoy pounding it :D

NIVO:
saw one down south, but it was called Mullet Madness  ;D

Stingray:
;D

-S

romperwomb:
Anyone besides Tiger-Heli and CrazyCooter still watching that thread?  Very interesting developments.  If you don't want to read all 20+ pages of posts.  Looks like there will be VPball updates released for the first time since the XPsp2 bug fix...because of Foley.  Some table authors are pulling their tables off the net.  For the most part, they don't seem to get what the whole MAME tm issue has to do with them.

Foley also posted this about the plunger interface board they're working on:


--- Quote ---Our prototype board was based on the lightgun board that we have developed for MAME and our own cabinets, so that is why you see the VGA passthru. We are working on an LCD interface to work with VPM.

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David R. Foley
UltraCade Technologies
--- End quote ---

Is it me, or does the StingerReport seem to be on Ultracades payroll?  :-\

lokki:
Hi,
I'm not sure what the whole MAME tm issue has to do this either. Other than speaking of Foley's character. I completly disagree with the way he handled the whole situation, but I can understand his motives. He spends thousands of dollars getting licenses to legally sell and distribute games, and there are people out there making money illegally (I won't say that all the auctions that where pulled where illegal, but some where).

The good thing that came out of it is that it forced mamedev to take a stand, which I think is a good thing.

But back to the VP thing, as far as I can tell it looks like did everything right this time. He bought the licensing from the VP authors, and this whole thing came out because he was asking for permission to use the tables and offering to pay royalties.
I can't find anything wrong with this, it is up to the authors to agree to distribute their tables (and hopefully get a few bucks) or simply not give permission to distribute their tables.







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