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mame = real arcade... or not ?

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Nataq:

Ok, im not new at this whole thing but I was just wondering... I bought Saints book and everywhere it says that building a cabinet is the closest thing to playing the real thing. Question is, is there really a difference between running a game in MAME and running a real arcade board. Lets say your playing your MAME cabinet with real arcade sticks, buttons, arcade monitor etc... running a game full speed. Is that exactly the same thing as playing the original game ? Maybe I should add software side because some people will say that the cabinet and stuff would be different but lets keep that appart. About just playing the game, the gameplay and stuff. That is exactly the same ?? Maybe the display is not the same even with an arcade monitor ?

My guess is that there is no difference maybe appart from the display but im just wondering if there is any difference... even just details...

tristan:

The ROMs used with MAME are the actual ROMs from the arcade games, so they should be exactly the same, minus the original hardware.

NoOne=NBA=:

Sounds are my biggest issue.
There are many games I've played that are "different" than the dedicateds I have, or have played.

Asteroids is a good example.
The REALLY old versions used sound samples of an actual Asteroids machine to put the sounds into the game.
That made the sound VERY close to the original.
Since that time, they have "improved" the sound emulation, and it now sounds absolutely nothing like a real Asteroids machine.
This improved the accuracy with which the original hardware is emulated because the emulator is actually processing the code for the audio, rather than just playing sounds; but it has made the overall presentation of the game less accurate than before.

tristan:

I stand corrected. Of course, it's been nearly 20 years since I've played the original games. 

the3eyedblindman:

See I was debating about this with myself...I was going to build a moonwalker cabinet and just run moonwalker off of an old pc....but... I am now debating if I should try to find the original board... :-\

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