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MaximRecoil:


--- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on February 07, 2008, 05:38:00 pm ---
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on February 07, 2008, 05:20:48 pm ---Hes collected a Computer Space simply because it wasnt in Mame
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You know that's a very good point...... Why haven't we got it in Mame??? It can't be that complex a piece of hardware that it can't be emulated.

What I do know about it is that it's totally dedicated hardware with nothing that we would now call a rom on the board. But there's no reason why it couldn't be included in Mame as a hardware emulation.

Anybody got any clues about this one?? Is there an emulation of Computer Space out on the web anywhere? even if it was a bit craptastic.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

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It is the same reason Pong isn't in MAME. To properly emulate all that discrete circuitry, you would need a really fast PC (faster than what is available). Plus I believe that writing the software itself is quite a challenge, but I'm not a programmer. There was a long thread about the problems with emulating Pong on this forum somewhere. In fact, there have been lots of discussions about it here and on other arcade or MAME-related forums.

Fozzy The Bear:


--- Quote from: JimmyU on February 07, 2008, 05:47:44 pm ---Here you go Fozzy:
http://www.computerspacefan.com/NewCompSpaceSim.htm

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That's great!! Thanks!!  At least I can add it into the cab a launched PC game.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

Orclord:

http://adamulation.blogspot.com/

Xiaou2:

I want a Monaco GP simulator!  :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(  whahhh

Level42:


--- Quote ---To properly emulate all that discrete circuitry, you would need a really fast PC (faster than what is available).

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I find that very hard to believe. It's just a bunch of discrete IC's. Kind of like "modules". I'm not saying it's easy to make, but a normal PC would be very much capable to do this.

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