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| orion:
--- Quote from: Alpha17X on January 09, 2010, 03:32:20 am ---I foresee microsoft trying to go after the MAME community when this project doesn't do as awesomely as they want it to. --- End quote --- Well I think they might be more likely to go after the rom sites, now that they have even more of an economic interest in 30 year old games. I also heard that the game room would work with Natal when it's released. That aspect is what interests me the most, as I see that it could have the potential to totally suck, or if it works well, kill the need for frankenpanels. |
| DJ_Izumi:
The 'MAME Community' is absolutely microscopic compared to the potential user base for Game Room. Look at all the technical threads here. Getting MAME to work right, to not lag, to get the controls mapped, get the right romset for the right version of MAME, lots and lots of stuff that from a technical point is beyond many many people. Sure they could learn it but maybe they just want to press start? The problem I see here is that the game lineup sucks. It's just boring. Anything good is already on XBLA or on compilations already released for consoles, the rest is trivial stuff. Atari 2600 Combat gets pretty dull when you realize it's just 50 versions of 'Tank'. But maybe they'll get cooler stuff. I'd be all over this stuff if some more modern arcade games got on it. I'd kill for simple and effective Daytona USA with online play. :) |
| S0L:
I doubt they'll go as modern as Daytona. They are saying they'll have 1000 machines made available via it. I hope they're arcade, much as I like 2600, I'd rather this stayed more arcade focused. Besides, I want to do Daytona :) --- S0L --- |
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