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DJ_Izumi:


--- Quote from: Jack Burton on January 30, 2010, 09:04:46 pm ---It's completely possible that in 20 years time MAME will still be around and it will be emulating a full windows XPe system to play these games on Micro-Google Chrome 3d 2 for sunglasses.

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My main problem is emulation of a system like the Taito Type X2 could easily take 15 years for Mame, we're still waiting to see System 246, NAOMI and Chihiro going flawlessly afterall.  If you can execute native Windows code instead it'd beat MAME to the punch by a decade.

mh12:


--- Quote from: DJ_Izumi on January 30, 2010, 10:34:04 pm ---
--- Quote from: Jack Burton on January 30, 2010, 09:04:46 pm ---It's completely possible that in 20 years time MAME will still be around and it will be emulating a full windows XPe system to play these games on Micro-Google Chrome 3d 2 for sunglasses.

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My main problem is emulation of a system like the Taito Type X2 could easily take 15 years for Mame, we're still waiting to see System 246, NAOMI and Chihiro going flawlessly afterall.  If you can execute native Windows code instead it'd beat MAME to the punch by a decade.

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yeah cos it's all about competition to see who can emulate the newest the fastest  :timebomb:

ragnar:

As long as uber nerdy computer science students exist, emulators will be made.  So, that sounds like forever to me.  They do it for the fun and satisfaction of doing it, not necessarily to play the game.  To many, the fun is in getting the software to work.



Jack Burton:


--- Quote from: DJ_Izumi on January 30, 2010, 10:34:04 pm ---
--- Quote from: Jack Burton on January 30, 2010, 09:04:46 pm ---It's completely possible that in 20 years time MAME will still be around and it will be emulating a full windows XPe system to play these games on Micro-Google Chrome 3d 2 for sunglasses.

--- End quote ---

My main problem is emulation of a system like the Taito Type X2 could easily take 15 years for Mame, we're still waiting to see System 246, NAOMI and Chihiro going flawlessly afterall.  If you can execute native Windows code instead it'd beat MAME to the punch by a decade.

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It might beat it to the punch, but it won't make it obsolete.  As soon as it becomes a pain  to run the code natively its MAME to the rescue.  I think that  might happen soon than we think. 

MAME is as much a concept as it is a program, and one that is fairly future proof.  Any time it becomes difficult to play games on original hardware it's MAME's job to step in and act as a intermediate.  That job is never going to go away.



Ginsu Victim:


--- Quote from: DJ_Izumi on January 30, 2010, 10:34:04 pm ---
--- Quote from: Jack Burton on January 30, 2010, 09:04:46 pm ---It's completely possible that in 20 years time MAME will still be around and it will be emulating a full windows XPe system to play these games on Micro-Google Chrome 3d 2 for sunglasses.

--- End quote ---

My main problem is emulation of a system like the Taito Type X2 could easily take 15 years for Mame, we're still waiting to see System 246, NAOMI and Chihiro going flawlessly afterall.  If you can execute native Windows code instead it'd beat MAME to the punch by a decade.

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No, your main problem is you don't understand the point of MAME.

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