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DashRendar:

I admit, I haven't set foot in an actual Arcade for a while now.

I was wondering, do they still make "new" arcade games (besides Golden Tee)?  I know it's a dying business, but I wasn't sure if it was "dead" yet.

DJ_Izumi:


--- Quote from: DashRendar on February 01, 2010, 02:05:32 pm ---I admit, I haven't set foot in an actual Arcade for a while now.

I was wondering, do they still make "new" arcade games (besides Golden Tee)?  I know it's a dying business, but I wasn't sure if it was "dead" yet.

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Namco's done a neat game with vertical 16:9 screens where cute little tanks take on giant monsters called 'Tank! Tank! Tank!' looks neat.  
Then there's Namco's PS3 'System 357' based Razzing Storm which looks like a single screen spiritual successor to Time Crisis.

That's just to name a few.  Stern still makes new pinball tables.  Sega makes games.  There are still arcade trade shows where new machines are demonstrated.  Capcom and Aksys games like Street Fighter IV and BlazBlue still go to arcades 6-12 months before their console ports as well.

There are lots more examples if you go digging.

DashRendar:

Yeah, I was kind of wondering if they changed from the 4:3 ratio if they are still making new games.

So I assume MAME will keep updating to include new games as they're being made.

Hoopz:


--- Quote from: DashRendar on February 01, 2010, 03:09:10 pm ---Yeah, I was kind of wondering if they changed from the 4:3 ratio if they are still making new games.

So I assume MAME will keep updating to include new games as they're being made.

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Mamedevs don't focus on new games.  They don't want to emulate something that is still making money for people.  That would certainly bring a focus to Mame that no one wants to see.  Mamedevs generally focus on games that are at least 4 or 5 years old to avoid any issues.

DashRendar:

Right-o.

I meant that as new games come out in the Arcades, new games will come out in MAME (although they may be older games).  Rather than MAME effectively stopping because arcade games have stopped production.   :cheers:

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