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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: More Cowbell on August 15, 2006, 09:21:16 am

Title: Pac-Man Article in Chicago Sun Times
Post by: More Cowbell on August 15, 2006, 09:21:16 am

This was an interesting read this morning. I wish they would have mentioned MAME.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-ftr-pacman15.html

Title: Re: Pac-Man Article in Chicago Sun Times
Post by: NightGod on August 16, 2006, 12:46:36 am

Actually, I'm glad they didn't. IMHO a large part of the reason we don't have more legal issues with MAME is that we fly under the radar. If it started getting alot of publicity, I could see things turning ugly quickly. Companies don't mind too much when a couple thousand people are gray marketing their wares-open that up to tens and hundreds of thousands and things go poof quickly. Just look at what happened to Napster.

Title: Re: Pac-Man Article in Chicago Sun Times
Post by: More Cowbell on August 16, 2006, 10:09:37 am

Great point. I guess I was just looking for some validation of being in on the ground floor of something cool. It probably is better just to be associated with the whole "retro/classic gaming" scene and leave MAME out of it. I don't want anything screwing this up either.