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JoyMonkey:

--- Quote from: rchadd on March 08, 2005, 10:47:41 am ---
--- Quote from: JoyMonkey on March 08, 2005, 09:21:19 am ---Has anyone been in touch with StarRoms?

You know, if StarRoms had some support they could probably acquire more licenses and make iRoms obsolete even before it's launched. If the community is going to donate anything financially, I think we should see if StarRoms could do with anything.

iRoms isn't getting EXCLUSIVE rights to sell roms is it?

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It sounds like DF is looking to put StarRoms out of business. I wonder what their take is on all this. Do they have an exclusive licencing agreement with Atari?

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As far as I can tell, none of this legal rom licensing is exclusive to any one company. Both Ultracade and StarRoms offer Atari roms.

IntruderAlert:

--- Quote from: GGKoul on March 07, 2005, 01:12:55 pm ---
--- Quote from: Crazy Cooter on March 07, 2005, 01:01:52 pm ---Who does he think is his target market?

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His target market is the people that already spent the $3000+ to get an Ultracade machine.  As you'll need his machine to run roms purchased from iRoms.
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Actually.. the target market with iROMs is NOT the people who spent $3000+ on an Ultracade machine

Ultracade is targeted primarily at the coin-op industry where machines will be used to make a profit.

iROMs is for the consumer ONLY and will not be allowed on a coin-op machine
iROMs will not even work on an Ultracade machine at all.
So you will not need a $3000+ Ultracade machine to run iROMs

iROMs will be targeted at PCs , MACs , GP32s , and I predict Mobile Phones in the future

read this quote again from Kevin's site:

--- Quote ---"Licenses will be for consumer, end user use only, no resale of roms, no public performance of ROMs, etc etc. We'll start with PC and MAC platforms, and then look at some of the handhelds such as GP32."

In order to protect this service, David Foley is planning an all-out assault on pirate ROM sites. As he puts it:

"We'll have the only legal means to get hundreds of games, AND, we will shut down every pirate site in the coming year. If people want them legally, they'll get them from us."
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http://www.retroblast.com/index.php#

rchadd:
look what i found when browsing happ's new products

http://www.happcontrols.com/amusement/gameparts/96063200.htm

look at the copyright text on the PCB...UltraCade!!!

daywane:
I prefer to give my $$$ for a lawyer for the Mame Dev's to battle in court.
I allready buy Roms from star Roms ;)
How will I Roms be more legal than every one Else's. Because he so said so?

JoyMonkey:

--- Quote from: daywane on March 08, 2005, 11:39:13 am ---I prefer to give my $$$ for a lawyer for the Mame Dev's to battle in court.
I allready buy Roms from star Roms ;)
How will I Roms be more legal than every one Else's. Because he so said so?

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Is not an issue of being 'more legal' - why should the public be forced to buy all their roms from iRoms so an as$hole like Dave Foley can turn a profit?
At the moment, StarRoms is the only other option for purchasing legal roms but their selection is limited to a handful of Atari games.
I'm saying we should try to help them to expand their library somehow. StarRoms is a community friendly company and has even donated money to the Mame Devs in the past.

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