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Is Foley really the devil..?? (Previously: RetroBlast is a traitor..??)
SirPoonga:
pm me if you have aim or msn.
Tiger-Heli:
Don't have either of those either.
IntruderAlert:
I've never understood why so many people have to advertise their stuff on ebay as MAME compatible instead of PC compatible.
But since so many people do that it makes it easy for Foley and others to target them.
If they just said "PC compatible" or "compatible with all Arcade Emulators for the PC" I don't see how they could be attacked.
And what exactly is the real concern of Foley?
The ROMS themselves or just the elimination of any possible competition no matter how insignificant?
I mean.. when they're pulling auctions for T-Mold and keyboard encoders something is definitely wrong with this picture.
What the heck does Foley expect people to run the IROMS on anyway? ::)
RandyT:
--- Quote from: SirPoonga on June 13, 2005, 11:56:04 am ---Oh, I get it, you are confusing starroms with iROMs.
I think starroms didn't take off because of poor marketting. They mainly just hit mame.net.
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Anyone even remotely involved in this hobby knows about StarROMS. Marketing isn't the problem.
--- Quote ---However, most people won't think what a deal, 80 games for $20, so that's $0.25 per game. They will decide if they want to spend their $20 on that versus the $20 software next to it, so they will see it as one package.
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This affects the "end-price per title" how?
Again, I think most people will do the math, just like if they were buying ketchup (provided it's the kind of ketchup they like)
--- Quote ---And my arcade experience is differnt than yours. I don't think crowded arcade with noisy people. I think 1 or 2 games in a restaurant. By me when growing up there wasn't an arcade in the area. And most of the good games are atari from that era.
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Ahh, so really, you are "striving" more for a "restaurant with a couple of games" experience, rather than a true arcade one :D
--- Quote ---Just because you don't do something doesn't mean the rest of the community doesn't.
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IMHO, based on the above comment, I'm thinking it might just be you who is in the minority ;)
RandyT
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: IntruderAlert on June 13, 2005, 12:08:48 pm ---And what exactly is the real concern of Foley?
The ROMS themselves or just the elimination of any possible competition no matter how insignificant?
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Unfair competition is what his original letters stated.
--- Quote ---What the heck does Foley expect people to run the IROMS on anyway? ::)
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He sells a $4,000 arcade cabinet that he would let you buy. 8)
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