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Xiaou2:
I think this topic is funny as hell.

  Look at this guys site:

http://www.computerspacefan.com/allure.htm


  Hes collected a Computer Space simply because it wasnt in Mame, and because it
was the start of all game history.

 Yet.. on the other hand,  he Butchered a great TRON cabinet with a craptastic Xarcade
control panel  !!!   >.<

 Sorry man,  but Id take the butchering of the Computer Space any day over the Tron
cab.  Tron's cab at least has some cool art to it.  C.Space is just plain fugly as hell. 
He even admits that the gameplay stinks.


 In all that said and done,  the guy who converted his to a Pong probably kept the machine
from a dumpster long long ago.  And probably had much more fun playing pong in the process.

Fozzy The Bear:

--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on February 07, 2008, 05:20:48 pm ---Hes collected a Computer Space simply because it wasnt in Mame
--- End quote ---

You know that's a very good point...... Why haven't we got it in Mame??? It can't be that complex a piece of hardware that it can't be emulated.

What I do know about it is that it's totally dedicated hardware with nothing that we would now call a rom on the board. But there's no reason why it couldn't be included in Mame as a hardware emulation.

Anybody got any clues about this one?? Is there an emulation of Computer Space out on the web anywhere? even if it was a bit craptastic.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

JimmyU:

--- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on February 07, 2008, 05:38:00 pm ---Anybody got any clues about this one?? Is there an emulation of Computer Space out on the web anywhere? even if it was a bit craptastic.

--- End quote ---

Here you go Fozzy:
http://www.computerspacefan.com/NewCompSpaceSim.htm

EDIT: different URL

TelcoLou:
I think the Computer Space cab looks really cool, actually  8)

ahofle:
We need to put a stop to these Computer Space conversions to mindless pong games!  :P

About the older games like Pong and Computer Space not being in MAME, believe it or not the complexity of simulating those discrete circuits is way higher (and would require way more CPU power) than CPU based games that you find in MAME.  I sure hope they end up there some day.

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