Posted by MameMole on 24, 2001 at 11:52 AM:
In Reply to: A question by me for a good debate of MAME(in) posted by NIVO on 23, 2001 at 10:03 PM:
...with Prophet's comment "I think MAMEdevs should do what they want with their spare time, just like we all do. And MAME is their spare time." while at the same time agreeing with NIVO that (in my opinion) the MAME team should take some time out to fix some of the things that have been getting neglected with many of the recent releases.
The key word is "I think" meaning "in my opinion". I'm certainly grateful to the MAME team for EVERY release and hope they keep up the good work...I'm not about to start telling them what to do or demanding fixes. I also have no complaints about MAME; being able to play the games even partially is better than nothing at all. If I was asked to respond honestly about what "I think" of the program though, I would have to say that in my opinion the team has somewhat lost sight of the original vision of the project.
Personally, I would much rather see the controls for Sinistar working than have more majhong, trivia,or Supermortalpunchergutsquasherkombatfigher-IV games emulated. It seems that many of the classic games have been put on the side-burner and remain broken while newer games are constantly added. I personally would rather see 5 existing and historically important games fixed than 30 new ones.
Like I said, I'm not complaining...just 'wishing' and voicing my opinion. MAME is definitely the greatest emulator available (free or otherwise) and I'm grateful for all that the MAME team has done to help keep the old games alive.
: We all know, love, and play MAME. We are fellow enthusiasts of MAME, it's what we do(LOL). Here's my question, feel free to respond as this has been on my mind for quite some time. Do you think the MAME team should take a FULL beta cycle, don't add anymore games, and just go through and fix, errors, sounds, colors, protection schemes? Or at least attempt to anyways. We have more than enough games to play as it is. I feel it would benefit the whole MAME project to try to fix what has been wrong for what seems ages. Let me iterate, this is not a rant but a suggestion. We all have said, "gee i wish that sound was working for........", and "I wish that was working right". Anybody agree on this or disagree, please respond, its all good. MAME on!