OT: Brian Lewis comments. Thoughts?


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Posted by Aaron on 28, 2001 at 3:41 PM:

Brian Lewis made these, somewhat ironic, comments along with his final version of ArcadeOS.

"If you're not pursuaded by the moral argument, that if you're going to play these games you should really own them, then I urge you to at least look into comparing the real thing with your emulation cabinet Accurate sound, correct aspect ratio, correct colours, smooth scrolling, no load time, correct speed, no input problems.

There is a difference."

I have a ton of respect for Brian and his work. Not many people do anything for free these days, let alone the amount of work it must have taken to create ArcadeOS.

That being said, the only original cabinet I own, along with my MAME cab, is a Dig Dug that I picked up for $150 a few years ago. I have fired them up side by side and I honestly cannot see a difference. I realize that some games are more accurately emulated than others, but is the difference great enough to purchase 1000 original boards?

I just do not understand why he would make those comments. If he felt that way, why did he even start the ArcadeOS project?


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