Its all about playing that one game you used to play as a kid...

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: Wow, Brian this is very insightful! I was big into Mame when it first came out because I wanted to play all those games I used to when I was a kid (I'm 32 now). Collecting roms became an obsession and just knowing I could play *any* game gave me a thrill. My expierence matched yours as I also grew bored and realized that MOST games weren't as good as I rememebered (and I'm not just talking about old style graphics). : But there are those few games which I will play over and over. I bought the original cabs of these games and still play the *crap* out of them when I have time (Robotron, Joust, Stargate). : My attention has now moved to playing the very latest games found in arcades today (which can be brought home and put into a home made cab via a dreamcast and ps2). I know its another project, but at least these games are on the cutting edge, and hold my attention a little longer than the enless amount of old mame games. : Brain, my hats off to you for being so honest. I look forward to you next endevor. : -Dave K. : : Hi, : : I actually posted this as a response to Aaron further down the board. : : but - if you're anything like me , the chances are nobody will be looking at posts that old and nobody will see it :) : : I know it's a bit of a liberty, but I think clarification as to what I meant by the post on the site + while I've stopped updating AOS is worth repeating. : : ---- : : Hi, : : firstly note that the comments on the site are not meant to offend anybody. : : I just figured I'd give an explanation as to why I stopped AOS. : : Ignoring disagreements with what I've said - the main point that should be taken from it is that I do not : : use AOS anymore myself. As such it's very hard to keep maintaining it. : : Ignoring motivation issues the quality of it would suffer as it would never be really tested. : : other points: : : Why did I start the PC2JAMMA/ArcadeOS project ? : : Because it hadn't been done before, I had a week off work and somebody suggested it to me. : : It's was immensely enjoyable to create AOS, the circtuits, PC2JAMMA design etc. : : At the time I *also* sat there and compared it to my real cabinets and boards - and thought 'this is : : identical' : : So I continued to work hard on the project. : : There was cabMAME - again something new and interesting to do,first ever ATI SVGA arcade : : monitor driver, getting the arcade mode in RAINE, getting onto MAMEDEV to put the arcade modes in : : the official release, then finally VAntAGE. : : However, I found I was playing the emulator cab less and less, and the other 'real' cabinets much more. : : The interest seem to be in creating the projects - rather than using them :) : : After a while, the only use it got was when people came round to visit - even then the 'regulars' also : : started using the machine less : : (I hold arcade parties, and the emulator machine : : was always the least used machine there) : : Forget accurate emulation or moral issues for a moment, : : here's another way of looking at it - : : Say your running a game in your MAME cab on which : : the emulation is perfect : : say Galaxian (btw - the sound is slightly off in MAME ;)) : : Now, next to it you've got either a Galaxian board sat in cabinet, or an original Galaxians cab. : : Playing the emulation cabinet - you're going to hit escape after a couple of goes, maybe even a couple : : of lives - 'cause you've got a 1000 other : : games to play (I do it - everybody I've seen using a MAME cab does it) : : On the other machine - you'll play it again and again, you'll learn patterns - you'll enjoy and appreciate : : the game more. : : You can disagree, but this is what I've seen happen with everybody that has used an emulation cab : : next/compared to a 'real' cab : : As for filling up your house with a 1000 cabs - : : I don't have a 1000 cabs - I don't even have a 1000 boards. : : I'd be hard pressed to name a 100 games I'd really want to play over and over again. : : by 'I'd really want' I mean - something I'd pay money for. : : How many people really 'want' all the games in their MAME cabinets ? : : If it was a choice between removing the game or paying a small fee for it, how many games would be : : in the cabinet then ? : : Only the ones you really want/play - is that really over 1000 ? over 2000 ? : : Anyway, : : what I do have is a collection of most of my favourite games - : : Some are old and emulated fairly accurately - : : Some are 'new' (i.e. 94-97) and not emulated at all. : : Some are emulated badly and slowly. : : but all of them run perfectly round my house :) : : best regards : : Brian : : -----

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