MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: Does someone know what's wrong with Mamedev?

> To put things bluntly, the current rate of progress is the new normal. Let me explain
> why for a few large reasons.
>
> First off, MAME has emulated nearly every game that anyone currently alive is going
> to be nostalgic about, and what's left is mostly cookie-cutter 3D fighters, racers,
> and shooters of the sort that Yahtzee gleefully eviscerates every Wednesday. There
> are folks active on this board who claim all the games that matter were emulated by
> 0.37b5. I don't happen to share that opinion, but at the same time any unemulated
> games I do work on now it's more for the intellectual stimulation of the process than
> because I give a shit about the game.
>
> Secondly, all those guys you saw in the credits every 2 weeks in 2004 are now 35+ and
> have wives/husbands and kids. And for whatever reasons the younger generation (under
> 25) isn't as into computer programming in general. (They *are* into music production,
> which has been great for OCRemix and similar projects). This isn't MAME or
> emulation-specific either. I've seen discussions for a variety of F/OSS projects
> wondering why there's little or no new talent. Most of those projects compensated by
> getting corporate backing and therefore being able to make programming Linux or GCC
> or WebKit your actual "day job" that can support your kids rather than taking time
> away from them. For a variety of reasons I don't think that model could work for
> MAME.
>
> Even within emulation you'll notice that for instance ElSemi isn't exactly cranking
> things out like he used to, and in fact new non-MAME emulators are hard to come by.
> Supermodel was the last major launch, and it's already run into its own conflicts
> with the author's real life.
>
> Thirdly, anything I'd remotely describe as "easy" to do in MAME has already been
> done. MESS offers a much larger untamed frontier, given that Al Kossow is dumping new
> 8-bit computers I've never heard of pretty much like clockwork, but even there things
> are starting to get harder.
>
> So my conclusion is that MAME's current state is basically where it was destined to
> be, and nobody can change that or bring back 2004. It's a series of natural
> processes, not some boogeyman. If H*z* or anyone else is convinced they really can
> bring back 2004 rates of progress, they're welcome to fork the project under the
> terms of the license and give it a try. If it works, it's great for everyone. If not,
> well, it means I'm right

But as far as I know most of Mamedev don't want to do emulation work,if the left work very difficult or they may be forget why Nicola build Mame.....