MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: What "arcade" games have you never seen in the "Wild.?"

> There are plenty of "arcade" games in MAME I've only encountered as "ports" on either
> video game systems, consoles, or in MAME. In a sense I have absolutely no clue how
> the "arcade" perfect version plays.
>
> For example I've never seen a King of Fighters other than 94, 95, & 96. I've never
> had the opportunity to play ANY Metal Slug games in the arcade or Capcom vs SNK 2.
>
> I'm not saying this as a "pity me" post, but as a regret as playing in MAME, no
> matter how accurate, isn't the same as playing on a real machine.
>
> I'm sure there are people getting into emulation now who never have seen most of the
> arcade games in MAME. Probably in a few years there will be gamers who never see
> arcades period.
>
> Some ports are decent, but some ports aren't anything like their arcade counterparts.
> While I'm thrilled MAME continues to grow and add more games to its preserved list,
> its a shame that probably in the next 10 to 20 years most arcade games, particularly
> newer PC based ones, will become extinct.
>
> I see so many PC based arcade games breaking, just as I saw many hard drive based
> games like NFL Blitz, Gauntlet Legends, etc be almost as fragile as CPS3 games.
>
> I was just wondering what people's thoughts were on the subject.

90% of games I have in my ROM folder, if not higher, I have never seen in life.

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