> 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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On a quest for Digital 573 and Dancing Stage EuroMix 2
By gods I've found it!
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