> > So many copies have been downloaded not because these > > people are interested in preservation, but because they could play arcade games on > > their pc. > > ^Just to sign under this ^
Sounds like ultimate preservation to me.
It's like a virus transferred from the computer to the romz kiddie end result... A fully complete MAME archive that survives on Billions of computers across the globe.
When we are extinct and our lineage or some other species from some other planet is shuffling thru our ruins, maybe with enough luck they will be able to play MAME.
I say we just out right petition NASA to send a MAME archive on every outbound from here on out! FTW........