> For better or for worse, it's a simple economic decision, or so it would seem in this > case. The longer it remains unavailable to the masses, the greater the demand and, > therefore, the more it'll be worth once it's sold.
I hadn't thought about that. Well I don't see how someone could use mame and be part of the community and hoard, at least for me I don't see how you'd live with yourself. But I appreciate the possible explanation. Before now the only thing I could come up with was either a social experiment to see if he could get mamedev to enter a hoarding conspiracy or to feel some sort of power and control.
> MM2 and other protos that Scott Evans has in his possession cannot and will not be > released due to promises made to those who supplied the images/parts to get his games > up and running. There are legal issues as well. At least, that's my understanding, > based on what Scott has told me in the past.
I've heard that excuse but don't believe it. Also, there are probably legal issues with releasing every single dump in mame, and nothing has ever happened.
> I neither defend nor condemn their standing, and stay out of the politics of this > issue these days, lest I be accused of "throwing a public hissy fit" again, like I > did 10-12 years ago haha...
I don't remember. If only we could all have a memory like gregf.
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