MAMEWorld Forums - EmuChat - Re: Danger Express?

> > 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.

I dont kno if i agree with the value side, a proto is exactly that, a proto. It is, has and will always be. A dump can be made and emulated but that emulation is not a pcb nor a cabinet so i really dont see how it could de-value the pcb that much,

I think most hoarding is done as a power trip or a ego booster and bragging rights of the haves vs. The have nots.

Had a local guy who had several rare motors in his back yard, a pontiac ram air 4, ford boss 302, ford shotgun motor and a few others, he had em turned upside down and wont sell 1 of em, but made it known what he had when ever someone was looking for one. The motors slowly had the valve covers rot away until the motors sunk down into the mud and the heads were junk and finally locked up. Hey he had bragging rites but at the expense of losing some very rare iron, i guess he showed us.

I think many hoarders of games have the same mentality, difference is metal rusts, rom dumps dont... sometimes i kinda wish they did.

>
> > 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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