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Re: The End Of An Era
12/31/15 12:09 AM
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> From latest commit on http://git.redump.net
>
> ärˈkān/Submit adjective understood by few; mysterious or secret. "modern
> math and its arcane notation" MAME is our trademark, the acronym is not important but
> we should not describe it as an arcade emu.
>
>
> -#define FULLLONGNAME "Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator"
> +#define FULLLONGNAME "Multiple Arcane Machine Emulator"
>
>
> Mame is now an arcane emulator !!!

Interesting. I think Archaic offers a more apt adjective than a word meaning "mysterious" and has the added benefit of asserting MAME's focus on preserving older systems), but at least it's more fitting than "Arcade".






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* The End Of An Era acdacd 12/30/15 08:51 PM
. * Re: The End Of An Era Hébus  12/31/15 04:18 PM
. * Re: The End Of An Era AntoPISA  12/31/15 03:44 PM
. * Re: The End Of An Era mangamuscle  12/31/15 06:03 AM
. * Re: The End Of An Era Cyberzinho Punk  12/31/15 02:12 AM
. * Re: The End Of An Era B2K24  12/31/15 12:44 AM
. * Re: The End Of An Era Shoegazr  12/31/15 12:09 AM
. * Re: The End Of An Era Haze  12/31/15 01:31 AM
. * KSME or キスして Tomu Breidah  01/06/16 06:57 PM
. * How bout MESS? -nt- DiodeDude  01/01/16 06:54 PM
. * Re: The End Of An Era B2K24  12/31/15 02:42 AM
. * Re: The End Of An Era R. Belmont  01/06/16 11:12 PM
. * A recursive name? URherenow  01/07/16 03:55 PM
. * Re: The End Of An Era Haze  12/31/15 02:44 AM
. * Re: The End Of An Era B2K24  12/31/15 04:10 AM
. * Re: The End Of An Era TknoMncr  12/31/15 03:30 AM
. * Re: The End Of An Era DaffyDuck  12/30/15 09:00 PM
. * Re: The End Of An Era Haze  12/30/15 09:56 PM
. * Re: The End Of An Era Dullaron  12/30/15 10:25 PM
. * Re: The End Of An Era CiroConsentino  12/30/15 10:05 PM
. * Re: The End Of An Era zambr  12/31/15 04:37 PM
. * Re: The End Of An Era remax  01/01/16 04:57 PM
. * Re: The End Of An Era Mbit  01/02/16 04:46 PM
. * Dude, that's too..... Traso  01/08/16 09:29 PM
. * Re: The End Of An Era soviet  01/08/16 06:43 PM
. * Re: The End Of An Era StilettoAdministrator  01/08/16 06:47 PM
. * Re: The End Of An Era dfrance  01/01/16 06:03 PM
. * Re: The End Of An Era redk9258  01/01/16 08:29 PM
. * Re: The End Of An Era zambr  01/02/16 02:37 PM
. * Re: The End Of An Era R. Belmont  01/06/16 11:14 PM
. * Re: The End Of An Era Vas Crabb  01/07/16 02:28 AM
. * Re: The End Of An Era Traso  01/08/16 09:28 PM
. * Re: The End Of An Era CiroConsentino  01/09/16 01:11 AM
. * Re: The End Of An Era redk9258  01/06/16 11:23 PM
. * Re: The End Of An Era Nomax  12/30/15 11:25 PM
. * Re: The End Of An Era slqq  12/30/15 11:04 PM
. * Re: The End Of An Era Comboman  12/30/15 10:31 PM

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