MAMEWorld Forums - News - Re: AdvanceMAME

> That makes no sense to me, I never understood this argument. Same with gambling
> games, Mahjong games, "adult" games etc.
>
> Is there someone twisting your arm forcing you to download every single ROM supported
> by MAME, or learn how to use some obscure game console or 8-bit micro from the
> eighties? No.
>
> I just don't understand why it's a problem for you people that MAME emulates bank
> terminals and synthesizers. Think about it this way - the more emulated platforms
> that use and exercise any given emulated piece of hardware, the more accurate the
> emulation needs to be. Win/win situation. I don't keep up with these things as much
> as I would like to but I've seen enough to guarantee you that your precious arcade
> games benefit from having one single emulator for everything.
>
> Please explain to me why having MESS and MAME combined could possibly be detrimental
> to your emulation experience.
>
> S

Just to clarify, this is not my opinion or how i think about all this or how i would setup a MAME setup... ok.

There are many arguments, why you dont want this, but only if you have a poor platform like Rpi or you need to compile MAME versions for yourself very often. The more drivers MAME have, the more time you need to compile or to filter out games. In some frontends, i can watch a Simpson Episode or two. In case of compiling, not so long ago, some systems couldnt even compile because of MAME was such big. With every new driver/game added, MAME will for sure not become faster or less demanding. You will never notice that, with a proper setup, but the less power your setup has, the more you will hate it and in case of a Rpi you will notice the difference.

> If you want to run Star Wars Trilogy then absolutely, you should use Supermodel
> because it gives a more correct gameplay experience, the MAME emulation is shit right
> now. In the future that situation might be reversed, there's plenty of room for MAME
> to become much better than Supermodel.
>
> to do otherwise would be completely stupid, but is essentially what these people are
> doing.
>
> you're only MAKING my point..

you didnt get me right. i wouldnt judge MAME bad, just because Starwars Trilogy isnt working well or at all and the same applies to that 0.106 version vs. current MAME, because 0.106 fits very well in a Rpi setup, much better as a current version for sure and it is stupid just to blame this circumstance.

> I have just as much fun playing console games as I do Arcade games so of course *I*
> was happy when everything merged.
>
> No more separate binaries, sets, etc. etc. etc. Things got better and easier for me
> when the projects merged

Yes and? nice for you. I wonder you didnt mention your famous G-sync Monitor or any other OP PC component you use, but you have not tried to use MAME in a opposite way, with a very low setup, where every hz and mb counts, so its pretty much pointless to discuss such a topic with you. If things like the handling of all the MAME stuff go so easy for you, be happy with it. Many people gave up on this.