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Re: Reirom regards is BOMB, BOMB
09/17/17 03:16 PM
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> In a fairly long story which partly amounts to "MAME devs are dinosaurs who don't use > the same communication media modern emulator authors do", a few weeks ago I was > telling GBA/DS emulator genius Endrift of the legend of REIROM. The whole > EMUALLSYSTEMS story. > > Fast-forward to today, Endrift sent me a message about a Twitter user, Reir0m, > commenting on something emulation-related. I looked at his Twitter account, it seemed > legit, and it dated back to 2009, with regular posts in Brazilian Portugese, so if > the account was a hoax, it would be one hell of a hoax. > > So, I simply asked him out of the blue, in pt-br: "Are you the Reirom? The > 'Emuallsystems' Reirom?" > > His response, in pt-br also, was that he was. He asked who I was, I said I'm a MAME > dev. He asked if I'm Brazilian, I said no, an American living in Sweden using Google > Translate. I also said, in pt-br, that he's a true legend. His response, in English, > was "Haaa Nice man emuscene was good". > > So, I think we should all drink tonight to Reirom. He's still alive, and he's still > commenting on emulation. Here's to a legend.
Man... There's a name that had been off my radar for years. I remember him turning up on #retrogamers on EFNet way back when.
Here's to a legend, indeed.
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