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> > Tell that to the guys that ported Mame to Chrome. That is a good one. I'm sure they
> > had a fit of giggles over that that gag.
>
> I guided Google through that port, by the way, and I'm currently helping them with a
> second pass based on latest MAME and the new Clang 3.0 compiler. MAME is *designed*
> to be ported. I personally support it on 4 architectures and 5 operating systems, and
> I have an ARM-based OLPC 1.75 prototype (roughly equivalent hardware-wise to the
> second-gen OpenPandora) sitting here that just compiled and linked unmodified current
> MAME. PS3 Linux was a Tier 1 supported target until it went away. And I have
> repeatedly endorsed the Wii port, which was based on SDLMAME and is extremely well
> done.
>
> Put more plainly: we obviously don't object to porting MAME. Just porting 11 year old
> MAME. You cited Phil's excellent work on Cube Quest; none of that exists in MAME4All.
> *That's* what's disappointing about that situation.
Well we have lots of old kit out there Mr. Belmont that seems to be working pretty well for the 90% of those who like just to play it without renaming every rom in the galaxy every release. People seem to stay with what works, and you cannot blame them.
I'm glad you found he time to assist with that port. But I would be happy if the Mamedevs didn't spit blood when someone comes in here with a new port for a clunky device.
But...
Well if you can get a P3 (doubt it since you cannot get Donk....OK I think we have been there already) to play Cube Quest of then being a Daphne Mpeg player then I am very interested. Otherwise I will have to stick with my previous argument that these ports attract new players to your current builds (when there is anything interesting being offered other an Fruit Bonus Deluxe). Wow.
But like a certain person I cannot name on fear of death: "The Project is winding down" and with all projects its maintenance, and getting all the bugs out so little Jonny can play DK on his Eight Core PC. Well I think you guys have a ways to go. Pengo still doesn't have the right colors, so I figure with all that is wrong I guess you have a ways to go before handover.
Whatever you do, just please get those machines that are fading away from the collectors, as it would be a shame to amass so much and forget the true gems still out there.
Are you a Raspberry Pi Tester? If so are we going to see a recent port on such a device, or is too out of scope?
Edited by Bizimonki (01/23/12 03:19 AM)
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