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> > > I thought Dave Spicer contributed to .36 and did most of the technical coding in
> > > Mame.
> >
> > Dave Spicer did zero technical coding in MAME. I believe he was actively hostile to
> > the project in that time period, although he did eventually pass along some info on
> > Gradius II.
>
> Actively hostile? Lol.
>
> Actually somebody involved with Mame threw their toys out of the pram when I didn't
> help them with technical info. There were at least a couple of occasions where I
> either didn't know the answer or didn't have time to write up a detailed explanation,
> yet both were treated as being difficult.
>
> Mame devs weren't the worst offenders. There was a nutter trying to write a Gauntlet
> emulator who was convinced I was sitting on a fully-working emulation and sent me a
> stream of abuse for not helping them. Mad as a box of frogs.
Thank you for responding and clearing that matter up. Your Sparcade is the most often used emulator on my tiny bartop. Booting her up reminds me of the early days of arcade emulation.
I'm sorry about Mr Belmont's comments, and I hope he didn't offend you. Mr. Belmont does a lot of maintenance work on Mame, and perhaps feels intimidated by the fact you are the one of the few who created and innovated the multi-arcade (PC) gaming genre. He means well.
I hope you are still interested in arcade emulation, and I hope you will find the time to update your website, with any future emulation projects you might have planned.
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