> > > > > > http://www.ngdevdirect.com/product_info....a8d218220f84497 > > > > I always wondered why the Mame Devs never get together and make something like this > > on classic hardware like Sega Y board hardware or similar. I assume nobody has the > > time. > > > > All that programming talent would make interesting use of the old hardware I'm > sure. > > > > I fantasies about porting/recoding a cool SNES/Mega drive shooter to this powerful > > hardware. In essence making a deluxe version of the game that the SNES hardware > would > > just not be capable of. > > > > Then again, I don't really have a clue about any of that stuff ha. > > I'm not saying that they can't do it. A few in particular are talented enough, but > remember that the MAME team emulates the hardware that games run on, they barely mess > with the software end. So their ability to reverse-engineer hardware has nothing to > do with their ability to make a game, which is software. > > To give a more basic analogy a team of people working at a dvd player factory aren't > going to be good at making films just because they understand the player that they > run on.
You are absolutely correct.
That said, from my knowledge at least five "big name" MAMEDEV work or have worked in the videogame industry. Just not on arcade games, though.
- Stiletto
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