> ..for any of the long time emulation followers that remember the 2002 April Fools > joke that Gridle had pulled with Model 2 wip update on old MAME.net web site. > > > > > For those that had never visited old MAME.net web site, the site maintainer "Santeri > S. / Gridle" would type up MAME wip moments so users could see what was completed > over a few days and maybe what to expect in a future MAME release. For April Fools > day in 2001 Gridle did a light-hearted wip update that made fun of MAMEdevs, but it > was clever and well done without getting users upset. > > For April Fools day MAME wip update in 2002, Gridle had posted a Model 2 emulation > update that showed 'doctored' images of Model 2 games running in MAME. The chat > forums were filled with lots of over-excited fans waiting to try Model 2 emulation in > a future release of MAME. When it was discovered later in the day that it was an > April Fools prank by Gridle, there were several upset "kidz" that were dismayed that > it was a joke by Gridle. A few posted swearing so the forum had to be cleaned up with > a few posts having to be deleted. > > Model 2 games were not emulated until another few more years had passed...maybe > around 2004 or 2005 iirc. > > I thought it was a clever April Fools stunt that Gridle pulled in 2002, but not a > surprise that some users were to react like that regarding the 2002 April Fools prank > of Model 2 being emulated because in 2001 when CPS-2 was first emulated by using XOR > files created by Razoola there was huge excitment because an emulator "finalburn" was > running some of the CPS-2 games. When the author (Dave) decided to stop doing any > more supporting of CPS-2 games, the "kidz" just went nuts with the usual > "internet-type" threats on Dave and any others involved with emulator "finalburn" > back around spring 2001. > > Glad that is now ancient history and most of the "spastic troublemaker kidz" back > then have long left and moved on.
I remember that very well (yes, I'm so old...). It seems, that only hardcore emu fans left
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