> > MM2 and other protos that Scott Evans has in his possession cannot and will not be > > released due to promises made to those who supplied the images/parts to get his > games > > up and running. There are legal issues as well. At least, that's my understanding, > > based on what Scott has told me in the past. > > I've heard that excuse but don't believe it. Also, there are probably legal issues > with releasing every single dump in mame, and nothing has ever happened.
Point taken. Again, I base this on conversations that Scott and I have had many years ago, so... well, there you go... > > I neither defend nor condemn their standing, and stay out of the politics of this > > issue these days, lest I be accused of "throwing a public hissy fit" again, like I > > did 10-12 years ago haha... > > I don't remember. If only we could all have a memory like gregf.
This was when I was maintaining the early MAME (and Retrocade... remember that?) history database(s). I dropped it because people were emailing Scott with some nasty messages about how horrible he was for hoarding prototypes (and many of the messages were over-the-top in their bile). I was pissed about all of the ridiculous nastiness and "quit the sk3n3." Someone took the database, made an edit or two, slapped their name on it, and called me all sorts of bad names. So I turned the database over to Alexis in France, and... again, there you go...
"One of these days, I'm going to cut you into little pieces!"- Nick Mason, Pink Floyd
Edited by Brian Deuel (08/26/14 06:48 PM)
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