> It's kind of fuzzy, it was close to 15 years ago. I seem to recall it was that it got > to the point where he could have had the decryption implemented without XORs, but > even past getting to that point he still demanded to keep XORs in because he believed > it would stop bootlegging. mamedev demanded he release the info to do it in a more > proper way without XORs and he refused and quit mamedev. > > Of course the irony is he then made phoenix sets (sold them on roms he > burned/installed on PCBs himself under the agreement that the buyer not dump and > release them, like that is realistic) which set off a tidal wave of CPS2 bootlegs.
Wow it's been that long?!
Yeah I remember the big xor thing, I had forgotten bout that.
Ahhh.... Mame history, someone should write a small history book on mame. I think it would be a good read. Of course you gotta put in all the good stuff like Razman, guru, etc. Oh yeah ant forget arcade at home ( damn forgot his name!)
Only here to annoy...
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