> > might also be worth considering the general state of some games too, in certain
> cases
> > noteworthy improvements are made to drivers which can make a big difference, of
> > course this is more difficult to track (I'm tempted to say it's worth having a
> > whatsnew section listing things that have had significant improvements too, for
> > example in the latest release there are definitely improvements to the way Rumba
> > Lumber plays due to having the proper MCU dump)
>
> There's also the Dragon Plus which was promoted to working (no other emulator
> supports it) in this release and not included in the video. I feel many of the
> computer improvements are overlooked, the Z88, Archimedes, Communicator have all seen
> major improvements recently and though still marked as not working are complete
> enough to be usable and included.
> If you don't know how to use a machine that's been improved then reach out to a dev
> for guidance.
The problem is it takes time to research such things, and if you're doing a quick video, where you've not even got time to look for background files for handhelds then you're probably not going to have time to learn those things either.
Really in cases like this the devs doing the work need to be active in writing blog updates and the like demonstrating how the systems work, relying on things like the software lists to ensure that users are going to have easy enough access to any materials mentioned.
I struggled to include a lot of the computer stuff in the yearly writeups for similar reasons, ideally there would be a part of mamedev.org dedicated to this kind of thing, posts from developers promoting the emulation of the systems etc. for easy reference.
We've made strides recently, not too long ago the entirety of the MESS content was being overlooked, now people are noticing it, but only really focusing on the things they know how to use. It's some steps forward, but it does need the dev involvement for the more complex cases. There are a few people still being disruptive and stripping it all out, but I guess you're always going to have a few standing in the way of progress, however good promotion of the work being done seems to be changing the opinion of parts of that group too.
What used the Dragon Plus?
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