12 Jul
2001
12 Jul
'01
11:02 p.m.
The actual experience doesn't quite compare though, in the case of a game
like Gauntlet where one could insert infinite "virtual" quarters and get all
the life they want. I have a homebuilt MAME cabinet, wired to a coin box, i
think the experience is better, plus i can rip off alll my game-loving
friends.
-Lanny
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Hellige <jhellige(a)earthlink.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: Collecting vs. My Wife
>Arcade games are quite an intensive experience,
and emulations really
can't
>live up to that experience. Besides, that would
involve some rather
expensive
>PC equipment anyway, not to mention the sensation
of playing a mock-up
every
time.
MAME and other such emulations are great for those without
the resources to actually posess the actual arcade cabinets. I for
one would love to pick up an original Zaxxon machine but have nowhere
to store such a beast. On a big screen monitor though, MAME comes
pretty darned close, and since it's running the actual ROM code from
the arcade machine, all the programming quirks are there even if some
of the hardware quirks aren't.
Jeff
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