Wow Mame brings me waay back. Haven't thought about it in years. It was my Dad that tinkered with it when I was a kid. I'd come home from school some days and he'd have a Metalslug cabinet built...
Wow Mame brings me waay back. Haven't thought about it in years. It was my Dad that tinkered with it when I was a kid. I'd come home from school some days and he'd have a Metalslug cabinet built in the living room. I guess I know what I'm doing this week now!
I randomly checked out the MAME website about two weeks ago in yet another attempt to figure out how to actually use the new version, and I still can't make heads nor tails of it. To be fair, I...
I randomly checked out the MAME website about two weeks ago in yet another attempt to figure out how to actually use the new version, and I still can't make heads nor tails of it. To be fair, I fell off 15-20 years ago before the version numbering change, so I know I've missed a lot.
I'm not a big entusiast of Arcade emulation because it's not something I played in real life. Besides, playing arcade games via emulator feels like having a built-in cheat code (infinite coins),...
I'm not a big entusiast of Arcade emulation because it's not something I played in real life. Besides, playing arcade games via emulator feels like having a built-in cheat code (infinite coins), so there's low stakes.
I tried MAME once but its pedestrian UI turned me off. Have they improved on this front?
I find this interesting. Maybe the stakes could be increased if there was an electric shock plug-in? Lose a life - GET ZAPPED. About the look n feel: MAME is a multi-purpose emulation framework....
so there's low stakes.
I find this interesting. Maybe the stakes could be increased if there was an electric shock plug-in? Lose a life - GET ZAPPED.
About the look n feel: MAME is a multi-purpose emulation framework. Their purpose is to preserve old video games, and playing those games is secondary - playing is only needed to confirm that the preservation works. This means that MAME can be tricky to use and get working, and when it does work the front end is a bit sparse and utilitarian for some people. Luckily, MAME don't prevent other people from building front ends, so there are projects like launchbox that make MAME easier to use, and even add support for other emulators too.
I've heard the UI used to be awful, but I tried it for the first time like a year or two ago and the UI was reasonably good, so I think it's gotten much better
I've heard the UI used to be awful, but I tried it for the first time like a year or two ago and the UI was reasonably good, so I think it's gotten much better
It's really incredible how far emulation has come. Kudos to the team for their decades of work to ensure these experiences aren't lost.
Wow Mame brings me waay back. Haven't thought about it in years. It was my Dad that tinkered with it when I was a kid. I'd come home from school some days and he'd have a Metalslug cabinet built in the living room. I guess I know what I'm doing this week now!
I randomly checked out the MAME website about two weeks ago in yet another attempt to figure out how to actually use the new version, and I still can't make heads nor tails of it. To be fair, I fell off 15-20 years ago before the version numbering change, so I know I've missed a lot.
low-key you gotta download a romset of the version you're getting
I feel like MAME should have had the class to roll over the version to 1.0 after 0.255
I'm not a big entusiast of Arcade emulation because it's not something I played in real life. Besides, playing arcade games via emulator feels like having a built-in cheat code (infinite coins), so there's low stakes.
I tried MAME once but its pedestrian UI turned me off. Have they improved on this front?
I find this interesting. Maybe the stakes could be increased if there was an electric shock plug-in? Lose a life - GET ZAPPED.
About the look n feel: MAME is a multi-purpose emulation framework. Their purpose is to preserve old video games, and playing those games is secondary - playing is only needed to confirm that the preservation works. This means that MAME can be tricky to use and get working, and when it does work the front end is a bit sparse and utilitarian for some people. Luckily, MAME don't prevent other people from building front ends, so there are projects like launchbox that make MAME easier to use, and even add support for other emulators too.
I've heard the UI used to be awful, but I tried it for the first time like a year or two ago and the UI was reasonably good, so I think it's gotten much better
Welp, there's my daily reminder that I'm old. Are there any equivalents of local arcades left in the US? Dave and Busters is all I can think of.
Barcades are becoming a thing around the world. Check your local area.