I've had a fantastic time with my neogeo mini and I'm exhausted reading about how inaccurate granular aspects of the emulation are.
I respect the detailed perfectionism that's part of the hobby but it often seems completely uninterested in the underlying game experiences.
I imported a PC Engine to the UK shortly after it launched in Japan and played it to death. Never finished Tale of the Monster Path because I couldn't read Japanese. I'd probably play all this to death on MAME if my job didn't make the piracy aspect so ethically tricky, so any time I can legally own classics I jump in.
I have long caped for an iTunes model for MAME/emulators - where ROMs can be bought for 99cents and the IP owners are paid from those funds for their property- and I suspect they'd make vastly more income that way and it would encourage new players into the scene and add to the development core.
I'd sample all sorts of trash at a dollar a pop and guiltlessly. And a more organized scene could clear up or spotlight abandonware, rights ownership and IP issues. I imagine this would be desperately unpopular in some circles too.
I respect the detailed perfectionism that's part of the hobby but it often seems completely uninterested in the underlying game experiences.
I imported a PC Engine to the UK shortly after it launched in Japan and played it to death. Never finished Tale of the Monster Path because I couldn't read Japanese. I'd probably play all this to death on MAME if my job didn't make the piracy aspect so ethically tricky, so any time I can legally own classics I jump in.
I have long caped for an iTunes model for MAME/emulators - where ROMs can be bought for 99cents and the IP owners are paid from those funds for their property- and I suspect they'd make vastly more income that way and it would encourage new players into the scene and add to the development core.
I'd sample all sorts of trash at a dollar a pop and guiltlessly. And a more organized scene could clear up or spotlight abandonware, rights ownership and IP issues. I imagine this would be desperately unpopular in some circles too.