ovalprocess Posted February 12, 2004 Posted February 12, 2004 Nobody plays those old obsolete games anyway... everyone that is serious about emulation plays things from the NES up Lots of those old games are really fun. Simple games to play when you've got nothing to do. Have you ever played Bagman??? right on. the only people who make disparaging comments about classic games are the people who were born too late to appreciate them.
cosmic_lord Posted February 12, 2004 Author Posted February 12, 2004 Well, most of the people who love mame so much, have never tried any other emulators. They're either too stubborn to, or have tried them and are too stubborn to change. Fact is, MAME is beaten hands down by almost any other emulator. If you want to play pong and crap like that, keep it around. Otherwise, there's absolutely no reason to use it. If I ever played games that old, I would keep mame, and only use it for those games... but I don't, so I have no need for the piece of crap. There's no such thing as "expecting too much." Save states aren't a big deal at all... look at their small file size in all of the good emulators. Besides, there is no such thing as expecting too much. All the other emulators have several features that MAME doesn't have. If having those is too much to ask of MAME... then that just proves my point.
cosmic_lord Posted February 12, 2004 Author Posted February 12, 2004 For the record, I don't dislike vintage games. I actually love some of them... like Final Fantasy I for the regular Nintendo... that was some good stuff. But realistically, people spend a vast majority of their time playing CPS-x, neo-geo, or ZN-1 and ZN-2 or something liek that games. That's why there's no reason to use MAME all the time just because it supports a few thousand of those old games. Old games are good now and then for a bit of nastalgia... but there's no reason to use MAME for the newer games. You can have two emulators... and I highly suggest you do so... because MAME just plain sucks in that aspect. Half of you cannot even argue this point because you've never even tried any other emulator. Anyway, the point is, keep MAME around for old games. Avoid it whenever possible and use a better emulator for the newer games. There is absolutely no reason to not do this... and you all know it. The only positive thing I've ever heard that MAME has that other emus don't is that it supports those old games... so obviously, when you're talking about comparing running new games on MAME or another emu, MAME gets owned.
Rag Posted February 12, 2004 Posted February 12, 2004 I think there is such thing as expecting too much. Look at SvC Chaos, people thought it would be awesome, but it wasn't really that great. As for keeping Mame just for old games, not true at all. Mame does not get owned, you call others stubborn to change when you seem to be it yourself...
cosmic_lord Posted February 12, 2004 Author Posted February 12, 2004 I think there is such thing as expecting too much. Look at SvC Chaos, people thought it would be awesome, but it wasn't really that great. As for keeping Mame just for old games, not true at all. Mame does not get owned, you call others stubborn to change when you seem to be it yourself...On the contrary. Others are stubborn to change, because aside from emulating more games, MAME has no advantage over other emulators. I'm not stubborn to change, for one thing because I changed over from MAME in the first place. After seeing that there are better emulators than MAMe and using them, hell no I wouldn't go back... but who the hell would want to "downgrade" so to speak anyway.
Rag Posted February 12, 2004 Posted February 12, 2004 I don't think many think like you do, why would you consider Mame a downgrade? Your listed flaws weren't even really that big a deal or weren't even flaws...
James Posted February 12, 2004 Posted February 12, 2004 This is getting no where. i run the said new neogeo games in mame with no problem just because you have a personal problem does not mean the rest should think the way you do. AS a result i am closeing this topic
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