Collecting vs. My Wife

From: Lanny Cox <chronic_at_nf.sympatico.ca>
Date: Thu Jul 12 23:02:45 2001

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_at_earthlink.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_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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