Bill Loguidice

It should be a considered data point. As well as their actions trying to spin technically unfeasible features as legal protection. Again, not the whole reason one should forgo a product. Definitely points to be considered and discussed.

It's better to let noobs have either new hardware or roms because then it keeps the cost down for the hardware we actually want. Just let them decide the route they want to go in the either/or situation. I would mainly recommend clone consoles for travelling or visiting other homes. It's less of a blow if it gets stolen or lost.

When mame and sparcade and others blew onto the scene nearly 20 years ago I was ecstatic! Just that emulators had been "invented" - we were beyond thankful.

I didn't care if the games had the wrong colors, or incorrect sounds, or other bugs. I knew they were eventually gonna get fixed. Over the years new games were added, old ones got fixed, and today we're at version 153. Now that mame has been polished and debugged, our standards for what emulation is have g...