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MAME on X-Box
wht writes "Mame successfully running on an X-Box dev kit. The same guy also did a port for Playstation 2, which I'd love to get my hands on. I do have to say, I'd buy an X-Box if it makes a good, cheap Mame machine, with quality controllers easily available." Having mostly completed My MAME Cabinet I'd tend to agree that its all about controllers. And stuff like this is why the x-box is going to change things. Well, that and DOA3.
I felt that the XBox could be a perfect medium for retro gaming because since it is based around the Windows PC it would be easier to port emulators across to it.
Imagine the possibilities, you could have MAME, Magic Engine, possibly even Amiga emulators running on a console which can sit plugged into your lounge TV.
However this could all be scuppered if Microsofts licence prevents this sort of thing, or the XBox won't read CDR's.
Personally I'm not a big games fan but if I can run Amiga, PC Engine and MAME games under it then I would be very very happy.
What do others think? Will we see a resurgence of retro gaming should there be no problems with unofficial porting of applications?
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The controller that comes with the X-Box looks like it's going to be a pain to hold. Seems like your hands would have to angle in at odd angles to hold the controller comfortably. Other controllers look a bit better (onscreen, at least), but I wish that there was some object shown with the controller (a hand, perhaps? would that have been too hard to include with something that you'd use with your, dare I say, hands?) to show some sort of scale.