(long rant)
wow.. the GP32 scene has been getting white-hot since GPengine released...
alright, so we're on the brink of another "breakthrough" (well -- we'll see -- not to put the cart before the horse!) but with all that's happened lately (2600, Frodo, Atari ST, hell even a Vectrex emu!) then the next level (Mame, Genesis) oculdnt' be too terribly far behind!!
I am drooling to see those two emu's (esp. Genesis..!) BUT -- I notice something. People have been clamoring for this stuff for a while, and now rlyeh is considering to release betas to keep the dogs at bay. That's cool! The thing is, not to take away from the other marvelous work of the other emu authors out there - stuff like Genesis and Mame, that's pretty high-profile, hell many of us bought the GP32 specificially with the hope that such systems might be playable on it ("when, when, when??") And we all know how vapor goes of course. We've been patient, and then of course that bullshit happened last week that set GP32 emu development back a bit...
anyway, in my usual round-about-sort of way, what I am trying to say is be CAREFUL everyone! Fellow GP32'rs, appreciate what an opportunity we all have to converse on this forum (around the world) and further, with the people who actually develop the software FOR us to enjoy.. for free!! Be respectful, sure we're all impatient but don't nag the *#!&@#* out of people to keep updating "when's this game supported, when will that game work, fix the controls, speed it up PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE etc. etc. etc.) Congratulations and support and hell, friendly thank-you notes are always in order but let's not be a mob eh?
Been watching this group for a couple months now, it's been pretty nice and low-key (and VERY helpful!) but with the emulation of themore popular systems (again, genesis and mame) comes the "war3Z k1dd13z" and they are generally not so polite.. we've got to temper them a bit you know?
Rlyeh, no one wants to see your work more than I do but if you want to spend time and polish it, then so be it, we all appreciate your decision. I'd rather that would happen then you release the emu's and they die an early, unfinished death cause of some lamers... anyway, now's a good time to set up a secondary email address for that stuff, heh heh.
Thanks to all the dedicated emu authors for giving us the tools and support, to hando and craig for the board/community/news + service etc, and to the rest of you folks out there for (likewise) supporting this cool little device that we're all obnoxiously addicted to - here's hoping for more progress and better emulators!
(pardon the sappiness, it's late)