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GlassVial · Visitor Joined: 08 Nov 2003 Posts: 7

Lets face it people, it's been over 6 months since my last post, and closing in on *2 years* since the last ME release. ME 1.0 is *never* coming out. All you people wishing, hoping, asking for a release by x-mas of '03 (hahaha I got a good laugh out of that one) are just wasting your time. This guy's just been dangling a fake carrot in front of you what seems like forever. I am offically giving up hope on ME 1.0 ever coming out, and giving up all faith in this developer due to his reluctance of updated info to at least spark hope (which there have been almost none in several months) and the overall vagueness of "what's coming" (note how there's really been no big specifics?? red flag!!) Quit pining away and wasting your lives.

I don't support developers that don't support their product, and neither sould you. Nuff said.

Jabberwok · Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 4:29 pm Post subject:

Glad you shared all that with us... Shame on you

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Kaminari · Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 2:18 am Post subject:

You obviously wasn't around when David took a hiatus of four years between the last DOS release in 1997 and the first Windows release. We almost thought he had leaved for the Cayman Islands with the cash box, yet he came back with a new ME version up his sleeves when we didn't expect it anymore.

But I see your point. And thankfully, we do have a life.

Blood30 · Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 9:50 am Post subject:

dood? david has a life to attend to just like everyone else, except you it seams Shame on you

, give the guy a break, me will be realesed when he has time, otherwise go and crawl back under the rock you crawled out from Brick wall

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Azzman77 · Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 9:58 am Post subject:

ME v1.0 is gonna be a big update so of course it's gonna take time to code. What would you rather DM do... release some half assed buggy piece of crap just to please the impatient lamers like yourself? Give the guy a break and have a little faith in him.
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Specineff · Elder Joined: 29 Aug 2002 Posts: 258 Location: Arizona

While I myself have lost a little faith in the release and am impatient as hell, it is still my belief it's coming. It's a matter of pride and David will not let the best PCE emu sit there and rot.

Dave, could you please post a pic or something from the new release that quietens these evil rumors?
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Jabberwok · Posted: Thu May 27, 2004 3:49 am Post subject:

Well, what I want to know is, will the 'stretched-cinemas-while-using-zoom-&-tvmode-off' be a thing of the past?

You know, like on most cd-rom2 titles when the cinemas are in small box, (like Ys I&II, Valis II ect...) they stretch fullscreen.

Just wondered if it was fixed, thats all Anxious

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***DISCLAMER***
This post was meant as a mean of information only. Any similarities with other posts is purely accidental...

Legal stuff, sheesh.... Laughing

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dmichel · Admin Joined: 04 Apr 2002 Posts: 1166 Location: France

Jabberwok · Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 3:56 am Post subject:

GlassVial · Visitor Joined: 08 Nov 2003 Posts: 7

Too late, already lost faith. Yet another short, vague answer filled with excuses rather than a progress report, designed to placate us. Sorry, I'm not buying it. No timetable for release (not even an estimate) no info on what's coming unless it's specifically asked for, and it took an a-hole like me a post like this to finally rouse the sleeping giant (which took days at that). I'm quite surprised this project isn't on "dead" status at other EMU sites. This is just same sh-- different day here.

Kaminari · Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 8:48 pm Post subject:

Oh yeah, one more thing: ME is a shareware. See what I mean? You're buying a keyfile for the version that was available at the time of your registration, and that's pretty much it. You can whine all you want, ME is not a commercial product: in other words, David has absolutely no legal obligation whatsoever to fulfill your desperate longing for a shiny new version. Just be content with what you have, and you might be pleasantly surprised in the future -- if you're still around, that is.

As Zeuxis said a long long time ago, it's easier to criticize than to imitate.

Specineff · Elder Joined: 29 Aug 2002 Posts: 258 Location: Arizona

We also should be thankful Dave is not charging us for the new version, like many software providers do when they release a revision of their software. *cough, cough.. nero, cough..*

BTW, have you bitched the guys who created Yame and HU-GO? They haven't released anything new lately, and I think you should be equally annoying with all the PCE emu authors.

And after that, go and bitch ZSKnight, Marat Fayzullin, Omar Cornut, Demo, Tomato, Squaresoft74, Nightwolve, and everyone who has coded or contributed to the emulation scene.

Give the guy a break. He's got payments to make and a life to attend just like everybody else. It's not like David is sitting in the french riviera (Hmm.. Club Med) sipping margaritas and getting a tan while considering hitting some keystrokes next week to code some more.

Anxious

(You're not sitting at club med sipping margaritas, right David? . lol J/K Razz

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Tru · Regular Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 170 Location: SomeWhere

GlassVial · Visitor Joined: 08 Nov 2003 Posts: 7

1. I'm not a developer, I'm a technician. Without guys like me, devs would have no working computers TO code on, so YOU STFU.

2. I don't know wtf you're talking about. I already stated I don't support developers that don't support their product, if you ASSume that I use a pirated key that's on you. You don't know sh-t.

3. At least MS updates their product.

4. That totally made no sense. I guess you must really have a thing for your mom. Hope you f-ck her gently.

5. Would be nice to at least have a progress report, a post saying "I'm still alive" etc.

6. I've been patient, and I'm sure there's others who've been 100x more patient than me. I'm done being patient, and IT is not coming.

And as far as bitching at other devs, I don't need to. They either release updates on a regular basis, OR have declared their projects dead. One or the other, not dangle a carrot in front of your face and make empty promises left unfufilled years later for something that's never, ever coming, stringing you along for the ride. Hell I don't even like playing my TG16 games anymore, mostly due to this, and the realization of what superior emu's are out for other systems now (and those games being so much better).

Bah, I say. Have fun living in your dreamlands with your delusions, I'll stick with "I'll believe it when I see it" and something tells me, that'll be never. I'm past the point of caring.

XERO · Member Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 21 Location: n.y.

im just happy with what i have....and grateful for it....