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Don't let the clickbait headline dissuade you, this is a great read if you're into emulation/retrogaming/any kind of software preservation.
by ZFH 3y ago
Don't let the clickbait headline dissuade you, this is a great read if you're into emulation/retrogaming/any kind of software preservation.
- MPSimmons 3y agoYeah, agreed. I’m not actually into this scene but I enjoyed the write up.
- avg_dev 3y agowithout any experience in emulation or software preservation i still really enjoyed the post. i was waiting in suspense for the author to make a mistake and was so relieved when i saw they did not. when they were talking about the socket i was thinking "oh no, they must have cracked something"...
- rob74 3y agoYup... but the headline is still very clickbaity! In the end it turns out they didn't delete a game, they deduplicated it (i.e. deleted a game that was listed as a separate version, but was actually identical to the original), and they didn't do it accidentally, but on purpose.
- dang 3y agoWhat would be a better, i.e. more accurate and neutral title? We can change it. Edit: I changed it to "I accidentally deleted a bad game revision from MAME" for now - is that accurate enough?
- milesvp 3y agoMight be more accurate to change “accidentally” to “intentionally”. Or “I found a bad dump in MAME and corrected it”
- qotgalaxy 3y agoI expected to add a game to MAME but instead proved that it didn't exist
- snthd 3y agoI accidentally found a phantom MAME game revision
- ZFH 3y agoThat might be the first recorded case of a subpar headline detracting from actual quality content :) What about "Adventures in MAME ROM dumping and games preservation"? It's the one that might stand the test of time to be useful for posterity.
- ZFH 3y agoWorks fine - thanks!
- kotaKat 3y agoQuite frankly no, it’s not. The original title was fine and a pleasant way to cap the story off.
- jayceedenton 3y agoIt's the 'accidentally' part that's the problem. Finding out that you need to delete something is not the same as accidentally deleting it. 'Unexpectedly' would be a little more accurate I think. Or just 'That time I deleted a game from MAME'.
- Dwedit 3y agoSeeing as the "clickbait" headline is now gone, what was it before?