The 'Big Three' ROM Sites

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The 'Big Three' ROM Sites

Post by LordGaz »

Ok so mame.dk have stopped because of banner sponsor problems but the other two main sites I usually go to for my MAME ROMs have stopped making them available too. Is this just a strange coincidence or do they all have problems with the same banner company?

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Q.T.Quazar

Post by Q.T.Quazar »

I'm surprised that no one has been following the news. Most of what is
happening right now is directly attributable to the ongoing eFront
scandal, which Tim E. was directly involved in. Somebody got
vengeful and pointed out that A@H was not hosting ROMS in Taiwan, they
were being served up off the website's server, and the ISDA was
apparently alerted as well--this because people were so pissed off
about what Tim said about Penny Arcade and other sites that eFront
was 'serving' (read 'screwing'). I'm not sure if this is the complete
reason for emuviews and mame.dk as well, but it can't be too far off.

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J.D. Lowe

Post by J.D. Lowe »

To finish off what Q.T. was saying, the activities regarding A@H and
Efront had nothing to do with Emuviews and the lack of ROM support.
Jose says that it is because of bandwidth prices or something. Also,
and this is my $.02, he took down access when both the Napster thing
started to really catch on fire, and when Nintendo had that 22 year
old guy arrested.

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As for mame.dk, well, all the explitives in the world couldn't
describe my feelings towards a site that didn't deserve to die. If
you guys know anything extra, chip in.

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- J.D.

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