Hogwash. If it's a far superior game, then they could have afforded the extra cash to build a better cabinet to house a machine with a floppy drive in it. They just didn't because nobody wanted to risk being the first.
> Have you ever seen the logic boards from arcade game > systems of that era? > There isn't the computing power to handle a disk drive, > nor could the > limited os available on those systems. > Also, knowing the cost and level of tech available to > repair those > systems, there is no way that a disk drive of that era > could have > stood up to the physical abuse those cabinets received. > On 4/9/06, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I like how the CEO of Activation says how he can't get a >> 5" floppy >> into a 6' tall, 4' wide arcade game. :P >> >> > Check this out... >> >> > Pretty wild. >> >> > ;-) >> >> > http://youtube.com/watch?v=RLpP2uh-zmE >> >> > -- >> > Yves Arsenault s. isaac dealey 434.293.6201 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:203447 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
