Hi Robert.
I understand what you mean.
You're one of the developers of MAME team with more talent and I admire you most.
In any case, if we think carefully the time we dedicate to this hobby and the money we spent directly or indirectly in it, we probably should look for a hobby elsewhere.
I have develop more than 200k new lines of ansi c, objective c and java code dealing with Android ndk, android sdk and iOS api. Only for fun, you know.
I have spent money on google and ios dev accounts, purchased controllers or devices to develop with. While it is true that some people have donate some devices (I remember a MIPS android tablet and one iCade), really what I've done is put a lot of time and money because I love arcade games and i want that my kids (and other people) not forgot the arcade machines that i played when i was child.
I'm sure you could probably do things that would cost me more effort and I would not mind collaborating in the future if you want to improve some aspect of the work I've done.
Edited by ahh (05/17/13 08:56 PM)
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