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Old 02-10-2015, 02:11 PM   #51
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Re: This is the Future of RU discussion group.

There will be a few different components.
1. MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) and MESS (Multiple Emulated Super System). Combined they are called UME (Universal Machine Emulator). I will use the name UME.
2. A cloud hard drive that functions like local thumb drive and contains the games
3. A website that contains the game menu and handles logging in, settings etc.
4. Own Cloud which is similar to dropbox. It will sync save states, configs, etc.
5. A program that causes all of those to communicate with each other.
6. Code inserted into UME that tracks security settings for score submission?
7. Other emulators that we use for Full Mode.

Supporting all browsers is done by default. That means Chrome is treated the same as IE.

Windows will be the system that is perfected and focused on first and the most. I have not spent much time yet looking at the other OSs. But..

1-4 above are almost identical on all platforms. There is little effort required to port them to any OS.

#4 costs each user $1 to install on Android, iPhone and iPads. That dollar goes directly to own cloud and is for syncing your saves, configs and scores with the server and your other devices. The dollar is just to enable those features. You can play with out it.

#5 has to be re-written for each OS but it is very simple code. On Windows it is about 20 lines. I will need to get someone else to port it to other systems but it is not complicated.

#6 I have not looked into enough yet. It should just come along with #1 with little additional work but will need lots of testing and since I don't have those devices the testing will be difficult to do. Which means score submission will probably not be added right away.

#7. I wont focus on this much right away. Which means UME only until it is perfected. Which means things like N64 and 32x wont be supported at first.
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