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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rehtroboi40" data-source="post: 246949" data-attributes="member: 1406">Look at how many freakin' times Pac-Man has been redone.  IMO, Namco Museum virtual arcade (and Megamix for the Wii) got it right.  Now Namco has twice re-released it with (A)-Inferior emulation on Pac-Man Museum and (B) a non-user-friendly interface on their arcade game series.  Hamster's arcade archives are $8 a game, and some of these were available for less on Microsoft's ill-fated Game Room, which we can no longer access-to hell with any money we spent on it.  Just giving you an "old-fart" perspective on how game corporations are out to make money.  What's worse is when you can no longer access your own content.   This is the principle downside of digital distribution.  I'm worried sick about what will happen when the plug finally does get pulled on TPA or Steam goes out of business because I've spent so much money on TPA, Zen, Zaccaria, and others.Note: That last line was just about how nothing is forever in the digital world.  If it were, we'd still be on Compuserve or using Netscape.</blockquote>

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