Re: What to do?

Posted by Vimm on .

I suppose I could.  The hardest part is working it into the download system though.  It's rather complex and I look at it so rarely that I always seem to break it when I make changes.  That's kinda why the Genesis section still isn't back, I'm really not in the mood to mess with the download system again.  I've learned a lot since I wrote it so it's really due for another revision.  There's this new thing called AJAX that I wouldn't mind playing with a bit.

The problem with adding a new system is where to get the ROMs to start it.  I'm not so worried about people filling their collections at Vimm's Lair anymore (when's the last time you saw someone complaining about the "bad" ROMs here?), but I still need to get them from somewhere.  There's also the issue of making screen shots which takes a long time.  I've considered adding N64 off and on over the years (now that it's clearly no longer in production), but where would I find a "good" set of US ROMs?  I'm way outa the loop on stuff like that.

In reply to: Re: What to do? posted by Tricob on .

Posting your rant sounds like a darn good idea to me. :-)

As for what more you should add to the site for download, why not let the folks here decide? I mean that you could put a voting system where a user can select which type of ROMs they'd like Vimm to add to the site, be it Genesis ROMs, Gameboy ROMs, TG16 ROMs, or other (which there'd be a blank line after the caption "Please specify").

Hm ... "caption" wasn't the right word, was it? :-P

- Tricob.