> Yup. There are literally dozens of "XXX-in-1" PCBs (some are just pre-packaged JAMMA
> PCs) that are intended to make money using MAME (and yes, it's illegal). Tim S. has
> one called "Happy Fish 302-in-1" up and running in MAME now (it uses modified GP2X
> ports of MAME, FBA, and some Neo Geo emulator running on Linux).
>
> Hence the ton-of-bricks that often ensues when people ask about hooking up a coin
> slot to MAME or removing MAME's on-screen UI; we obviously can't stop talented people
> from doing so, but at least there's *some* barrier to entry.
There's one of those XXX-in-1 games at the local Game and Trade for a quarter a play, plus another one at an 80s-themed bar in downtown Grand Rapids, MI.
I built my cabinet back in 1999 using an early prototype of the iPac that Andy Warne of Ultimarc designed (I still have it. Anyone want it?) to help him test and debug the device. I don't remember how many inputs it had (8, maybe?) but I was able to hook up the coin switches and, if I recall correctly, used a front-end that removed the startup UI messages that were in MAME at that time. This was all before I bought my arcade/pool hall in 2000, so I never operated it (it was dismantled when the PC monitor in it died), and wouldn't have in the first place, as I was part of MAMEDEV at the time and I had built it for my own pleasure. After getting into the business, it sat idle most of the time, as it just wasn't the same to me as the real thing that I was able to collect and play at that time. Even if I would have wanted to use it to make money, it wouldn't have, as the kids that hung out there played the more modern games and rarely coined up the games on my classic wall in the first place...
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