> I watched an earlier episode & at 13mins 30secs they make a point that the cabinet is NOT MAME & don't see >the reason they have to say it
It is to let viewers know that the game isn’t emulated and might as well buy the cab while possible before it becomes impossible to find a fully working cab in another couple years. Some of the Konami Bemania coinop cabs such as Drum Mania are becoming hard to find these days and those were readily around from 2000 to 2011.