> Also, I read on a different forum that PacManicMinerMan (a PC/platform only game) > would possibly make it into official MAME if it were in a cabinet that was bought and > sold... NOT if it was in an arcade.
There are no trigger clauses that force us to include anything. If you sell one cabinet with a PC inside to a friend for the purpose of making us add a game to MAME then you'll be disappointed.
The best way of getting a game into MAME is to not try. We'll figure out whether your game was a legitimate game or not.