> Apparently the author contacted > someone from the MAME team and sent them the ROMS inquiring if it would be added and > he was told that if a cabinet running his code on Pac hardware was sold and bought, > it could possibly make it to MAME. That just baffles me.
Someone from the MAME team might have said that. They might have said it because they didn't think it would happen, if he actually went through with it then it's no guarantee.
A rom swap for pacman boards doesn't really need a cabinet sold. If he was selling kits like d2k then it might count.
However it doesn't really work as an arcade game, the instructions on the bottom part of the screen just doesn't feel right.