> so technically, they are not arcade machine cabinets. they slot and pinball machines?
> is that what you are saying?
Cabinets come in many shapes and sizes. A CRT (video) only display is not the definition of arcade, in the broad sense. To me, an arcade game is any gaming device which has been put into the public for consumption which generally requires real money investment to play, use or enjoy. Pinball machine owners would argue that their Pinball machines are every bit as much as a "cabinet" as any other arcade machine... same with gambling devices.
To answer your earlier questions about so many NOT_WORKING games - there is a lot of work to do before any game can be made working and the gamblers is largely virgin territory and require a lot of work on them to be considered playable and functioning. It doesn't lessen the need to document romsets as they are found and researched since MAME is a living documentation project for everything related to arcades. Many times MAME is used for reference more than simply for game playing - to help owners of the dying numbers of these original machines' maintain and repair them with the knowledge in the source files and other related files.
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