> A new version of Bridge M1 player or maybe have one integrated into mame. > > And yes I know about VGMPlay, the thing is that it doesn't do everything like > playback of the Midway DCS based systems or other games that stream or load data from > hard drives, and the old Bridge M1 has no support for DCS2 Ram/rom playback.
I'd love to see something like this, too!
I have a suspicion that the core functionality of M1 could likely be accomplished through clever use of Lua scripting now that MAME's Lua interface has gotten more mature, but I could be wrong. Might be something fun for me to look into while I'm on vacation.