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My First Arcade Cabinet!
ShaggyNerd:
--- Quote from: ragnar on November 11, 2011, 09:06:41 am ---Learn from my mistake now.
Get a back up hard drive and back up everything.
It is not a fun process having to reinstall emulators, front ends, emulators, etc.
Then there are the game lists, the front end configuration.
And Gig of roms to reinstall.
Granted things are cleaner the second time around, I wish I did not have to redo everything.
Get a USB hard drive now!
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I have nothing to back-up. I am using no front-end. All I am doing is selecting the mame.exe and MAME starts up. Yay for not having to type in code! :D
ShaggyNerd:
Hello, again! ;D I have finally decided on what my MAME cabinet is going to look like. I am designing it to be a Pac-Man cabinet. I got the plans from Jakobud, and I will modify those plans slightly. Now, I have a problem. I want to download art off of the internet and print it out on some sort of adhesive sticker I have (nice stuff, by the way). However, the owner of the site said that you either need a real Pac-Man machine or permission form Namco-Bandai to make replicas of it. I'm only going to use the artwork for personal use ONLY, and I have no intentions of selling it, because I have better things to do (like get money for joysticks ;)). Is it still okay for me to download and print it?
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: ShaggyNerd on November 15, 2011, 04:58:43 pm ---Hello, again! ;D I have finally decided on what my MAME cabinet is going to look like. I am designing it to be a Pac-Man cabinet. I got the plans from Jakobud, and I will modify those plans slightly. Now, I have a problem. I want to download art off of the internet and print it out on some sort of adhesive sticker I have (nice stuff, by the way). However, the owner of the site said that you either need a real Pac-Man machine or permission form Namco-Bandai to make replicas of it. I'm only going to use the artwork for personal use ONLY, and I have no intentions of selling it, because I have better things to do (like get money for joysticks ;)). Is it still okay for me to download and print it?
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You are going to download a TON of stuff that you have no legal right to use and you are worried about artwork ?
And not using a front-end on a cabinet is just ... well ...
ShaggyNerd:
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on November 15, 2011, 06:51:27 pm ---
--- Quote from: ShaggyNerd on November 15, 2011, 04:58:43 pm ---Hello, again! ;D I have finally decided on what my MAME cabinet is going to look like. I am designing it to be a Pac-Man cabinet. I got the plans from Jakobud, and I will modify those plans slightly. Now, I have a problem. I want to download art off of the internet and print it out on some sort of adhesive sticker I have (nice stuff, by the way). However, the owner of the site said that you either need a real Pac-Man machine or permission form Namco-Bandai to make replicas of it. I'm only going to use the artwork for personal use ONLY, and I have no intentions of selling it, because I have better things to do (like get money for joysticks ;)). Is it still okay for me to download and print it?
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You are going to download a TON of stuff that you have no legal right to use and you are worried about artwork ?
And not using a front-end on a cabinet is just ... well ...
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Well, that's just me, playing on the safe side. But now that I think about it, you make a good point. For the front-end deal, I will go without one FOR NOW. If I change my mind, I will go with MALA, because it seems to be a very popular choice. In fact, I'll try it out now.
ShaggyNerd:
I have recently installed MALA, and all I have is three words: I love it. I got an awesome theme/layout that will go splendidly with my Pac-Man MAME cabinet. Now, I have a question. How can I get rid of the little screens that show up when I start a game that tells the game's name, manufacterer, tech specs, warnings, etc.?