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andrewe1:
Hello,

First of all I would like to say that you guys have a pretty neat forum here, really popular too...  :)

I'm no stranger to arcade emulation, I have built a couple of MAME cabinets before... However, I was wondering if there was any device that is self contained that is capable of doing basic MAME... Let's say Marvel vs Capcom and older.

I'm really tired of dealing with a computer... especially when having to use Windows, big power supplies, motherboards etc...

I was wondering if there is any device out there that is self contained and is capable of doing "basic" emulation with a simple frontend. Something that could be really made into a real "turn key" system.

When the raspberry was announced I was hoping it would be the perfect solution and got a couple of units myself, however... Even as it matures, it's just not powerful enough. NES emulation is barely there and it glitches.

So I was wondering if you guys knew about something that could work in this scenario. It obviously does not need to be as cheap as the rPI.


Thanks!


PS: If you are interested, here's a gallery of a unit I built a while ago: http://imgur.com/a/7zPWF

paigeoliver:
Using a Pi is a lot more work than using a computer.

Your "turn key" phrase makes me think you just want to make bootleg multigames to sell to people. There are dozens of different bootleg multiboards available from china and they are turn key.
andrewe1:
lol... I don't want to sell to people. I want something stable that doesn't crash that much and that won't make someone at a party go "hey dude, somethings wrong with your machine".

Even if I wanted to sell them, which would be hell answering support questions, I don't see anything wrong with it. Lots of people do it, they just provide you the arcade cabinet and you supply your games.
paigeoliver:
Ok, I have been running my mame cabinet for about 8 years and it has never crashed once.

The PC based chinese 1xxx in one and 2xxx in one boards aren't that bad, but you can do better just setting up your own computer.
andrewe1:
Well I think the real problem I've always had are unstable frontends and OS (windows). Not the emulators exactly... I didn't even know those things existed (all in ones) but they seam a little crappy as I read reviews about them. I'm guessing you can't swap out games on them? I'm actually interested in quite a few titles.... Not a fan of having the 10,000 games in a cabinet, most people will spend their time scrolling and "remembering" how cool the game was instead of playing it.

How do the jamma boards work though? Where do you "insert" them to.
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