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Malenko:


--- Quote from: jdbailey1206 on August 07, 2013, 12:03:09 pm ---I wasn't vilifying you Malenko.  I was disputing the severity of which Haze decided to speak against my response with.  The idea that Robedias has is an excellent one.  I can't read this post without being reminded of the Blues Brothers movie.

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Not taken that way, no worries. :cheers:
I can understand his emotion, since he was tied so close with MAME development. I understand his side, and yours too. That being said 60 in 1s arent legal and since the OP wanted to stay legal, that disqualifies the notion. If the Op doesnt care about the legal or moral grey area, thats something else.

I dont have a dog in this fight, I have a 60 in 1 in my Galaga cab (with everything disabled except Ms Pac, Ms Pac Fast, Galaga, and Galaga Fast Shot , my MsPac is in the basement so I play on my Galaga in the living room) mostly because I had to pull the hacked to death wiring out of the inside of the Galaga when I fixed it up and Jamma is great.

As for Ultracades, I believe the new ones are legit and licensed. The Foley era...not so much.

lilshawn:


--- Quote ---the console blacklisted my licensed tape
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my mother used to call them nintendo tapes...and before that atari tapes.  :laugh2:


If you read the EULA on the xbox, you see that opening/modifying it in any way voids your warranty and is infringing on their intellectual property (since you have to falsely sign any of the code you put in to the xbox that isn't from microsoft to get it to run on the system.)

Everything you do these days is illegal, much is some of the things that go on here. But we all take our chances and know the repercussions of our actions (sometimes).

mcseforsale:

My suggestion has always been to have anyone who owns this IP to sell ROMs to individuals for a nickel a piece and for corporates, a dollar.  That would open a small revenue stream for companies who otherwise have abandoned these ROMs.

AJ

mcseforsale:

From Mamedev.org "legal" section (if you want to call dodgeball legal)

Q. Can my non-profit use MAME or an arcade cabinet running MAME to help raise money?
A. No, sorry. Even for the most worthwhile cause, this still is a commercial use of MAME and is prohibited by the license.

So, Mame's off the counter. 

Let's limit the leg-lifting contests in this thread (or, by all means, start another thread that I'd love to participate in) so the OP doesn't think we're a bunch of grumpy old farts.

AJ

ark_ader:


--- Quote from: mcseforsale on August 07, 2013, 02:57:29 pm ---From Mamedev.org "legal" section (if you want to call dodgeball legal)

Q. Can my non-profit use MAME or an arcade cabinet running MAME to help raise money?
A. No, sorry. Even for the most worthwhile cause, this still is a commercial use of MAME and is prohibited by the license.

So, Mame's off the counter. 

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And it looks like the 60in1 is back in contention considering...... :banghead:

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