Legal Questions: Donating a Cab

[jennifer]

the console blacklisted my licensed tape

my mother used to call them nintendo tapes...and before that atari tapes.   

      I feel a little embarrassed or something.

[WindDrake]

btw this kind of thing is also why I was encouraging the guy posting his 'Alien Swarm' game
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,133134.0.html
to make it cab compatible and behave like a real arcade game

I took my kids to Chuck E Cheeses earlier in the week - right when they opened - and was pretty surprised when all of their machines booted into Windows XP. They had a lightgun shooter, a couple of race cabs, and even the Guitar Hero machine, all running XP. I guess companies really aren't building 'board specific' games any more...

Tons of machines nowadays are running Embedded Windows XP and 7. Taito TypeX/X²/X+ comes to mind off the top of my head, along with things like Sega Lindhberg, Sega Ringedge/Ringwide, and Namco ES1 & N2. Dedicated boards are coming to be a thing of the past, sadly.

[jennifer]

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Tons of machines nowadays are running Embedded Windows XP and 7. Taito TypeX/X²/X+ comes to mind off the top of my head, along with things like Sega Lindhberg, Sega Ringedge/Ringwide, and Namco ES1 & N2. Dedicated boards are coming to be a thing of the past, sadly.
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    I wasn't aware of this, When I find games in the wild is business as usual... But it doesnt surprise me however, PCBs are dirty and carcinogenic, as where computers are socially accepted.

[BadMouth]

Tons of machines nowadays are running Embedded Windows XP and 7. Taito TypeX/X²/X+ comes to mind off the top of my head, along with things like Sega Lindhberg, Sega Ringedge/Ringwide, and Namco ES1 & N2. Dedicated boards are coming to be a thing of the past, sadly.

Sega Lindbergh and Namco ES1/N2 run custom Linux builds.

The next thing is systems that require an internet connection to function....and then look for the operators to be charged for the ongoing service in addition to paying for the machine.  I think Merit is already doing this.

....but we're off topic again. 

[jennifer]

    Oh, and then could be monitored from a remote location Not unlike a cash machine Thats an interesting point, But yes off topic...Shame on you Jennifer!!!

[Malenko]

    I wasn't aware of this, When I find games in the wild is business as usual... But it doesnt surprise me however, PCBs are dirty and carcinogenic, as where computers are socially accepted.

A PC in a cab is the new JAMMA standard to me, why build a custom PCB if you can just write a windows program? change a few lines of code to remove the credits (or add a PC button) BAM! instant PC port.