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Nullface:

So if multicades are illegal to profit from because they are unlicensed (bootlegs), then is it illegal to build your own cabinet but have it play legit JAMMA games inside for profit or do you need the original cabinet due to advertising policies or something? Say I made my own cabinet and put Street Fighter II inside of it and took quarters as credits, is this not legal? I am in the United States.

yotsuya:

Good question. It might depend on your municipality's licensing and tax codes.

mgb:

I wouldn't think it matters what cabinet they're in.
Lots of games were put in different cabinets and there are universal cabinets.
Of course depending on what state and county, there will be some type of licensing needed in order
To operate any arcade machine for money

ark_ader:


--- Quote from: Nullface on February 04, 2014, 12:08:23 am ---So if multicades are illegal to profit from because they are unlicensed (bootlegs), then is it illegal to build your own cabinet but have it play legit JAMMA games inside for profit or do you need the original cabinet due to advertising policies or something? Say I made my own cabinet and put Street Fighter II inside of it and took quarters as credits, is this not legal? I am in the United States.

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Well you could run bootlegs and be legal inside a cabinet.  Its the licensing for the coin part of the cabinet that will need researching.  Ask a local supplier.

bradx:

a tangent:

what if someone put MAME in a galaga or ms pac cab, for instance, and got the proper coin op license, is there anything preventing that any more than there is the multicades out there everywhere?  its not like anyone is physically checking these machines to see what is inside them, right? 

couldnt someone set up a whole arcade with MAME instead of the original board in all the cabinets and get the licenses like a legit arcade? 

i was at an arcade some time ago, and i will not name names, but several of the games i couldnt help but wonder if i hit the power switch it would reboot to XP, hahaha...

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