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Automark:
Hi,

I just wondered. Is there a jamma board like the 60-1 but with no games build in. But with a usb or sd card reader.
I think it would be great just put a mame rom on that sdcard or usb stick, and that the game boots like an original game. So without any frontend whatsoever.

I've read somewhere that the 60in1 also runs on a mame version, so this should be possible.

The ArcadeSD works differently -I think-

Is there something like this? I think it would be great, and I would prefer something like this, no need for a power consuming pc etc etc.
pbj:
If you disable all but 1 game on the 60 in 1s, there's no front end.
yotsuya:

--- Quote from: Automark on September 02, 2014, 08:57:33 am ---Hi,

I just wondered. Is there a jamma board like the 60-1 but with no games build in. But with a usb or sd card reader.
I think it would be great just put a mame rom on that sdcard or usb stick, and that the game boots like an original game. So without any frontend whatsoever.

I've read somewhere that the 60in1 also runs on a mame version, so this should be possible.

The ArcadeSD works differently -I think-

Is there something like this? I think it would be great, and I would prefer something like this, no need for a power consuming pc etc etc.

--- End quote ---

For what I think you want, the ability to run like any game, no. The ArcadeSD is close, but it runs specific games. You might be able to hack one of the XXX-in-1 boards, according to KLOV, but you need to be a hardcore Linux code monkey, apparently.
DaveMMR:
There was someone developing a Jamma board for just that purpose but I don't know whatever became of it.
IAmDotorg:
Most of the boards are pretty lousy and underpowered. You'd probably get just as good (if not better) results using a Raspberry Pi, a J-PAC, and a $10 HDMI->VGA adapter.

You'd be looking at maybe $120 or something, all up. That's less than a lot of the xxx-in-1 JAMMA boards, and if the Pi is too slow someday, you can replace it with a $100 PC.
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