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2 Newbie Questions
crashwg:
agreed, pointdablame. I have an athalon 2000+ and I can't even get area51 to be playable on mame or epsxe with the playstation disk(which is exactly the same thing without the insert coin)
Nailz:
--- Quote from: archagon on February 15, 2004, 05:28:32 am ---Oh, and is it legal, if you have a legal copy of the game, to charge people to play it on your cabinet?
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Absolutely not, sorry. If you have a legal copy of the game, by that I assume you mean the original boards from this cabinet, and you are dying to charge people $.25 a pop, just leave the cab alone and let people play on it, and make yourself another one strictly for Mame.
Tailgunner:
--- Quote from: Nailz on February 15, 2004, 09:45:53 pm ---
--- Quote from: archagon on February 15, 2004, 05:28:32 am ---Oh, and is it legal, if you have a legal copy of the game, to charge people to play it on your cabinet?
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Absolutely not, sorry. If you have a legal copy of the game, by that I assume you mean the original boards from this cabinet, and you are dying to charge people $.25 a pop, just leave the cab alone and let people play on it, and make yourself another one strictly for Mame.
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The closest thing I know of to a pay for play MAME cab would be an Ultracade cab.
Even with the original game boards, charging people to play opens another can of worms. Depending on your location, you might need a business license to operate the games, individual licenses for the cabs themselves, and you'd likely be required to pay taxes on any earnings made from operating the games.
rhoelsch:
Just a few tips on putting a TV in your cab to save you some research:
1. Get a "real" (not Powered by") ATI video card --cheap, s-vid out is proportedly better than NVidia...I have a Radeon 7000 in mine, and it works fine...you don't need to spend a lot (unless you want to run hi-end pc games on it as well as mame)
2. TV's aren't the absolute best, but they're the way to go in my opinion for a less costly option if you want a large screen. I put a 24" Apex in mine for $150, and it looks pretty darn good after some color tweaking. I tested it on a 27" Toshiba, and it looked better (that one's staying in the entertaiment center, tho). Get the best TV you can afford.
3. Look for a TV that stays in s-vid mode after it's powered off. It's irritating having to use the remote to switch video modes everytime I turn the thing on.
4. Search the Monitor/Video forum here. Lots of caveats and opinions--and links to some pictures as well!
ashardin:
If yopu want, you can get a used 21 Inch PC monitor for less than $100 on Ebay. I found one locally and it was $50 total, since I could pick it up. Just another idea for you.
That 500 mhz machine *should* run most NEO GEO games (i.e. Metal Slug). SF2 will probably run a little jumpy though. I built a cab for my brother's family using a 600 mhz machine with 192 MB of memory and although it ran 95% of the mame roms, it was pretty easy to push the top edge of performance. Forget about Midway games (Mortal Kombat, NBA JAM, etc). And doubly forget and CHD (compressed hard drive) game like Area 51. You will need a top of the line rig to begin to run those at 50%.