Jamma MAME??? anyone heard of this?

[Layer01]

ok so i just went into some local arcade depots today in the hope of being able to pick up some parts from my cab, but instead all it did was through a spanner in the works, seems every time i think i know what i am going to do someone offers me something "better" or at least a different aproache...
the latest thing to come to light is something i have never even heard of before JAMMA MAME, here is what i understood it to be (keep in mind my knowledge of Jamma is limited so i may have misunderstood)

the idea is this, you have to make/or get some female (or maybe it was male) end of the jamma plug to plug into the PC, so the PC is in the jamma harness (??)....god i just know i'm not saying this right lol.
and the Jamma board acts as the motherboard of the PC..or something to that effect, so that mame games have go through the jamma board, suposedly the advantage of this is that it allowes you to harness the power of the jamma board and play polygonal games. like tekken.

Has anyone heard of someone doing this, and if you do understand how this setup works PLEASE feel free to explain it again in very basic noob language, because the guy was a tad grumpy and was rushing over the details and just ratteling off names...so i'm a little confused.
but it sounded kind of cool.
 

[danny_galaga]

since JAMMA refers to a wiring format (i think it is japanese arcade machine manufacturers association. paige?) maybe he was just talking about running mame in a cab that is wired for JAMMA. this has been done before. you can get a keyboard emulator especially for it. the JPAC is the one i know of and want to use for an upright cab.
  what this means is that you can pretty much just plug the pc into the cabs existing wiring and off you go. it has the bonus of being able to run original arcade game motherboards as well. just unplug the PC and plug in the game PCB. this is why im interested in going that way for my next project.
this is what i reckon he was talking about, but im mystified by the "pc running through the jamma board" bit. and the "harnessing of the jamma power" bit too.unless maybe he didn't explain it very well.
 anyway, what IS definite is that JAMMA is just a standardised wiring format (like USB or PS2 or serial port or a PCI slot etc) so that any JAMMA wired cab could take any JAMMA style motherboard, making upgrades simpler in the arcades. it is a way of making them 'compatable'.
  now let's wait for the real answer from the gurus!

[Layer01]

lol yeah, those guru's and their answers, what would we do without them 
yeah i was suprised by what he said too, i mean i'd never heard of it before, but he definatly said that the games were going through the jamma mother bord, but i was having a VERY hard time trying to visualise how this was supposed to work, so i thought better ask BYOAC.com lol
mind you this also came from the same guy who looked at me like i ws crazy when i insited that i needed a coin door for my mame cab, so who knows whats going on in his head 

[darkmavis]

its probably one of these ive seen a few of these in arcades,

its basically a hacked pc/pcb set  with 300 games on it, but ll you need to do is plug it into you harness and away you go!  pricey though... 

[Tokey]

Here's the game list that comes with, nothing MAME can't do:

Arcade Game List: 88 Games, 2020 Super Basebell, 3 count Bout / Fire suplex, 64th.Street, Aero Fighters 2, Aero Fighters 3, After Burner II, Aggressors of Dark kombat, Alien Vs.Predator, Aliens, Alpha mission II, Altered Beast, Andro Dunos, Aqua Jack, Arch Rivals 2.0, Arch Rivals 4.0, Area 88 (Japan), Armored warriors, Art of Fighting 3, Asterix, Aurail, Avenging Spirit, Back Street Soccer, Bang Bead, Batman, Battle Circuit (Japan), Battle Toads, Big Striker, Biomechanical Toy, Blade Master, Blazing Star, Blood Storm, Bomber Man World, Bubble Bobble 2, Carrier Air Wing, Fatal fury 2, Zzyzzyxx, Blue's Journey, Buckey O'Hare, Demon's World, Datsugoku - Prisoners of War, Euro Champ ' 92, Garou - Mark of the wolves, Ghost ' n Goblins, Hammerin ' Harry, Hat Trick Hero '95, Hat Trick Hero '93, Karnov's Revenge, Ken - Go, Kung - Fu Master, Mega Man - The Power Battle, Neo - Geo Cup '98, Ninja Master's - haoh - ninpo - cho, P. O. W. - Prisoners of War, Street Fighter II - The world warrior, Street Fighter II ' - Champion Edition (Red Wave), Street Fighter II ' - Champion Edition (World), Street Fighter II ' - Hyper Fighting (US), The King of Fighters 2001, The King of Fighters 2002, The King of Fighters 94, The King of Fighters 95, The King of Fighters 96, The King of Fighters 97, The King of Fighters 98, The King of Fighters 99, X - MEN, X - Men Vs. Street Fighter, Bad Dudes Vs.Dragonninja (US), Battle Flip shot, Bonze Adventure, Breakers, Breaders Revenge, Bubble Bobble, Bubble Memories, Burning force (Japan), Burning Fight, Cabal (bootleg), Cabal (US), Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Camel Try, Capcom Sports Club, Captain America, Captain Commando, Captain Tomaday, Caveman Ninja, Crossed Swords, Crime City, Crime Fighters, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 2003, Crude Buster, Cyber - Lip, Darius Gaiden - Silver, Dark Seal, Dead connection, Demon, Dino Rex, Don Doko Don, Double Dragon (Japan), Double Dragon (NEO - GEO), Double Dragon II, Dog - Fight, Dragon Breed, Eco Fighters, Fatal Fury - King of Fighters, Fatal fury 3, Fatal Fury Special, Fight Fever, Fingal Blow, Final Fight, Final Round, Football Champ, Forgotten Worlds (US), Funky Jet, Gang Wars (US), Galaxy Fight, Ghost Pilots, Goal ! Goal ! Goal !, Golden Axe, Growl, Gunforce 2 (US), Gururin, Hachoo !, Hat Trick Hero (Japan), Haunted Castle, Hook, Jail Break, J . J . Squawkers, Judge Dredd, Kabuki Klash, Kaiser Knuckle, Karate Blazers, Karnov, King of the Monsters, King of the Monsters 2, Kizuna Encounter, Knights of the Round, Kokontouzai Eto Monogatari, Last Resort, Legend of Hero Tonma, Legend of Success Joe, Lightbringer, Liquid Kids, Logic Pro 2, Mad Motor, Magic Sword, Mario Bros (US), Marvel Super Heroes, Marvel Super Heroes Vs.Street Fighter, Mega Blast, Mega Twins, Metal Black , Metal Slug, Metal Slug 2, Metal Slug 3, Metal Slug 4, Metal Slug 5, Metal Slug X, Metamoqester, Missing in Action, Moon Walker, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat II, Musashi Ganryuuki, Muscle Bomber Duo, Nemo, Neo Bomberman, Neo Turf Masters, Nightmare in the Dark, Ninja Baseball Batman (US), Ninja Combat, Ninja commando, Ninja Kide, Operation Ragnagard, Ordyne (Japan), Out Run, Pang, Pang 3, PiPi & Bibis, Pocket Gal (Japan), Power Goal, Power Instinct, Power Instinct 4, Power Spikes II, Power Gear, Prehistoric Isle 2, Prehistoric Isle in 1930, Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon, Primella, Punk Shot, Puzzle Bobble (Japan), Puzzle Bobble, Puzzle Bobble 2, Puzzle Bobble 2 / Bust-A-Move Again, Puzzle Bobble 2X, Puzzle Bobble 3, Puzzle Bobble 4, Puzzle / Joy Joy Kid, Rage of the Dragons, Rainbow Islands, Real Bout Fatal Fury, Real Bout Fatal Fury 2, Real Bout Fatal Fury Special, Riding Hero, Robo Army, Robocop 2, Rockman 2, Samurai Shodown O, Samurai Shodown, Samurai Shodown II, Samurai Shodown III, Samurai Shodown IV, Saturday Night Slam Masters, Savage Reign, Sengoku, Sengoku 2, Shadow Force (US), Shadow Warriors (US), Shinobi, Shock Troopers, Shock Troopers 2, Silent Dragon, Silkworm, SNK VS CAPCOM, Snow Bros, Snow Bros 2, Solitary Fighter, Spin Master, Street Fighter, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Street Fighter Zero (Japan), Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha, Street Fighter Zero 3, Sunset Riders (Japan), Sunset Riders (world), Super Burger Time, Super Cup Finals, Super Dodge Ball, Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix, Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo, Super Puzzle Fighter 2X, Super Slams, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, Superman, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, Tetris, The Astvanax, The Berlin Wall, The Combatribes, The King of Dragons, The Last Blade, The Last Blade 2, The Punisher, The Simpsons, Thrash Rally, Three Wonders, Thunder Zone, Toki (bootleg), Toki (world), Top Hunter, Track & Field, Tumble Pop, Twinkle Star Sprites, U . N . Squadron (US), Ultraman Club, Vampire Savior 2, Vampire Savior (Japan), Vampire Savior (US), Vendetta (US), Vigilante, Voltage Fighter, VS.Super Mario Bros, Waku Waku, Warriors of Fate, Willow, Windjammers, Wonder Boy, World Heroes, World Heroes 2, World Heroes 2 Jet, World Heroes Perfect, Yie Ar Kung - Fu, Zed Blade, Zero Wing Zwackery, Cyberbots Full Metal Madness, Darkstalker The Night Warriors, Dungeons&Dragons Shadow Over Mystara, Dungeons & Dragons Tower of Doom, Marval Vs. Capcom Clash of the Super Heroes, Night Warriors, Darkstalker Revenge Ring of Destruction, Slammaters, Street Fighter Alpha Warriors Dreams, Super Street Fighter 2 New Challengers, Vampire The Night Warriors, and X-men Children of the Atom.

[Raven..]

I've seen them on eBay lately.  Looks nice though.....

[Goz]

I had heard that it is slow in loading the ROMS. Somewhere in the are of 30 seconds to load the ROM.

-Goz

[paigeoliver]

I had heard that it is slow in loading the ROMS. Somewhere in the are of 30 seconds to load the ROM.

-Goz

That is correct, but keep in mind that it has the NEW 100+ Megabyte neogeo games and a slowish hard drive, and those are the 30 second loaders.

[stevejt]

I would bet that the guy just didn't know what he was talking about.

[Stingray]

I would bet that the guy just didn't know what he was talking about.

[danny_galaga]

harness the power of the jamma board

aha! got it! did he call you Luke by any chance? Use the force!

[paigeoliver]

A lot of people in the arcade industry only have a passing knowledge of mame, and have many confusions about it.