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| versapak:
The question referred to is the actual topic title. ? ? ? = question Tis why they call them QUESTION marks. :P Also... You keep calling them MAME cabinets. You did now clarify that you are simply talking MAME ready cabinets, but then still... We wonder what the point of this posting is. Was this just an announcement of your business? Are you looking for ideas for your business? The initial post seemed to be just a rambling product announcement, that didn't really seem to make all that much sense. |
| the3eyedblindman:
I dont know how these companies are surviving to tell you the truth, not many people even know about mame or how to use it. Those of us that do either just run it on our pcs and play with a keyboard or build our own cabinets, hence the website "build your own arcade controls". I dont believe there are many companies out there that sell complete "mame cabinets" anyways. I think slikstik sells a complete cabinet (allthough Im not sure it is "mame ready") but they make their money selling other things like their control panels. You need to contact 1up to see if this business is really worth getting into, as I know he was selling complete cabinets (although he may have gone under by now, I havent heard any progress in a while). The only companies I really see survivng in this business are the ones that sell such things as controllers and unique interfaces for the pc you cant buy anywhere else (like ultimarc and Hagstrom, we can all buy a PC, install mame, build control panels, and build cabinets, but you cant just buy a screw in terminal arcade controls to pc interface anywhere...) So I dont know, do what you want, I just really didnt understand what this topic was about, good luck, Doug. |
| saint:
By the way, feel free to post links to your web site or anywhere else, so long as the rules as posted on the forums are follwed there's no problem :) |
| Crazy Cooter:
I don't think english is his first language ;). If I'm understanding correctly, he's asking what can he offer that nobody else does. He says he's ordered some other cabinets from companies and were surprised at how good they were, but thinks he can do better. He just doesn't know how yet because he's unsure on what people want. It sounds like he has sold some cabinets already but has not sold any ROM's. Basically, he wants to be spoon fed. Mamegeek, what I would do is just post specific ideas and ask for feedback. We can't really design the whole thing for you without knowing what you want to do. Post a link to your site. (There are people here that don't even use MAME by the way, so don't assume that everyone has a bunch of ROM's they aren't supposed to have) |
| the3eyedblindman:
You say your quite certain that most of us here use roms illegally, yet you are going to sell "mame ready" cabs...do you really think that none of your customers are going to use illegal roms in their cabinets that they dont own? Your going to be handing out guns, just making the people obtain the bullets themselves. |
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