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Turnarcades:
Does anyone know if there is a software solution to playing games in my arcade cabinet in a paid 'time mode'. I know there are mechanisms that allow machines to be played in time mode (paying for a few minutes, rather than per credit) for arcade games, and obviously I know that you can hook up a coin mech for MAME, but is it possible to apply this feature to other emulators or a front-end by means of software?

The reason I ask is that I am building a cabinet for my nephew, but my sister would like to restrict his use of the machine. Obviously this would be easy for MAME (paying for credits), but I want him to be able to use any of the other platforms and just pay for time he uses instead. Is there software out there that can do this, or if not, maybe this is a suggestion for the guys at MAMEWAH development......? Surely it would be easy to add a switch in the programming that could close the program until more coins are entered?
I use credit buttons for MAME anyway so the only function of the coin slot would be to 'add time'.....
Macarro:
I think you can use Total Game Controller http://www.bmtmicro.com/BMTCatalog/win/totalgamecontrol.html

You can launch it just before the game and set it to "keypress" Alt-F4 or the exit key at a defined time.

I hope it works.
Turnarcades:
TThanks for the suggestion, but unforunately this does not work in the way I want it to.

It needs to run automatically on the insertion of the coin, and restrict access to any of the games until credit is applied. Could anyone write an addition to MAMEWAH or a simple program to link to the emulators?
Howard_Casto:
This gets very close to a turn key solution to making a profit off of a mame cab.  Since this is very illegal it isn't a popular feature for obvious reasons. 
Thenasty:
work the cab with TOKENS. Reward the boy the tokens and once boy finish all tokens, no more game play. Then Dad/Mommy take tokens out again for the next time the boy gets a 100 on his test.  :applaud:
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