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Is this board legal?
Green Giant:
--- Quote from: SteveR on March 13, 2012, 10:46:04 am ---
--- Quote from: Green Giant on March 13, 2012, 10:24:01 am ---Recently with the introduction of all those little 10 in 1 plug n' play joysticks it gets fuzzy. Any game that you can actually buy again today through those little devices would be illegal to have on the 60 in 1.
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Has anyone tried hacking one of those things to use real controls yet? I haven't played any of them but if they're not too horrible that could be the solution. Legal, and cheap with no need for a computer.
So this is my first post and already I'm adding unexpected tinkering projects to my list.
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On top of that, if they can be successfully hacked into.
You could wire up several of them with a big rotating dial to switch between boards. Could get a frogger one, pacman, etc, etc, etc
rCadeGaming:
--- Quote from: Green Giant on March 13, 2012, 10:24:01 am ---I don't really care if I put mame on it for the kids, and if anyone had a problem I would tell them to call me.
I would love to see someone try and prosecute someone for attempting to help out sick and dieing people.
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+1
Also, let's quit ragging on the MAME splash screen. The Devs put it there because it's the most responsible thing for them to do. They're right to cover their own ass. However strong or weak their case is, they should bolster their defense as well as possible in hopes that they can continue to keep our hobby moving forward. It really shouldn't be a problem to any of us users, anyone who is willing to get the ROMs can apply a patch to remove the splash screen anyway.
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: Le Chuck on March 13, 2012, 11:59:11 am ---Jason.S, I don't speak crazy. What universe are you from? Is it fun there?
Can someone please interpret?
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Jason S appears to be the latest in a long line of online personas adopted by the (repeatedly banned) user driverman.
He is a lunatic who put forth the argument that, since he got a receipt and paid taxes, his multiboards are legal. He also 'explained' to us that the parallel port is vastly superior to all other ports for interfacing controls. Then he bitched out the MAMEDevs for controller support and proceeded to stalk folks here and elsewhere (where he was also banned).
:bat
knave:
Why not build a cab out of a Jakks controller. The masses won't care as long as it plays. I'm a fan of the Pac-man Collection. You could even get fancy and have a few in there and make it switchable. but For charity a cab that plays pac man is cool regardless.
Plus it's 100% legal...
Green Giant:
--- Quote from: Le Chuck on March 13, 2012, 11:59:11 am ---Jason.S, I don't speak crazy. What universe are you from? Is it fun there?
Can someone please interpret?
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I get what he is saying. He is being really anal in saying it is not illegal until a judge rules on your particular case.
But in reality there is a big gray area. The law clearly says that old technology that cannot be easily acquired any more through the copyright holder can be gained through other means such as roms. The huge problem is that all those companies that gave up on their old stuff and sold the license years ago are now seeing the old school stuff redone all over the place.
You now have stuff like xbox live games, plug n'play joysticks, retro-cartridges for gameboy/others. Someone clearly has been buying up the license for these old games and started to make them available. It is very confusing legally speaking. The games I got 10 years ago were perfectly legal back then, but now they may or may not be legal.
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