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yotsuya:

--- Quote from: Rick on August 29, 2013, 01:49:32 pm ---
--- Quote from: yotsuya on August 29, 2013, 01:33:57 pm ---I think people would be more inclined to go to a one-off show than a regular arcade location. Or if it's a dedicated arcade, you either better have a bar, restaurant, store or theme park attached to it.
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I think you're right about the 'attachment'. I was thinking that having a fun little dive-y pizza joint (yeah, a "joint" that serves amazing pizza) where all the tables were free-to-play cocktails would be awesome. Sure, they may not be the money-makers, but I'm sure they'd draw in some customers.

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If you made some sort of custom table that allowed for comfortable seating, you might be on to something.

DaOld Man:
You guys do know that is against mame's license to make money off it, plus it violates the copy rights of most games played in mame.

*Door opens for heated debate*

Rick:

--- Quote from: DaOld Man on August 29, 2013, 02:07:03 pm ---You guys do know that is against mame's license to make money off it, plus it violates the copy rights of most games played in mame.*Door opens for heated debate*
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I would only ever install the machines on free play. They're there to look at and play while you're waiting for your pizza. I'm certainly not planning on monetizing them.

*Door closes.*

BadMouth:

--- Quote from: Rick on August 29, 2013, 02:33:35 pm ---
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on August 29, 2013, 02:07:03 pm ---You guys do know that is against mame's license to make money off it, plus it violates the copy rights of most games played in mame.*Door opens for heated debate*
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I would only ever install the machines on free play. They're there to look at and play while you're waiting for your pizza. I'm certainly not planning on monetizing them.

*Door closes.*

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--- Quote ---Q. Can I put an arcade cabinet running MAME in a public location?
 A. No. This this a commercial use of MAME and is prohibited by the license. Even if you don't charge money, putting a machine in a public location is "operating" an arcade machine and falls under commercial rules in most locations.
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http://mamedev.org/legal.html

Rick:

--- Quote from: BadMouth on August 29, 2013, 02:52:08 pm ---Can o' worms
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I actually said "machines". I never said anything about "mame". (And no, replying to DaOldMan's comment did not imply otherwise.)

:D

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