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Some arcade legality questions
ark_ader:
--- Quote from: bradx on February 04, 2014, 02:30:24 am ---a tangent:
what if someone put MAME in a galaga or ms pac cab, for instance, and got the proper coin op license, is there anything preventing that any more than there is the multicades out there everywhere? its not like anyone is physically checking these machines to see what is inside them, right?
couldnt someone set up a whole arcade with MAME instead of the original board in all the cabinets and get the licenses like a legit arcade?
i was at an arcade some time ago, and i will not name names, but several of the games i couldnt help but wonder if i hit the power switch it would reboot to XP, hahaha...
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There are a couple of places in my town where that is happening. Actually its totally legalish if you own the roms. The Mamedevs couldn't do anything about it, especially with their U-turn over commercial usage. Besides are they going to get the entire coding collective together and sue? :lol It takes them all their time to get their ship in order and fix some old classic games.
If you do it, make sure you send us a nice picture. :cheers:
Le Chuck:
I'm pretty sure if you're taking coins it doesn't matter what cabinet the board is in as long as it has a valid tax id/permit affixed to it as issued by the local municipality.
pbj:
Couple of friends of mine have done it without licenses. One went and bought a prorated license in October and then just let it expire. His machines were making about $10/month. He got a letter almost immediately after his licenses expired and renewing them would have incurred a great deal of taxes (they were assuming he was making hundreds a month on them).
Other guy had a pinball in a pizza place that was full of legally tagged games from an operator that didn't want to mess with pinball. Made about $30/month for several years and never heard a thing.
Nobody has ever given a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- about the legality of what's inside the cabinet and that's been the situation since the beginning of this hobby.
:cheers:
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: pbj on February 04, 2014, 09:30:29 am ---Nobody has ever given a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- about the legality of what's inside the cabinet and that's been the situation since the beginning of this hobby.
:cheers:
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mgb:
My guess is that a lot of this stuff isn't being checked much. Of course different areas may vary.
I see a lot of 60-in-1s on location.
Back in the 80s there checks were being done for gambling devices and rf leaks and what not but its a much smaller industry now.
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