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Generic Eric:
I heard a radio advertisement today.  The only thing I remember is "ping pong and 60 of your  favorite arcade games."

Immediately thought of 60 in 1 pcb.

The local comic/game shop has an icade. 

YMMV may very, but I think it's a bad idea.

BadMouth:
Laws vary depending on where you live.  Here in the U.S. one city can even be different from the next.

I wouldn't put too much stock in legal advice from people outside of Finland.

I'd ask a game distributor about local permits, taxes & such, then research how bootleg machines have been handled in Finland.

keilmillerjr:
I'd seek out original jamma pcb's. Attach a switch to the coin reject and wire it with the coin switch. It can then accept either coins or press the coin reject for a free game. Both perfectly legal! You might want to look for a neo geo mvs. You can run multiple games at once, and switch the games in a similar fashion as nes or sega genesis. Best of all, its legal and has really awesome games.

ABACABB:
Not all that sure MAME roms are still illegal to download in the U.S.  I remember reading recently an article about downloading digital content and some items were removed from the list.  I'm no lawyer but it says something to the effect - it is no longer prohibited to download digital media in which the original hardware the game ran on is obsolete.  That pretty much covers all MAME roms. 

Ahhhh.... found the link  http://www.copyright.gov/1201/docs/librarian_statement_01.html

Here is a section from the article:


--- Code: --- The Register of Copyrights and her staff have conducted a careful and extensive evaluation of the entire record in the proceeding and determined that proponents of exemptions have demonstrated that the prohibition on circumventing access controls has had a substantial adverse effect on the ability of people to make noninfringing uses of four particular classes of copyrighted works. The Register has given me her analysis and recommendation, and today I have signed a document providing that persons making noninfringing uses of these four classes of works will not be subject to the prohibition against circumventing access controls during the next three years. The four classes of works are: 1.Compilations consisting of lists of Internet locations blocked by commercially marketed filtering software applications that are intended to prevent access to domains, websites or portions of websites, but not including lists of Internet locations blocked by software applications that operate exclusively to protect against damage to a computer or computer network or lists of Internet locations blocked by software applications that operate exclusively to prevent receipt of email.

2.Computer programs protected by dongles that prevent access due to malfunction or damage and which are obsolete.

3.Computer programs and video games distributed in formats that have become obsolete and which require the original media or hardware as a condition of access.

4.Literary works distributed in ebook format when all existing ebook editions of the work (including digital text editions made available by authorized entities) contain access controls that prevent the enabling of the ebook's read-aloud function and that prevent the enabling of screen readers to render the text into a specialized format.
 Two of these classes of works are very similar to the two classes of works that were exempted three years ago, but they have been modified to take into account the somewhat different cases that were presented to the Register this year. One of these two new classes of works will provide some relief to libraries and archives in their preservation activities, and the other will assist the blind and visually disabled in their ability to gain meaningful access to digital materials.
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Any lawyers in the house care to comment on this?

ChanceKJ:

--- Quote from: JDFan on December 04, 2014, 11:37:14 am ---...One option to keep it legal that would work would be to use the Jakks Plug and play game units that have several classic games - since they are sold for use and can be adapted to be used with arcade buttons and joysticks with a small amount of soldering to the units....

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Agreed!!! That's a great idea.

Aphraxad, here, look at this: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,136983.0.html

There are a ton of these kits with different games available. Simple, all free play, and you'd be good to go. You could even wire the buttons up to a generic plug like I did so you could swap them out between cabs if you like.

I'd say this is your best and cheapest bet, with the least amount of work.  5v USB for the win.

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