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any tips on "pimping" an arcade cabinet? (now with a new and improved flame war)
Layer01:
Hi after hearing quite a few guys on the forums saying that in a few months their (bought) cabinets paid for them selves by putting them in bars and whatnot.
i was thinking how do you go about getting them set up in such a location, is it as simple as saying to the owner, "yo wanna have a cab in your bar, or whatever you own"? and if so what is the most common deal reached on splitting the revenue, assuming you dont know the guys and they need incentive to accept...
NOTE: i do not mean a MAME CABINET
:police: :police: :police:
Lilwolf:
1) it illegal and expect to get in trouble
2) expect to have people trash it.... If you took pride in your work expect smoke, beer, throwup on it.
3) dont use mame. If I see it in a public place for money using mame... I will report you! why should you make money on their work. You spend a weekend building a cab. These guys (multiple guys) have spent years. Get overyourself your time isn't worth it.
4) Dont' use roms... The orginal companies spent TONS to develop these games. Read #3
4) The people the put the machine in their location can get in trouble. So make sure you hate the person. Nothing like sending your friends huge fines and having their companies go under for your personal gain.
most game companies look a blind eye for people who enjoy emulation as a hobby. But once you start making money on it and they will go after you. I have seen mame machines at youth centers and I thought it was a good thing. Machines open, everyone happy. But take it to the next step and you WILL find people thinking you as scum.
btw... I don't know how to find the people... I guess you could just ask around.
Lilwolf:
Oh yeah... forgot to add..
Dont use a frontend from anyone here. EVERY one is VERY against it.
Expect to refund a ton of money from people putting coins in and switching games. Expect company owners to start getting pissed at you for all the time.
And last. You don't usually get a good response around here. People here will help refurb originals... but you are asking us for advice on how to make money on others...
danny_galaga:
theres a thread on the everything else section. probably several:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,28887.0.html
my two cents worth is if you really want to do it, use an original game board. then even if THATS still illegal, it's not QUITE as bad. and also there will be less problems with people losing coins
versapak:
Why would it be illegal, if it was not an emulation cab?
The original post said nothing about it being a MAME cab, so to go on a rant about seems a bit premature.
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