Space Invaders returning to arcades...

From: Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk_at_yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun Dec 7 07:43:10 2003

On Sat, 2003-12-06 at 18:17, Witchy wrote:
>
> Of course, the main problem with building yer own MAME cab for sale will be
> licensing the ROMs. I wouldn't be surprised if the Digital Tables people I
> mentioned rely on the buyer putting their own MAME stuff on so's to avoid
> getting hit by the license brick.

That's why I gave up on it as a commercial enterprise - this seemed to
be the way things were going after a lot of the big gaming outfits had a
crack-down on copyrighted ROMs being available on the 'net. Very few
home users would want to spend 3k on a system, and no arcades (who might
have the money and be interested) would want to risk the copyright/legal
issues.

For the home user with the necessary skills (rudimentary electronics,
woodworking, graphic design, some software etc.) it's still a viable
project though, space permitting - if your conscience can live with the
copyright issues...

cheers

Jules
Received on Sun Dec 07 2003 - 07:43:10 GMT