Mame question?

[jeepnut24]

What is the point of a mame cabinet? Don't you have to own a copy of each game rom? I see cabs for sale with roms and rom disks. Not to mention the large number of mame projects, but how do they deal with actually getting the games?

[bjk7382]

What is the point of a mame cabinet?

 

I have all of the roms (well, mostly ~4000) and a mame cabinet would be very nice. Having both player joysticks set up with a trackball is 100 times better than using a ps2 controller like I am.

 

Don't you have to own a copy of each game rom? I see cabs for sale with roms and rom disks. Not to mention the large number of mame projects, but how do they deal with actually getting the games?

 

[Stingray]

What's the point? I don't think I understand the question. My MAME cab is the coolest thing I own.

 

-S

[jeepnut24]

How do you legally get the game roms? I mean MAME is everywhere. Ive thought about making my own mame cabinet, but Im not sure where to get the ROMS legally if that is possible?

[Nukey Shay]

Legally? It will never happen. Will you be prosecuted for downloading them? Probably not.

 

Rather than downloading, you can obtain entire sets of Mame roms by mail...

http://oz.lazarus.org.uk/index.php?burners

 

Super Mappy is even located right in Ohio. So you can send him some blank CDR's and he'll fill them up for return postage cost.

[jeepnut24]

Thats what I was thinking. Thanks.

[jedijeff]

Here is the only place that you can get roms from legally:

http://www.starroms.com/index.php

 

Jeff

[JB]

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