Quick Fixes For Those Pining For A 6-foot Cabinet

Joe Barr writes "Over at Newsforge [part of OSDN, like Slashdot], there's a look at the arcade/system emulator movement and two Linux-based Live CDs designed to put you in touch with your inner Donkey Kong: KnoppixMAME and AdvanceCD. I'm happy with gameplay under both. I only wish I knew more about the legality of using them." S!: We previously covered release details on KnoppixMAME and AdvanceCD last year, and also mentioned the categorically legal, if limited StarROMs site on Slashdot Games a few weeks back.

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Xbox MameoX

[SpudGunMan]

i use a hacked xbox in my cabinet boots faster then the Knoppix solution and you dont need a keyboard at all.

Wow

[Vaevictis666]

not even the article writer can RTFA before it makes it to slashdot...

I only wish I knew more about the legality of using them.

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The software for most of these arcade games is not free. If you do not have a legal license for a game you are playing under MAME, you are infringing on someone's copyright.

I think that about sums it up right there. Yes, most MAME use is illegal. No, they probably won't call you on it for the older games. They might call you on it for some of the newer ones that are still making money in the arcades, but they'd need to catch you first, which is pretty hard if you just do it at home.

Who needs a stand-up cabinet?

[ranger714]

I'd be looking around for an old-style sit-down cabinet, and then get a copy of the old "Hard Drivin" or "Race Drivin" game...

Vector graphics, decent force-feedback and an operable clutch, which can really show you who knows how to drive. The physics were pretty realistic, even allowing for throttle steering.

Of course, it only came with a four-speed transmission, but it's better than the contemporaries, which had no clutch and paddle shifters, with laughable physics.