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2410152 No.2410152 [Reply] [Original]

How would I do a legal PC Arcade machine, no roms?

Would that mean no Nintendo, SNK, Capcom, Namco?

>> No.2410160

You'd need to buy it.

Using a custom board and ROMs actually makes an arcade cabinet worthwhile in terms of space, functionality and price.

>> No.2410164

>>2410160
Where could I buy a lot of Arcade games for Windows/Linux?

Like is it possible to buy Donkey Kong and Pacman as standalone PC games or in a pack?

>> No.2410170

>>2410164

No, you'd need to buy the actual board with the game on it.

You can't just make a legal arcade cabinet out of a PC unless you ripped the ROMs yourself from your own boards.

Just use MAME and ROMs. There's literally no reason not to. Nobody gives a fuck about going after people downloading ROMs of 20 year old arcade games. Pretty much nobody is losing money (assuming there is no arcade near you), so there's no there no real moral argument either.

Just download the ROMs, man. You aren't going to get a 'legal arcade PC'

>> No.2410189

>>2410164
You can buy compilations with arcade games. Obviously a lot of games were licensed and released for home systems as well and there's nothing stopping you from using those.
Do you want to make money with the machine or just use it for your own entertainment?

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2410192

>>2410152
Get the PCB or find games which have licenses permitting commercialization. Pic maybe related

>> No.2410193

Those 50GB collections of every arcade ROM ever made that are freely floating on every marginally related website out in the open are surely just traps set by the FBI. No, what you need to do is buy every arcade game at $8 a pop and have it run in some proprietary front end with non-configurable controls. That will make Jesus proud.

>> No.2410194

>>2410192
Well I saw a TV show where they were fixing up a house and they bought an Arcade cabinet from a fancy furniture sotre and the seller said he could load it up with all the old and new games and I was wondering how he could do that legally.

>> No.2410197

He can't. But it's illegal like driving 56 in a 55 is illegal.

>> No.2410237

>>2410197
You can't compare that. Reckless driving is risking lives, illegal copying creates a tiny hypothetical loss.

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2410242

>>2410237

>Driving 56mph
>Reckless driving

>> No.2410249

>>2410237

>That feel when you come across someone on 4chan who actually has autism

>> No.2410284

>>2410152
Unless you fucking love the game so much, you have absolutely no business setting this expensive stuff up.

Here is a sort of legal way of getting set up with quality stuff if you're keen on paying fortunes.

Step 1:
Buy this
http://www.recroommasters.com/Xtension_Sit_Down_Pedestal_Arcade_Cabinet_p/rm-xt-sd-ped-pro.htm

Step 2:
Buy this BenQ monitor and attach your computer to it
http://www.amazon.com/BenQ-XL2720Z-27-inch-Performance-Monitor/dp/B00GWFNMJS/ref=sr_1_9?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1431936516&sr=1-9

Step 3:
Download the MAME emulator
http://mamedev.org/

Step 4:
Download files from here
https://archive.org/details/messmame

Now you can play your street fighters and king of fighters for a fortune without having to buy old hardware that might be on it's last legs.

>> No.2410294

>>2410152
if you're really adamant about the legal thing, just get those old arcade compilation games that all the big arcade companies put out like 10 years ago for consoles

there's no practical way to do what you're asking on actual arcade hardware

>> No.2412170

>>2410152
Just buy everything legally. Pretty easy to do actually. There are many games that don't have a PC port but there are plenty that do.
And it you live in burgerica or some other place with semi-reasonable fair use laws you can dump and emulate anything you own.

>> No.2412173

>>2410237
One mile per hour over the limit is not reckless driving.

>> No.2412506

>>2412173
Actually it is. You're getting in the way of everyone else and inciting road rage at that speed.

>> No.2412554

>>2412173
>>2410242
Most people claiming they drove 56 actually drove 65 or rather 80 and more.