Anybody know where to get Multicade PCB's nowadays?

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Anybody know where to get Multicade PCB's nowadays?

Just what the title says. I am in need of 4 or 5 for the route. I did some quick research this morning, but eveything I checked was over a year old, or deleted postings and removed auctions?? Are these not available anymore? Legal Issues? Or am I just looking in the wrong places?
 
You talking about 60 in 1? If so, there are defintely legal issues to putting them on route.
 
Are there any "legal" multigames that can be put out? Or are they for "home use only"? I have seen plenty of them out there. Are they all illegal? If so, I can put some competition in hot water, lol. I never really got into the "multicraze" so I don't know what's out there, and what's legal and what's not, etc. If someone here could enlighten me, that would be great, thanks.
 
There are legal multigame boards.


The only legal multigame boards that I am aware of that it's legal to put on location is the Arcade Legends stuff...

...even the David Foley machine that is out there is questionable from my understanding.

60-in-1? Illegal
48-in-1? Illegal
36-in-1? Illegal

ANY "PC" based multi? Illegal.

Multi Taito? Illegal for commercial use (plus it has no coin door capabilities)

Arcadeshop Multigame? Illegal to put on location no matter how much someone says it's not.

EDIT: Of course there are the REUNION boards (3 games in 1)... but those are so bad I just ignore them. And of course Namco Collection 1 and 2.

I suppose the general rule of thumb is that if there are multiple original manufacturers of games on said board...it's likely illegal...
 
Just to play devil's advocate here but the old "bootleg pcbs" we see here on KLOV all the time were just as illegal as running mame on a PC or on a board. If an op was willing to run "bootleg boards" BITD, that same op wouldn't think twice about trying to get away with running mame or a multicade pcb in an arcade cabinet now.
BYOAC members hate the multicade boards for many reasons but the main one is that they run an old, inferior version of mame that won't allow new games to be added and the graphics are marginal in comparason to any current version of mame. Millipede is complete CRAP on a multicade board, unplayable for me, personally. On the other hand, when I run Millipede on misfitmame with directdraw(tweaked of course), it looks better to me than the original game on a "real" arcade monitor.
 
You talking about 60 in 1? If so, there are defintely legal issues to putting them on route.

I know of several places locally that have a 60-in-1 (or a predecessor) in a commercial setting and have had no issues. Some of these have been there for several years...
 
I know of several places locally that have a 60-in-1 (or a predecessor) in a commercial setting and have had no issues. Some of these have been there for several years...

I don't doubt that a bit. It certainly isn't legal though.
 
The only people who care are the game manufacturers, and if they never find out, nothing happens.

Local governments only care that the tax stickers are current and paid for, and the income is taxed...
 
people are running illegal coin pushers, so your not likely going to get caught.. the 60-1's will work fine on location. I know of a place that has had one on location for 4 or 5 years..

But you should run the legal boards like namco classics and reunion..
 
Okay, so Arcade Legends is legal? Somebody school me on this...where can I get one (or more), how much are they, what's the game selection like, easy conversion, etc...I really don't mind running a 60-in-1 as illegal as it may be, because I am trying to get something out there that folks want to play, and classics always attract some attention. But any info I can grab about the legal stuff would be very helpful too, thanks.
 
I would not put out an aarcade legends on locaation. They are more expensive and are pc based and seem very unreliable in a commercial setting. Out of aall the Arcade legends machines I have seen in many years, I have never seen one work well on location.
 
I would not put out an aarcade legends on locaation. They are more expensive and are pc based and seem very unreliable in a commercial setting. Out of aall the Arcade legends machines I have seen in many years, I have never seen one work well on location.

dave and busters locally have 2 ultracades in showcase 33" cabinets.. I would think its no worse to operate than any modern driving game. Pretty much all modern drivers are PC based..

As for where to get them, global vr no longer sells ultracade or arcade legends. I think the current maker is chicago gaming. I think betson is/was selling them, but at $3k-$4K probably not the best investment..

Buy a used one if you must get one. You can probably find one for $1k-$1500.
 
One of the most overlooked uses for the 60-1 pcbs are to replace and use as a single game.

If you shut the rest of the games off - the board will boot into whatever game you have left and act just like that game. It is almost impossible to tell what game is in there.

It isn't a multi-game, but they can be useful. If you want to change what game it is - just swap the marquee and set up a new dip switch.

I have no idea how it would hold up in court - but I know one operator who does this and he keeps a dead original pcb inside the cabinet. He claims since he has a legal copy that his use of the board is as a replacement. Sounds fishy to me - but it helps him sleep at night.
 
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