I don't see a problem with using a Jakks as the basis for a multigame. It's no worse than a xx-in-1 or similar, aside from the limited number of games...
From what I recall (and it's been a long time since I looked into this, so may be wrong), the Jakks Pacific games ran on a NES system-on-a-chip setup. Essentially, they're console ports of the arcade games.
As much as I dislike X-in-1 boards, at least they're running ancient versions of MAME and using arcade game ROM dumps.
I doubt I would do it for anything other than a tabletop game, but the idea has merit.
Understood, and I actually agree - doing what's essentially a rehousing of the Jakks Pacific casing isn't a bad idea in and of itself, but the execution in this case... Yeah.
What boggles my mind (in addition to everything else about this cabinet) is the switching power supply.
The Jakks board only needs 6VDC. Why anyone would try to power it with a 5V switcher cranked up to as close to 6V as it can generate is beyond me when a 6VDC wall-wart in the correct amperage range is less than $10 from Amazon. Just get one of those, adapt it to the battery terminals on the Jakks board, and you're done after two minutes of soldering.
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