Which multi mame machine to buy ?

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Hi to all , a friend wants to buy a cocktail with hundreds of games , i thought to check this out with the forum , what he is looking at is a 1505 game cocktail , it has a CGV monitor , but im not sure about all the freezes and missing parts to games he might encounter for his hard earned cash . So my question to you all , is what operating system is the best mame wise , so i can ask the seller what he is providing , i`ve heard alot of these bulk game deals can have poor emulation , either sounds missing , graphics missing , or even game play altered , any help is of interest , thankyou .
 
Babs? Is that you? :D

Over here i think one of the best multi/ mame units to get which balances cost against performance is a nice solid modded xbox.
 
I agree with the above poster, but probably in a different way than he intended...

If you're going to emulate, MAME, or otherwise unofficially multi anything - you might as well be a console gamer. Since none of the wannabe collectors "have the space" for dedicated machines, then they're probably not for them anyway. The arcade "experience" is so much more than a joystick mounted to a piece of wood that you use standing up. You can stand while you play XBOX ;)

And then of course there is the obvious fact you mention about emulation : That it sucks. Sounds are never correct, clocks don't run the same, improper or bootleg ROMs used, game code changed to facilitate emulation, etc.
 
So lets take mame out of the picture..
What Kind of computer is it?
What kind of operating system is it?
What kind of support is there for this computer?

Nothing worse than buying something and having No support for it..
 
So lets take mame out of the picture..
What Kind of computer is it?
What kind of operating system is it?
What kind of support is there for this computer?

Nothing worse than buying something and having No support for it..

I`ll make the call to the supplier on behalf of my friend , if the guy cannot answer all these questions , then i`ll give him a miss , thanks for the advice .
 
Babs ,

Babs? Is that you? :D

Over here i think one of the best multi/ mame units to get which balances cost against performance is a nice solid modded xbox.

Im laughing , but i dont know why ? LOL , Babs ,, hmm now if i called you Arnold Horshack , does that mean Babs is short for Vinnie Barbarino ? ,,
 
I think I remember the 1505 n 1 boards, and if they are the ones I am thinking of, they use a fairly old version of MAME and a bit underpowered.

If you are using MAME on a computer that you can set up, and you have a lot of time to set it all up right, emulated games can be great. There are a lot of games that are really well emulated, and there are quite a few devs submitting fixes and additions on a regular basis.

If you are using older versions of MAME, or the crappy multi boards that use old versions of MAME, you really are not seeing the current state of emulation. If all of the people who claim to be able to tell differences between an emulated game and the original would submit bug reports, the emulation would be even better.

On a 1505 in 1, there will probably be hundreds of games that don't play right, certainly hundreds that will not be playable with the correct controls. That being said, there will be plenty of games to play. The numbers sound impressive, but even if every game played 100% accurately, there are still not 1505 arcade games that people would want to play. There just weren't that many great games made.

You will want to stick with a multi board though. If he is asking you to look into it, instead of researching for himself, he will not want to spend the time to set up and maintain a MAME setup. It is not even close to plug and play.
 
sell him a 48 in one for a thousand bucks and get it over with.
 
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