Fozzer wrote:Lots of "Emulators" around for them now!
Paul, interesting, about two years ago I looked into this big time..
http://mamedev.org/Not only are the different emulators available, but there is also a very nifty "front end", known as Hyperspin.
http://hyperspin-fe.com/The idea here is that you build a cabinet/console, then use Hyperspin to select the game you wish to play. Hyperspin then activates the corresponding emulator for that game.
(ie, one cabinet to play all games, Saito, Nintendo, Atari etc)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XVYoeuARAwI had the whole lot up and running, but started running into problems when trying to get hold of the game ROMS for the more
well known and popular games.Turns out that the majority of
games of choice, (roms), are copyrighted, and can therefore
not be sold.(Mortal Combat, Donkey Kong, Mario Brothers, Pac Man etc etc etc).
To get past this, those who
do have roms available, offer
them free of charge but with a "donation" towards the "site maintenance."
All a big con really. 
Depending on the size of your donation, you are then allowed you to "download" selected games,
90% of which turn out to be either corrupt or missing DAT files etc. and don't work.
After making a number of "donations" (£10.00 a time), I very soon realized that getting hold of proper "working" roms is a "hit and miss" affair, costing a small fortune.
Sadly and disappointedly in the end I abandoned the whole project.
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