I think the jamma boards where you load mame roms on the board are better like the Phoenix arcade board if you are going that route. I built many mames years ago but I rather have the really game. That's probably why I have 62 games in my house. Try playing track n field on a mame machine you can't there is a split second delay on when you press the jump button. Mame is good for playing all those clones and games you would never want to own.