MAMEWorld Forums - News - Re: MC Hammer got dumped

> I love these dumb games. I still collect them when I find them and play them
> sometimes. My grandfather loved them and I ended up getting his collection when he
> passed away years ago. I'm curious about the background and game itself - will that
> be able to be shown in-game using MAME Artwork like some of the other similar games?
> And just curious as to why none of these have gotten artwork yet, is it too hard to
> scan/edit the backgrounds or something? I have a bunch of LCD games so I was asking
> because maybe I can help on some of them that I own if I can be directed to the
> proper place. Thanks MW!

You can check this thread on Bannister and look for the answers yourself. But basically it's a teamwork process of documenting, decapping, photographing, visually dump its content, building a LCD mount to turn on all the segments, scan LCD and background, vectorize LCD screen, label segments, turn it all to MAME artwork and finally add to the driver.

MAMEdevs will correct what I'm saying, but unless I'm mistaken it's easier to do if it's a destructive process, if you want the games returned I think it takes some more time to process. I'm sure someone else will fill you with better details.