Mac mini as "MAME Console"

I have this idea of taking a stock 1.25 GHz Mac mini ($499 model), 
adding a DVI-to-Video adapter, and using it as a MAME console, plugged 
into a TV. There would be no keyboard nor mouse, just USB game 
controller(s). The Mac mini design would seem perfect for this.

While MacMAME runs games great, it is not USB-controller-only friendly, 
because it requires mouse or keyboard commands to select games, quit, 
etc, plus I like AdvanceMENU's interface and it seems more appropriate 
for a USB-game-controller-only system. AdvanceMAME would be perfect for 
this application, except for one issue: it (on a Mac) is substantially 
slower than MacMAME. A lot slower.

I'm hoping I'm not alone in seeing the Mac mini as a MAME game console, 
and as such a spinoff project might get created that would work on 
optimizing the AdvanceMENU/AdvanceMAME engine for the Mac mini and 
providing it in binary form with installer to make it as easy to 
install as any other Mac application. Preferably it would be possible 
to have it install a bootable system onto the hard drive so it would 
boot right into AdvanceMENU and really be a console. But that's extra 
credit. :)

Note: I'm a user, so far anyway. I have no real experience with coding 
on the Mac nor of MAME-related coding. I'd be willing to learn, though.

Anyone else interested in this?

Steve



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