[andrewparker]

Was thinking of getting one for the purpose of building a MAME cabinet. Does it run MAME out of the box?

[notdarkyet]

Yes, and plenty of other emulators:

http://dayoftheouya.com/a-list-of-all-known-emulators-for-ou...

[kayoone]

Yes, like any other modern android smartphone/tablet/whatever