diff --git a/scripts/target/mame/arcade.lua b/scripts/target/mame/arcade.lua
index befed756d08..e798f58bf10 100644
--- a/scripts/target/mame/arcade.lua
+++ b/scripts/target/mame/arcade.lua
@@ -4886,6 +4886,7 @@ files {
 	MAME_DIR .. "src/mame/drivers/dgpix.cpp",
 	MAME_DIR .. "src/mame/drivers/diamondking.cpp",
 	MAME_DIR .. "src/mame/drivers/discoboy.cpp",
+	MAME_DIR .. "src/mame/drivers/dmainevent.cpp",
 	MAME_DIR .. "src/mame/drivers/dominob.cpp",
 	MAME_DIR .. "src/mame/drivers/dorachan.cpp",
 	MAME_DIR .. "src/mame/drivers/drdmania.cpp",
diff --git a/src/mame/arcade.flt b/src/mame/arcade.flt
index 92edbee5fe2..60d091623d1 100644
--- a/src/mame/arcade.flt
+++ b/src/mame/arcade.flt
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ dkmb.cpp
 dkong.cpp
 dlair.cpp
 dlair2.cpp
+dmainevent.cpp
 dmndrby.cpp
 docastle.cpp
 dogfgt.cpp
diff --git a/src/mame/drivers/dmainevent.cpp b/src/mame/drivers/dmainevent.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f43932fab17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mame/drivers/dmainevent.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+// license:BSD-3-Clause
+// copyright-holders:
+/***************************************************************************
+
+    Skeleton driver for "Main Event" (electromechanical machine from Destron).
+ _______________________________________________________________________________
+|      ________________                                                        |
+|     |_DSWx8_|_DSWx8_|     ___________      Xtal     ___________________      |
+|                          |M74LS245P_|   4.0000 MHz | HD46802P         |      |
+|                                                    |__________________|      |
+|          ___              ___________                                        |
+|         |  |             |SN74LS244N|                _____________           |
+|         |  |<-16-1-102                              | EPROM      |           |
+|         |  |              ___________               |____________|           |
+|         |__|             |SN74LS244N|                                        |
+|                                                  ___________  ___________    |
+|                           ___________           |_54LS139J__||_SN74LS04N_|   |
+|          ___             |MM74C244N_|                                        |
+|         |  |                                     ___________  ___________    |
+|         |  |<-16-1-471    ___________           |SN74LS138N| |__74LS00__|    |
+|         |  |             |DM74LS374N|                                        |
+|         |__|                                     ___________  ___________    |
+|                           ___________           |__TC4040BP_| |M74LS74AP|    |
+|                          |DM74LS374N|                                        |
+|                                                         ____  ___________    |
+|                                                        NE555P |DM74LS197N    |
+|                                                                              |
+|                       ____                       ___________  ___________    |
+|                      MOC3010                    |DM74LS374N| |DM74LS374N|    |
+|                                                                              |
+|                       ____                         ______________________    |
+|                      MOC3010                      | AY-3-8910           |    |
+|                                                   |_____________________|    |
+·                                                                              ·
+·                                  DESTRON, INC.                               ·
+·                                  (c) Copyright 1983                          ·
+|______________________________________________________________________________|
+
+***************************************************************************/
+
+#include "emu.h"
+#include "cpu/m6800/m6800.h"
+
+namespace
+{
+
+class dmainevent_state : public driver_device
+{
+public:
+	dmainevent_state(const machine_config &mconfig, device_type type, const char *tag)
+		: driver_device(mconfig, type, tag)
+		, m_maincpu(*this, "maincpu")
+	{
+	}
+
+	void dmainevent(machine_config &config);
+
+protected:
+	required_device<m6802_cpu_device> m_maincpu;
+};
+
+INPUT_PORTS_START(dmainevent)
+INPUT_PORTS_END
+
+void dmainevent_state::dmainevent(machine_config &config)
+{
+	M6802(config, m_maincpu, 4_MHz_XTAL); // Actually a HD46802P
+}
+
+ROM_START(dmainevent)
+	ROM_REGION(0x1000, "maincpu", 0)
+	ROM_LOAD("destron_main_evn_ver_2.1_6-27-83_rev_0-1_2732.u9", 0x0000, 0x1000, CRC(51b1762d) SHA1(5387af9b7d7c326b61a6dd3b2515a8e571b0d88c))
+ROM_END
+
+} // anonymous namespace
+
+//   YEAR  NAME        PARENT MACHINE     INPUT       CLASS             INIT        ROT   COMPANY    FULLNAME                 FLAGS
+GAME(1983, dmainevent, 0,     dmainevent, dmainevent, dmainevent_state, empty_init, ROT0, "Destron", "Main Event (Destron)",  MACHINE_IS_SKELETON_MECHANICAL)
diff --git a/src/mame/mame.lst b/src/mame/mame.lst
index 7a76297f38a..cb09527ff37 100644
--- a/src/mame/mame.lst
+++ b/src/mame/mame.lst
@@ -12518,6 +12518,9 @@ dm500                           //
 dm5620                          //
 dm7000                          //
 
+@source:dmainevent.cpp
+dmainevent                      // (c) 1983 Destron
+
 @source:dmax8000.cpp
 dmax8000                        //