The Revenge of the Post Here When You Get Something New thread

ShooterSF · 03-07-2013 02:46PM

So I decided to relearn how to type again properly and its a painful experience. So to help I ordered a dreamcast keyboard and grabbed a copy of the typing of the dead to help. Good laugh so far but I'm painfully slow compared to my chicken typing!

03-07-2013 02:51PM

ShooterSF wrote: »

So I decided to relearn how to type again properly and its a painful experience. So to help I ordered a dreamcast keyboard and grabbed a copy of the typing of the dead to help. Good laugh so far but I'm painfully slow compared to my chicken typing!

lol defo some of the strangest phrases I've ever typed, hilarious stuff, geisha waltz, nasal wig. crazy

ghostchant · 03-07-2013 06:45PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Got myself a fantastic little game I was after for ages now. Umihara Kawase Shun Second Edition:

Great game, was the first game I bought my first time in Tokyo a couple of years ago.

On a related note, tickets now booked for trip number 3

o1s1n · 03-07-2013 08:54PM

ShooterSF wrote: »

So I decided to relearn how to type again properly and its a painful experience. So to help I ordered a dreamcast keyboard and grabbed a copy of the typing of the dead to help. Good laugh so far but I'm painfully slow compared to my chicken typing!

Hah, brilliant!

I can remember having typing classes back in school where they'd be beating you into using the traditional method and keeping your fingers on the home keys.

Absolutely hated it! Still don't type like that to this day.

Used to take my typing really seriously. How sad. Even popped all the buttons off my Model M keyboard and arranged them around to form dirty words. (and so my folks couldn't use my PC as nobody else in the house was able to touch type

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Jack burton · 03-07-2013 09:26PM

Mavis Becon never managed to get me to type the way she wanted. Although I used to play the games on there just to see what would happen when I failed

Developed my own way growing up and going on the computer almost every day haha. Just watching my hands now and they are all over the shop but sure it works!

valleyoftheunos · 03-07-2013 09:30PM

I can just about touch type, it freaks me out sometimes when I dont realise I'm doing it and my fingers are basically moving by themselves!

Optimus Prime · 03-07-2013 09:36PM

Got this lot today for the space invaders cocktail table, have a 60in1 on the way.

I need to figure out how to wire up this power supply thing, i thought id be able to plug a kettle wire into it.. apparently not! There is no socket for one..hmm..

The Last Bandit · 03-07-2013 09:51PM

Put the PSU back in the box and keep it for something Jamma/useful and get one of these instead for the 60-in-1.

Otherwise nice haul

Optimus Prime · 03-07-2013 09:55PM

It is Jamma im putting in the cocktail table, that psu needs to supply the monitor too dont think that plug you linked will work for that?

Atavan-Halen · 03-07-2013 09:58PM

Got this off ebay the other day.

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The Last Bandit · 03-07-2013 10:00PM

The 60-in-1 boards have a 4 pin molex connector for power or you can take power from the jamma connector.

Those Jamma power supplies don't drive the monitor as well do they ?

Ianobeano · 03-07-2013 10:01PM

Much thanks to Achilles, got the NES working after disabling the chip, never have I kacked myself so much with a pin !!!

Optimus Prime · 03-07-2013 10:05PM

The Last Bandit wrote: »

The 60-in-1 boards have a 4 pin molex connector for power or you can take power from the jamma connector.

Those Jamma power supplies don't drive the monitor as well do they ?

I dunno, i figured they did thats why i bought it! haha.. am i wrong? how do you power an arcade monitor then?

The Last Bandit · 03-07-2013 10:13PM

They have there own psu built into the chassis.

Ah sure that jamma power supply will be handy for something else, one thing I don't like about them is the exposed mains voltage connection though.

Optimus Prime · 03-07-2013 10:15PM

ok, well i bought that cable you linked to power the 60in1. when thats plugged into the jamma harness, will the speakers, buttons etc work now too?

The Last Bandit · 03-07-2013 10:22PM

The jamma harness just needs the buttons, speaker (its mono) and video connected to it and you're good to go, that PSU will connect directly into the board.

You can set the board to freeplay if the coin slot is not going to be used.

Optimus Prime · 03-07-2013 10:24PM

I have a 60in1 in another cab already, i have all games on it except donkey disabled so it boots straight into that. ill be doing the same on this one except booting to space invaders, the reason i bought that psu is because the other cab has one of those in it and i thought it was needed to power the monitor and jamma harness stuff.

The Last Bandit · 03-07-2013 10:28PM

I know they get a bit of stick, but those 60-in-1 are really decent boards for the price !!

Optimus Prime · 03-07-2013 10:29PM

ah they are great! an overlooked thing on them i think, is that if you disable all games on it except 1, it boots straight into that game, skipping that horrible menu. its brilliant for my Donkey Kong cab and will be great for this space invaders cocktail.

Steve X2 · 04-07-2013 10:44AM

keithgeo wrote: »

ah they are great! an overlooked thing on them i think, is that if you disable all games on it except 1, it boots straight into that game, skipping that horrible menu. its brilliant for my Donkey Kong cab and will be great for this space invaders cocktail.

Any details on that 60in1 board? As in the exact one you have.
Might grab one if they are half decent.

CiDeRmAn · 04-07-2013 10:47AM

keithgeo wrote: »

ah they are great! an overlooked thing on them i think, is that if you disable all games on it except 1, it boots straight into that game, skipping that horrible menu. its brilliant for my Donkey Kong cab and will be great for this space invaders cocktail.

That's as fantastic idea!
Nice one!

Optimus Prime · 04-07-2013 10:51AM

Its one of these ones..

http://www.arcadebits.com.au/24-61-thickbox/60-in-1-jamma-game-board.jpg

I bought it off Frothmeister on jamma+ for £45 including postage to ireland.

I have one already and they are great. all vertical games, boots up in a minute to a menu with 60 games on it. pacman, DK, Space Invaders etc..

The reason i like these, is that you can disable games on them, but if you disable 59 games on them, it will boot straight into the enabled games front screen so it looks like the original in your cab. I have one in my Donkey Kong Cab already and this one is going in the space invaders cocktail. only downside is it takes about 120 seconds too boot up.

Ive also heard some people complain about the sound in some of the games. I never noticed any of this, i think its probably 1 or 2 of the more obscure games on it that i dont play anyways.

It has a vga connection on it, connection for speaker, jamma and can be powered by a HDD plug molex type (i only learned that last night).

MrVestek · 04-07-2013 11:01AM

keithgeo wrote: »

Its one of these ones..

http://www.arcadebits.com.au/24-61-thickbox/60-in-1-jamma-game-board.jpg

I bought it off Frothmeister on jamma+ for £45 including postage to ireland.

I have one already and they are great. all vertical games, boots up in a minute to a menu with 60 games on it. pacman, DK, Space Invaders etc..

The reason i like these, is that you can disable games on them, but if you disable 59 games on them, it will boot straight into the enabled games front screen so it looks like the original in your cab. I have one in my Donkey Kong Cab already and this one is going in the space invaders cocktail. only downside is it takes about 120 seconds too boot up.

Ive also heard some people complain about the sound in some of the games. I never noticed any of this, i think its probably 1 or 2 of the more obscure games on it that i dont play anyways.

It has a vga connection on it, connection for speaker, jamma and can be powered by a HDD plug molex type (i only learned that last night).

Any chance that we could get a pic of it with a banana for scale? Just wondering how big the unit is physically.

I'd be tempted to build a 60 in 1 cab for sale at a later date with jamma loom in it with one of these boards just... as a hobby.

Optimus Prime · 04-07-2013 11:06AM

haha they are only small, roughly the size of a dvd box.

The Last Bandit · 04-07-2013 11:06AM

They are fairly small, will fit in a space 140mm x 140mm.

And you can pick them up cheaper than that, the last lot I bought worked out at less than €40 each.

One annoying feature is the sound is not equalised across the games so some tend to be louder that others, not a big deal if you are configuring it for a single game only. This is the main reason I added an external volume pot on my bartops.

MrVestek · 04-07-2013 11:14AM

The Last Bandit wrote: »

They are fairly small, will fit in a space 140mm x 140mm.

And you can pick them up cheaper than that, the last lot I bought worked out at less than €40 each.

One annoying feature is the sound is not equalised across the games so some tend to be louder that others, not a big deal if you are configuring it for a single game only. This is the main reason I added an external volume pot on my bartops.

You should probably use a shifted key in order to increase or decrease the volume on the cab.

04-07-2013 11:18AM

yep
I used to have shift + up and down on the joystick set up for volume.

The Last Bandit · 04-07-2013 11:26AM

Ah ye guys are talking about PC based cabs

This a old style Jamma board with limited controls, the only way to adjust the volume is thru the configuration menu or the on-board pot (which I move off board for easy access)

MrVestek · 04-07-2013 11:37AM

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Ah ye guys are talking about PC based cabs

This a old style Jamma board with limited controls, the only way to adjust the volume is thru the configuration menu or the on-board pot (which I move off board for easy access)

I know that but surely you can rewire the pot and connect +/- to a pin on the jamma board for an input? That way you may be able to just press a button for volume up / down.

If you're going to the hassle of doing that though I suppose you're better off just extending the pot.

Never mind forget I suggested anything. *puts head back into sand*

Casey120 · 04-07-2013 08:16PM

If you have a Jamma cab and like the oldies these cheap little 60 in 1 boards are pretty much a must for the price .
The sound on a couple of games is indeed horrible, try Scramble and every explosion sounds like you blown up your speakers .

Thing is that I have 8 way joysticks ( Seimitsu LS-56) that suck for 4 way games like Pacman or Donkey Kong, I have bought an E-Limitator but yet have to install it, that should take care of it though .

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