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o1s1n · 05-09-2019 5:06pm

I've said it before but... what is with everything coming up online arcade wise being in the north?!

Best of luck!

beejee · 05-09-2019 5:39pm

Sega rally works, outrun 2, time crisis 2, twin motorbike games, rest are more redemption stuff. Nothing really up my street, oh well

Always worth the dash!

Kidchameleon · 05-09-2019 5:42pm

beejee wrote: »

Sega rally works, outrun 2, time crisis 2, twin motorbike games, rest are more redemption stuff. Nothing really up my street, oh well

Always worth the dash!

Fair play to you for going up, it was annoying that he only posted one pic

BGOllie · 05-09-2019 5:59pm

outrun 2 is want on my list but I dread the initial price and maintenance cost

05-09-2019 9:39pm

Has he prices? I just got a new TV so I'm cleaned out

beejee · 05-09-2019 9:42pm

Not yet. Seems a bit preemptive, really.

KevW24601 · 11-09-2019 12:37am

Strange question here but I'm not sure where else to put.

Back in the day an Arcade in Tramore had a SF2CE. It had some slightly interesting quirks; a black title screen / character select screen instead of blue (think all the blues were darkened), slightly higher pitched music and the post match win quotes would "pop up suddenly" after a second rather than gradually scrolling.

Apart from that it was your standard SF2CE. Well, I also remember it being really, really hard (well then I was also a kid) and the dipswitch for continues were turned off. So I can ascertain it's not Rainbow or anything like that.

Any ideas as to what would have been behind those quirks? I'm just really curious as I have never come across those again in any other version of SF2CE. Not the dozen ports or MAME versions and Barcadia / Token cabinets are your standard CE.

Was it just a weird board or a bootleg or some such?

Kidchameleon · 11-09-2019 7:25am

Sounds like a boot or a dodgy repair

80s Synth Pop · 11-09-2019 9:18am

Daytona for sale in cork at a good price
https://www.donedeal.ie/otherelectronics-for-sale/sega-daytona-vintage-arcade-game-machine/22934163

Monitor repair would be around 80-150.

beejee · 11-09-2019 3:39pm

Maybe the best arcade racer! That's a great bargain going there, cant be too many left at all!

kevin2me · 11-09-2019 4:05pm

80s Synth Pop wrote: »

Daytona for sale in cork at a good price
https://www.donedeal.ie/otherelectronics-for-sale/sega-daytona-vintage-arcade-game-machine/22934163

Monitor repair would be around 80-150.

Ye are killing, I was so tempted to put a Daytona into 1 half of Sega rally and Sega rally on the other side.

Double the fun for the same space used up

Cant do it though

Unholy to split the SR twin

Thats a fine deal 20 minutes from me though. Model 2 cab aint it not model 3?

15-09-2019 5:20pm

So you can fit a Sega naomi driver in a 3 door gti.
It was fairly tight.
Got the 18wheeler home on Friday but haven't looked at it really.
It was in Shannon Airport, 490,000 on the coin counter.
A cool half million quid!!!!

07-10-2019 6:17pm

Picked this 4 slot up a few weeks back and only got around to sorting it the weekend, stripped and cleaned the boards, replaced the battery with cell holder and desoldered the 470 resistor to prevent the mobo trying to charge the cell battery, added unibios 4.0, sanded, sprayed and added a headphone jack.. my neo candy 29 is very happy

kevin2me · 07-10-2019 6:26pm

Mozie, That looks better than my Debs date (back in the day) lol

Fab setup. Does it save highscrores with mod etc or do any of these. Enjoy now go play games!

07-10-2019 6:37pm

kevin2me wrote: »

Mozie, That looks better than my Debs date (back in the day) lol

Fab setup. Does it save highscrores with mod etc or do any of these. Enjoy now go play games!

Haha I bet Kev

Yeah saves high scores of course, unibios is great can also run aes mode so have the different options of the home carts and dont need to add credits etc..also has a cheat system so I can finally finish viewpoint because otherwise its not happening that game is ridiculously hard. Highly recommended it even the free version if your motherboard has the bios socketed

beejee · 07-10-2019 7:02pm

That looks great

nice job!

The Last Bandit · 07-10-2019 8:43pm

Looks great, doing well to find a working one of these

Still have a stack of broken 6 slots here to work thru eventually...

Kidchameleon · 07-10-2019 10:16pm

@Mozie81

Whats that pcb thing between the Jamma connector and the 4 slot?

07-10-2019 10:20pm

Kidchameleon wrote: »

@Mozie81

Whats that pcb thing between the Jamma connector and the 4 slot?

It’s a jamma adapter, mvs multislots are not jamma there a little different (audio and test pins) my cab is wired to jamma, was going to change it back to mvs but thought nice to have the option, only change a few jumpers on the adapter or remove to go back to jamma..

eddhorse · 08-10-2019 7:04am

Kidchameleon wrote: »

@Mozie81

Whats that pcb thing between the Jamma connector and the 4 slot?

Jamma to MVS adapter id say

The_B_Man · 09-10-2019 5:47pm

Newbie here.
Just dipping me toe in to see if I could get meself an arcade cabinet for the shed.

How does one typically get their hands on one? Ring the local bowling alley/arcade?

Make your own from a bit of MDF?
I saw a flat pack one on ebay there recently.

Or do u just be patient and get one on done deal?

Kidchameleon · 09-10-2019 6:51pm

It depends really on what your after. Do you want the REAL arcade experience? Well then nothing but a real arcade machine will do. Yes you could get lucky with done deal but one of the most reliable ways of getting one would be to have it imported from the UK so have a look on the UKVAC website.

As for what your games will play on, well you might be happy with a Pandoras box or other multi game setup but there's nothing like original hardware for the genuine experience, cost would be a factor in that decision though. Real arcade hardware is getting pricey.

Building one can work as long as you don't make silly mistakes like slide out keyboards, light up buttons or side art of Lara Croft etc. There are loads of plans available with a quick google.

I have seen those flat-pack machines in person and they look ok but they don't have the likes of a coin slot etc. They are more tributes to arcade machines rather than real ones if you get me.

Getting into the hobby can be hard, there's quite a bit of planning and expense, dealing with the other half regarding space in "her" house etc. but it is well worth it so persevere.

My final tip would be, CRT is the king, don't go flat screen of you can avoid it.

The_B_Man · 09-10-2019 7:23pm

The plan is a MAME machine. I'd be handy with computers but useless with wood, so ideal scenario is a prebuilt cabinet and then I'll go in with the computer stuff.

How much is importing from the UK generally?
I want a standard full size cab for MAME(street fighter etc), but if I had the space I'd love a car racing game like Ridge Racer, OutRun or (as I saw on adverts), Need for Speed.

I'm saying "for the shed" because basically it is "her" house. I'd say I'd be lucky to get the one in the gaf, let alone a car racing game.

I've a mate who's handy with wood so I might ask him to build me one to my spec. If I do, is there any point getting side button holes for pinball? Or would I need a separate cabinet for vertical stuff like 1942?
Also, is it handy getting plexiglass/acrylic for in front of the screen? What about treating the wood for damp if its being kept in the shed?

KeRbDoG · 09-10-2019 7:48pm

The_B_Man wrote: »

How much is importing from the UK generally?
I want a standard full size cab for MAME(street fighter etc), but if I had the space

I had a pallet shipped from Devon UK to Dublin with two Dino King cabs. It cost me just over 120euro with translandgroup.com
The seller has to be happy to get the cabs on a pallet, securing them etc. for shipping. I'm sure there are other services like 'man-with-a-van' which they will ship it in a smaller van, they pack it up etc but I've no idea how much that might cost

Kidchameleon · 09-10-2019 7:55pm

This is Martin in the UK, he would pick up a cab, palatalize it and arrange to have Transland etc bring it to Irl

https://www.facebook.com/RetroLogistics/

80s Synth Pop · 09-10-2019 9:32pm

Can you tell us anything about the raid Beejee and Ollie

beejee · 09-10-2019 9:58pm

the first rule of raid club is...!

:P

The_B_Man · 09-10-2019 9:58pm

Kidchameleon wrote: »

This is Martin in the UK, he would pick up a cab, palatalize it and arrange to have Transland etc bring it to Irl

https://www.facebook.com/RetroLogistics/

Ah so this is the "Martin" everyone is talking about on the UKVac site. I was wondering why they were saying "Martin will be up to me house this week". I thought he was just some big arcade fan!!

Good idea on the "Man with a van". I wonder how much it'd cost me to get a cabinet delivered from the South. That could open up an expensive new avenue for me.

BGOllie · 09-10-2019 10:24pm

80s Synth Pop wrote: »

Can you tell us anything about the raid Beejee and Ollie

soon

... but for now...

BGOllie · 18-10-2019 7:48pm

So I'm considering converting one of the Naomi Driver cabs to an outrun 2 setup. From what I read it's pretty much plug and play but I know close to nothing about what's needed in a Chihiro setup. I saw this on ebay : https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SEGA-outrun-2-sp-Arcade-Motherboard-512MB-Working-Hy-402/312783399529?hash=item48d357ea69:g:kJYAAOSwCf9djbrE

Seems like an ok price compared to what I've seen but is it missing anything ?

80s Synth Pop · 18-10-2019 7:52pm

Have you thought about a pc interface and play outrun 2 through that instead? You would have 100+ other 270 degree racing games.

That's what I did with ridge racer cab. Naomi would be even easier as all you need to interface is the wheel, shifter and buttons (uhid). Audio and video is already pc plug and play.

18-10-2019 7:52pm

No that’s pretty much plug and play, uses a Chinese flash to load the game from, same setup in mine and the price is pretty good too I think I paid more although Iam not sure about shipping a chihiro from China, although in fairness yanton is ok to deal with should there be any problems and he normally wraps everything in a living rooms worth of cheap underlay

first thing you should do with chihiro is change the fans as there notorious for going and killing the gpu

geotrig · 18-10-2019 8:14pm

It's quiet a bit cheaper than most to be fair and would be tempting if .... I'm never comfortable buying from Yanton for bigger priced items like these though , although most stuff is OK.
Check the supercap asap if you buy it...

I must check mine. O_O

geotrig · 18-10-2019 8:18pm

Can't really see on my phone but are the screws Rusty inside.

geotrig · 19-10-2019 10:54am

I think I've bought 3 things off Yanton over the years and said I wouldn't again although was tempting when he was breaking cabs.... Last time I bought off him was circa 2006/07 ish.. All where mvs carts and I don't remember him carrying as much as he does now .now Im always more suspicious of clean boards and for me the grubbier the better... But nothing came close to these ones ,one was smashed to bits one was the dirtiest cart and pcbs I've ever seen and the other was alright.... I got rid of the manky one asap as even after a clean it was still manky. Lol

beejee · 22-10-2019 4:27pm

If anyone fancies a few repair boards I put up an ad in the marketplace

beejee · 22-10-2019 7:07pm

Once in a lifetime chance to get the grailiest of grails for Mvs neo geo, up in marketplace

Kidchameleon · 22-10-2019 11:08pm

That was a great price for P De Pon, very generous.

Jack burton · 24-10-2019 8:53pm

Anyone have a good lead on a working naomi 1 motherboard, been searching and asking but come up empty handed so far

beejee · 24-10-2019 8:56pm

Theres nothing more exciting than a bunch of cardboard boxes, but I do like arcade art and its mostly forgotten about at this point, flyers and marquees. So, another bunch done

Should have something far more interesting incoming though (in other words, sometime in 2024 at the rate I go).

03-11-2019 5:58pm

Nice I’ll add to the cardboard box pics lol.. got these done up locally for my mvs stuff as the loose carts weren’t doing it for me and the shockboxes are crazy expensive when shipping and customs are accounted for, only a small run this time but might get a bigger load next and offer them up if there’s interest.. boxes are a little bit bigger than kit boxes but hold a kit snug I’ve also some anti static bubble envelopes on order to hold the loose carts

Kidchameleon · 03-11-2019 6:15pm

Very nice indeed. I have actually been making them in batches out of Ikea boxes but would be interested in hearing where you got those made? Would it be possible for me to say, send my measurements and they would make them up?

Anyhow, I don't get the appeal of those shockboxes or why they are so bloody expensive. I have two of them and yeah they are nice n all, but I definitely prefer the real MVS boxes. The shockboxes try too hard to look like the AES boxes.

03-11-2019 6:41pm

Local paper bag factory made them up for me Iam sure the boxes are standard size that they use but i can always ask them for custom sizes although for a small run I’d imagine it wouldn’t be cheap.. these are 25 x 20 x 6 so a little bigger than a kit box, the kits sit nicely in them, what ikea boxes are you using?

Kidchameleon · 03-11-2019 6:47pm

Deleted User wrote: »

what ikea boxes are you using?

Oh I mean I am using the cardboard that furniture comes in (the family are on alert to keep the cardboard from any Ikea purchases). Its the exact cardboard the original kits use. I have measured an original kit box and have been making replicas. They are a little rough around the edges, it would be nice to do the same thing but have them machine produced.

beejee · 03-11-2019 8:08pm

Proper curation going on here

05-11-2019 7:58pm

Quick walk through of the new arcade.
Just moved in 4 months ago. This room is getting rewired at the weekend so it's going to be a bomb site for a few weeks.

Video didnt attach. Will do it tomorrow when I'm at the pc.

geotrig · 05-11-2019 8:46pm

BrownFinger wrote: »

Quick walk through of the new arcade.
Just moved in 4 months ago. This room is getting rewired at the weekend so it's going to be a bomb site for a few weeks.

I said the same with mine... Months later still the same mess been moved around the place... Lol

05-11-2019 11:23pm

Here is the clip of the new arcade, as you can see. Room for expansion!!

http://imgur.com/gallery/ZH2gjEM

beejee · 05-11-2019 11:43pm

Looks great, jukebox is cool too

if I wasn't moving soon and/or had more space... Lucky gits here

80s Synth Pop · 06-11-2019 12:27am

Loads of room for more. Love tales from the crypt, very hard pin.

P.s. anyone else end up spending 10 mins scrolling on imgurl

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