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Pyongyang · 19-01-2012 5:24pm

Andrew76 wrote: »

And apparently Atomiswave carts are very prone to bootlegs, think Pyonyang said the same about the STV system. If you can't get a cab into your house then get some PCBs as o1s1n says, there's something cool about them for sure and playing them on that big Trinitron of yours would be awesome.

Indeed, the STV and MVS systems are riddled with bootlegs. It's like walking a minefield to find a genuine cassette.

That said, be wary of PCB's too, though to be honest, if it's rare and the price is too good to be true, it probably is.

purplec · 19-01-2012 7:14pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Too right!

Ciderman - I don't think there are any other multi games solutions other than buying dodgy multi PCBs.

The only other cart systems I can think of off the top of my head are PGM, STV, Sega Mega tech, Jaleco Mega 32 and Atomiswave.

None of which, to my own knowledge, have anything like MVS multi carts.

Maybe there's something else out there which uses compact flash like your G-Net. I haven't heard of anything though.

How about just collecting some bog standard PCBs? They're a thing of beauty

Naomi net boot solution with a cf card. Very easy to make. Hardware is quite cheap now also.

purplec · 19-01-2012 7:16pm

Pyongyang wrote: »

Indeed, the STV and MVS systems are riddled with bootlegs. It's like walking a minefield to find a genuine cassette.

That said, be wary of PCB's too, though to be honest, if it's rare and the price is too good to be true, it probably is.

The most bootlegs about are mvs , atomiswave. STV are a lot harder to do so you don't see many of them. Anyway STV arent great anyway I practically gave one away recently.

Pyongyang · 19-01-2012 8:24pm

purplec wrote: »

Anyway STV arent great anyway I practically gave one away recently.

I know! I wanted it!

CiDeRmAn · 19-01-2012 10:52pm

Kerbdog sent me a link to a guy selling a Taito Type-X board with Sega I/O board included.
It comes with a modded bios and a CF with 12 games, including Raiden 3 and 4...
All for the knock down price of €480!

Now, which kidney to sell, the left or right?

Pyongyang · 20-01-2012 11:36am

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Kerbdog sent me a link to a guy selling a Taito Type-X board with Sega I/O board included.
It comes with a modded bios and a CF with 12 games, including Raiden 3 and 4...
All for the knock down price of €480!

Now, which kidney to sell, the left or right?

I got the same link. I nearly bought it this morning (honestly) but remembered the Batrider fund.

The Type-X for sale is the old Celeron model too, not the P4 upgrade (which helped me talk myself out of buying it).

purplec · 20-01-2012 11:43am

I have a TypeX CF solution from mr modbios its annoying how you change the game but its a good system.

you can upgrade the processor easily yourself, its just swapatronics

Pyongyang · 20-01-2012 11:49am

purplec wrote: »

I have a TypeX CF solution from mr modbios its annoying how you change the game but its a good system.

you can upgrade the processor easily yourself, its just swapatronics

True, I just kidded myself the processor was a dealbreaker so I wouldn't buy it and harm the Batrider fund.

CiDeRmAn · 24-01-2012 11:46am

I'm having problems loading G-Darius onto my G-Net.
I know it worked at least once but now I'm getting a persistant "back-up data failed" message and asking me to press the "test sw".
Ahhh!!!

So, what the fup is going on?
Is this an issue with the board?
Everything else works great.
Is it the nasty brand of CF I'm using?
Again, everything else runs off of it.
Could it have something to do with running a game that is not native to the G-Net? I know that G-Darius is a hack itself, forced to run on the GNet

CiDeRmAn · 24-01-2012 1:10pm

Everythings Ok!

I trawled the interweb and finally found a pdf of instructions for a proper G-Net card.
In them it detailed how to access the test mode.

You turn off the G-Net Board at the PSU and flip dip-switch no.4 to the "on" position.
Then turn on the power.
The board will load as normal but instead of the games title it will display the settings menu.

In here you can test the screen, access the game settings etc.
I reset the game to default and switched everything off again.
Then switched the dipswitch back to the "off" position and powered the board again.

Hooray!
G-Darius in all its glory!

o1s1n · 24-01-2012 1:16pm

Glad to hear you got it working!

How much do those boards normally go for if you don't mind me asking? I'd really like to pick one up.

Oh and on the subject of this thread, looks like I'm should have space for a cab in my new place sometime soon.

Also looks like I'll have plenty of room to host some beers

CiDeRmAn · 24-01-2012 1:18pm

I think you can get them, with a CF Card and a disk of "stuff", including the modded bios for €150 from "some guy".

Ask Kerbdog, he sourced mine.

o1s1n · 24-01-2012 1:19pm

Nice! Not bad for an 'all in one, never have to spend another cent' on games setup

Myrddin · 24-01-2012 1:52pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Glad to hear you got it working!

How much do those boards normally go for if you don't mind me asking? I'd really like to pick one up.

Oh and on the subject of this thread, looks like I'm should have space for a cab in my new place sometime soon.

Also looks like I'll have plenty of room to host some beers

Will the cab turn on, or will it be like a beers where we just sit & look at a cab and discuss memories of emptying 20p's into them?

Joking aside, I presume it's all sorted by now?

Andrew76 · 24-01-2012 1:57pm

EnterNow wrote: »

Joking aside, I presume it's all sorted by now?

That feels like a yearly question almost.

Steve X2 · 24-01-2012 2:00pm

I've offered up my spare arcade monitor to the cause. Nothing worse than a dead candy.

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o1s1n · 24-01-2012 2:03pm

EnterNow wrote: »

Will the cab turn on, or will it be like a beers where we just sit & look at a cab and discuss memories of emptying 20p's into them?

Joking aside, I presume it's all sorted by now?

A working cab at a beers in my place? are you mental?

Hasn't been sorted yet no. I haven't chased it though as I wouldn't have had anywhere to put the thing.

Once the extra room is cleared I'm going to be really eager to get one moved in though. So if the current situation can't be resolved sometime soon I'm going to look elsewhere. Maybe Ronnie or even someone over on Arcade Otaku.

Myrddin · 24-01-2012 2:03pm

Steve SI wrote: »

I've offered up my spare arcade monitor to the cause. Nothing worse than a dead candy.

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That should have a NSFW, post reported. Its too graphic

Myrddin · 24-01-2012 2:04pm

o1s1n wrote: »

A working cab at a beers in my place? are you mental?

Hasn't been sorted yet no. I haven't chased it though as I wouldn't have had anywhere to put the thing.

Once the extra room is cleared I'm going to be really eager to get one moved in though. So if the current situation can't be resolved sometime soon I'm going to look elsewhere. Maybe Ronnie or even someone over on Arcade Otaku.

I presume you'll get refunded etc, that's a shame. Kinda lucky though that you didn't have to lug it around during the move etc though I suppose

o1s1n · 24-01-2012 2:10pm

Steve SI wrote: »

I've offered up my spare arcade monitor to the cause. Nothing worse than a dead candy.
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I'll mention that again. Fingers crossed. If it does happen then I'd be interested in buying that 2 player CP from you if you still have it. I'll say no more about that for now though, as I honestly haven't a clue what's going to happen with the cab so can't commit to anything just yet.

EnterNow wrote: »

I presume you'll get refunded etc, that's a shame. Kinda lucky though that you didn't have to lug it around during the move etc though I suppose

I'd be getting my old JAMMA cab back too. Just trying to figure out how to convince the lady to let me have two :pac:

She did say (to my utter shock), 'oh, you can put your arcade in there' in relation to the other room. So maybe if I nag enough....

Myrddin · 24-01-2012 2:12pm

o1s1n wrote: »

She did say (to my utter shock), 'oh, you can put your arcade in there' in relation to the other room. So maybe if I nag enough....

Arggh, why do girls call them 'arcades'?

Steve X2 · 24-01-2012 2:13pm

o1s1n wrote: »

A working cab at a beers in my place? are you mental?

Hasn't been sorted yet no. I haven't chased it though as I wouldn't have had anywhere to put the thing.

Once the extra room is cleared I'm going to be really eager to get one moved in though. So if the current situation can't be resolved sometime soon I'm going to look elsewhere. Maybe Ronnie or even someone over on Arcade Otaku.

I'll be getting a batch of candies from Japan myself in the next couple of months if you want to get involved. I'll have more details in the next 3 to 4 weeks about it.

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o1s1n · 24-01-2012 2:14pm

EnterNow wrote: »

o1s1n wrote: »

She did say (to my utter shock), 'oh, you can put your arcade in there' in relation to the other room. So maybe if I nag enough....

Arggh, why do girls call them 'arcades'?

Oooh I could always misinterpret that to mean an arcade room?

Myrddin · 24-01-2012 2:15pm

Steve SI wrote: »

I'll be getting a batch of candies from Japan myself in the next couple of months if you want to get involved. I'll have more details in the next 3 to 4 weeks about it.

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o1s1n · 24-01-2012 2:21pm

Steve SI wrote: »

I'll be getting a batch of candies from Japan myself in the next couple of months if you want to get involved. I'll have more details in the next 3 to 4 weeks about it.

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:eek:

Well that'd be a solution to my woes!

Steve X2 · 24-01-2012 2:23pm

EnterNow wrote: »

I think I mentioned in another thread somewhere but basically I have a source over in Tokyo willing to sell me candies(even new unwrapped ones, the come wrapped and not boxed apparently) for a decent price.
I went over just before Xmas for some business and also to try and get more info and details from the guy.

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Myrddin · 24-01-2012 2:24pm

Steve SI wrote: »

I think I mentioned in another thread somewhere but basically I have a source over in Tokyo willing to sell me candies(even new unwrapped ones, the come wrapped and not boxed apparently) for a decent price.
I went over just before Xmas for some business and also to try and get more info and details from the guy.

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Steve SI promoted to Messiah status :cool:

Steve X2 · 24-01-2012 2:26pm

EnterNow wrote: »

Steve SI promoted to Messiah status :cool:

On another note, the guy mentioned that a lot of sellers in Euroland buy their candies in bulk from the junk yards(like the ones pictures above except thats China).
Something to think about when shopping for a new cab.

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o1s1n · 24-01-2012 2:35pm

Steve SI wrote: »

On another note, the guy mentioned that a lot of sellers in Euroland buy their candies in bulk from the junk yards(like the ones pictures above except thats China).
Something to think about when shopping for a new cab.

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Would probably explain some of the scuffs and knocks I've seen in pictures people post of their cabs :pac:

In all seriousness though, that's pretty insane. It's nice to see some of them being saved and all..but if I were getting a junk yard cab I'd want to be getting one massive discount!

That's a really interesting prospect anyway. Any idea what the story is with the new ones? I take it it'd just be newer models? Or are things like Egrets still manufacturered?

Would be amazing to get an Egret II straight off a production line

Steve X2 · 24-01-2012 2:42pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Would probably explain some of the scuffs and knocks I've seen in pictures people post of their cabs :pac:

In all seriousness though, that's pretty insane. It's nice to see some of them being saved and all..but if I were getting a junk yard cab I'd want to be getting one massive discount!

That's a really interesting prospect anyway. Any idea what the story is with the new ones? I take it it'd just be newer models? Or are things like Egrets still manufacturered?

Would be amazing to get an Egret II straight off a production line

First thing I did was confirm Egret 2's and 3's were available new. They are and he showed me an Egret 3 that was unwrapped a week before. It was mint and shiny and the monitor was a thing of beauty.

Of course the only problem with these "new" candies is that they must have been in storage for while. He even has new and wrapped candies from the 90's. That old and never powered on makes me wonder how the electronics in the monitors have held up. The Egret 3's should fair better as they are from the 2002/3 era but an arcade monitor from 1993 or so that's never been power up, hmmm.

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Andrew76 · 24-01-2012 2:58pm

Steve SI wrote: »

First thing I did was confirm Egret 2's and 3's were available new. They are and he showed me an Egret 3 that was unwrapped a week before. It was mint and shiny and the monitor was a thing of beauty.

Of course the only problem with these "new" candies is that they must have been in storage for while. He even has new and wrapped candies from the 90's. That old and never powered on makes me wonder how the electronics in the monitors have held up. The Egret 3's should fair better as they are from the 2002/3 era but an arcade monitor from 1993 or so that's never been power up, hmmm.

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Never been powered up would worry me alright, think I'd prefer a good condition used one just to know it actually works ok.

o1s1n · 24-01-2012 3:10pm

Yeah you guys are right. Sealed in packaging often does mean DOA!

Sealed in packaging from 1993 just sounds insane! How could you possibly have something that big taking up so much space for so long without even being opened? Crazy.

I'm not too up on E3s, must do a bit of research. I take it you can rotate the monitor like the E2s?

Andrew76 · 24-01-2012 3:12pm

o1s1n wrote: »

I'm not too up on E3s, must do a bit of research. I take it you can rotate the monitor like the E2s?

No there's no rotate mechanism in an E3, it would be the same manual procedure as an AWSD I think.

Pyongyang · 24-01-2012 3:16pm

No idea where mine was from. Probably a junk yard as it was originally plucked from Japan, worked and flash sprayed in Hong Kong and shipped to the UK before making it's way to my loving, caring home (where it was promptly sniffed and licked by my dog).

I love my cab. It's the bees knees. I like all the little projects you can do with it. So far I've completely dismantled the entire cabinet (every last bolt!), installed a new coin slot, new cp plate, new cp overlay (both new SEGA stock, not repro's) and best of all, installed it with all the finest Seimitsu sticks and buttons only a shooting game fan could love...

...shame I'll never be good enough to make a Superplay.

:pac:

Andrew76 · 24-01-2012 3:23pm

Pyongyang wrote: »

...where it was promptly sniffed and licked by my dog).

Lol who are you trying to kid! Yeah, the dog... :pac:

Pyongyang wrote: »

...shame I'll never be good enough to make a Superplay. :pac:

Was watching the DX Training Level superplay last night - the chap had insane skills. He maxed out every medal except for two in the entire 15min long level! Crazy stuff. I also noticed his score jump by 200K near the very start and was like wtf! Played it back and noticed there's a secret bonus pyramid there which is easy to get, nice!

Pyongyang · 24-01-2012 3:34pm

Andrew76 wrote: »

Lol who are you trying to kid! Yeah, the dog... :pac:

OK! It was me as well! :pac:

geotrig · 24-01-2012 4:08pm

Steve SI wrote: »

First thing I did was confirm Egret 2's and 3's were available new. They are and he showed me an Egret 3 that was unwrapped a week before. It was mint and shiny and the monitor was a thing of beauty.

Of course the only problem with these "new" candies is that they must have been in storage for while. He even has new and wrapped candies from the 90's. That old and never powered on makes me wonder how the electronics in the monitors have held up. The Egret 3's should fair better as they are from the 2002/3 era but an arcade monitor from 1993 or so that's never been power up, hmmm.

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Alright i have to ask ,what price range are these ?, obvisously a ball park figure must have been mentioned at some point so that would do . just cab price in japan without shipment will do..
shipping and charges and then the yens **** rate for us are goign to have a big affect on this though i'd presume.
do you have a list of general cabs that may be available ?

Jack burton · 24-01-2012 4:38pm

Steve SI wrote: »

First thing I did was confirm Egret 2's and 3's were available new. They are and he showed me an Egret 3 that was unwrapped a week before. It was mint and shiny and the monitor was a thing of beauty.

Of course the only problem with these "new" candies is that they must have been in storage for while. He even has new and wrapped candies from the 90's. That old and never powered on makes me wonder how the electronics in the monitors have held up. The Egret 3's should fair better as they are from the 2002/3 era but an arcade monitor from 1993 or so that's never been power up, hmmm.

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Sounds interesting, After I get my check off Irish Lads magazine for that photo shoot I did I'll put some money aside for this, if there's room for another person on board of course

o1s1n · 24-01-2012 4:43pm

I've been looking at forum group purchases by the likes of killercabs for absolutely ages now, always jealous of seeing so many candies in a container.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hINiaQO3gvE

Never thought I'd see a possibility of a boards.ie one! :eek:

Myrddin · 24-01-2012 4:49pm

Oh & if anyone would like to buy a candy cab and leave it in my shed under lock & key - I've got space for about ten candies which I will gladly 'mind' for you free of charge

o1s1n · 24-01-2012 4:50pm

EnterNow wrote: »

Oh & if anyone would like to buy a candy cab and leave it in my shed under lock & key - I've got space for about ten candies which I will gladly 'mind' for you free of charge

Shame you didn't tell me that about a year ago, I may have taken you up on the offer. :pac:

Myrddin · 24-01-2012 4:51pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Shame you didn't tell me that about a year ago, I may have taken you up on the offer. :pac:

Only working candies need apply

Jack burton · 24-01-2012 4:52pm

Well I think that for a fairly small community here at A&R there are some pretty impressive collections in out midst

o1s1n · 24-01-2012 4:52pm

Every time I give you a lend of a console, it's come back either working or upgraded.

I thought maybe the same thing might happen with the candy

o1s1n · 24-01-2012 4:53pm

Jack burton wrote: »

Well I think that for a fairly small community here at A&R there are some pretty impressive collections in out midst

Shame we cant get everything everyone has together in a room all at once. Just for the sheer hell of it!

Myrddin · 24-01-2012 4:54pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Every time I give you a lend of a console, it's come back either working or upgraded.

I thought maybe the same thing might happen with the candy

Ah if Mitch couldn't do it, it was a lost cause

Myrddin · 24-01-2012 4:55pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Shame we cant get everything everyone has together in a room all at once. Just for the sheer hell of it!

Could you imagine, 'awesome sauce mc'amaze ball mecca' we could call it :pac:

Andrew76 · 24-01-2012 4:57pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Shame we cant get everything everyone has together in a room all at once. Just for the sheer hell of it!

You'd need a fairly large hall and some decent security I would imagine. Would be a site to behold though (except for the shed loads of 'backups'

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Myrddin · 24-01-2012 5:00pm

Andrew76 wrote: »

You'd need a fairly large hall and some decent security I would imagine. Would be a site to behold though (except for the shed loads of 'backups' ).

Retr0 - "Is that...a real NES?"

* I know I know he has one now but still

o1s1n · 24-01-2012 5:08pm

Atavan - "Is that a real...'

Bouncer 'Sorry, you can't come in. Adults only'.

:pac::pac:

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