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Jamma/XBOX 360 Candy Cab *Final Panel PICS, VIDEO, LED's
BurgerKingDiamond:
This is a thread for my Korean candy cab that I have recently finished working on. I got this on ebay for $300 + $200 to get it shipped from Florida to Virginia.
It came with a Parodius PCB. On the second day I had it I broke the neck on the tube :angry: :angry: :angry:, so I replace it with a TV from a pawn shop. It is connected through s-video with a RGB to NTSC converter.
I also added a xbox 360, which is connected through component cables.
I wired up a DB-25 switch box for going between the controls for Jamma/xbox 360. I also ran a video button from the TV chassis to the switch box for going between the s-video and component inputs, also a button for the TV power was ran to the back of the cab. The xbox 360 control is through a hacked MadCatz street fighter IV gamepad (also ran the home button to the back of the cab for turning on the xbox).
I got the xbox from a friend already decased. Without the case there is nowhere for the dvd drive to rest. Luckily, the drive uses a standard SATA cable, and I just happened to have an extra lying around from another project I did. I did however have to manually lengthen the power connector. I then mounted the dvd drive to the bottom of the pcb shelf.
One side note.... I originally had both sets of sticks wired up to the switch box, but when I finished and tried to test it, only some of the buttons were working and I couldn't figure out why. the db25 cable has 25 pins, and for two sticks, 10 buttons, and 2 grounds (one for each hacked pad), I should have had more than enough pins to do this. but when I got out the multimeter to try and track down the problem I found that the problem lied within the switchbox itself. I opened it up and found out that pins 18-25 were soldered to each other, so I actually only had 18 pins to work with... So I rewired it and had to cut one xbox controller. This was particularly annoying, and I don't want to use a soldering iron for a long time... The end result is that bot sets of controls work for JAMMA, but only one stick works for xbox.
Also, the sticks are very loose, so I will end up replacing them with either sanwa or seimitsu balltops. I'm asking around to find out which model will best suit the kind of games that I will be playing.
A marquee holder will be made too eventually. Maybe in a week or so, I'm kind of burnt out right now.
Current games
JAMMA:
Raiden II
Parodius (maybe sexy parodius, but I don't know for sure because it is in Japanese)
Raiden (i'm haggling with a dude on ebay for it right now...)
Donpachi (pinballjim has offered to sell me the pcb, but I'm waiting for him to get back to me)
XBOX 360:
Raiden Fighters Aces
Raiden IV
Mushihimesama Futari
Deathsmiles (although I can't play it on this tated' monitor)
(I am in the process of acquiring a jtag'd 360, so this list is soon to explode!)
Here are some pics. I can barely find the time to do these projects, so documenting as I go doesn't really happen... Too bad because
I really like reading threads with lots of pictures of projects in progress. Also there is a video on youtube.
*** in the video I say that the other cab is JAMMA, that was a mistake. It's actually just MAME, PS2 and Dreamcast.
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jimmy2x2x:
That looks like an awesome setup, congrats!
I would consider Sanwa buttons and a Seimitsu ls32 joystick for the type of games you are playing
I really want a Candy, one day, one day...
emphatic:
I'd say Seimitsu LS-32 or LS-56 sticks as they are overall the best shmup sticks without modification (SUZO 500s are my personal choice but they need a custom made shaft to be "Candy pretty" ). And Seimitsu buttons, Sanwa is way to triggerhappy, especially for CAVE games. Best shop for parts is www.akihabarashop.jp imho.
jimmy2x2x:
http://www.etokki.com/ is another option, I found these the cheapest after shipping.
Be sure to update with any changes!
emphatic:
Had time to watch the whole video now (with sound!) and those sticks are Korean Fanta sticks. Very popular among fighter fans I believe. Too bad you necked the orginal monitor tube, but that component video must be considered an upgrade. As the tube on that TV seems to be curved it seems a lucky fit for your cabinet. :cheers: I wish HD CRT TVs were more common in Sweden, I'd love to put one in at least one of my EGRET IIs as both suffer from burn-in and replacing the tube isn't my cup of tea.
How is the picture when running PCBs? Also, the US release of DeathSmiles isn't worth rotating your monitor for as CAVE removed lots of slowdown apparently making it unplayable.