Main > Project Announcements

Classic Cabinet : lots in one!

(1/3) > >>

ArcadeDunce:
Well, with the news of the last true arcade down the shore gone into the ocean, I now have a hankering to replace what was lost with a multi game cabinet.

I plan to make it look like your basic pac-man machine, but be able to play other games like Arkanoid as well.

Now, here is the question. Jamma games are all inter changeable.  But what about the classics?  The ones I care about are : Popeye, Pac, Mrs.Pac, Galaxian, Arknoid, Qbert, Paperboy, and one or two others. Star Wars would have to be a seperate cab due to controller space.

I'd Love to use all original  boards if possible.  Or one of those multi game boards. Any ideas on what the best options are?

PL1:
If you want to research the original boards and what "conversion class" they are, one place to look is http://www.arcade-museum.com/.

The problem that you will encounter is that the classics you list came out before the Jamma standard was adopted, so each has different requirements.

Some adapters like the Pac to Jamma and several others are available.


Scott

ArcadeDunce:

--- Quote from: PL1 on November 12, 2012, 01:53:47 pm ---If you want to research the original boards and what "conversion class" they are, one place to look is http://www.arcade-museum.com/.

The problem that you will encounter is that the classics you list came out before the Jamma standard was adopted, so each has different requirements.

Some adapters like the Pac to Jamma and several others are available.


Scott

--- End quote ---

I'll check out the link.  What about power? do all games get powered by the same source, no matter the type?    With my current setup, I have one power source, the Jamma Connector, and the Jyrok(I beleive) RGB convertor and I'm up and running

Unstupid:
I'm sure paperboy would need it's own cab for the same reason star wars does...  ;)  As far as multiboards take a look at the 60-in-1 or, if your budget allows, the ArcadeSD board sold by phoenix arcade.

ArcadeDunce:
the Arcade SD board looks like it could work... but it says you have to provide your own roms. I take it all you have to do is load the rom zip file onto the SD card, plug it into the board, and the board plays instantly?
if so, this would work perfect. I'd be able to have Pac-Man and all the others in one cabinet with one power source and one jamma connector.  The trouble would then fall on cutting the wood to put this thing together :).

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page