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ArcadeDunce:

I found a site that has a completed Pac-Man style cabinet and control panel pre-built.

If I wanted a cabinet that had classic games in it, with original PCBS, what could I throw in there without it getting too crowded, and if possible have it all run on the same equipment?
I'd want Popeye, Pac-Man, Frogger, and QBert installed.

The second machine would be all Jamma.  NBA Jam, Turtles, Simpsons...Xmen..and that i'd build myself.....

I always prefer original hardware over the rom route..

BobA:

All the games you listed in the first group have different pinouts to connect the power and buttons.  You would have to develop adapters to connect them to the same cabinet controls.   Jamma standards did not exist when these games were produced.

The second group of games are later so a multi jamma setup will probably work.

Felsir:

Also QBert has a joystick at 45 degree angle, so it will not match the controls of pacman etc.

mgb:

Popeye would need an inversion board to play on a monitor other than the 20ez

paigeoliver:

Popeye is also a horizontal game while the others are vertical. QBert wants 30 volts and -12 volts, while the others want -5 volts. I believe you have to do some conversions to a pac-man board to even make it play nice with anything else since it normally takes AC power to the edge connector.

Qbert doesn't really play nice with anything. It needs an angled joystick and what you will pay for a working Qbert circuit board with working sound gets you about 80 percent of the way to the purchase price of a whole machine (all the way there if you can snag a deal).

I have a Ms. Pac-Man with Mike Doyles multipac kit installed. That is a pretty decent solution if you want to avoid emulation. It gets you Pac, Ms. Pac, Pac-Plus, Ms Pac-Plus (fast and slow versions and a zillion variant mazes of all of the former), plus Super Pac, Pengo, Caterpillar, Pacrabbit, Space Invaders and Pirahna all running on an original Pac-Man circuit board.

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