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| vwalbridge:
This hobby has lingo. I want to start a list of that lingo. *Some may or may not annoy you... ;D cab - housing which holds an arcade game's hardware coin-op - Coin Operated cp - control panel cpo - control panel overlay *tate - rotated monitor *ninty - refers to a Nintendo style cabinet shmup - Shoot 'em up game Kill screen - A stage or level in an arcade game that stops the player's progress due to a software bug point pressing - The act of performing the same move over and over again in a game for the purpose of gaining more points. ic - integrated circuit pcb - printed circuit board crt - Cathode ray tube LCD - Liquid Crystal Display monitor chassis - the PCB connected to the crt cap kit - replacement electrolytic capacitors for a pcb ps- power supply arcade - a collection of several arcade machines arcade game - a single arcade game the PCB that you plug into an arcade machine to play the game arcade machine - a single arcade machine wood/plastic/metal box containing a dispay, wiring, power, controls,etc to play arcade games pin - A pinball machine vid - An arcade machine operator - An individual who's business is operating coin-op arcade and/or pinball machines warehouse raid - An event where individual(s) enter a warehouse full of games and parts. They typically make offers to buy some of those games and parts from the operator. (Not as chaotic as it sounds) pinhead - a person who plays pinball exclusively. game room - the name for a collector's room containing several arcade machines. *man cave - a term used in a craigslist ad to entice the buyer. Use example: "This will look great in your man cave!" I know there are more. Please contribute. Or correct my list above if I messes something up. |
| Malenko:
assuming we are doing slang and things of that ilk? no defining a 2way,4way,8way,spinner,etc? CHD - Compressed Hunks of Data , usually a hard drive or optical disc image ROM - Read Only Memory, the data from the chips located on a PCB High Score Kit - An add on for an arcade PCB that enables you to save your high scores after power off, if the original board didnt support it JAMMA - Japanese Arcade Machine Manufacturers Association , commonly use to define the standard way to wire an arcade machine JAMMA+ - JAMMA standard and additional wiring, such as a kick harness JVS - JAMMA Video Standard aka JAMMA 2 , Arcade wiring standard that uses HD-15 for video and RCA for Audio, Naomi uses this kick harness - Used to add extra buttons to a game, named kick harness since they became popular with street fighter to add the kicks to the game bootleg - an illegally manufactured PCB copying a legitimate one. MVS - Multi Video System aka Neo Geo Arcade 1/2/4/6 slot - Neo Geo motherboard and the number of carts it can hold at one time Supergun - Allows someone to plug arcade PCBs into a TV and play them sitdown - an arcade machine you sit down at to play that more often than not has a seat attached; typically driving games stand up- an arcade machine you stand in front of to play cocktail - a table style arcade machine , typically with a player at each end, each with their own set of controls. to fix 2 you have: arcade game - the PCB that you plug into an arcade machine to play the game arcade machine - wood/plastic/metal box containing a dispay, wiring, power, controls,etc to play arcade games feel free to change any working I have up there that you dont like. |
| Howard_Casto:
not arcade machine.... It's arcade cabinet, at least, as it pertains to the thing you put pcbs in. Yes even the plastic and metal ones are arcade cabinets. Actually I've never heard the term arcade machine used except from "normals" who don't quite know what to call a game. You call it by the title... ie "I picked up a Tron today." If you just picked up the pcb you say "I picked up a Tron pcb" or "I picked up a Tron board" Also spelling out the abbreviations doesn't really define the term. Chances are if you know what a cathode ray tube is you know how it is abbreviated as well. crt = cathode ray tube (old fashioned "tube" monitor) lcd = liquid crystal display (new flat panel monitor) I'm not exactly sure who this glossary is meant for though..... anyone that is on this forum probably knows them already. |
| vwalbridge:
Thanks Malenko! Couple of the ones you added I was not totally sure on. --- Quote from: Howard_Casto on May 06, 2016, 12:40:31 pm ---I'm not exactly sure who this glossary is meant for though..... anyone that is on this forum probably knows them already. --- End quote --- Sure, we can all use google to look up terms but I find it more useful to get the actual definition from the enthusiast themselves. Also, if figured there would also be some more tongue-and-cheek terms as well. :) |
| yotsuya:
You hit it right on the head. The ones with stars do annoy me! |
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