I can't seem to find: Jamma -> TV

[Inaba]

I can't seem to find any convertors or any info, other than the HGA to write a JAMMA PCB to a TV.

I'd like to fire up a JAMMA board in my MAME cab and use my joysticks, etc... but I have a 27" TV in my cab, and an IPAC for the sticks.  Wiring the buttons and sticks are fairly straightforward, but I can't seem to find any convertors/harnesses to go from Jamma to TV.

Does anyone have any suggestions?  An all in one kit would be killer, but I'm more than willing to do some wiring/soldering.

[JoyMonkey]

I think you want one of Jroc's RGB to NTSC converters
http://www.jrok.com/arcade.html

I've tried contacting him before to try and buy some but never heard from him, so I don't know what they go for or how well they perform. But it should do the trick.

[rampy]

If you need a term to google for... these are usually called (or fall under the pervue) of "superguns" or "jamma superguns"

Collector/repair people usually create some sort of rig to plug in JAMMA boards to go to a benchtop TV/controls/etc (sorta)

*shrug*

rampy

[Inaba]

Thanks for the info.. the JROK thing looks like what I need + the Happ controls JAMMA harness for wiring the controls.

As for Superguns... what's the story behind that?  Why supergun?  No wonder I couldn't find it, although I did run across the Supergun term a couple times, but didn't understand exactly what the difference was, and all the supergun kits included PSU, sticks, etc...

Which, come to think of it, I need a PSU as well, won't I?    This seems to be getting more involved than I had intended.

I can't seem to find a frigging Jamma cab for sale (except new for $1295) around here to save my life.  There is just absolutely NO used cabinets for sale in the Kansas City area (and I've been looking for 9 months).

Ideally, a used Jamma cab with monitor would probably be my best bet.  Hrrmmm

[Sasquatch!]

I think you want one of Jroc's RGB to NTSC converters
http://www.jrok.com/arcade.html

I've tried contacting him before to try and buy some but never heard from him, so I don't know what they go for or how well they perform. But it should do the trick.

I own one of these and it works.  The pictures is NOT as good as it would be through a real RGB monitor, but it's definitely doable.

Weird that JROK isn't answering your emails, because he was very good about providing me with all sorts of info when I bought mine.

[Inaba]

Ok... so it's not as good?

Should I then be focusing my efforts on finding a JAMMA cab with monitor instead of trying to meld my Tekken PCBs into my MAME cab?

Man... why can't things just be simple!  If only MAME would emulate Tekken properly so that I could play

[Sephroth57]

well you could hack playstation controllers and stick a PS in your cab and theres all the tekkens. I found it was easier going with a PC monitor... you might want to find a totally empty cab and do that.

[Inaba]

The Playstation Tekkens' are not the arcade Tekkens, unfortunately, or I would... The moves are different and there's other small things that make the PS versions suck when compared to the arcade, sadly.