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confusing about making pc to jamma arcade..
krick:
The Capcom and NEO-Geo sytems are just like any other JAMMA game board except they have a cartridge system on them. To change the game, you just swap the cartridge instead of swapping the whole board.
You cannot connect your computer to either of them.
microwrx:
And remember that not all arcade game boards are JAMMA. JAMMA is a standard that was devised some time after many of the older games were released and those older games (Pac-Man being one) have their own wiring setup. Generally (but not always) each manufacturer had their own wiring standard until JAMMA came out.
krick:
--- Quote from: microwrx on January 09, 2005, 04:27:34 pm ---...those older games (Pac-Man being one) have their own wiring setup...
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My bad.
I thought Pac-Man was in the JAMMA era.
Ooops!
alundra:
i dont see how we cant connect our pc to a neogeo system, since the only difference between them is the stereo and the and the -5V
paigeoliver:
Generally games 1986 and newer are JAMMA.
There are some exceptions.
Almost NOTHING from Sega is JAMMA except for Clutch Hitter and Bloxeed.
Atari had a lot of "sort of jamma" titles. Like that pirate game (can't recall the name), worked fine in a JAMMA cabinet, unless you pressed the start button which would crash the game (it used the action buttons to start instead).
Don't trust any games without joysticks to REALLY be JAMMA. A lot of them fall into the category of "sort of jamma". A "sort of JAMMA" game will power and display in a JAMMA cabinet, but might have control pins different for NO REASON.