Need MGCD for DC!!!

[Hellfromabove]

I just heard about this product and was wondering if anyone had one that they wanted to get rid of or one of the same kind made by a different company. If so please post here or mail me. Give me the price you are asking for also please. Thanx.

-See Ya!!!

[NIVO]

hello. Do you mean Metal Gear cd for the DC?  I ask only because i think it was Bleem or something to do with it that allowed it to play MGS on DC. If not, im sorry. Just trying to figure what MGCD is hehe.

[Hellfromabove]

It's a device that turns your DC into a Jamma arcade. It is really cool. Instead of press start it asks you to insert coin(s). It has a test menu and everything. Mainly used for fighting games. For example, you got MvC2 and you put it in. First it has the DC loading screen then has the part where it reads the memcards afterwards it asks you to insert coin(s). Then instead of going to the main menu it goes straight to Arcade mode. It has compatability with a big list of games. Thanx.

-See Ya!!!

[NIVO]

that sounds really cool, if i find or see one ill post to you. Thanks for the info, sounds like it would be a great addition to my DC as well.

[Dave_K.]

Listen, I know you are all excited about finding a "pay to play" Dreamcast solution (and charge all your friends I guess), but you should really do a little homework first on this before jumping up and down saying you want one.

First, do you even have a jamma cabinet (I thought you were building something)?  Second, are you aware it will NOT function with standard jamma wiring (obviously since standard jamma spec only supports 3 fire buttons per player).  This is not a simple plug and play solution.  Are you aware that 90% of the games it supports are Japanese/Imports only?  Did you know there are several versions of the MGCD (the first versions only supported early Dreamcast games released in 99).

Do a little research before you end up buying something that you A) can't hookup, or B) can't play MvC2 on.

[NIVO]

I am not planning to charge anyone for anything. Hope this wasnt directed towards me as I have never been involved in the other thread on the main board where this was discussed.

Secondly, I found a link for the devicehttp://www.frolicker.com.tw/mgcd/mgcd.htm it appears to be around $99(ouch).

[gnateye]

ther is something like this listed at liksang.com as well, but it says out of stock, wasnt there also a guy on this list that was making some custom dc/jamma adapters??? i know there was i just dont have the link...

[Hellfromabove]

---fudgesicle---!!! Thanx for the info Dave_K. I guess I ont be buying it now. That really suks that it only supports 90% Jap and inport and I thought it was going to be easy to wire. Damn, well thanx for the info and saving my hide Dave_K. I guess I can put that money towards buying an X-Box now. He he. Thanx.

-See Ya!!!

[gnateye]

this may be after the fact but here is the link to hte guy who was making these....



http://www.angelfire.com/dc2/jamma_converter/

[Dave_K.]

I am not planning to charge anyone for anything. Hope this wasnt directed towards me as I have never been involved in the other thread on the main board where this was discussed.

Sorry Nivo, I wasn't referring to you, but to hellfromabove (should have quoted his first post).

Gnateye, the homemade dc-to-jamma box you mention is not the same as the MGCD.  It does not support real coin-up function.  Basically its just a pair of hacked DC pads, and VGA box wired to a jamma fingerboard.

After looking at the MGCD game list, it only supports 18 NTSC/U (usa) games, the other 90 or so are all NTSC/J (japan) a few PAL (Europe) also.

Hellfromabove, sorry if I spoiled your fun, but I didn't want to see you get ripped off.  You are better off just hacking a DC to your arcade cab as everyone else has done (much cheaper) and you can play everygame.

[Hellfromabove]

Thanx Dave_K. you have saved me some money. I wasn't really going to charge for the DC, it was just that I was going to throw some tournaments and just wanted people to feel like they were playing the PCB version and not the DC. You know if they found out they were playing the DC they'd get very bitchy. Thanx.

-See Ya!!!

[Dave_K.]

You know if they found out they were playing the DC they'd get very bitchy.

Well just tell them that the Dreamcast is basically the same hardware as the Naomi system.  The only difference is amount of texture memory.  In fact the DC versions of these games are better as its expanded to give you more modes/options, all the rest is exactly the same code since its the same hardware!

[Thorn]

Here's something like the MGCD but it cost $299.00 (if he's still selling it)

http://www.dreamcade.com/index.htm

[Dave_K.]

Here's something like the MGCD but it cost $299.00 (if he's still selling it)
http://www.dreamcade.com/index.htm

Nice find Thorn.   This guy is clearly insane, $300 for the bare PCB, $500 for the PCB in a protective case, and $800 in the case with joysticks/buttons (what are these solid gold joysticks??).  And this is after saying on his homepage he "listened" to the complaints on high prices.  The system only supports 59 US DC games (which is almost 3 times the number of US games supported by the MGCD, so why not raise the price 3 times as much as the MGCD).  Sounds to me like someone is supporting a crack habbit.

If anyoine here is really THAT lazy, I'd gladly build you a Dreamcast to Arcade cabinet interface for half his prices and it would support all 450 or so DC games (including imports).