Advice and opinions please.

[kdjac]

Lo 1st post so noobish

I am looking for help with the following itams that i have and wondering what to do. 1st i grew up dreaming of owning a SF2 cabinet, now i do but have some issues.

I have a SF2 cabinet with game and busted Hanatrex MTC 9000 (not exactly sure if its busted or not it flashes in all corners then nothing once i saw a rom loading screen then flashes and then nothing).

I hear sound and thats it nothing no the picture on the screen, that is what i have not working.

I got a broken Sony Trinitron tv that will fit in 21" but sound doesnt work, im trying to get an Xbox and maybe put a Hard Drive in it and get Mame onto it with the Dual Xarcade controllers mounted to front of cab. Problem is im very poor with little ones to feed

So here is quandry, do i go with the Xbox and just have a cab to play it on?
Do i try get the tv working from the Jamma game?
Afaik i know all the buttons on the cab work ie stick and buttons so with a budget in mind im not sure what to do, the cab needs some love and cleaning but other than that its a solid cabinet.


What do you guys think i should do?

i found a site linked from here that sold a sort of jamma to tv thing not supergun thats too expensive for one game, was something else a US site but i cant find it anymore.

Thanks

kdjac

[97thruhiker]

If you are looking to play Street Fighter 2 just pickup a decent used computer and run Mame in it.  Just make sure the video card can support the tv you have.  If the SF2 board is still good package it up and set it aside so when the time comes and you have more money you can reinstall it if you want to with a new arcade monitor (if you want it to be a dedicated SF2 running off the original hardware). 

At this point in time the computer will handle your audio problem through a set of computer speakers (you can hack these into the ones already in the cab), you can play SF2 as well as just about everyother fighter out there.

Look at the examples page to get some ideas of what other have done.

[ArtMAME]

XBOX is made to display on a regular TV, not an arcade monitor.  If you try to fix the monitor from the game, it will be difficult or impossible to display the XBOX on it. 

You can display a PC with MAME on an arcade monitor, but that requires a bit of advanced knowledge and experience.  Also requires a special video card (ArcadeVGA from Ultimarc) or a regular video card with some special drivers and some advanced tweaking. 

Your most economical solution would probably be to put a TV in there since you already have it.  You can then display a PC with games or an XBOX on it. 

If you already have a PC, use that with a pair of PC speakers.

I picked up a cabinet with a broken monitor.  I did not want to wait to fix the monitor or to get a new one so I put a 27" TV in there and ran MAME off a PC that I had already.   

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=54556.0

Now I can play the original game plus all the other games I have on the PC.  I took out the original board, power supply, monitor, harness, etc.  and stored them in case I wanted to restore it to the original game after I fix the monitor.

First I just put some PC speakers inside.  Later, I took them out and hacked some other PC speakers to the original speaker in the cabinet.

I am very happy with the way it turned out.  Very easy to do. 

Good luck 

[elvis]

XBOX is made to display on a regular TV, not an arcade monitor.  If you try to fix the monitor from the game, it will be difficult or impossible to display the XBOX on it. 

Actually, it's pretty damn simple:
http://www.ultimarc.com/xba.html

[ArtMAME]

WOW!!! That's new!!! I was not awhare of that.

Ultimarc just keeps the surprises coming doesn't he?

All hail...  ULTIMARC!!!

[severdhed]

are you wanting a cabinet that only plays street fighter? or a mame cabinet? 
if you only want a street fighter cabinet,

you could use a stock xbox with your broken tv, run the audio out from the xbox to a cheap set of pc speakers.  pick up a copy of Street Fighter anniversary collection for the xbox. 

as for the controls...

you can get the x-arcade diy kit for $60, plus $20 for the xbox adaptor. (that doesnt include buttons or sticks)

or you could buy some cheap xbox controllers and hack them for your controller interface.  gamestop has xbox controllers for as low as $10 used.  just some simple soldering involved.

a modded xbox would be good, but if i recall, xbox mame doesnt run street fighter real well, due to the lack of system ram (only 64mb) (i'll go try this shortly and post the results)

[kdjac]

Thanks for replies.

Sf2 would be the idea behind this but getting xbox kills for now the idea of having a working arcade cabinet.

If i got the xbox i would softmod it and put a HD into it and run mame that way.

Suppose i best make sure the hanatrex is really dead 1st before i move to the xbox idea.

kdjac

[elvis]

WOW!!! That's new!!! I was not awhare of that.

It's been out for a while now.  Andy (ultimarc) and Randy (Groovy Game Gear) don't sit on their arses.  Those boys keep new products coming out all the time.  It's recommended to check their sites at least once a month to keep abreast of new arrivals.

And if the Ultimarc tools aren't your cup of tea, hooking up a console into a JAMMA cab is a pretty popular sport these days:
http://www.mameworld.net/pc2jamma/

Plenty of folks do it.  I play all my consoles through JAMMA cabinets (PSX, PS2, DC).

[kdjac]

I was on Ebay looking around for arcade cab related items and some things puzzled me, Sf2 original PCB sold for

[CheffoJeffo]

Don't rely on eBay for pricing guides ... the two items you cite are overpriced and neither got any bids.

Cheers.

[hypernova]

When people don't use punctuation marks, does anyone else read it fast?  Whenever I read a post like that, my eyes can't help but go faster and faster as the sentence drags on.  Totally weird.

Save my eyes.  Use punctuation. 

[Kremmit]

You know, if you're looking to go dirt cheap and you can be satisfied with only Street Fighter and no other games, you could just buy one of these for around 20 bucks:

http://www.radicagames.com/playtv-legends-street-fighter-2.php

Put your TV in there and wire your joysticks and buttons to the controllers circuit boards, and you've got Street Fighter up and running.