Well after several years on waiting and considering I'm about to take the leap into the full stand up unit!
I've been a long time gamer since playing pong at an early age (grandfather was a SERIOUS electronics geek). I've owned just about every console known and because of it got into computers after getting a trash 80 and learning some programming at the rip age of 8!
Well that love of gamming has lead me to PC's and a successful career in IT 20 years later. The old lady thinks I'm too old to GAME, but we all know how that story goes! I've been labled as the boy who can't grow up because I've decided that I want to setup a several full size units on the patio even though I already have a ps1, ps2, dreamcast, xbox, and Super N all on the living room TV. These are not just boxes with a few games in the living room I mean I have a few thousand games sitting around thanks to being a mod on IRC for a few years and having a few T3's dumps at my control!
Well bottom line is I'm VERY new to the whole inside of a full size arcade game. I have been reading up on jamma's, the carts, TCB's, Neo Geo's, the battery of death issue etc, but I admit I still have a ton of reading to do,.
I'm planning on picking up 2-4 cabinets for next to nothing because a friend bought a seized warehouse that had a few games that didn't get removed. A few work and a few don't, but my goal is to setup a jamma cabinet out of all of them them and have the old school buddies over for Fighting tourney's!!
I'm hoping to mount 2/3 boards in each cabinet (if possible) and just switch between them as needed. (automated or manually) Not sure if it will work, but if I can be lead to a few good sites on how to setup a jamma cabinet and maybe some good jamma 101 sites I would really be thankful. I'm also looking for good resources to by parts like an "A" boards, control panel parts, adapters, converters etc.
Hopefully I can get the few cabinets working before summer when I can lounge outside in the cool air and enjoy a Sancho Panza while sipping on a nice cup of java!!
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