Nintendo Playchoice 10

[ThePope43]

Well I need some help here.  I got a nintendo playchoice 10 Bartop that I want to consolize.  Does ANYONE know if this is possible? I need to know anything you can tell me.

[SavannahLion]

Consolize?

[ThePope43]

Well I've been reading around and have seen people taking their old arcades and making them smaller, and hooking them up to their TV.  I was just wondering if this was at all possible to do with my playchoice 10 bartop?

[asmida]

I don't see why it couldn't be consolized. 

First thing would be to find the manual:  For example here:
http://www.basementarcade.com/arcade/library/manuals/p/index.html

The hardest part, in my opinion, of consolizing anything would be the Video.  I'm not sure if the Playchoice 10 uses the inverted Video like a lot of the other Nintendo arcades.  If not, I'd recommend JROK's adapter here: http://www.jrok.com/hardware/RGB.html

Then all you have to do is follow the Engadget Writeup.
http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/28/how-to-consolize-an-arcade-game/

Finally, send the cab to me!

Just my $0.02.

[ThePope43]

Well I have the PC10 Bartop, so the CP is made out of really thing metal, so the 4-way joysticks aren't like I usually see.  It looks like I'm going to have to pickup a pair of really cheap 4way sticks and 4 buttons.  Where is the cheapest place to order them from?

[SavannahLion]

Right here on the forums I think. Check the Buy/Sell/Trade section.

[asmida]

You could always hack a Nintendo or Super Nintendo pad.

I think most of the consolized systems I've seen use Sega Genesis Controllers.

What kind of case are you planning on using?

[SavannahLion]

You could always hack a Nintendo or Super Nintendo pad.

I think most of the consolized systems I've seen use Sega Genesis Controllers.

That's quite a bit of hacking. Did they basically just gut the controller and rewire it? Do you have a link on what they did to get it to work?

I ask because an NES/SNES pad serializes the inputs. The 1st Gen controller uses a multiplexer. Neither strikes me as friendly to the all parallel inputs on arcade PCBs.

Of course, I'm not sure about how PC10's interface to their controls. Might be serialized for all I know.  Isn't there an article out there about someone who hacked the hell out of an NES to play the arcade version of Super Mario Bros.?

[asmida]

You are perfectly right about the Genesis/Megadrive Controller being multiplexed.  However, check out page 19 and on in this article.  It tells you how to build a circuit to decode the signals.

http://www.jabba.demon.co.uk/retroranch/building_a_jamma_test_rig.doc

Great article for building a supergun or jamma test rig.

I'm not really sure about the Nintendo or Super Nintendo Pad, I just thought it would look cool.

I'm sure there are tons of other choices out there which would be easier.

Just my $0.02.

[ThePope43]

I can tell that it looks like a good way for most to go, to hack a NES controller, or in my case 2 of them to play the playchoice.  But the thing is me and my brothers grew up playing this and have always loved the joysticks that are on it.  Now I have to figure out a way to fit in a metal plate so my box will hold all of the orriginal top buttons that came on the playchoice, and the joysticks too.