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Freestanding NOVA CP idea...give me feedback!
pezkore:
how could i wire it? from what i understand, the NOVA system is designed to accept their super pro stick hookup (the specific hook up i am not sure of). Everything with this concept seems doable, but b/c i know nothing about wiring, i dont know how i could get the NOVA to accept the trackball and buttons
_Iz-:
To be perfectly honest, the nova just sounds like a power supply, scan converter, and control panel with jamma harness.
You really only need the power supply and scan converter part. The trackball and buttons will have to wire directly to the GT99 board using a jamma connector made by yourself. (or whatever method the original trackball used to connect to the board in the arcade game)
BobA:
If you are going to use a jamma board all you really require are the following:
1. Jamma Harness
2. Trackball
3. Arcade Power Supply
4. RGB to NTSC converter
http://www.jrok.com/index.html
5. Control panel with buttons and joystick
With these components you can wire up a Supergun that runs any JAMMA board on your TV. The control panel with buttons and joystick will allow most jamma game to be run.The trackball is wired directly to the GT99 board.
This is assuming that the GT99 board uses a regular arcade monitor. If it is med res or higher you would have to use a different scan converter.
BobA
pezkore:
Other than not having to wire that up, another advantage that NOVA seems to have is that it comes with audio outputs that i can hook into a stereo sound system. How expensive would it be for me to get a jamma harness, that converter, the power supply, to make my own supergun?
BobA:
You can hook the outputs of almost any jamma board to a stereo sound system. Most however give only mono on 2 channels but some give stereo. The outputs of a jamma board will usually feed speakers directly so they have plenty of drive for a stereo system.
Less then $100 for the components you mentioned. I think you already have a trackball.
BobA