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SuperShadowRyan:


--- Quote from: Gehrig on December 04, 2007, 03:16:50 pm ---Patients, it's only been 30 min since your last post.

Get the game manual.  Hopefully it tells you what pin outs to use for the controls and monitor.  This game uses a Med Res monitor which are not cheap.  You can't use a Standard Res Monitor on the game.

If you have no electronics experience I suggest checking out Randy Fromm's website.

For the PCB, I would just keep checking on Ebay.  Don't buy a board that says it has not been tested.

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and where would I get the game manua- Dont tell me i have to buy the MANUAL.
Can I look it up online somewhere?
and what is med-res? Computer monitor? HDTV? More?
and can someone answer my MAIN question, about the motherboard?

SuperShadowRyan:

oh, one last thing. Is there a guide on this site that tells you how to make an arcade cab with the pcb? If there is, then Ill check there.

Kevin Mullins:

Manual - http://arcarc.xmission.com/PDF_Arcade_Manuals_and_Schematics/Virtua%20Fighter%202.pdf

Yes, all the data of an arcade game is stored in the motherboard.
Some, not all, have a hardrive as well.

The buttons you walk up to are most likely microswitch type. You can always tell if they "click" or not. Leaf switches do not click.

As far as what you need to get it up and running depends on what all you actuallt do get with the cabinet.
Power supply, wiring harness, buttons, joysticks, etc.

As for the monitor, you will need an actual medium resolution 25khz monitor or a new multi-sync monitor. (spendy either way)

As for a guide.......there are many web sites such as the one posted above already. The thing to do is read up a bit on the different compnents and what they are and do. There's really not a whole lot to it in order to understand at least the basics of it all. But each machine may have slight variances from one another. This is where the individual manuals come in to play..... a must have for each individual game.

SuperShadowRyan:

alright, Ill look into that. But my main question is, see the video I posted? I want that, And then I will Put it into a cabinet. Sorry, If I asked the question you awnsered... I dont know if I did or not.

SuperShadowRyan:

btw, what do you do with these cartridges?



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