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Title: Dreamcast to Arcade Monitor?
Post by: Colmen on July 11, 2002, 05:05:07 pm: Does anyone out there that have information in getting Dreamcast to hook up to a Arcade monitor.
Hoping a converter will do that..
If so where can i purchase one...

Please Help!
Title: Re: Dreamcast to Arcade Monitor?
Post by: SNAAAKE on July 12, 2002, 11:57:44 am: okay dude....

i have a converter...called MGCD-B.

i bought in a plan that i will use the arcade os and dreamcast setup..but i have vga monitor and no need that...if you are interested then email..these things run expensive...you can also use real arcade gun and wheels...look at these pages for more info..

http://www.frolicker.com.tw/mgcd/mgcd.htm

http://hehehe.org/

there are limits on how you can use guns and stuff...or pay per play..if you switch with dip swith for free play then likely anything would work...the dude on the 2nd site is running gennis emulator so like i said...everything pretty much works..i paid $140 shiped from hong kong...so i dont know what i should ask you...let me know how much you can afford to pay..thanks

also use real email address man..i emailed you and never got anything back....
Title: Re:Dreamcast to Arcade Monitor?
Post by: Dave_K. on July 16, 2002, 12:18:00 pm: Snake, I have no quams with you selling your hardware, but you should at least tell the guy of other (cheaper) options. You know what I'm talking about because you tried to do this to another newbie. You should sell your MGCD box on ebay, and not to newbie people who are only coming here for help.

You can take a standard $15 dreamcast VGA box, and hack it (by simply cutting one wire inside the vga box) to output to an arcade monitor. Its just that simple.

-Dave
Title: Re:Dreamcast to Arcade Monitor?
Post by: SNAAAKE on July 16, 2002, 05:37:33 pm: DAVE,
i let him know...he wants to make money off the board i got.he would pay $175 for it..i already shiped..ya know some people have different things in their mind.not so CHEAP all the time...anyways thanks for lettting know..i told him about the hack.but he was looking for the converter to begin with..
Title: Re: Dreamcast to Arcade Monitor?
Post by: hijakt on October 13, 2011, 02:49:26 am: Doe any know where I can find out how to do this exactlty? Like a guid or something. If I were to use a multimeter, how would I go about finding out which is the correct wire to cut? Thanks.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Dreamcast-Sega-DC-VGA-Box-OUT-PUT-TV-PC-Switch-/110637135639?pt=AU_Video_Game_Accessories&hash=item19c27cb717 (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Dreamcast-Sega-DC-VGA-Box-OUT-PUT-TV-PC-Switch-/110637135639?pt=AU_Video_Game_Accessories&hash=item19c27cb717)
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Dreamcast-VGA-AV-S-VIDEO-HD-HDTV-Box-Improved-Design-/110745799533?pt=UK_Video_Games_Cables_and_Adaptors&hash=item19c8f6cb6d (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Dreamcast-VGA-AV-S-VIDEO-HD-HDTV-Box-Improved-Design-/110745799533?pt=UK_Video_Games_Cables_and_Adaptors&hash=item19c8f6cb6d)

Are either of these preferrable? Is there a particular make that is best for doing this ? Thanks.
Title: Re: Dreamcast to Arcade Monitor?
Post by: opt2not on October 13, 2011, 01:51:12 pm: I got the VGA Box, and the hack was ---steaming pile of meadow muffin----simple and works perfect. I can't remember the website that had the tutorial, but I'm sure if you do a google search you'll be able to find it.
Title: Re: Dreamcast to Arcade Monitor?
Post by: HaRuMaN on October 13, 2011, 02:08:56 pm: Yeah, and don't look in 9 year old threads... lol :P
Title: Re: Dreamcast to Arcade Monitor?
Post by: opt2not on October 13, 2011, 02:18:14 pm: hmm, maybe I did see it here...