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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: sri3850341 on October 06, 2008, 07:23:50 am

Title: new to the forum with first question....
Post by: sri3850341 on October 06, 2008, 07:23:50 am
37 yrs old and starting to get into the stand-ups...
just bought a nintendo vs. machine (left/right) one side is super mario bros and other side is dr. mario.Am not very fond of dr.mario(never was),
am wanting to make dr.mario side into a jamma board 60 in one and keep supe mario,can someone please tell me how this can be done while keeping original control panel and monitor.guess what im asking is, is there a way for it to be plug n play...
                                       shane
 
Title: Re: new to the forum with first question....
Post by: ninjagun on October 06, 2008, 05:44:37 pm
I found this information on google.

http://xyqe.com/video-game/65-606-nintendo-vs-to-jamma-read.shtml
Title: Re: new to the forum with first question....
Post by: sri3850341 on October 07, 2008, 07:21:35 am
anyone else..
looking for plug and play
Title: Re: new to the forum with first question....
Post by: CheffoJeffo on October 07, 2008, 07:53:17 am
There are a couple of plug and play options to run Nintendo boards in JAMMA cabs, but I haven't seen one that goes the other way.

About as close to plug and play as you're going to get is to remove the innards from the one side, drop in a normal CGA monitor, power supply and JAMMA harness.

Otherwise, you have to deal with the difference in voltage (Nintendo ~ 100V), video inversion and amplification (Nintendo is amplified off-board, JAMMA is on-board) and wiring harness (I am assuming that you're running a Dualsystem board rather than two Unisystems). I don't think it is as clean a solution as you are looking for.

If I were you, I'd grab a different VS kit to replace the Dr. Mario.
Title: Re: new to the forum with first question....
Post by: RayB on October 07, 2008, 09:42:02 am
And what he means by that is that you can replace "cartridges" in that Nintendo system. Perhaps there is another game you like better (ExciteBike?). That's your easiest solution.
Title: Re: new to the forum with first question....
Post by: CheffoJeffo on October 07, 2008, 10:41:50 am
Yeah, that's what I meant ... replace a handful of socketed chips (no soldering) and presto! New game.

(http://happycampers.to/images/vskit.jpg)

EDIT: Razzafrazzin' SMF won't let me upload my picture ... inserted inline instead.

Title: Re: new to the forum with first question....
Post by: sri3850341 on October 08, 2008, 07:24:22 am
Yeah, that's what I meant ... replace a handful of socketed chips (no soldering) and presto! New game.

(http://happycampers.to/images/vskit.jpg)

EDIT: Razzafrazzin' SMF won't let me upload my picture ... inserted inline instead.



would like to replace it with dk jr.   where to get the chips????????????
Title: Re: new to the forum with first question....
Post by: CheffoJeffo on October 08, 2008, 08:25:10 am
There's the rub, it has to be a VS game.

http://www.klov.com/game_list.php?letter=V&type=Videogame (scroll down to the end of the list)

And I usually find my VS kits on eBay.
Title: Re: new to the forum with first question....
Post by: Ken Layton on October 08, 2008, 11:41:59 am
Are you talking a Vs Dual cabinet?
Title: Re: new to the forum with first question....
Post by: sri3850341 on October 08, 2008, 07:56:07 pm
Are you talking a Vs Dual cabinet?

yes sir
(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff20/sri3850341/videogame012.jpg)
Title: Re: new to the forum with first question....
Post by: Ken Layton on October 09, 2008, 12:51:21 am
Remember that if you make one side Jamma, you will have a bar rolling through the picture on both monitors. This is due to both monitors having their yokes so close to each other and no longer running from a single CPU clock source.
Title: Re: new to the forum with first question....
Post by: grantspain on October 09, 2008, 04:26:39 am
Remember that if you make one side Jamma, you will have a bar rolling through the picture on both monitors. This is due to both monitors having their yokes so close to each other and no longer running from a single CPU clock source.
is there any way to shield against that
Title: Re: new to the forum with first question....
Post by: sri3850341 on October 09, 2008, 07:31:32 am
Remember that if you make one side Jamma, you will have a bar rolling through the picture on both monitors. This is due to both monitors having their yokes so close to each other and no longer running from a single CPU clock source.

so what would you do,with this cabinet?wheres the best place to get chips aside from ebay?and it must be a vs chip?dont care for dr. mario....
Title: Re: new to the forum with first question....
Post by: orion on October 09, 2008, 10:19:04 am
Hello, I'm new to this site as well, though I have been lurking here for about two years now (I'm not one to say much) I don't have any experience with these VS systems, however I did a quick search on ebay and quite a few things came up. Shorten Those Links! (http://collectibles.shop.ebay.com/items/Arcade-Jukeboxes-Pinball__nintendo-VS_W0QQ_nkwZnintendoQ20VSQQ_catrefZ1QQ_flnZ1QQ_sacatZ66502QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em282?_trksid=p3286.c0.m282)
The only places that I know that you might find these on occasion other than ebay is
Quarter arcade http://www.quarterarcade.com/Default.aspx
Mikes Arcade http://www.mikesarcade.com/arcade/
arcadeshop http://www.arcadeshop.com/

I have bought from mikes arcade and arcadeshop before and both were good to me. I noticed on ebay at the moment there is a castlevania chipset for sell and a hogans ally and also a vs light gun.. personally I would put one of those in there as those are really fun games. Hope this helps and good luck.
Title: Re: new to the forum with first question....
Post by: Ken Layton on October 09, 2008, 04:17:13 pm
Remember that if you make one side Jamma, you will have a bar rolling through the picture on both monitors. This is due to both monitors having their yokes so close to each other and no longer running from a single CPU clock source.
is there any way to shield against that

Yes, it was detailed in a very old Star Tech Journal issue. You need to install a heavy LEAD shield plate between the two monitors and connect a cabinet frame ground wire to it.
Title: Re: new to the forum with first question....
Post by: sri3850341 on October 10, 2008, 07:24:06 am
would this be a start??

Link (http://cgi.ebay.com/NINTENDO-VS-DUAL-RIGHT-SIDE-CONVERT-Control-Panel-L-K_W0QQitemZ230285838755QQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116)