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Questions about building an arcade cabinet.
SuperShadowRyan:
Ok, I know what I want to do. I am going to get a Virtua Fighter 2 cab.
here are my questions:
1. This is just in general, is all the data of an arcade game stored in the motherboard?(Or you might call it chipset)
2. If 1 is true, what do I need to get to have the arcade game up and running?
I've seen this:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrje0yVPlJY[/youtube]
Look at the first 5 seconds.
What kind of monitor do I need? How do i connect it to such monitor?
3. I need the controls for the game. Can i get them anywhere or should I just build my own?
3-2. speaking of controls, If I were to build my own, how would I configure them to the game... or is that in the guide?
3-3. Just out of curiosity, if I were to walk into some arcade, would the buttons on a Tekken 3 arcade machine be microswitch or leaf? those are the ones I like.
4. Is there anywhere I can buy the motherboard/chipset for the game?
thanks.
xmenxmen:
start here:
http://arcadecontrols.com/arcade.htm
1st off, u need to decide if you are going to be building a mame cabinet or going after a true aracde cabinet. They are quite different.
SuperShadowRyan:
--- Quote from: xmenxmen on December 04, 2007, 02:11:31 pm ---start here:
http://arcadecontrols.com/arcade.htm
1st off, u need to decide if you are going to be building a mame cabinet or going after a true aracde cabinet. They are quite different.
--- End quote ---
Real arcade cab. The motherboard part was the tip-off for that. Besides, MAME cant emulate VF2... unless you dump it, but i dont have a device for that.
SuperShadowRyan:
err...hello?
Gehrig:
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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