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Author Topic: is there a way to use my x-arcade control on a jamma machine?  (Read 8380 times)

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is there a way to use my x-arcade control on a jamma machine?
« on: August 06, 2008, 12:44:07 pm »
i am converting an old beat up clutch hitter cab into a MK2  machine and am wondering if i can hook up my xarcade controls temporarily untill i can afford to build the controls the way i want? its built for mame or console games and i cant find anything online saying how i would use it in a real arcade machine....
well thanks for any info...
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Re: is there a way to use my x-arcade control on a jamma machine?
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2008, 02:23:49 pm »
Sure, at the end of the day, they're still arcade controls (albeit not very well made ones).
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Re: is there a way to use my x-arcade control on a jamma machine?
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2008, 02:40:05 pm »
Remove the bottom of the X-arcade, remove the quick dissconnects from the controls you want to use (both NO and COM terminals, make sure you make a note of each wire too) and run new wires with disconnects from the microswitches to your JAMMA harness. You will need to do a new ground loop from the controls to the JAMMA harness too.

If you use this method you can easily change it back to a normal x-arcade by simply plugging in the original quick disconnects.

You may also need to make a hole in the x-arcade base/back panel to run the wires through.


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Re: is there a way to use my x-arcade control on a jamma machine?
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2008, 04:40:22 pm »
awesome! i should have thought of that first but i assumed there was some sort of adapter. well off to work i go