Have you seen this? 300 in 1 Jamma PCB?!

[fredster]

I've seen it all now. Here's a PCB on ebay that has 300 games included on it by all kinds of makers.

What do you think of this? $800.

Somebody made a master emulator.

(This isn't mine, it's just freaking me out now)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13718&item=6140866416&rd=1

[Sasquatch!]

That frontend looks suspiciously like ArcadeOS.  I'm sure it's some kind of a modified PC, but I'd be curious to find out more about it.

[Thenasty]

anyone live close to this guy ? I'm curious how/what exactly it is.

[fredster]

I found them. They are from Taiwan.
http://homepage20.seed.net.tw/web@1/hsinpao/300in1.htm

Yep, some kind of modified PC running a hard drive.

I want one of these things.

[Ken Layton]

I also found it, but on homepage3 instead of homepage20.

[Harry Potter]

Sounds dodgy.

Is it actual 300 games or just 30 games with 10 clones each?

[Thenasty]

I don't feel to confident about Items not described corredtly. They should explain what software its using. For all I know, its running MAME and they made thier own AVGA card, or maybe they burned MAME into a chip (FGPA maybe) along with FREEDOS etc...
If this is the case, I already have it .

[fredster]

Here's a message from the people that sell it:

Thank you for the email, we had raised up the prices of multi game boards
from December 1,
the new pricing as follows:

  4 in 1  - USD230 each
  9 in 1  - USD330 each
 39 in 1 - USD530 each
300 in1 - USD380 each

Now here's a message I got from my man that sells the 4 in 1's and such:

I heard that they are junky.  Just a PC motherboard with JAMMA interface and running MAME.  It takes 30 seconds or more to load each game.  Cheesy.
 
So yep, they are making a PC that has a hard drive and a Jamma interface.  True PC to Jamma at almost the limit of perfection.

[JoyMonkey]

I don't feel to confident about Items not described corredtly. They should explain what software its using. For all I know, its running MAME and they made thier own AVGA card, or maybe they burned MAME into a chip (FGPA maybe) along with FREEDOS etc...
If this is the case, I already have it .

ArcadeOS and Mame will run fine without an AVGA card.  I'd bet that it's just a micro-atx motherboard with onboard ATI or Trident video. The red board you see here probably acts just like a J-Pac (takes the video, sound, keybaord controls, power, and routes it all into a Jamma connector).

[fredster]

I don't think it's a hack. These guys just redesigned all of the components probably by reverse engineering. Sneekly.

These games have been around for a few months apparently. That's why we've seen them at arcade auctions.

I've bought several of these 4 in 1 boards, and a 9 in 1 board in the US and converted games over, stupid games like Birdie King or Caterpillar. All you need is a joystick and one button (I put two, one on each side of the joy) and sold them.

This one would require the entire Jamma harness.  But see the instructions? You have to select the game with a "select" button, then you have to wait till it boots.  The other 4 in 1's just go to the game, they got lazy with this one. The just did what JoyMonkey describes.

Apparently Mexico and Taiwan are ahead of the curve in hacking mame.

Anybody want to sue them? 

[paigeoliver]

Those boards have been around since the late 90s in one form or another. The earlier version actually had a lot MORE game because it had all the clone versions included.

[SNAAKE]

"All games play like the original arcade versions"

Hmmm...

[Ken Layton]

If anyone has trouble with the previous links, then try changing to "homepage13" in that part of the URL.

[M3talhead]

Ken, I think you've just broken the record for BYOAC thread resurection!

1 Year, 4 months, 29 days, 3 hours, 20 minutes and 34 seconds...

[Harry Potter]

 

[PCtech]

Ken, I think you've just broken the record for BYOAC thread resurection!

1 Year, 4 months, 29 days, 3 hours, 20 minutes and 34 seconds...

I didn't even notice that untill you mentioned that...I was suprised to see a thread was started by Fredster....I think he hangs in Politics & Religion mostly now.

Good memory Ken..

[M3talhead]

Ken, I think you've just broken the record for BYOAC thread resurection!

1 Year, 4 months, 29 days, 3 hours, 20 minutes and 34 seconds...

I didn't even notice that untill you mentioned that...I was suprised to see a thread was started by Fredster....I think he hangs in Politics & Religion mostly now.

Good memory Ken..

I think its his way of "rebelling" in the EE board so he can say he doesnt spend ALL his time troubleshooting monitors...

[PCtech]

Ken, I think you've just broken the record for BYOAC thread resurection!

1 Year, 4 months, 29 days, 3 hours, 20 minutes and 34 seconds...

I didn't even notice that untill you mentioned that...I was suprised to see a thread was started by Fredster....I think he hangs in Politics & Religion mostly now.

Good memory Ken..

I think its his way of "rebelling" in the EE board so he can say he doesnt spend ALL his time troubleshooting monitors...

From what I've read of his, he's pretty philosophical, I just love it when he and Shmokes get into an argument....I just grab the popcorn, sit back and enjoy.

Good times

[PAGAN_OS]

Hey guys, first post here. I have a 348 in 1 Gamebox, works pretty well. I managed to get some info on it from No links to this site please. Although the manuals that they have are not 100% for the version that I have, I managed to get the CP to work.

If you want I can post some pics of it? The Gamebox I have says "Gamebox 2008".

What I am trying to figure out, and I have researched this extensively, to no avail, is how one would go about adding additional ROMS. Logic says if it is PC based, with a harddrive, then I should be able to dump files on it yes? Also, in terms of the Frontend, I have no idea what that would be or how to determine what it is. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Arcading in South Africa is not big so information and resources are scarce. I have only recently found out about MAME and am going to attempt to build my own cab soon.

In the mean time though, any additional information on the gamebox 2008 would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[danny_galaga]

looks like kens resurrection record has been smashed 

[Mauzy]

Holy crap. I didn't even know what MAME was when this thread was started. Win for oldest thread revisited?

[Ken Layton]

Hey guys, first post here. I have a 348 in 1 Gamebox, works pretty well. I managed to get some info on it from No links to this site please. Although the manuals that they have are not 100% for the version that I have, I managed to get the CP to work.

If you want I can post some pics of it? The Gamebox I have says "Gamebox 2008".

What I am trying to figure out, and I have researched this extensively, to no avail, is how one would go about adding additional ROMS. Logic says if it is PC based, with a harddrive, then I should be able to dump files on it yes? Also, in terms of the Frontend, I have no idea what that would be or how to determine what it is. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
In the mean time though, any additional information on the gamebox 2008 would be appreciated.

Shhhhh........ you can't talk about these boards here anymore. It is forbidden.

[Malenko]

Shhhhh........ you can't talk about these boards here anymore. It is forbidden.

but I think he now has the record for the "longest time between 2 posts in a single thread" record.

I almost wanna bump my own BST thread from page 280 from 6 1/2 years ago.