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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: ctozzi on July 23, 2008, 09:19:35 pm

Title: can I put a gauntlet legends PCB in a Mortal Kombat 2 Cabinet ?
Post by: ctozzi on July 23, 2008, 09:19:35 pm
Can this be done without modifications ? has anyone done this before ? Pictures of what harness to plug in to what
Title: Re: can I put a gauntlet legends PCB in a Mortal Kombat 2 Cabinet ?
Post by: Bleagh on July 24, 2008, 01:25:16 am
You need 49 way joys ,a med res monitor, and controls for players 3 and 4.

No, it won't work without modification.  Search for an arcade manual to Gauntlet Legends to get the correct pin outs.

... and wrong section.
Title: Re: can I put a gauntlet legends PCB in a Mortal Kombat 2 Cabinet ?
Post by: Q*Bert_OP on July 24, 2008, 11:17:44 am
GL's monitor res. can be low or mid(select via dip switch)

Besides the standard 3 buttons per player and 1 start button per player, you will also need 4x 49 way joys, a 49 way I/O interface(I think), plus all needed cabling for joysticks/extra buttons.
Title: Re: can I put a gauntlet legends PCB in a Mortal Kombat 2 Cabinet ?
Post by: Mauzy on July 24, 2008, 12:30:57 pm
...and a control panel that is twice as large as a Mortal Kombat 2 stock panel....
Title: Re: can I put a gauntlet legends PCB in a Mortal Kombat 2 Cabinet ?
Post by: Q*Bert_OP on July 24, 2008, 01:15:40 pm
...and a control panel that is twice as large as a Mortal Kombat 2 stock panel....

A dedicated Blitz 99 control panel will bolt on to a MK2 perfectly
Title: Re: can I put a gauntlet legends PCB in a Mortal Kombat 2 Cabinet ?
Post by: Jack Burton on July 24, 2008, 06:04:05 pm
Eh, I wouldn't worry about making it four players at first.  Do you think you will have three other friends that will be over often to play the game with you?  Whenever I need two extra controllers for my cab I just make the extra people stand there with PSX controllers.

You can set a dip switch in gauntlet legends to allow 8-way controls.  Don't know how well the game plays like that though...
Title: Re: can I put a gauntlet legends PCB in a Mortal Kombat 2 Cabinet ?
Post by: Q*Bert_OP on July 24, 2008, 07:13:21 pm
Whenever I need two extra controllers for my cab I just make the extra people stand there with PSX controllers.

Hold that thought for another thread. This guy wants to use a GL PCB! Not an emulated or console version. Besides, GL doesn't work at full speed in MAME(tm)


You can set a dip switch in gauntlet legends to allow 8-way controls.  Don't know how well the game plays like that though...

Yes you can, but the gameplay sucks! :blowup:
Title: Re: can I put a gauntlet legends PCB in a Mortal Kombat 2 Cabinet ?
Post by: ctozzi on July 24, 2008, 09:41:23 pm
I'm currently seeking a dedicated gauntlet right now, all this swapping and mame slooow gameplay has prompted me to just buy the original and have it all !!
Title: Re: can I put a gauntlet legends PCB in a Mortal Kombat 2 Cabinet ?
Post by: Jack Burton on July 24, 2008, 09:49:17 pm
Whenever I need two extra controllers for my cab I just make the extra people stand there with PSX controllers.

Hold that thought for another thread. This guy wants to use a GL PCB! Not an emulated or console version. Besides, GL doesn't work at full speed in MAME(tm)

Well, yeah.  I guess he could rig something up to make it work with the PCB, but it would probably be less work to just make a new CP.  It's really not that tough.

My opinion on this project: completely doable.

EDIT:  Well, if you're going to just buy the dedicated cab than that just solves the problems.
Title: Re: can I put a gauntlet legends PCB in a Mortal Kombat 2 Cabinet ?
Post by: ctozzi on July 25, 2008, 12:27:37 am
how about if i hookup a nintendo gamecube to my mame ? I already have the game on gamecube/wii and would like to use that ? I would need an adapter to use my control panel. Anyone know were to get that ?