I've started my arcade collection, specifically to collect Mahjong games, currently totally 5 + Sonic Wings and Puyo Puyo (you can see most of them on the what I bought today page in the sales forum). Anyone have any interesting boards? Minus marks for pirate SF2 boards and Euroleagues.
Just a semi-consolized MVS plus a few games here (Metal Slug, SamSho IV, Real Bout FF 2, Magical Drop 3). Arcade boards just take up too much space. On a side note, you are probably the only non-Japanese person I know that actually plays and obviously likes Mahjong games. How come? Edit: Games added.
I have Street Fighter II' CE, NeoGeo MVS single slot with 2 Carts (Metal Slug X and KoF99'), Mortal Kombat 1 bootleg and Mortal Kombat II. Not particularly diverse but I love all the games I have, but sadly the MK games really require a good display to use them which I lack. Apparently a 400$ LCD screen can't handle a somewhat off spec NTSC signal. So lame.
Why are you missing Samurai Spirits 2? I really like playing Japanese Mahjong as it is quite a skillful game, none of this poker face nonsense with 2 playing cards. Mahjong games are all different from how they play to how much they cheat (probably) some will give you stupidly easy hands to complete, others will be fairly fair. The games also feature good eye candy too. Also nice to own boards by Toaplan, Video System, Seibu Kaihatsu, Psikyo which aren't what people expect them to be. Even Cave have made a Mahjong game... must be something about shoot 'em up developers and Mahjong I suppose. You need KOF 98, 99 is a traveristy.... Well consumer TV were designed for a narrow spec of video signals, MK gives off a really weird 54HZ signal which the TV is going to go huh with.... Arcade monitors will generall sync as low as 45Hz up to 70Hz. Simple rule is don't use LCD monitors.
I've heard everything from 53hz to 56hz for MK. The main reason I bought the LCD though was for High-Definition on the Xbox 360. I just hoped MK would work too. Now it's become more apparent that I'll probably need to sell my current CRT TV and try my best to track down another that can handle MK. And I do agree I need KoF 98, but I like KoF 99 too. The main reason I've yet to buy a KoF 98 cartridge is because I already own 4 fighting games and only one action platformer/shooter. That's also why I didn't spring after some other games like Super Street Fighter 2 or SFZ2. I would probably go after a Marvel Vs SF or Marvel Vs Capcom but they go for too much for me to spend now.
I wouldn't trust an LCD to do anything apart from 50Hz and 59.97Hz and maybe some of the Hi def signals. Digital displays like Plasma, LCD, etc will only sync to various signals and will sulk if you try to get to display anything else. CRT displays being analogue can sync between wider ranges and for arcade gaming it is what you need! What you need is something like this... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140129431958&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.com%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm37%26satitle%3D140129431958%26fvi%3D1 Has RGB inputs. Fighting games are cheap though. CPS-3 SF3 is about 5000yen out here and things like SFZ2 are 2100Yen. ^_^ Add the motherboard and its still less then $50. Although Im still resisting buying fighters.
Ah, I had both 1 and 2 on the NGCD before I sold it and have them now on the Home System. Aaaaand... I even have Samurai Shodown on the Game Boy. Now that is a great game. :icon_bigg
From memory, the collection is currently: Hyper NeoGeo 64 (fighter board): - Buriki One - Samurai Shodown 64 - Samurai Shodown Warrior's Rage - Fatal Fury Wild Ambition Sega STV (dual-BIOSed) - Radiant Silvergun - Winter Heat - Die Hard Arcade - Decathlete Mortal Kombat Pacman bootleg Joust/Robotron:2084 DIY multigame (need to finish the JAMMA harness) The Punisher (Q-Sound CPS1, think the second suicide battery has failed since I last played it, so that needs fixing) 3 Wonders (CPS1, suicided) Surf Planet (awaiting new harness) Some stupid bootleg CPS1 SF2 clone that I bought for parts to fix Punisher Rastan (dead) I should really have a clearout :lol: Stone
I have a few random Jamma boards and some MVS carts. Most notable, I have the complete METAL SLUG series in boxed/complete MVS kit form. All 5 titles, with all the art/boxes/etc.
I have around 200 Arcade PCB's and the rare ones of those woulde be: Spelunker, Spelunker 2, Sky Robo, Performan and maybe Dig Dug 2 and Disco Boy can be considered rare too?
I'd love to have a nice CRT with RGB input. 19" would be good enough. The problem is actually getting one. They are heavy items to ship. =( Can you buy me CPS2 boards since they're so much cheaper there?
They may be cheaper but it will cost about $45 to ship one board and $20 for each other board... Only a few boards are way cheaper, like the Super SF series (3150 Yen), the SF Zero & 2 (3 is 8400 Yen), Vampire Hunter is 2100 but the others are around (5100), etc. Alien Vs Predator still commands a high price of 33,000 Yen despite it being emulated the only other game in that price bracker is Progear no Arashi which is about 35,000...
Because people no longer have to buy the PCB, demand goes down from emulation maybe.. The problem with that is the people that would just emulate now rather than buy the PCB never would have bought the PCB anyway really. Like Killer Instinct is emulated and I want it. Funny enough it's emulated now and if anything it seems to me like it costs more than it did before. Same thing with some CPS2 boards. I'm still happy I got my Street Fighter 2 CE for 15$ shipped waaaay back. =) Not like it's a rare game but 15$ for the arcade SF2 sure beats buying any port of it.
Exactly. It's great to be playing the same game/board that you grew up playing in the arcade as a youth, in your own home. Precisely why I added a genuine SF2 board to my collection despite owning countless console ports.
All I have is Tekken 2 and a MVS board with RBFF2, 3 Count Bout, Slug X & World Heroes 2. I can't really afford anything else right now. I can't really buy any six button games (SF series) as I use Neo geo controllers for my supergun...and I'm stuck at 4 buttons. Its easy to add the wiring to my supergun (really damn easy), but building good six button controllers seems really hard. My dream games: Battletoads, Simpsons, The Outfoxies, Any Gradius I can get my hands on.
Blur2040, building a good 6 buttom stick isn't hard at all. You just need some wood working tools and the hard part a 15pin dsub connector. I say that's the hard part cause I can't ever find them. Build all you do is build a box, mount the joystick, buttons, wire them to a cable. I thought it would be hard but it wasn't.
Since my MAME setup is da bomb, I only have a handful of PCBs... mainly Cave ones. In fact, I think that's all I have now.
