Bought a supernova , finally, and a funny story.

Wow sweet. How much was the unit itself?

And WTF is a supergun btw?

 

a supergun is a consolised arcade so you can use it at your telly (television)

a longer explanation you need ask somebody else.

peace.

the danish Wolverine.

 

lets you play arcade games on a TV, essentially a JAMMA ->TV convertor, with outputs for pads

 

Building it yourself wouldn't be so easy if you're going for anything but RGB. You would have had to have made (or bought) an RGB > S-Video (or composite) converter. Making a decent one can be tricky, so you're best off going with the Jrok converter board, or a pre-built system.

Incidentally, a lot of super gun builders are still indeed a little home built operation.

Oh, and if you think Fedex are cheaper now, why didn't you suggest it to them? After all, it isn't like you're ordering off a large company here, they might be flexible. They might exen appreciate the advice!

 

Please post pictures when it arrives, I'd love to see how it turns out!

 

It's good that you can (presumably) order parts if something breaks. I've got a Sigma, which is nice, but I'll have to order the parts and have them sent to a friend if something like the video cable (which has happened already) busts.

 

To be honest, what will break? A suoergun is just a loom, really, at its simplest. If anything breaks, they use standard arcade components anyway. You'd be best off going to an arcade supplier - probably cheaper (after the warranty has expired).

 

(heres me nitpicking I wish people would recognize that the Super Gun is a "supergun" made by a Taiwanese trading company, it's a product name that stuck like Band-Aid and Kleenex. Super Gun SHOULD refer to the specific product or knockoffs using the same name, this is why I like the name JAMMA test rig, or control box as Japanese often call them.

 

Yeah indeed, although that's an American think, I must say

All that Band-Aid, Kleenex, Duck Tape etc.

The only major ones over here are Hoover (even down to hoovering) and Sellotape. We say plaster, not Band-Aid, and tissue, not Kleenex. Yes you can get those brands, but TBH Elastoplast is bigger than Band-Aid here.

Anyway yeah, supergun is a product. That's why people try to distinguish as super gun... badly!! JAMMA test rig is good. You might as well call it arcade console or something!!

 

I wouldn't count on it, I'm not even sure of the companies name as I don't know Traditional Chinese, Taiwanese or Pinyin, all necessary to write it out.

 

The first "supergun" I remember was made by Datel Electronics. I don't remember what it was called, I'll see if I can dig out some adverts.

 

You don't think the first Supergun was the Super Gun? I don't think Datel was even out of C64 in 1992. BTW, I found out that the original Taiwanese one was made by "GAMESGROUP CORP" according to a usenet post.

 

OR, we could just keep saying supergun, as it is the phrase that people most identify with, and there's no real damage done by this misnomer - similar to Kleenex and Band-Aids.

Yeah, it's those retarded Americans again. Point your finger and laugh, those fucking morons.

And actually, it's duct tape, although there IS a brand called Duck Tape.

Sorry, there are just times were distinction between brand names and products are important - this just doesn't seem to be one of them.

 

Not at all, GSL - I was merely pointing out that it seems to be an American thing using brand names to name things. Those brands that you use, people elsewhere don't use in the same way. However, as I pointed out, we do it also. And it is an annoying thing, I know what Kyuusaku means.

I know what you mean about people being anti-American sometimes, but I think you're a little over-sensitive sometimes, too. You need to be able to laugh at your fellow countrymen sometimes, too - we all can.

Hell, I made a joke once to Yakumo about not trusting him as he's a scouser. Risky joke, but he took it as that - a joke. He knows I don't REALLY have anything against those from Liverpool, and that I don't think they are all shady people. Just a lil light-hearted humour.

 

DUCT tape. And yes, things break... like the cables. They don't use a standard connector, so you either have to find that, or buy a new cable. At lesat w/ my control box.

 

Oh yeah Kyuusaku - no I didn't doubt that, indeed that is where the word supergun came from. I'm just saying the earliest I recall in the Western market was the Datel model.

Incidentally, Datel are a British company. They started up making hardware for Spectrun and yes, Commodore. By 1992, Spectrum and C64 were at the end of their life... in fact I remember around then I believe it was Datel who sold off all their Spectrum stuff cheaply to concentrate on the 16 bit market. They had already made Action Replay and such for NES and other 8 bit consoles, and moved on to concentrate on Atari ST, Amiga and 16 bit consoles.

I'll see if I can find the ad I had. I remember longing for one! Actually, I found out that a friend (Gavindo, he's a board member) had one, but he can't remember the name either.

It would be interesting to see a Supergun or the Datel machine!

Gaijin, depends what you consider "standard". As I said, a "supergun" is essentially just a loom, so the worst that would happen inside is a loose wire. Maybe on those more complex ones, you could get a dirty pot - that's a standard component.

Most people use what I would term a standard connector - you can get just about any connector if you know where to look. By standard, I don't necessarily mean what you'd find on any joystick, but a connector that an electronics engineer would look at and say "oh yes, that's a....." Also, in my experience, the console connector is usually female, with less chance of breaking. Therefore, the end that would break is on the joystick lead, which technically isn't the "supergun".

However, that is sort of what I referred to. The joystick is the part most likely to break, and they are usually made up of standard arcade parts - arcade sticks, arcade buttons.

 

aaaaaaaaaaaah great i know the word scouser from the "Steve" i know from the DM hub he calls himself it too with a ;-) in his comment offcourse.

and me ? i am just a "dumb copenhagener" ;-) (those in Jutland knows what the whole deal is between the persons on the main land and the mainisland.) it is a kind of "war" with jokes on eachothers part. between the two "biggest" cities in DK.