Konami M2 boards

Discussion in 'Panasonic M2 and 3DO' started by pitsunami, Sep 30, 2006.

  1. pitsunami

    pitsunami 3DO maniac

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    so maybe the project is how can we make the arcade board region free...
     
  2. zappenduster

    zappenduster Familiar Face

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    never got my battly tryst board to work but maybe i am to dumb with all this supergun mumbo jumbo will try in a month again couldnt even figure out which way to put the jamma plug into the board with all those japanese characters on mine (thats gotta change with my japanese language course i hope )
     
  3. MottZilla

    MottZilla Champion of the Forum

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    Your JAMMA connector should have been keyed if you don't know which side is which. Plugging in the connector the wrong way could damage your board. Ofcourse you could just trace back certain wires to figure out which pins are which. The easiest thing to do as I recall is check for which wires goto the power supply, and that side should be on the short piece of the connector. The longer piece is where player inputs and such should be.
     
  4. pitsunami

    pitsunami 3DO maniac

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    i have bought a supergun assembled for about 50 usd and its perfect for all my jamma boards,its the easiest way...
     
  5. pitsunami

    pitsunami 3DO maniac

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    Well just got a third m2 arcade board with total vice but european one!!My problem is that when i insert the cd it recognises it and goes to black screen waiting for loading but nothing. Black screen remains. I have tried cleaning,changing cd drive with no luck,any ideas?:crying:
     
  6. Brilliant2meNu

    Brilliant2meNu Robust Member

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    So a Konami Polystars M2 board only takes in Polystars? or has anyone had any luck at all swapping any of these games..........
     
  7. pitsunami

    pitsunami 3DO maniac

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    I have a hell night and total vice boards that only read their own games unfortunately(i have tried all).
     
  8. Brilliant2meNu

    Brilliant2meNu Robust Member

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    i see, thanks a bunch!
     
  9. zappenduster

    zappenduster Familiar Face

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    did anyone check further into the sdk dev manuals ?
     
  10. smf

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    All cd based konami boards have something which stops you from just swapping games. On systems where they sell upgrades then it's a dongle, but others have used values stored in the battery backed up ram.

    It's alot easier to figure this stuff out in an emulator but it should be possible to disassemble the code. It's normally the game code that refuses to run, rather then the bios refusing to run the game code.

    smf
     
  11. pitsunami

    pitsunami 3DO maniac

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    Dont know if anyone is interested but here are some pics of the konami m2 pcbs:

    Battletryst:
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  12. pitsunami

    pitsunami 3DO maniac

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    Borman Digital Games Curator

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    You have hell night = me sad :( I want that so bad hah. Granted, Id need the guns, but still
     
  14. 3do

    3do Segata Sanshiro!

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    Wow thanks for those, i'd love to own any konami m2 arcade games. Doesn anyone have any pics of Heat Of Eleven '98 becuaser i'd love to see that game.
     
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    pitsunami 3DO maniac

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    I have the total vice too,but have to clean it to photo it. I dont have heat and polystars yet!:crying: But i have faith...one day!!!:110:
     
  16. Borman

    Borman Digital Games Curator

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    Someone had one for sale for 50 euros on another forum (Heat, the soccer game or whatever).. Woulda cost me 100us to ship it though :\
     
  17. pitsunami

    pitsunami 3DO maniac

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    Is it still for sale???:dance:
     
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    pitsunami 3DO maniac

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    Thank you thank you thank you thank you!!!:icon_bigg :icon_bigg
    I am finally very close to complete my arcade m2 collection! Only the polystars to go...:thumbsup:
     
  20. Borman

    Borman Digital Games Curator

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    Just curious though, do ya actually play them? :p
     
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