I just saw a Virtua Fighter 3 board on eBay, and I was wondering how hard it would be to make a supergun for such a board. First off, I know it uses a medium resolution monitor, so you'd have to either find one of those (how, I've no idea) or find a convertor of some sort to use it on a regular TV (which I don't think exists). As for the other parts - sound, power, and controls - is there adequate documentation out there to explain how this might be done? Seems like it would be pretty cool to have since there was never a good console port of the game, but is it possible and would it be exceedingly difficult to get it to work?
Model 3 is Mid-Res (24khz) or 31khz (selectable by some jumper block on-board) As you mentioned already, don't expect that to work on regular TVs/Superguns. But then it *may* work with some VGA monitors. And with some tinkering you can even set it to work on Sync On Green mode with another jumper hidden on the video board .... :thumbsup: Nw regarding the inputs, I don't know how to help you...
How could one ascertain as to whether or not a particular VGA monitor would work? Other than just plugging it in, of course.
Well... When I had a MODEL3 here to tinker with, it was a Virtua Fighter 3 game. It was not in good shape so it had lots of graphics problems. Sadly the repair was beyond my skill at the time. At least I could do lots of interesting tests with the board, including use a VGA monitor in it. It worked after the jumpers were changed. Don't ask me which ones I changed because honestly I don't remember anymore. That was a long (5 years or more) time ago.
You'll need this (really designed to get it working in a Jamma cab rather than supergun), but it ain't cheap! You could make your own if you got the pin outs. http://www.arcade-game-sales.com/products/sega-model-wiring/5765-1.html
