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Jack burton

I've already offered him that

o1s1n

A working vector monitor, bloody brilliant.

Time to start collecting vector PCBs

The Last Bandit

Drop in that Vectrex clone I sent you

BGOllie

yeah. half way building that. need to order some parts for it soon

CiDeRmAn

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Drop in that Vectrex clone I sent you

That would be amazing.
Plus, if you invest in the Pitrex, you could wind up with a way to play every vector graphic game made, right there on the cab.
I know there's more work to be done, but the hardware is complete and looking good.
People have a large number of games running too, from Battlezone to Gravitar.

Didn't someone also develop a pcb for connecting a vectrex to an Asteroids cab? That and pitrex would be incredible

BGOllie

we'd be getting into multi game cabs territory and I find these are never a good idea though.
I much prefer a dedicated cab I actually play but put an option to have 2 or more games and I suddenly don't play anything at all . weird

That's true and on an Asteroids controls would be an issue although the multi game kit which adds deluxe and lunar lander would be nice

o1s1n

Not sure what's more impressive, all those Capcom Cutes or all the PCBs :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DkhtfOg6i0

Gradius

o1s1n wrote: »

Not sure what's more impressive, all those Capcom Cutes or all the PCBs :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DkhtfOg6i0

The cutes definitely look nifty and I wouldn't say no to one. But at those prices? I'd take one at the price of a dinoking conversion, maybe slightly more. Just too small for comfort.

Tons of great game boards though, and Aliens is proof of good taste

o1s1n

I remember thinking they were expensive when they were being sold for 1.5k - I think the going rate is 2.5k to 3k now.

You know they're expensive when someone is building repros without a monitor for 1000gbp and a lot of people seem to be interested.

https://www.japanarama.co.uk/product/capcom-mini-cute-reproduction-cabinet/

o1s1n

In other arcade news, I've decided I needed a mini project to get me interested in my cabinets again (haven't used them in quite a while)

Was speaking to Alberto over on AO (the great control panel maker!) and he's going to make a 2L12B control panel for my SNK Candy cabinet with original SF2 artwork.

Going to dust off my SF2 CE board and start playing it again. Hasn't been on since it was in the Aero a good 5 years ago!

There was actually a problem with it where one of the kick buttons wasn't registering via the kick harness, so something to fix too.

On the down side it means removing an absolutely minty original SNK panel, however I'll put it aside for sometime in the future where I have another dedicated SF2 candy and can turn this back into a Neo Geo machine.

Hyzepher

Either of those pins on Adverts worth the price - Woz for 5500 and TWD for 4500?

Hyzepher

Hyzepher wrote: »

Either of those pins on Adverts worth the price - Woz for 5500 and TWD for 4500?

The Woz would be worth it IMO.

I've played the walking dead and its very good but the theme does nothing for me.

Optimus Prime

Pins popping up everywhere now. Iron maiden Pro on adverts today.

Liquidating stock!

Not a modern game for sale in Ireland for years and now a WOZ,TWD and Iron maiden in the same week:eek:

Jack burton

I've played that exact iron maiden. Actually a great game....tbh all of those pins are really good. Played WOZ in America and that's a good price for it. Out of my budget though

Hyzepher

Looks like there maybe some question marks around the validity of the ads

Jack burton

The IM and WD are legit. I've seen them and know the seller.

The IM was actually part of the Irish pinball league meet in my house before

KeRbDoG

So I have a NeoGeo MVS MV1FZ board and a 161-in-1 cart and UniBIOS V4 which has the PICKnMIX feature. Very handy BUT you need to hold the start button when the board is powered up. So I wondered, wonder if someone has created a patch/fix to remove the need and someone (more info) did as a small PCB that you solder onto the NeoGeo board.

Problem, I got it and installed it and it does jack-all Need to see thats up with it, kinda installed it late at night and didn't have time to dig further.

KeRbDoG

KeRbDoG wrote: »

So I have a NeoGeo MVS MV1FZ board and a 161-in-1 cart and UniBIOS V4 which has the PICKnMIX feature.

Tell us more !

KeRbDoG

BrownFinger wrote: »

Tell us more !

Linky to the Unibios page with info, kinda turns your NeoGeo MVS with a 161in1 cart into a kinda multislot. Will rotate between the games and has a 'nice' pop up game menu if you want to jump to a game direct. It only shows 98 of the games as it drops most hacks from the list.
To ensure it though with latest/last Unibios version, you need to hold start upon power on which I forget never mind the kids. Thats what the board was meant to do for me

KeRbDoG

KeRbDoG wrote: »

Linky to the Unibios page with info, kinda turns your NeoGeo MVS with a 161in1 cart into a kinda multislot. Will rotate between the games and has a 'nice' pop up game menu if you want to jump to a game direct. It only shows 98 of the games as it drops most hacks from the list.
To ensure it though with latest/last Unibios version, you need to hold start upon power on which I forget never mind the kids. Thats what the board was meant to do for me

Update, had a play around with the board today and took a chance and removed C1 from the board and its started to work. No idea but not gonna question it

o1s1n

Jack burton

Jack burton

o1s1n

Haha!

I absolutely hate when some arcade or videogame tat is in a shop and I get message from people sayings things like 'Oisin! check out what they have for sale in X shop!'

I recently had a load of messages from people when Lidl were selling those cheap Megadrive clone yolks.

I know folks are just trying to be nice, but it does make me worry as to how people actually view my hobby :eek:

MrVestek

o1s1n wrote: »

NOOOO! WHHHYYYY?! WHAT THE FUUUUUCK?!?!?!?!?Q32E230R

MrVestek

o1s1n wrote: »

Haha!

I absolutely hate when some arcade or videogame tat is in a shop and I get message from people sayings things like 'Oisin! check out what they have for sale in X shop!'

I recently had a load of messages from people when Lidl were selling those cheap Megadrive clone yolks.

I know folks are just trying to be nice, but it does make me worry as to how people actually view my hobby :eek:

Lidl did actually do some legit Mega Drive Mini consoles about a year ago though and they were on sale for a bargain so... you might have missed out!

I get similar too though, people are well meaning but it can get annoying especially if it's something you have absolutely no interest in.

"Hey, check out this Atari Flashback console! You'd love it!"

"I... already have an Atari 2600 hooked up to my CRT... but thanks?"

phily2002

https://touch.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/arcade/23490194

Just saw this, someone here might want to grab them