Cool Supergun. You really surprised me. ;)
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Cool Supergun. You really surprised me. ;)
WOW that looks Awesome Guntz :ok: Good work on the Supergun. Rep added
Pure awesome. I'm very jealous. I also hate You very much. :) I'd love to get into actual arcade hardware, so I could play all those cool old sprite-pushers that never got a console release.
Were you following online instructions? If so can you link me? I've got plenty of Neo controllers, and if I wire the video to use RGB SCART I can probably make one for peanuts.
Fatboy, the original Xbox + Final Burn Legends = your salvation.
Thank you everyone for all the rep! I wasn't expecting that. :D
I suppose you aren't that good with soldering or basic electronics? A Supergun is relatively easy on paper. It's only difficult in how long it takes to construct and how many wires you must solder.Quote:
Originally Posted by fatboy
... Or you could just take Genesis Knight's advice on the matter. It's certainly costs less.
Yes, it was all online instructions, though I gathered information from a few different sources in order to get a relatively well informed view of the project. Along with the following links, I asked for clarification on some things over at Neo-geo.com.Quote:
Originally Posted by GohanX
http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/28/h...n-arcade-game/
http://www.jamma-nation-x.com/jammax...ergunbuild.pdf
Boiled down, the instructions look like this:
- Attach power lines and ground (your specific PSU will need a matching power jack, keep that in mind)
- Connect RGB, Sync and Ground to your video encoder and then attach your NTSC video to the TV jacks (skipping the encoder removes a lot of the cost)
- Attach sound to an audio attenuator switch, then move attenuated sound to the RCA jacks. (Mono sound is the most compatible)
- Wire up both controller ports.
The most important tool you'll need though, is a multi-meter with a continuity test function. I used that just as much as the soldering iron itself. Without it, everything you're doing is blind. You won't know for sure if anything still makes it to the JAMMA harness or isn't touching each other.
Instructions and tool lists are pretty easy to get a hold of mind you, the hardest part for me was collecting parts. No guide ever tells you of good places to get parts from. Since I have no Fry's Electronics or '90s era Radio Shack nearby, I had to buy everything online. I went with Mouser because it was the first parts distributor that came to mind. A few other parts came from eBay and Jamma Nation X. Since terminology always seems to kill people when it comes to search, I'll list some pointers on how to find parts you'll likely use making a Supergun:
- RCA Jacks are also known as Phono Jacks (they were used on Phonographs at some point)
- S-Video jacks also go by the term 4 Pin Mini-DIN (or 4p)
- Neo Geo controller ports are typically called DB-15 jacks (TWO ROWS! NOT THREE!) and sometimes D-Subminiature
- The Jamma Nation X audio attenuation switch uses a DPST On - On switch which will have 6 pins (DPST on - off has 4)
If anyone here uses Mouser, I can post links to all the parts I bought for the project. I found some real nice screw nut panel-mount S-Video jacks. Sure beats the Gorilla Glue ones off eBay. ;)
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I suppose you aren't that good with soldering or basic electronics? A Supergun is relatively easy on paper. It's only difficult in how long it takes to construct and how many wires you must solder.
... Or you could just take Genesis Knight's advice on the matter. It's certainly costs less.
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The ability to construct it is not whats held Me up. Hell, My soldering iron's plugged in and sitting under My work table as I write this, and My DMM is tucked away in a drawer with the rest of My tools. It's usually either lack of time to build it, or if I have the time, My money's usually got more important places to go.
That was my case for quite some time. Eventually I just decided to make the time to collect the parts and information to actually do it. If you skip the encoder, you can cut an easy $50 off the bottom line of the Supergun. Finding an enclosure around the house can also cut some significant cost out of the project, especially if you want to get fancy. For functionality over style, I went with a VHS case. Most everything else is required though, like the JAMMA harness, power related items like a switch and jack, the controller ports, an audio attenuation switch and push button switches for Test and Service functions. I guess if you go RGB you only need one plug (like an 8-pin DIN) instead of a few of them for NTSC AV.
Still, if ever you decide to hop on the arcade band wagon, I wish you good luck in the endeavor. :)
Thanks, Man. The video output wont be a problem for Me, thanks to My small-yet-awesome Amiga monitor (15Khz RGB, WOOT!). I forgot to say, the VHS case was a great idea. Actually, it was fucking brilliant. A few months ago I was building an AV breakout box for My Sega Saturn, and I was using this awful little kit box I had bought at the local electronics shop. The sideplanes of the thing had this thick plastic ribbing on the inside of the case, which made it unsuitable for mounting the output jacks where I wanted them, and the box itself was just to awkward to work with. Now I look around at all the plastic clamshell cases I have and think, Well duh, why didn't I think of that!