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Console, JAMMA, Sega Astro City

Console to JAMMA testing

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This has been on my list of “things to do” for some time. I wanted a EASY way to hook up various consoles to my Sega Astro City cab and play vertical shooters. Many of the console based vertical shooters have a screen rotate option in the settings menus which makes the arcade experience ever more real at home.

Hardware I used:

  • JAMMA fingerboard
  • Ultracade Universal Video Converter
  • Akishop PS360+ multi-console PCB

This is my test setup, once I verify it working (which I did) I will make a more permanent solution. I am working on a wire harness to really clean this up.

I used to have just a Sega Dreamcast in my cabinet but now I can use many others due to the PS360+ console compatibility.

JAMMA, Sega Astro City

Xbox 360 to JAMA

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I am in the process of making a dedicated Xbox 360 that will reside in my Astro Cab. This Xbox 360 will be JTAGed and will have a 1TB HDD internal for game storage. I am still trying to figure out what front end I will use and would like to see if I can get a vertical theme since all games I will be playing will be tate.

Hardware Needed:

  • Multi-Console Cthulhu (DONE)
  • Small Stereo Audio Amp
  • VGA to JAMMA Board (DONE)

More to come.

 

 

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Some terms to search for on Yahoo Auctions Japan

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Publishers:

アトラス Atlas
彩京 Psikyo
エス・エヌ・ケイ SNK
セガ Sega
トレジャー Treasure
カプコン Capcom
ニンテンドー or 任天堂 Nintendo
ライジング Raizing

Games:

怒首領蜂 Dodonpachi
怒首領蜂 大往生 Dodonpachi
エスプガルーダ ESP Galuda
エスプガルーダII ESP Galuda II
エスプレイド ESP Ra.De
斑鳩 Ikaruga
鋳薔薇 Ibara
虫姫さま Mushihime Sama

雷電 Raiden
雷電Ⅲ Raiden III
雷電ディ-・エックス Raiden DX
ライデンファイターズ Raiden Fighters (note: phonetic)
雷電プロジェクト Raiden Project
雷電伝説 Raiden Trad (Densetsu?)

JAMMA, Sega Astro City

Sega Naomi Audio Amp Install

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Copped this from the Neo-Geo forums.

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first step, the amp

2, connect the transformer as shown in the pic.

3, connect this white, black, and green cables to the cable that comes out of the transformer.

4, this are the ends of the white, black, and green cables. Those ends need to be connected to your arcade PSU.

Today I needed to test the AMP, so I had to connect the white and the black cables to a regular AC plug to power the amp.

5, connect the Audio Left (white) and right (red) cables to the amp

6, and then to the PCB board

7, then connect the volume pot molex to the amp. (left hand side next to the audio plugs). volume pot not pictured, I forgot.

8, connect the audio left and right molex to the amp. (right hand side white and red molex)

9. there are 4 end cables from the 2 audio molex, 2 from the white molex (left audio) and 2 from the red molex (right audio) they need to be connected to your cab Stereo plug, in my case was the “F” molex in my Egret II. this one
picture of the cables and the molex:

this is a diagram of the Egret II connector (got the pic from some of Kernow post, thanks!)

and the ends of the red and white audio molex are as follow: WHITE (left audio) Grey is L+ and Orange is L-, and RED (right audio) Grey is R+ and Orange is R-

10, next thing you need to do is go to your ARcade pcb setting and set it to stereo, and make sure you put YOUR CAB in stero, (there should be a switch, at least mine has one switch for Mono and Stereo)

I think thats about it. Power on your cab, if the amp is connected to your cab PSU, it should turn on automatically and be ready to work. Hope it helps.

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I just wanted to archive this incase is ever removed.

Computer, JAMMA, Sega Astro City

PC to JAMMA

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I finally got my PC to JAMMA converter tested. Next I will get it mounted on a proper piece of wood an clean up the wires. Here is a shot of it.

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Here is the parts list:

  • JAMMA Fingerboard (link)
  • MC Cthulhu from Godlike Controls (link)
  • UltraCade uVC Universal Video Converter (link)

Everything connects to a Dell Quad Core PC.

Here is a shot of everything running in 15khz on my Sega Astro City.

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JAMMA, Sega Astro City, Sega Dreamcast

Dreamcast to JAMMA

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I had a few spare Sega Dreamcasts around and decided it would be a good system to stick in my Sega Astro City due to the tate (vertical) games.

Needed:

  • 1 Sega Dreamcast
  • 2 Sega Dreamcast controllers
  • 1 JAMMA Fingerboard
  • 1 Sega Dreamcast to VGA adapter

I kind of lucked out since the VGA adapter I have is compatible to an easy hack to make it output 15khz for my M9 arcade monitor.

Here is the link for the Dreamcast VGA Adapter mod.

I was only going to use this VGA adapter for the Astro City so I decided not to install a switch to go back to 31khz. I just cut pin 6 (blue wire on my adapter) so it forces 16khz. You could just add a switch inline with pin 6 and then you can switch between 16khz and 31khz. This is handy if you want to use the adapter on a LCD TV also, which I do not recommend since the Sega Dreamcast does not look that great on a LCD.

To start this project off I call on a friend, Adam, to help out with the cabinet and to kill some beer. he was successful with both tasks. We wanted to do a quick “proof of concept” and just get the video working to see how it looked.

  • I took the Dreamcast VGA converted and cut pin 6.
  • Took a VGA  cable and cut one end off so I can soldier it to the JAMMA fingerboard.

More to come…