Can a jamma pcb work on a MVS 4 slot?

[lidiaandmichael]

Hi everyone and I apologize for this noob question. I have always wanted to play
Tatsujin Oh (which is a jamma PCB) but I have a 4 slot MVS cabinet. I can buy the game but what adapter(s) will I need to get it to work on my cabinet. If there are any adapters is it easy to do ? Thanks

 

[dark penguin]

Hi everyone and I apologize for this noob question. I have always wanted to play
Tatsujin Oh (which is a jamma PCB) but I have a 4 slot MVS cabinet. I can buy the game but what adapter(s) will I need to get it to work on my cabinet. If there are any adapters is it easy to do ? Thanks

Some regular jamma games will work in a 4-slot. I believe it all comes down to the what power that specific board needs to draw. I had a Final Fight PCB plugged into my 4-slot for the longest time with no issues.

There are several threads about this issue already in the tech section, but basically if the jamma board needs -5v(check the board's schematic) it will likely not work properly.

Not sure about Tatsujin Oh...look up the schematic online and check. Also, that's a vertical game, so you'd have to rotate your monitor. Which I never tried with my 4-slot, but if you have an American cab, it may be a bitch to do that.

 

[ttooddddyy]

Im not familiar with Tatsujin Oh but if its straight jamma, just wire the speaker across pins L and 10 (rather than the mvs stereo set up on the 4 slot cab)

Thats the main difference
See here http://www.hardmvs.com/manuals/Jamma2NeoGeo4SlotPinout.pdf

 

[billd420]

Tatsujin Oh is a Verticle monitor orientation game. The video will be rotated 90 degrees on your neo geo machine.

 

[zapatistab]

If you have the time...you can make your own adapters.

www.jammaboards.com

This pic is just an example. You will actually need a 56 pin connector not 22.

 

[lidiaandmichael]

Does anyone have a 52 pin connector that they are selling?


Also Tatsujin would play as a side scroller versus the vertical game it would be on a jamma cabinet?

Would it just be better to find a cheap jamma cabinet? If so where is a good place to get one?
I live in Illinois so any ideas would help.

 

[ttooddddyy]

Does anyone have a 52 pin connector that they are selling?

For jamma/mvs you need 56 pins (some are not used in the key way)
http://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/store.pl?sku=CEC56

Also Tatsujin would play as a side scroller versus the vertical game it would be on a jamma cabinet?

it would play from right to left (or vica versa) instead of bottom to top.
Which is pretty much useless.

Would it just be better to find a cheap jamma cabinet? If so where is a good place to get one?
I live in Illinois so any ideas would help.

It would be easier to wire the speaker up as described and rotate the CRT.