Is it possible to convert a Data East Fighters History to Street Fighter II?

[johhnnyD14]

Before I continue, I should say right off the bat that I'm kind of an arcade hardware novice.

A local seller has a Fighter's History cab for sale but I was looking to convert it. A friend of mine has a CPS2 board (A and B) with Super SFII he would be willing to part with, so I was looking to turn it into that.

Is this possible? If so, would it be as easy as changing the JAMMA and kick harness cables?

 

[skate323k137]

I mean, it's a JAMMA cabinet, so I don't see why not.

 

[Karou]

how much conversion...thats why not?
the wrong place? sorry!

 

[Electric Grave]

Do it but keep it with the Fighter History art, it could be rad...like a memento of when clones go wrong...

 

[cornerstone]

how much conversion...thats why not?
the wrong place? sorry!

They made z-back versions of the earlier street fighters back in the day.

Did they actually make dedicated Fighter's History cabs? They may have all just been conversion kits. I think most dynamo cabs were street fighter anyway.

OP, I would either just keep it a Fighter's History, or run some paint thinner on it and find out what it used to be. It could actually be a SF cabinet underneath.

Unless you're looking at a Big Blue, actual SSF2 cabs are fairly ugly.

 

[Electric Grave]

SF Dynamo cabs are awesome, some people...

 

[blakeb8111]

Got a pic of the cab? If it's in decent shape go for it. If the monitor is good you'll probably be good and it shouldn't be too hard to do. The only way to learn is to dive right in.

 

[cornerstone]

SF Dynamo cabs are awesome, some people...

To each his own, but I don't like the world map art and bezel.

The CE cabs with the cohesive art from marquee to CP are the pinnacle of the dynamos. Everything else was a step down.

 

[wyndcrosser]

do FH even use six buttons? lol

 

[Kid Panda]

do FH even use six buttons? lol

It does, the first one was a complete copy of SFII. Capcom sued Data East over it and won.

 

[Electric Grave]

lol @ complete copy...I mean tons of games were but FH was the one to be made an example of, they went all in for it...lol plagiarism has been in video games since its inception, WTF?! Fucking gamers here don't know left from right...

 

[Kid Panda]

lol @ complete copy...I mean tons of games were but FH was the one to be made an example of, they went all in for it...lol plagiarism has been in video games since its inception, WTF?! Fucking gamers here don't know left from right...

By copy I mean the characters very closely resembled Street fighter characters. I know the gameplay had some extra mechanics added, but looking at a side by side you can't deny that it was copying capcom art assets. Hence why they got sued over it.

 

[Electric Grave]

Come on, a lot of games did that. They were just the one they pick to make an example of, nothing more.

 

[Karou]

ughh I wish I could find the article that goes off on street fighter copying fist of the north star and jojo characters

said something about cammy in a mask not being very original but they never were.

gule from jj zangief and rolent from ns...

the article I read had capcom not winning, makes sense as there are more than one fh?

still can't find it http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=172751072&postcount=1
had the exact same guile stroheim pic and tineye just splits he image. said something about 5+, I think as far as the articles blogname?

http://nlgo.net/archives/8949 hooray for support? I found it!

http://fightingstreet.com/folders/variousinfofolder/ripofffolder/ripoffpage1.html ...so if their chars are ''ripoffs'' in the first place??? that kens last name story on page two is funny even if some are a bit of a stretch.

http://www.darkshire.net/~jhkim/rpg/copyright/cases/capcom_v_data_east.html whats it say?! I am very much NAL.


back to topic? if the original art isn't horrible and you scrap it-its ruining old junk.

 

[Electric Grave]

lol, Capcom has always taken inspiration from a myriad of things, that isn't anything new to everyone...lol.