why in the world???? Jamma AES

[Hitokiri]

I was checking some ebay auctions and I saw this

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fatal-Fury-King-of-Fighters-AES-1991-NEO-GEO-cartrigde-Arcade-Jamma-/141484067226?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20f11b899a



Why would anyone do this?

 

[Neo Ash]

 

[ggallegos1]

Stupid.

 

[kahel]

So you can use it to play a conversion inside your cab of course!!

But seriously i think arcade operator would do that in the past to use the cheaper (LOL) AES cart , of course that not the case anymore ... it a relic of the past.

 

[Rot]

I guess they have a jamma set test station ...

 

[Neo Ash]

So you can use it to play a conversion inside your cab of course!!

But seriously i think arcade operator would do that in the past to use the cheaper (LOL) AES cart , of course that not the case anymore ... it a relic of the past.

Back in the day home carts were much cheaper than the MVS version. Cheap ass arcade ops did a lot of goofy stuff to save a buck.

 

[xsq]

Back in the day home carts were much cheaper than the MVS version. Cheap ass arcade ops did a lot of goofy stuff to save a buck.

I liked your initial answer better...

 

[aha2940]

I don't get it, I think a Neo AES can be made jamma compatible without destroying it, simply by using its external jacks?

 

[hyper]

weird to see that today

coin op vendors did have to pay upwards of $1000 for mvs kits, late 90's value

 

[Syn]

Back in the day home carts were much cheaper than the MVS version. Cheap ass arcade ops did a lot of goofy stuff to save a buck.

It's not the first I've seen but they were back in the day ones like you're referring to.

If this was done recently...

 

[_rm_]

Back in the day home carts were much cheaper than the MVS version. Cheap ass arcade ops did a lot of goofy stuff to save a buck.

QFT!

I never seen one in person either, but i was told by an OP that they also existed here in Portugal. That OP still had a Ninja Combat cart lost in the middle of the MVS stack,lol.

 

[Atro]

We don't know if it was a dead AES anyway.

But yeah, it's ugly the way it is.
Also, it can be done without ruinning it...

 

[Hitokiri]

well, it's the only way to have the actual "console experience" in the arcade
lol

 

[HeavyMachineGoob]

A lot of stupid responses in here. Who in their right mind would seriously think a JAMMA AES would be a recent creation? They were made back in the 90s when MVS was expensive. Look at the dust on the equipment and the Fatal Fury 1 cart, it's really old. Other JAMMA AES units have surfaced before too, some with Ninja Combat carts included. Channelmaniac has a JAMMA AES listed in his big MVS/AES repair log, the customer wanted it reverted back to a stock AES.

 

[xsq]

well, it's the only way to have the actual "console experience" in the arcade
lol

well, no... most likely the board in front is used to give the player a certain amount of time to play per coin.

 

[Syn]

A lot of stupid responses in here. Who in their right mind would seriously think a JAMMA AES would be a recent creation?

I can no longer believe that someone wouldn't try anything. The world is full of idiots with too much time on their hands.

 

[aha2940]

well, no... most likely the board in front is used to give the player a certain amount of time to play per coin.

I am not sure of that, I think the front board is used to add the test button to the AES, a power supply, probably RGB output and not much more. Still beats me why they did not use the deep DB15 ports on the AES instead of destroying them.

Regards.

 

[giggsy07]

A brave man posting pics of the torture he put that console through..

 

[K-2]

I'm surprised there aren't a lot more of these kicking around.

 

[HeavyMachineGoob]

I'd love to buy one and convert back to a standard Neo Geo console actually.

 

[mikey]

I'd love to buy one and convert back to a standard Neo Geo console actually.

I put an offer in with the same intention. He never got back to my first one, so I just submitted a second. I don't think I want to pay his asking price considering the work required to revert it back, especially if there's damage to the case.

 

[Mercuttio]

If the intent was to install it in a cabinet way back when AES was cheaper, wouldn't they have to hack the BIOS to switch it over to MVS mode? Otherwise, they wouldn't get coins and such...

 

[Syn]

If the intent was to install it in a cabinet way back when AES was cheaper, wouldn't they have to hack the BIOS to switch it over to MVS mode? Otherwise, they wouldn't get coins and such...

xsq covered that a few responses earlier.

well, no... most likely the board in front is used to give the player a certain amount of time to play per coin.

 

[Mercuttio]

xsq covered that a few responses earlier.

Oh, yikes. I'm blind.

Yick though, awful way for an arcade game to work.

 

[mikey]

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