As previously mentioned, I had planned to wire harness with a JAMMA edge like this: @LemonyVengeance gave me the idea of bypassing the JAMMA edge and just wire it directly to the Blast City I/O. Due to the sheer amount of wire I needed, I figured it would be cheaper to Continue Reading
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Egret 2 – Rotation Mech
Rotation Mech Time to rotate! After all, this is what the Egret is renowned for right? What a VERY nerve wracking experience that was to turn. Give me a frame, lift and turn any day of the week hahaha. I needed to make sure most of the cable ties were Continue Reading
Egret 2 – wiring
Wiring Saturday was all about wiring! Got to love Operators and their hack/splice and do whatever they need to get something to work. There are better ways to do things, but I understand from an Op’s perspective. This is what I started working with. After unraveling it all, I confirmed Continue Reading
Egret 2 – worklog update
Been working on this here and there over the past few days, but managed to get some solid time on Saturday. Monitor I can understand why I’ve heard of people “necking” their tubes on this cab. If you’re not careful and if you haven’t checked the wires if there’s enough Continue Reading
Egret 2 – Procurement
So DRAGONKZ offered me his Egret 2 and since I had no room or immediate cash, one of the cabs had to go. I decided on the Blast City, so on the weekend, the Blast City (the one I had for Monkey Ball) got picked up. All my arcade life, Continue Reading
Rhythm Tengoku – Control Panel
I first tried this game when I got my Naomi NetDIMM setup and it’s a quirky yet addictive game. It’s playable on a joystick setup, but since it’s got a dedicated cabinet with extremely oversized buttons, I figured why not try and go down this avenue without having to purchase Continue Reading
Bye Bye Blast City
The Monkey Ball Blast City has been sold and picked up this morning and will now become someone else’s CPS3/Naomi cabinet! It’s a bitter sweet move as it means I will breaking my l “pairs” mantra, however, the new cabinet is perceived as one of the “grails” so let’s hope Continue Reading
Sega Aero City Harness Extension
As much as I love the Aero City, one thing that is really annoying about them is the length of the JAMMA harness it comes with. It starts off with a 36 way fingerboard to the JAMMA edge for a total of 30cm. It’s not long at all. It doesn’t Continue Reading
Darksoft CPS2 Multi Install
Got DRAGONKZ CPS2 DS Champion Edition Multi to install and I must say, this install was WAAAAAAY easier than the first version. No need to worry about snapping very thin pins on the main board, jumpers, PAL chip version etc Checked and confirmed the board is suicided. Battery is still Continue Reading
Japanese Outrun 2 SP Single Cab – Speaker Upgrade
Well I decided on Logitech 2.1 speakers because of one reason – bass! I feel since Sega didn’t install the rear speakers and base (like daytona 2) that I would be going it a disservice without some base Enter the logitech Z407’s. These speakers pretty much ticked all the right Continue Reading