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NEC TG-16/TE/TurboDuo => TG-16/TE/TurboDuo Discussion => Topic started by: Keith Courage on February 10, 2014, 01:17:37 PM
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What is this? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Arcade-Pcb-board-PC-Engine-JAMMA-SYSTEM-board-/251447959560?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a8b776008
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A PC Engine that you can connect to an arcade game with a JAMMA harness.
And it comes with the most bootleg-looking HuCard I've ever seen!
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houly that looks like prototype genjin 3.
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Looks like it could be #31 in this list (http://nfggames.com/games/pce/)? Never actually seen one before.
Secret 31:
Several Japanese (And possibly other) companies produced adaptors that would allow the PC Engine to function in an arcade cabinet. These would typically include a timer that reset the system when no additional money was inserted before it reached zero, an audio amp, and little else. The unit I have used a large elastic to hold the adaptor to the PC Engine, and with the addition of a few extra parts could function on a megadrive as well. Curiously, it supplied power to the PC Engine through the rear port, not the AC port. Also, it would flash the screen red when the timer was nearly out by maxing the red RGB channel. Obviously this required no changes to the software running on the system.
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Where is Sadler?! Make that TG16 cabinet whole!
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Ive got a Duo of sadlers that might fit that bill....
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Heh, how's that Duo coming? :D
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;) Hopefully this summer
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I bid several times the minimum. If I happen to win, I'm going to shoot HD video of the hardware and it being played in a Final Fight cab. If it looks like the game is any different from PC Genjin 3, I'll capture video of a playthrough, but I doubt there's any changes other than what jperryss mentioned.
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Ive got a Duo of sadlers that might fit that bill....
It's a shame that Sadler will be returning my cabinet to me before you get that mock-Duo to him.
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Since I actually wound up getting it for the minimum bid, I'm going to bid on his jamma Mega Drive auction. :)
If the PC Engine set works like it should (I really hope it outputs RGB and not just converted composite), I'm going to pick up another 2-player, 2 button jamma cabinet and deck it out with custom PCE side art, marquee and bezel.
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yeah they outputting RGB, since this is all arcade screens do understand :)
also take a bretzel :)
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Congrats on picking this up. Have to admit I considered bidding on it. Seems like a pretty damn good deal considering the gem hiding inside the Hucard slot. Would love to see more info once you get it in your hands.
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Nice score! Keep us informed :)
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Curious. I want to hear more. (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)
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Congrats on picking this up. Have to admit I considered bidding on it. Seems like a pretty damn good deal considering the gem hiding inside the Hucard slot. Would love to see more info once you get it in your hands.
The custom HuCard was what convinced me to bid, but after thinking it through later on, I realized that I shouldn't have bid so much as it had to just be a either a regular Genjin 3 rom or a slightly hacked one. I just didn't want this to get snatched up by a prototype hoarder and never know exactly what it was.
I got everything today and tested the game. I don't have much experience with the Japanese version, but it seems to be the same as the retail version. I played past the first boss and didn't get any screen flashing or other indications that I needed to insert more credits. I'm guessing that that stuff is handled on the hardware side. But it still doesn't explain why they bothered to make a custom HuCard. Maybe the ending or some other parts will have some Korean text?
The HuCard looks much nicer in person. It's actually a very stylish black card with neatly placed eproms(?).
It'll be a while until I can shoot all the footage and put together the video I have planned, but I'll take some photos and post them soon to show everything in detail.
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Is that really a prototype? What makes you guys so sure? It would be cool if it was, but isn't it more likely to be just a lowly bootleg?
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Is that really a prototype? What makes you guys so sure? It would be cool if it was, but isn't it more likely to be just a lowly bootleg?
Lol, everything I said was about how it must be a bootleg. :P I don't know why a custom arcade hardware seller would use a prototype in an arcade machine. But it should have some sort of custom code or physically addition for them to go to the trouble of building it.
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Cool, glad you got everything that was pictured.
I thought from the description, that he might send the board only, and not include the game or PCE.