I bid, I think I can shove that thing in my MVS, I dunno
if not, oh well, i got another doodad to add to the pile o' strangeshit I bought one time for no reason
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Never seen a set up like this before...
Post by: Necromancer on October 13, 2010, 02:44:20 AM
Interesting but very hacky, unlike the Turbo arcade setup (http://devkits.handheldmuseum.com/TurboGrafx_JAMMA/index.htm).
Title: Re: Never seen a set up like this before...
Post by: SignOfZeta on October 13, 2010, 06:16:10 AM
I'm pretty sure it would work in any supergun or MVS. Almost anything JAMMA will unless there are special controls. The PC Engine is only 4 buttons, which is within the standard JAMMA limits, so it will probably just plug right in and work.
Its pretty nice looking, IMO, and not any more or less "hacky" than the TG-16 one. Both seem to have wires soldered directly to exposed expansion bus pins, which is pretty ghetto.
Both seem to have a lot of extra stuff on the JAMMA adaptor which makes me wonder if there was some kind of title select screen. There had to be some way to count the coins, limit the number of continues, etc. That New Adventure Island Franken-Hu is interesting too. Is the code modified to work as an arcade game, or is it a proto of the retail release? Maybe its just a %100 pirated copy?
Its hard to know this stuff since the whole idea of a PC Engine arcade machine never took off (to say the least) so we can only guess at what the stuff does and how it works until someone who actually plays their shit and contributes to the comunity buys one of the damn things, hooks it up, plays it, and tells us about it.
Currently at $55, this thing is a steal. The RGB hack alone is worth that.
Title: Re: Never seen a set up like this before...
Post by: Necromancer on October 13, 2010, 06:33:25 AM
Usually the adaptor and pc engine goes for arround 150 dollars, sure I do not know about that Eprom piggypack.
is that eprom rare?
As I said, I've never encountered to one till now myself, but since I believe that some one made that thing, I don't think it is worth a fortune. Also to reprogramm it with other roms is a pain in the ass nowadays, and need some good knowledge and equipement.
Title: Re: Never seen a set up like this before...
Post by: ccovell on October 15, 2010, 02:36:11 AM
Some of the PCE games that were added to MAME were kind of similar to this. The hardware was a PC-Engine, and the software was a US ROM (like Blazing Lazers), hacked to defeat the lockout check that US games have. I have a feeling this auction is either similar or identical.
Title: Re: Never seen a set up like this before...
Post by: GameFreak on October 15, 2010, 02:41:30 AM
I seen a few videos of NEC using similar looking Hucards devices at some electronic expo's. That Ebay thing looks kinda cool and it could be made by NEC. Is the point of that to have a bunch of games on one HuCard? Check out these 2 videos I found. One is from 1991 aqnd the other is from 1992. You can clearly see that weird HuCard in their system demos. Also some other weird NEC stuff in the videos like a "CD-Rom adapter" and something called "NID" from NEC that is hooked up to a japanese pc-engine cd-rom. Have you guys seen any of this stuff?
Video 1 from 1992
Video 2 from 1991
Title: Re: Never seen a set up like this before...
Post by: Necromancer on October 15, 2010, 03:07:27 AM
I don't remember seeing the NID box with its 21.5mhz 'decoder chipset'.
Title: Re: Never seen a set up like this before...
Post by: ceti alpha on October 15, 2010, 03:39:20 AM
I seen a few videos of NEC using similar looking Hucards devices at some electronic expo's. That Ebay thing looks kinda cool and it could be made by NEC. Is the point of that to have a bunch of games on one HuCard? Check out these 2 videos I found. One is from 1991 aqnd the other is from 1992. You can clearly see that weird HuCard in their system demos. Also some other weird NEC stuff in the videos like a "CD-Rom adapter" and something called "NID" from NEC that is hooked up to a japanese pc-engine cd-rom. Have you guys seen any of this stuff?
Video 1 from 1992 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tvAIar6NB8
Video 2 from 1991 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BMnZYyz74Y
Perfect examples of how Sega had NEC/TTI beat on the marketing front.
On a side note, I love how that cool that guy thought he was with the TG16 jacket. hahaha....OK...he was cool and I want the jacket. 8-[
Title: Re: Never seen a set up like this before...
Post by: GameFreak on October 15, 2010, 03:51:11 AM
Yeah I noticed that jacket also. In video#2 at 1:05 you can see the guy in the Bonk costume was actually Bonking people. LOL. I really like these 2 videos. Camcorders were huge and pricey back then so I am glad someone got this footage.