ARCADE VERSION OF TG16 HARDWARE FOR SALE!!!

[esteban]

You know Steve, a standard JAMMA supergun won't work on that board as the edge connector is not JAMMA.  You will need a custom connector for it, which actually isn't custom but just not JAMMA.  All superguns are pretty much JAMMA.

That said I'm all over this thing.  I have a PC Engine arcade setup that I don't know if it's official nor have I ever tested it.  I need to get on that.  It's just a PCE with a timing board and some other salad on it.

Well, it was fun while it lasted, folks. Unfortunately, our top bid was way too low:

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dragsy           US $255.00 Sep-19-05
arcadecollecting   US $250.00 Sep-19-05
stevek666        US $150.00 Sep-17-05

Now, I figured that our budget wouldn't allow us to get this item, but I was still hopeful that we'd get lucky. You know -- it's the same feeling you get when you buy a lottery ticket: "I know I have no chance of winning, but I could possibly win, so I'll cling to that improbable possibility and enjoy the ride".

That said, wouldn't it be nice if "dragsy" turned out to be Sunteam_Paul! I don't think we're going to be so lucky, unfortunately.

[D-Lite]

You know Steve, a standard JAMMA supergun won't work on that board as the edge connector is not JAMMA.  You will need a custom connector for it, which actually isn't custom but just not JAMMA.  All superguns are pretty much JAMMA.

That said I'm all over this thing.  I have a PC Engine arcade setup that I don't know if it's official nor have I ever tested it.  I need to get on that.  It's just a PCE with a timing board and some other salad on it.

Well, it was fun while it lasted, folks. Unfortunately, our top bid was way too low:

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dragsy           US $255.00 Sep-19-05
arcadecollecting   US $250.00 Sep-19-05
stevek666        US $150.00 Sep-17-05

Now, I figured that our budget wouldn't allow us to get this item, but I was still hopeful that we'd get lucky. You know -- it's the same feeling you get when you buy a lottery ticket: "I know I have no chance of winning, but I could possibly win, so I'll cling to that improbable possibility and enjoy the ride".

That said, wouldn't it be nice if "dragsy" turned out to be Sunteam_Paul! I don't think we're going to be so lucky, unfortunately.

Dude, "dragsy" = me. :oops:

Expect a write up on that one and the other systems I have  

[SNKNostalgia]

$250.00 I doubt its even remotely worth that. Its kinda getting crazy there. Does that system seriously only connect with an RF hook-up? Or is it an RGB? Its bad enough that it isn't jamma.

[D-Lite]

$250.00 I doubt its even remotely worth that. Its kinda getting crazy there. Does that system seriously only connect with an RF hook-up? Or is it an RGB? Its bad enough that it isn't jamma.

I assume it's RGB.  All arcade monitors are.

Have you ever seen one for sale before?

[esteban]

$250.00 I doubt its even remotely worth that. Its kinda getting crazy there. Does that system seriously only connect with an RF hook-up? Or is it an RGB? Its bad enough that it isn't jamma.

I assume it's RGB.  All arcade monitors are.

Have you ever seen one for sale before?

I have never seen this item offered for sale, ever, through ebay or private trading / selling circles.

Anyway, D-Lite: YOU are dragsy !!! I thought the winning bidder was based in the UK for some odd reason... I must be losing my mind (although it was a late post).

EDIT: OK, now I remember what I did: I looked at your ebay profile and saw that you recently purchased some items from a UK seller. That stuck in my head, and I got confused and thought that you were also based in the UK. Mystery solved. My stupidity confirmed.

Well, I'm glad that we'll be hearing about this item from you .

[Keranu]

Too bad you couldn't win Steve, but that arcade guy really made the price high.

[SpiffWilkie]

Are you sure it's not jamma?  I emailed the seller about that and he said it was (but we all know how that sort of stuff goes).  It does have the right number of connections (if I counted correctly).  The only problem is that it doesn't have the notch.  However, quite a few bootleg, homemade, etc. boards don't have the notch since it's easy to take the key out of your jamma harness (if it's even there in the first place).  Anyway, if it really is jamma like the seller says, it leads me to believe that it might just be a hacked console converted to run on an arcade setup.  I'm really interested to see what it actually is when you get it.

[PC Gaijin]

For anyone that still doubts that there was such a beast as a Turbo-based arcade board: I finally found a reference to the Turbo arcade system in the January 1990 issue of Video Games & Computer Entertainment. From the Destination Arcadia section on page 96:

United Amusements - this Los Angeles-based company is utilizing NEC's Turbografx-16 home video-game system as the driver for their arcade system. This will enable the arcade operator to change games quickly, and, more important, let the player see games before they hit the shelves for home purchase. United Amusements has already signed a big deal to get their machines in theaters around the country. (See next month's issue of VG&CE for a detailed story on the United Amusements/Turbografx-16 game system.)

Unfortunately, my collection of magazines is in such a mess right now (moved recently) that I cannot locate the February 1990 issue of VG&CE that has a longer writeup on the board. I do remember there being pictures of the system, but I cannot recall what they looked like so I dunno if what is shown in that auction is the United Amusements board or not.

[Keranu]

Bonus points for quoting Video Games & Computer Entertainment   .

[SNKNostalgia]

For some reason when I zoomed in to the arcade TG16 picture it looked like an RF plug that comes out of the side of a home TG16. Thats why I was worried about it being RF, but of course all arcade monitors are RGB.

As for the price it is a rare item to come across so I guess it has no specific value, but going real high depends on how bad you want to just collect it. Still going over a few hundred, ouch. Oh well it will be interesting to see what it all does.

[esteban]

For some reason when I zoomed in to the arcade TG16 picture it looked like an RF plug that comes out of the side of a home TG16. Thats why I was worried about it being RF, but of course all arcade monitors are RGB.

As for the price it is a rare item to come across so I guess it has no specific value, but going real high depends on how bad you want to just collect it. Still going over a few hundred, ouch. Oh well it will be interesting to see what it all does.

Don't forget: in addition to researching / documenting this item for the Turbo community at large,  we want to actually USE this hardware. Sure, it's a novelty, but using this item was (is) certainly a major attraction to it. I'm so jealous of D-Lite .

[D-Lite]

For some reason when I zoomed in to the arcade TG16 picture it looked like an RF plug that comes out of the side of a home TG16. Thats why I was worried about it being RF, but of course all arcade monitors are RGB.

As for the price it is a rare item to come across so I guess it has no specific value, but going real high depends on how bad you want to just collect it. Still going over a few hundred, ouch. Oh well it will be interesting to see what it all does.

You do realize you're talking to a Neo Geo guy, right?  

[SNKNostalgia]

Haha, yeah thats why I stopped and thought about it. It would be hypocracy on my part to say it isn't worth much at all. Especially after I just paid total $615 for Art of Fighting 3, Samurai Shodown 4 and Last Blade 2 JP carts for my AES 2 weeks ago.

Thats collecting for you. Please explain the arcade system that you already have that's unofficial maybe. What are some tidbits about it?

[D-Lite]

OMG it's JAMMA.

This thing is both simple and quite cool!

Best part, full original manual and docs!!!!

It is a PCE with a timing board as I suspected, but there is obviously more on the board that converts to JAMMA.

Biggest question is the bios on the PCE.  I assume it is a US bios since it's a US arcade system.  


Oh the things I need to poke around with this!  Don't worry, full pics and manual scans will follow my friends.

[D-Lite]

And OMG I just scanned and put the documents on my site.

DO NOT POST THIS LINK EVERYWHERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The .pdf file is over 3 Mb so I don't want 45,343,982 people downloading it.

Aaron, could you post it here at pcenginefx.com?

http://www.multimods.com/images/TGarcade.PDF