My Awesome Supergun

[Keranu]

I received my supergun in the mail today, which was wired by Michael Helgeson on these forums and the joystick crafting by me and my older brother. If anyone is interested in having a supergun being built, I highly recommend Michael on these forums because he knows what he's doing and he won't rip you off like some other guys.

Pictures

My hand-crafted joystick box, two player support.

The Neo Geo MVS Model M1BBV 1-slot with KoF'98 cart in it. Harness and power cables are coming out of the back of the joystick box.

Awesomely crafted breakout box designed by Michael which holds the encoder as well as audio out (includes pre-wired audio cables and audio out ports).

Close up shot of the joystick with KoF'98 playing flawlessly in the background.

Picture of KoF'98 running on the television.

The whole set.

The other guys will charge $225 for the absolute lowest fee and that's just for a very basic supergun connector with no extra (systems, games, joysticks/controllers, etc...); not even component outputs! The highest the other guys will charge is $400, which again is just the supergun only with no extras, but has higher features such as component output and CPS2/3 harness.

What about my deal you ask ? My supergun features just about everything the best supergun of the other guys includes + a Neo Geo MVS + two player joystick (20 buttons total) + plus four Neo Geo games for around $400 shipped. No catch either, everything works great. So when you see the other guys overcharging way too much for their "labor", consider a change .

Thanks again Mike for being a great help!

[Michael Helgeson]

And you got a cps 6 button harness on yours too:P
These pics are great,and Im glad I could help.

[Keranu]

And you got a cps 6 button harness on yours too:P
These pics are great,and Im glad I could help.

Yep. Even though the CPS 6 button harnesses are only like $10 or so, the other guys seem to make it add much value to the price.

[Dark Fact]

Awesome setup! If I was living in your area, Keranu, I'd like to have a game of KOF with you as well!

Is that a Wii I see?

I saw an N64 and Gamecube!

By the way, have you considered painting that wooden exterior? A few good Neo-Geo colours would suit it fine! That, or consider creating a Neo-Geo themed shell!

methinks D-Lite should stay as far away from here as possible. :-"

[cavein2000]

Ya, nice rig bud.  I was looking into this a while back.  If I had the dough (and space in my shrinking apt.), I'd ask Michael to hook me up too. 

[Keranu]

Awesome setup! If I was living in your area, Keranu, I'd like to have a game of KOF with you as well!

I've been on a hot winning streak lately, especially when I have Benimaru aboard .

Is that a Wii I see?

That is indeed a Wii!

I saw an N64 and Gamecube!

Correct again!

By the way, have you considered painting that wooden exterior? A few good Neo-Geo colours would suit it fine! That, or consider creating a Neo-Geo themed shell!

I thought about it, but not sure if I will do any painting to it because I kinda like having a wood look like that. I am considering make a "console box" to put the MVS in and I'll probably do some Neo Geo-themed stuff to that.

Ya, nice rig bud.  I was looking into this a while back.  If I had the dough (and space in my shrinking apt.), I'd ask Michael to hook me up too.

Thanks. My box does take up a ton of space, but I can only imagine how hard it would be to find room and move a cabinet around.

[Joe Redifer]

That is cool, though I don't really understand the whole arcade scene and where to get the games (all I would care about are the Sega games, mostly).  You might want to rearrange everything so it doesn't look like a fire hazard. 

[TR0N]

Not a bad set up Ken looks basic but it works 

Still it wouldn't hurt to paint it red and add some, NeoGeo sticker lables or some thing.

Just a freindly advice nothing more.

[Michael Helgeson]

What you guys are not seeing is how shiney and smooth it is. he put alot of work into smoothing and varneshing it,and his pics on here are not showing that aspect of it.
In person its actually a blast to look at,and like my friend Eric said,if it was his,hed leave it alone and do nothing,because it looks just great as it is in person. If it was mine,Id leave it alone.

Plus,Keranu only owns  a MVS right now,but Im thinking he plans to buy other game pcbs,and making the SG Neo themed would be cool,but thats something you really have to wait and think on untill you really know how you want it. That isnt a NeoGeo only SG. Its not a Deanbox. In other words it plays more then 4 button games.

Once you do it its hard to undo it. In a couple months he may decide he doesnt like it looking like that. Sometimes simple is best. Sometimes it just takes time,having it around long enough to just get comfortible with it being in your bedroom,making it blend,and not stand out too badly.

[Dark Fact]

Whoa! Varnish? That changes everything! I guess you can leave it the way it is after all!

Hey Mike, plan on doing any engraving of your initials to your superguns in the future...you know...just to show who did all the hard work?

That is cool, though I don't really understand the whole arcade scene and where to get the games (all I would care about are the Sega games, mostly).  You might want to rearrange everything so it doesn't look like a fire hazard.

Joe makes a good point.  Too many cable hookups could risk a fire if they're not arranged properly.  Hope you got a good power bar and breaker to prevent a blown fuse.

[Michael Helgeson]

Whoa! Varnish? That changes everything! I guess you can leave it the way it is after all!

Hey Mike, plan on doing any engraving of your initials to your superguns in the future...you know...just to show who did all the hard work?

That is cool, though I don't really understand the whole arcade scene and where to get the games (all I would care about are the Sega games, mostly).  You might want to rearrange everything so it doesn't look like a fire hazard.

Joe makes a good point.  Too many cable hookups could risk a fire if they're not arranged properly.  Hope you got a good power bar and breaker to prevent a blown fuse.

Nah,I dont ever do that kinda stuf,tis a tad too vain for me,and keranu built it,I only did a tad reinforcing and the wireing and stuff. All the assbreaking woodwork was done by Keranu. He worked really hard on it.

[Keranu]

That is cool, though I don't really understand the whole arcade scene and where to get the games (all I would care about are the Sega games, mostly).  You might want to rearrange everything so it doesn't look like a fire hazard. 

Hahaha, I'll get around to making it look safer sometime . Then again, "Fire Hazard" is my middle name.

[SignOfZeta]

You need a bigger joystick.

[Joe Redifer]

So how does it work?  How do you know what buttons do what?  Can you assign buttons on the joystick thingy to do what you want it to in the game?

[Keranu]

You need a bigger joystick.

Agreed.

So how does it work?  How do you know what buttons do what?  Can you assign buttons on the joystick thingy to do what you want it to in the game?

The top four buttons are the main buttons, so since the only games I have are Neo Geo, I only use those ones really. However one of the bottom buttons on player 2's side is a service button and brings you to the MVS menu. When I get games that use more than four buttons, like Street Fighter, it will use the bottom buttons too. The buttons on top are for coin and start.

I can't assign the buttons with software (unless maybe some game out there does that), so the only way to do that would be to solder the wires to different microswitches on the buttons. The buttons on top are for coin and start.