Hey guys, I recently bought this konami 12 in 1 arcade cabinet for $150.
I was wondering if anyone has any idea of how to turn it into a jamma cabinet.
It has 12 games on it including Contra, Frogger and Blades of Steel. From what I understand it's basically a computer monitor that connects to a pcb via composite cables. and the pcb is wired to the two control sticks. I was thinking about turning it into a mame cabinet but that seems inauthentic. I can play emulators on my computer. Does anyone have any idea on if it is possible to turn this into a jamma and if so how would I go about doing it. I can open stuff up and take any pictures inside if needed.
I believe those have proprietary boards inside and proprietary connections. Rigging up the controls will be a matter of time, the video would be tricky. Is it just a TV or a computer monitor?
Per the guy who designed it, you cannot modify the screen to RGB. So to get it to play other games you will have to replace the screen. I would just replace the controls and enjoy playing Contra and Blades of Steel.
fastbilly1 wrote:I would just replace the controls and enjoy playing Contra and Blades of Steel.
I think this will be your best option. It would be cheaper and easier to just find an old JAMMA cab. You would probably have more money in this after all the converting than it would cost to buy an MVS cab or something.
I'm probably just going to leave it how it is. I was thinking it would be cheaper just to buy another cabinet than to modify this one. But if I wanted to turn this into a mame cabinet though does anyone have any idea how to do it? I can definitely handle the software part and have an old computer. I'm just concerned about the wiring part. I know I would need one of those ipac things to wire the controls to the computer. What about powering everything on together would I be able to wire the computer power to the power switch on the side of this thing.
Without knowing how the monitor connects, I do not know if you can convert this to a MAME cab without a new monitor. Rigging up controls is a matter of soldering to a controler PCB (printed circuit board), or using a device like an IPAC. Setting up the switch to turn it all on is simply soldering the on off of a surge protector to that switch
In the thread that got linked, it sounded like the monitor had an input switch on it. It's possible that the monitor is nothing more than a TV with RCA jacks on it. You should confirm this.
