List All The Arcade Terms You Can Think Of

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Majors
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Wiring harness - grouped wires for easy conversions, see also "Kick Harness"

Board/soldier side: Identification for top and bottom of a JAMMA harness, see also "Key" or "Key slot"

Candy vs woody, Japaese sitdown vs American upright.

JS, JVS...something about japanese hookups, might be replacement for JAMMA, or JAMMA+?

A/B-Board: Modular game boards (cart) the require a "motherboard", i.e. NeoGeo, CPS2, PGM, SPI

Quick disconnects: E-Z way to hook up controls and sound. See also "Molex" or "AMP"

low/mid/high rez: monitor resolutions, also called 15/24/31Hz

Dedicated cabinet: ...uh...arcade cabinet that is setup for one specific game, usally with special controls.
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Its Sticky: when you pull off a 20 hit combo in any fighting game, generally the first thing your opp can say is...its stuck i cant block!
Yep, I know im the one ya love to hate.
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