Multisystem2 Arcade system - (JAMMA)
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Retroman839
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May 6th here ..
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We posted a blog update on shipping - https://shop.heber.co.uk/blog-news/multisystem2-arcade-batch-1-shipping-starts-august-18th/
We started shipping batch 1 on 18th Aug, some of you will already have notifications and more going out over the next few weeks.
The User manual is also updated (Issue 5) we have added a free option to configure for 4 players without needing any upgrades. You just need to flick switch number 6 up or down to select 2 player JAMMA with lots of buttons or 4 player with enough buttons to run cabs like Simpsons 4 player Controls+Start+Coin+Action buttons 1&2 - (Gauntlet needs one less player button each as Magic is also start.)
It's in the user manual on how to wire up 4 player games such as Gauntlet, Simpsons, Turtles and 3 player games such as Rampage.
We are making a break-out adaptor board that has direct Simpsons and Gauntlet pin headers for the original control panels or you can use this break-out board to wire up any other multi-player cab.
Thanks to anyone that has bought the Multisystem2 Arcade, we are very excited to see it shipping out and will keep on manufacturing more so after the pre-orders are completed it's a stock item in the shop.
Cheers,
Richard.
Retroman839
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Hi Richard ,
Thank for the heads up .
Anything
Rotary / spinner implementation ?
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Yeah, they're displaying them on a lazy susan.
Anything rotary / spinner implementation related?
I’m late to discover this but would definitely be in for one or two of these… Is there a group buy currently going on that I can get involved in?
Also, as a suggestion to make… how about dual screen output support so it can be utilised in dual monitor cabs such as playchoice, sega mega-tech, and of course Nintendo cabs like Arm wrestling and Punch-Out!! 😃
Also, as a suggestion to make… how about dual screen output support so it can be utilised in dual monitor cabs such as playchoice, sega mega-tech, and of course Nintendo cabs like Arm wrestling and Punch-Out!! 😃
kingtreelo
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i'd love one of these but my bloody harnesses dont like anything other than original boards and herber havent bridged the grounds like old school pcbs
you can buy direct https://shop.heber.co.uk/arcade/
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We had an update in the shop blog about prices (Aug 14th - See below) when we started shipping the Multisystem2 Arcade boards. Anyone who placed a pre-order has the original unit price From May 6th to August 24th.
We had increased component prices for LPDDR & SDRAM and PCB laminates in June and carried on with manufacture of two further batches in order to complete all current pre-orders (We took the hit on all increased costs) but we did not change the shop prices until we after we started first shipments.
TLDR - Price was at the original stated for all pre-orders until a week after we started shipping.
Blog post (14th August) - https://shop.heber.co.uk/blog-news/multisystem2-arcade-batch-1-shipping-starts-august-18th/
We started shipping on 18th
Shop prices increased (for reasons below) on Aug 25th.
Future price increase - (The global RAM Shortages)
One further note - The ongoing price increases for almost all types of computer RAM and other critical components are getting worse - for everyone all around the world. We have had 5 price increases in RAM this last year. It's not just the price rise, the lead-time for component shipments to everyone has also extended significantly, from several months to now over 6 months. We continue to source, buy and wait for LPDDR and SDRAM shipments so we can continue to build Multisystem2 consoles and Arcades.
The demand for chip capacity and components to build AI datacentres around the world has put ongoing pressure on manufacturers who can't keep up with demand for general memory, storage and CPU's of all types. The prices of any available stock just keep on going up unfortunately.
We will have to increase our prices due to the ongoing rising cost of RAM and raw component shipment costs. We are holding off as long as possible with the stock we have, but during August we will have to increase the price of Multisystem2 and Multisystem2 Arcade by +£10 for any new orders.
Current reports show there is no expected change to this ram shortage for at least 2027, so this is a long-term problem everyone is dealing with, as soon as we have more news, we will keep you all updated.
Thanks,
Richard.
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Not sure I understand the problem?i'd love one of these but my bloody harnesses dont like anything other than original boards and herber havent bridged the grounds like old school pcbs
We have a common ground on the Multisystem2 Arcade JAMMA board.
You need power and ground input, then all other ground connections are common-connected. To my knowledge we have no isolated ground connections. The Ground signals from the JAMMA and Kick harness are all connected together along with the EXP slot and all external GND signals.
Let me know if you have discovered something odd, but I don't think it'll be a ground issue.
Cheers,
Rich.
kingtreelo
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Hi Rich, so all my old PCBs look like this on the ground connectors, so the grounds on either end of the board are connected, meaning all 8 grounds don't need to wired up to the jamma harness, if i try and use anything other than a PCB with them connected, the controls dont work
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All Grounds are connected together on our Multisystem2 Arcade board. So you only need at least one Ground connection from the JAMMA harness to be connected to all ground pins on our board. Or you can connect as many GND connections as you like and they are all also connected together on our board.
As long as you have a common ground from your control panel going to a ground connection anywhere it should work just fine.
It's always best to have all ground connections coming back to the board, but not essential as long as they are connected together on your wiring loom.
Hi Richard thanks for the detailed response, I literally found this thread and ultimately discovered your product through this thread and posted a reply #49 all on the 20th, looks like a great concept.
Wish I’d have known the prices were going up four days later! 😭
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Yea, we delayed all price increases for months, but we had no choice with the new raw component orders. We don't expect any electronics to go down in price for several more years. Components are just getting more expensive every month at the moment. You can blame AI and data-centre construction, but it's just something we all need to deal with right now.