PC Engine in a cab

[FrancoB]

I had a look around and I can't see the exact Viletim boards I used but he looks to have [these] that can be used with Brook Retro boards. They look a bit more 'wirey' but they could be neatened up a bit and wouldn't require pad hacks.

 

[Yakama]

Do these just convert the controls, and you run the video and audio separately?

No it does video too. There is a scart input on the side that takes video from the console

 

[big10p]

I had a look around and I can't see the exact Viletim boards I used but he looks to have [these] that can be used with Brook Retro boards. They look a bit more 'wirey' but they could be neatened up a bit and wouldn't require pad hacks.

Yeah, that looks pretty complicated and not nearly as neat as yours.

 

[Body pop]

I came across an article about a JAMMA adapter setup that @muddymusic owned (I think), but it was a very old post.

Ah that was most likely the one I was thinking of

 

[mysticmonk]

I've definitely seen some for sale.

Might get some info off this page on klov. "Lemonyvengeance" is mentioned as someone who does it

Klov link PC engine jamma

 

[Iremfan]

As another idea, I made some of these setups for me and @Iremfan some years back using Viletims RGB SCART to JAMMA adapters.

I can confirm that these are an absolute work of art!
Thanks once again Franco!

 

[pubjoe]

I'm pretty sure the cab in question isn't JAMMA wired anyway.

I have a 21" scart TV in storage that maybe I could decase and squeeze in... 🤔

Is there currently a working arcade monitor in it at all?

I recently put a gutted 21" TV in a cabinet. One of those things I've had in the back of my mind for ages and finally got round to. It was pretty easy in this case.

I have other Jamma cabinets so for this one I'm thinking what's the point of bothering with the cost and effort of jammafying only to cause additional cost and effort to connect consoles or Mister etc? I might as well dedicate this cabinet to those things.

I can plug in Groovymame or Mister (just the DE10/clone without an AV or Jamma board or anything) with a £15 cable and by wiring a £2 pi pico to handle controls. Or plug a console in with a scart cable and a pad hack. I hacked a cheap snes scart cable to split audio to a cheap amp that the cab speaker is connected to (I suppose even better would be to lift the audio pins from the TV's scart socket and run the audio from there). If it's any inspiration here are some pics. I made a quick job of it rather than a great job. I cut some spare skirting board with a jigsaw to mount the tube between, and it just rests in place.




Alternatively, I do have this Jammacon that I'll probably sell funnily enough. It includes a PC Engine adapter among others and I'll be looking to shift as a bundle so I'm not stuck with the extras. Expensive solution though. I feel it's more suited to keeping a precious cabinet unmeddled than throwing in a woody project.

 

[grobda]

top right made me want to install a teasmaid in a jamma cab. Imagine; a cab that makes you a brew!

I went the viletim adapter route for a while but I tend to play my consoles on a telly these days. Ironically with homemade arcade style joysticks.

 

[big10p]

Is there currently a working arcade monitor in it at all?

No. The chassis is in a state that I can't be bothered even attempting to repair it. I need to get down to my storage unit with a tape measure to see if the TV tube will fit the cab, I think.

 

[Retroman839]

The MiSTer FPGA project supports a vast library of PC Engine Super CD-ROM² games, offering highly accurate emulation of the system's CD-ROM² add-on. Top titles include Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, Gate of Thunder, Ys Book I & II, and Bomberman '94, all of which benefit from the enhanced storage and audio capabilities of the CD format. [1, 2, 3, 4].


I do have 2 mister set ups
In my 2 egret 2

Herber multi jamma out November ..

I use the £80 Ali mister tp jamma with de10 nanao ..




I have all them console to jamma …
But mister just rolled it all into one .

I totally get why you would
Want to just play original hardware though ..

But mister has all the vídeo clean up on board as well .
Só nice rgb signal.


This is what you want

OSH Park ~

oshpark.com

 

[big10p]

The MiSTer FPGA project supports a vast library of PC Engine Super CD-ROM² games, offering highly accurate emulation of the system's CD-ROM² add-on. Top titles include Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, Gate of Thunder, Ys Book I & II, and Bomberman '94, all of which benefit from the enhanced storage and audio capabilities of the CD format. [1, 2, 3, 4].


I do have 2 mister set ups
In my 2 egret 2

Herber multi jamma out November ..

I use the £80 Ali mister tp jamma with de10 nanao ..

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I have all them console to jamma …
But mister just rolled it all into one .View attachment 58496

I totally get why you would
Want to just play original hardware though ..

But mister has all the vídeo clean up on board as well .
Só nice rgb signal.


This is what you want

OSH Park ~

oshpark.com

NIce. I don't own any MiSTer kit and know nothing about setting it all up. One of the main reasons I want to use original hardware is that there's no messing about with setting up software and endlessly tweaking things.

One good thing about emulating the CD-ROM sub-system is that everything loads much faster than CD-ROM. One thing I like about playing using my turbo everdrive Pro.

 

[Retroman839]

NIce. I don't own any MiSTer kit and know nothing about setting it all up. One of the main reasons I want to use original hardware is that there's no messing about with setting up software and endlessly tweaking things.

One good thing about emulating the CD-ROM sub-system is that everything loads much faster than CD-ROM. One thing I like about playing using my turbo overdrive Pro.

And no scratched Cd or dying laser /skpping laser

Suit case ver is sketchy I hear …

I can’t recommend this podcast to you enough .

This guy was involved in back engineering pc engine back in the day …

MiSTer Discord Stage Event August 20, 2021 Artemio, GreyRogue, and dshadoff #MiSTerFPGA

Podcast Episode · MiSTer FPGA Stage Events · 27 August 2021 · 3h 15m

podcasts.apple.com

Hé rates the pc emulation of pc engine ..
Let alone the quality of the Fpga typed pc engine .
It’s glorious .. when you’re ready to get one.

I’m sure a good knock off pc engine with USB pads must exists in Japan .. vert Vic might know hé is into his cloned knock off consoles.

Like analogue n64 I just got
Why don’t they include analogue rgb signal ?

It’s got analoge in the name and it’s all digital ? Go figure ..

Pc engine mini if it had an analogue rgb out I would
Have bought 3

 

[big10p]

And no scratched Cd or dying laser /skpping laser

Suit case ver is sketchy I hear …

I can’t recommend this podcast to you enough .

This guy was involved in back engineering pc engine back in the day …

MiSTer Discord Stage Event August 20, 2021 Artemio, GreyRogue, and dshadoff #MiSTerFPGA

Podcast Episode · MiSTer FPGA Stage Events · 27 August 2021 · 3h 15m

podcasts.apple.com

Hé rates the pc emulation of pc engine ..
Let alone the quality of the Fpga typed pc engine .
It’s glorious .. when you’re ready to get one.

I’m sure a good knock off pc engine with USB pads must exists in Japan .. vert Vic might know hé is into his cloned knock off consoles

I've got a spare PC Engine I can use. Only have a Duo for CD-ROM games, so can't comment on the suitcase.

 

[Retroman839]

I've got a spare PC Engine I can use. Only have a Duo for CD-ROM games, so can't comment on the suitcase.

it’s a magical little machine.
I totally get why you want to play on original hardware .

The immerhax micro controller multiplexer looks the way to go …
Tempted my self now ..
I have the scart rgb amp ready in my new cab project.

Just looking for a componants list ..
Board is only 15$
Parts should all be easy enough to get in uk

If all can be assembled for £30 cool little interface