Sega System 1 Multi

[GadgetFreak]

My Sega System 1 multi is finished and proven to work on a wide variety of the System 1 boards.
It make 16 games available with on screen menu selection, DIP settings, high score saving and Freeplay mode.
It does not work on Choplifter PCB's as these are system 2 and technically quite different to a system 1. But it will work on both the Z80 PIO and 8255 PPI variants of the boards which includes the Midway 6 Pack version / Midway Up'n Down boards. It even works on the commonly found Sega system 1 boards that have 1/2 Sega sub boards on them which add extra sprite rom space and 4 way scrolling. These mods were commonly done to earlier boards so they could run Wonderboy, I believe this was the highest selling game on this board.

I have a few multi sets available now ready to go from my second test batch run, mostly PIO version but I do have a couple of Sega & Midway PPI ones as well. After these are sold it is likely to be February next year before I have anymore ready for sale.
The price is £350 for a assembled and tested set which is pretty much plug & play to fit to the board. More info is in the attached manual.
The games included are 4D-Warriors, Bullfight, Flicky, I'm Sorry, Mister Viking, My Hero, Pitfall II, Rafflesia, Regulus, Sega Ninja, Spatter, Star Jacker, SWAT, Teddyboy Blues, Up'n Down & Wonderboy.

 

[Digimon]

real nice and great job.

stupid question, will it work on the common wonderby1 Bootleg PCBs, too?

 

[TheDaddy]

Wow cracking job as always !!

Dave.

 

[GadgetFreak]

real nice and great job.

stupid question, will it work on the common wonderby1 Bootleg PCBs, too?

I did mean to mention bootlegs!
I am pretty certain it would run on any bootleg but all the bootlegs have various forms of plug in boards to replace the 5011/5012 customs and also the small shifters that are usually near the tile roms. So although the multi would work fine you may have trouble actually getting it to fit on the board along with the bootleg plug in boards. Certainly one of the bootleg types I have seen has a very large plug in board that covers most of the pcb.
In theory you could probably increase the pin headers on these bootleg plugins so that the multi could fit beneath it. Best thing to do is to look at the pictures in the manual of boards with the multi fitted, that way you can judge if it would fit your board.

 

[jase38]

I've seen this in person and it's absolutely awesome. These System 1 games are getting pretty hard to come by, not to mention expensive and it's a fantastic way to play them on original hardware. Also it's really opened my eyes to so many underrated gems. Flicky, My Hero, Regulus and Sega Ninja are some of my favourites. Some of these games are a little off the radar and rarely get mentioned, but are fantastic, there is so much more to the System 1 than Wonderboy!

Incredible work.

 

[Georgian2]

How can one buy the empty PCBs?

 

[LHantz]

I have this on a Tecfri licensed PCB of Pitfall 2 and it works perfectly, awesome multi, so easy to use with the on screen menu, can totally recommend it!

 

[Mc-Q]

i'm curious,
is it universal or is there a seperate romset for the z80 PPI vs the intel 8255 boards?
i'v not experimented, but always assumed the romsets where dedicated rather than some type of autodetect.

 

[GadgetFreak]

is it universal or is there a seperate romset for the z80 PPI vs the intel 8255 boards?
i'v not experimented, but always assumed the romsets where dedicated rather than some type of autodetect.

No autodetect, some games were PIO and PPI and others were just one type or the other. I have taken what Mame declares as the main set of each game, usually because it is the last version released, and patched them so they can run on the opposite IO chip type. As well as adding Freeplay, high score saving, on screen dips etc.
The CPU & Tile boards in my multi are different for PIO / PPI as well. When you build the rom set you stipulate which type to patch for.
You could always RTFM

 

[Mc-Q]

i could RTFM, but we men dont use manuals - those are for the fairer sex

 

[Shanerc1]

I have both the Midway and Sega versions of this kit and they work great! Buy with confidence.