NeoGeo MVS Question

[Yooyenkoo]

Who here is good with NEOGEO MVS cabs?

[Cassidy Nolen]

Who here is good with NEOGEO MVS cabs?

 

 

What do you need to know? 1 and 2 slot are JAMMA. 4 and 6 aren't. Audio goes bad regularly, few folks actually have the save memory card to carry your games on and the 25 inchers are usually bad color (tubes have been on for a decade and a half).

 

I've seen regular switcher power supplies and I have seen computer type with a fan. Both fail, both serve many years. Flourescent films behind the multi machines have high voltage setups behind them and they often fail. The VFD boards for credits can get cold solder joints on the CP's from years of fighting games. Hardwiring rarely fails.

 

Thats a start?

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[Yooyenkoo]

xD yes that is a start... What board would you recommend getting?

[bust3dstr8]

xD yes that is a start... What board would you recommend getting?

 

 

Cart Orientation- V

Harness Type- MVS

On Board Memory Slot- Yes

MV-IC Memory Board Support- No

Joystick Ports- Yes

Stereo Through Harness- Yes

Stereo Through PCB Connector- No

Built In Headphone Jacks- Yes

Headphone Connector- No

Volume Control- Yes

Headphone Volume Control- Yes

BIOS Socket

Notes:

 

This is the only board with a built in memory card reader and headphone jacks

[Cassidy Nolen]

I've operated 25 inch 2 and 4 slot both. Both great machines, great earners and very reliable. They all have an onboard battery that will soon be an issue (next 5 years), given their age. So far so good but just so you know its there. I think the wooden colored cabs were custom built for a chain (like Aladdins Castle, I want to say) and they are not my favorite. I happen to love the big red ones, they can also be touched up pretty easily, if you have to repaint the white part its not bad. 4 slot with good color, probably my personal choice for a home arcade. I have had a few and they always get play.

 

FTWIW, the 6 slot cabinets are wider than most doorways. They are like 35 inches wide, most doors are well smaller than that. Just do your homework with a tape measure first I have hauled a few through kitchen entrances, much to the dismay of restaurant owners, because the front doors were too small!

 

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[bust3dstr8]

 

 

The Reds are definitely the easier ones to restore. The wood cab(Goldie) you may need to deal with old glue and wood

laminate...blah.

The Goldie reminds me of the early 80's and the kind of cabs I would

see in my local pizza house. I think a nice restored Goldie, has a classy look to it.

All personal taste.

Edited January 3, 2008 by bust3dstr8

[Atari5200]

got myself a big red, 4 slot and loving it. Screen is perfect and sound is perfect. Can't say that about the rest of it, will need some tlc, but it's pretty easy to work on, everything is fairly easy to access and refurbing the buttons and joysticks is extremely easy.

[Yooyenkoo]

ok looks like i'll go with a 2-slot then

[djpubba]

Audio goes bad regularly, few folks actually have the save memory card to carry your games on and the 25 inchers are usually bad color (tubes have been on for a decade and a half).

 

 

I got a 4-slot with bad audio and bad color. What's usually the cause of the bad audio? I swapped the audio amp with a known good one no avail.

 

Will a cap-kit fix the colors?

[Tempest]

Audio goes bad regularly, few folks actually have the save memory card to carry your games on and the 25 inchers are usually bad color (tubes have been on for a decade and a half).

 

 

I got a 4-slot with bad audio and bad color. What's usually the cause of the bad audio? I swapped the audio amp with a known good one no avail.

 

Will a cap-kit fix the colors?

 

I thought bad sound was a bad cap. Do a search on it over on the Neo-Geo.com board, I know I saw a post about that.

 

Tempest