Playing arcade boards on their own?

[The Sage of Sega]

Any way I could find or hack all the parts to do this?

[video game addict]

Most arcade boards, well alot anyway output in RGB, so if you plan on playing on a TV you need an encoder, this is the most expensive part in the puzzle.

 

The most popular one out now is the Jrok

 

 

Check these pages out, pretty much everything you need to know:

 

http://www.digitpress.com/archives/arc00093.htm

 

http://cps2shock.retrogames.com/jamma.html

 

http://www.sgrepository.com/

 

There are others but those are pretty specific for what I believe you are wanting to do. Also a few places make & sell these things prebuilt with controllers for around $300

 

like:

 

http://www.massystems.com/SuperNova.html

&

http://www.gwtrading.com/hga.shtml

 

They are pretty cool, I have a MAS Supernova I picked up off ebay for a decent price. Neo Geo MVS works with it, so I can collect MVS carts with an MVS pcb, and a I have about a 6 or 7 other jamma boards, makes for some great fun! I play them more than most of my systems actually,

[The Sage of Sega]

Great links! Thanks!

[RupanIII]

Hey all,
I'm researching the Great Western Inc H.G.A. Supergun and their website is long gone.

Does anyone have one they could post pictures of and give me a little rundown on?

 

I need to know if it has RGB (i've read it does) , SVideo and Stereo or Mono Audio?
How does it handle controllers?

 

Thanks.

John.

[Nebulon]

I'm guessing one of these might help (and they're cheap, too):

 

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/NEW-Arcade-game-RGB-CGA-EGA-YUV-to-VGA-HD-video-converter-board-GBS8200-FE-/291548901807?hash=item43e1ab31af:g:WuEAAOSwv0tVTgki

[shoestring]

The AV7000 is a great little unit, it's what I use for home. It handles RGB and composite and has an adjustable +5 line.