Spyridon
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If you go with the Arcadeshop board, you'll get both.
Anyone Own an Arcade Legends Machine?
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If you go with the Arcadeshop board, you'll get both.
tigerstyle
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Are they JAMMA-compliant? I Think i'd buy one for 1000-1500$ MAX.
modessitt
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They have a computer inside. I think they are setup to work with a med-res monitor, and it is software based (the resolution). I'd like to figure out how to make it work with a standard-res, as I have an extra AL computer and was thinking about using it...
Teknotoyz
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The JROK board is $175 shipped or so.
I am very happy with mine, ended up with less than $500 in it, used a Joust cab that was converted and brought back from the dead (Joust is my grail).
If Defender is yours, then try to find a cheap or gutted Defender cabinet to use.
My project thread is here:
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=117871
The yellow flap/reverse button is a little far from the joystick for a perfect Defender feel, but it works fine for me.
I am very happy with mine, ended up with less than $500 in it, used a Joust cab that was converted and brought back from the dead (Joust is my grail).
If Defender is yours, then try to find a cheap or gutted Defender cabinet to use.
My project thread is here:
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=117871
The yellow flap/reverse button is a little far from the joystick for a perfect Defender feel, but it works fine for me.
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farquh
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Yeah, I already asked, and the company that makes the Arcade Legends machines is out of Chicago and they distribute them to dealers who sell them as a cabinet/monitor/board unit. I already asked about getting the board, but it was a no go!
As far as getting a cabinet to play the jrok board, I thought it needed to be a jamma cabinet? Wasn't Defender a non-jamma cabinet? Also, doesn't Stargate use more buttons than Defender?
As far as getting a cabinet to play the jrok board, I thought it needed to be a jamma cabinet? Wasn't Defender a non-jamma cabinet? Also, doesn't Stargate use more buttons than Defender?
p1899m
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Jrok board is made to run in a jamma cab but he sells/sold adapters to plug into original williams harnesses. So if you found a dedicated williams cab with original wiring you could go that route or you could get a jamma cab and add the control panel set up you want/need. Or you could get a gutted williams cab and wire it up jamma ect.
Teknotoyz
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Looks like JROK has boards ready!!
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=86022
Yes, these are Jamma boards.
A jamma harness is $30 or so, my cabinet had little left of the original wiring, so the choice was easy.
JROK does sell adaptors that will also run you about $30 to hook into dedicated Williams harness.
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=86022
Yes, these are Jamma boards.
A jamma harness is $30 or so, my cabinet had little left of the original wiring, so the choice was easy.
JROK does sell adaptors that will also run you about $30 to hook into dedicated Williams harness.
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farquh
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Sounds good - I pm'ed jrok about buying one. Am I correct that Stargate has 6 buttons? So my control panel should have those 6 plus 3 more for player 1 and player 2?
Teknotoyz
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You will have 8 buttons total to cover all games on the JROK board (including player 1 & 2 starts).
This is the same # Stargate has.
I used a stargate CP harness for all my leaf switches, much cheaper than buying them individually.
I got really lucky and got an Ebay deal for $11 for the harness.
Bob Roberts does sell used ones that he has tested which was my original plan.
Stargate control panel.
tester007
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How do you like playing defender/stargate with joysticks? I have a stargate, bought the repro joystick assembly (have not installed it yet) and was going to do machine ground up and buy a seperate Robotron (the 2 Williams games I really only want) but then started thinking about the Jrok multi... but wondering if the joysticks make defender/SG hard to play properly.
One of the things I hated on the Legends machine was playing 4-way games with the 8 way sticks.. sucked.
One of the things I hated on the Legends machine was playing 4-way games with the 8 way sticks.. sucked.
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farquh
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Wouldn't Defender technically be a 2 way joystick just for up and down?
I went to an arcade where they had a real Q*Bert cabinet with a MAME computer inside. The joystick they had was 8 way, but they put a metal 'square' over the joystick. This locked the joystick so it only moved 4 directions (in this case up+right, up+left, down+right and down+left as the Q*Bert control panel does.
Would there not be a similar piece that could be put over top of the joystick to only allow for the up and down movement that Defender and Stargate only allow?
Does anyone know the correct name for the metal piece that I'm trying to describe?
I went to an arcade where they had a real Q*Bert cabinet with a MAME computer inside. The joystick they had was 8 way, but they put a metal 'square' over the joystick. This locked the joystick so it only moved 4 directions (in this case up+right, up+left, down+right and down+left as the Q*Bert control panel does.
Would there not be a similar piece that could be put over top of the joystick to only allow for the up and down movement that Defender and Stargate only allow?
Does anyone know the correct name for the metal piece that I'm trying to describe?
