I have a soft spot for these Redux-able Bubble Bobble Bootlegs, so when this one came up on KLOV I decided to pick it up. I was *very* curious about the PS4 with the silkscreens Bubb on it and if it worked.
Canada seems to have a lot of these bootlegs, as 2 of the 3 I've gotten came from there. I guess the copyright protections were a bit more mild than the US ones back then, allowing for the import of the bootlegs?
The story on this one was that it was originally sold as working, but never actually tested - there was no Taito to Jamma adapter.
The board is in very nice condition - just a little bit of dust on it. Has a label P0-1109, no H - power connector pins.
I have a 56 pin edge connector and one of IanKellog's Jamma fingerboards to create an adapter. As I have a working board, I wire up the pins for the edge connector that give power and ground first (+5VDC, -5VDC, and +12VDC). Note these boards need -5VDC for sound to work. I also connected the video leads - R,G,B, Video GND and CSYNC so we can see what the board is putting out. This is sufficient to get an idea of what's going on with the board.
As I kinda expected, it's not working, the graphics are all scrambled.
Canada seems to have a lot of these bootlegs, as 2 of the 3 I've gotten came from there. I guess the copyright protections were a bit more mild than the US ones back then, allowing for the import of the bootlegs?
The story on this one was that it was originally sold as working, but never actually tested - there was no Taito to Jamma adapter.
The board is in very nice condition - just a little bit of dust on it. Has a label P0-1109, no H - power connector pins.
I have a 56 pin edge connector and one of IanKellog's Jamma fingerboards to create an adapter. As I have a working board, I wire up the pins for the edge connector that give power and ground first (+5VDC, -5VDC, and +12VDC). Note these boards need -5VDC for sound to work. I also connected the video leads - R,G,B, Video GND and CSYNC so we can see what the board is putting out. This is sufficient to get an idea of what's going on with the board.
As I kinda expected, it's not working, the graphics are all scrambled.

