Capcom CPS2 18 in 1-multi REVIEW

Tusk

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Hey Guys,

Thought I'd review this multi board since I haven't seen much info on it.

First the games:
Games look and play perfect to me. No glitches or crashes so far. Capcom code playing on Capcom hardware. Graphics are great, but there is a "Phoenix" rom stamp that comes up as each game boots. Sound is awesome. Two speaker mono works fine. I have a seperate Capcom Cps2 amp that's connected with the "A" board outputs Left and Right channels via rca cables for full blown Q-sound. It sounds great!

1 Giga Wing
Fun little vertical shooter made for a horizontal monitor. Typical Japanese storyline, big eyed nymphs flying ultra powerful space jets.

2 Rock man 2 : The Power Fighters
Kids love the cartoony colors, simple game play and arcade sounds. I myself....meh...it's Megaman with boss battles, no side scrolling platforming.

3 Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes
A real crowd pleasing button masher.

4 Ring of Destruction : Slam Masters II
If I didn't know better I'd say this game was developed by SNK.

5 Super Puzzle Fighter II X
Gem puzzle game. Has not aged well, but fun if you play against someone competent in versus mode.

6 Hyper Street Fighter II : The Anniversary
Probably worth the asking price alone. Was only released in Asia.

7 Street Fighter Alpha: Warrior's Dreams
see #9

8 Street Fighter Zero 2
see #9

9 Street Fighter Alpha 3
Best of the Alpha series.

10 Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire
Best of the 3 Darkstalkers games here.

11 Dark Stalkers : The Night Warriors
see #10

12 Night Warriors : Darkstalker's Revenge
see#10

13 X-Men : Children of the Atom
Weakest of the Marvel Comics fighters.

14 X-Men vs. Street Fighter
Great animation. Great game.

15 Dungeons & Dragons II : Shadow Over Mystara
Very nice to have these, but has not aged well.

16 Dungeons & Dragons : Tower of Doom
Very nice to have these, but has not aged well.

17 Alien vs. Predator
Still a very popular franchise in some circles, even though the terrible movie series nearly killed it.

18 Battle Circuit
Bizarre side scrolling beat 'em up. Fun!

Games that could have been left out:
Street Fighter Alpha: Warrior's Dreams- with SFA:3 present this will get little playing time.
Street Fighter Zero 2- with SFA:3 present this will get little playing time.
Dark Stalkers : The Night Warriors
Night Warriors : Darkstalker's Revenge
X-Men : Children of the Atom

CPS2 games that should have replaced the above:
Capcom Sports Club
Vampire Savior 2: The Lord of Vampire or Vampire Hunter 2: Darkstalkers' Revenge
Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness
Marvel Super Heroes
Armored Warriors

Hardware:

They've taken a Cps2 "A" motherboard and uncased it.
Mated it with a modded "B" board with the game ROMS

Roms are the same ones used on Phoenixed game boards.

A big mess of soldered wires on the back side of the "kick" harness port. I just used the "kick" harness already in my cab. Good if you can't find one or are to cheap to buy one. I suppose you could clip those off if it bothers you.

Menu board that runs a basic menu system.

Noted things:

Cps2 Q-sound works great.

Graphics look perfect, except the "Phoenix" stamp may offend some people.

Free-Play, game difficulty, attract mode sound, audio & video set-up work fine. You have to access each games set-up menu via the test button on the "A" board. Changes are saved to EPROM.

Basic menu system, press player 1 button to access menu and add 1 credit to switch games. I had to add a credit button to the top of my cab, which may turn some people off.

Overall a great buy!
Could use some tweaking on the game roster though.
 

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I agree with the review, except Puzzle Fighter. That game is fun. My wife and I used to play all the time. I had the B board for a while.

Good review. I want one of these.
 
Each game can be set to freeplay, however the point is moot as the MENU system requires a credit to change game. Once in a game though you can play that game over and over again in freeplay.... but again, to change the game, a credit is required.

I installed a momentary "key" switch in my Capcom Anthologies coin door to add credits.

I too like the 18-in-1. I'd also like to pick up a Capcom CPS1 14-in-1 as I hear it operates very similarly.

One thing I HAVE noticed is that in certain games, when accessing the menu... the menu "image" flutters a bit... nothing terrible and it's easy to still see the menu... but it flashes off the screen in some games a bit.
 
Here is a short video and discription that I made of the board in operation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ2NCl5r-gs

Also to note: One of the D&D games use a Neo Geo pinout for the 4th button on P1+p2.

I agree with the review, except Puzzle Fighter. That game is fun. My wife and I used to play all the time. I had the B board for a while.

Good review. I want one of these.

Play the HD mix on A PS3 or or 360... Then you will see what he is talking about.

One thing I HAVE noticed is that in certain games, when accessing the menu... the menu "image" flutters a bit... nothing terrible and it's easy to still see the menu... but it flashes off the screen in some games a bit.
Yeah, I noticed that too... It is from overlaying one image on the other...
I noticed it the most with the credits bar that pops up.

Graphics look perfect, except the "Phoenix" stamp may offend some people.
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I think that there is a way to get rid of the phoenix stamp. Check the Pheonix manual online.

CPS2 games that should have replaced the above:
You forgot Pocket Fighter.
 
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Tusk, when you play HSF2 with OG characters do they have all the sounds? On my board none of the old characters have sounds. Only sounds they have are the hit and block ones.
 
thanks for the review. i think it might be time to pick one of these up.
 
I can get these, however the reputation of being buggy was just confirmed. From my understanding these can have problems on arrival, but people with working boards do not have problems. I test mine when I get them, and had my first(only out of 5 or so) to have problems. I am happy to get these for people if they want, but understand that it can be a long lead if I get another bad board in.
 
There are some custom mods, If I get a refund for my current board set that is buggy I'm happy to donate it to someone who would want to figure out if there is a way to do it.
 
I would love to have one of these, and the CSP 1 if it had Ghouls n Ghosts. Looks like JAMMAboards.com is out of stock. That is the only place I know besides here:

http://www.aliexpress.com/product-gs/277080364-cps2-18-in-1-multi-game-arcade-pcb-wholesalers.html

Here is the CPS1

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/400143/203725025-277078813/arcade-game-board-cps1-14-in-1-.html

But the prices are high.

I find those prices VERY reasonable considering they're running on actual CPS hardware.
If it was yet another POS multi running MAME, then no, I might as well just slap a computer in a cab and call it done, getting more for my money.
 
yeah
i stopped stocking them due to the last batch 7 of the 10 were bad,i had to ship back on my dime
 
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