does anyone make a 4 - player multi game pcb

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Ive been searching and came up empty. Does anyone know if there is a multi game pcb that works with 4 - players. Im looking to put one in an old konami cabinet. Looking for turtles, the dungeons and dragons games, simpsons etc.
 
No. All the multi-game PCBs I've seen for sale are only two player even though some of them have 4P games(but they lack to necessary connections for the other two players).

I think the best path for you is to get a batch of 4 player boards, put them on a Jamma switcher and wire some sort of companion switcher for the 3rd and 4th players(a klov member made some a year or two ago). The only problems I see is that D&D has a different kick harness(for 3p and 4p) you have to wire in and you might have to do some extra speaker wiring too since some of those boards are Stereo only and have an extra connection for it.

I used to swap boards in my old Xmen conversion all the time since everything from Turtles to Xmen uses the same connectors. I found out that I liked playing Bucky O Hare way too much so it's my obsession to build one out of an old Konami cab.
 
I will probably go the mame route. It might be the easiest way.
 
Paradise arcade shop sold me a 4 player multi board with all the games you mentioned and more, requires two Jamma harnesses to operate. It works well enough just hit them up for more info.
 
There is a need for something like this because if someone could create a good quality multi-4 player PCB it could give people so much more flexibility with these big cabinets.

The ones that use two JAMMA harnesses are just ready built mame computers with ancient PC motherboards.

Let's face it the original 4P Konami PCBs are utter garbage, as much as i love the games that they run...
They have poorly designed sound sections and use tons of low quality Fujitsu TTLs which fail often, that along with the high cost these boards are getting these days puts off pretty much everybody but the most dedicated fans.

I will say that it is usually better to use original hardware when at all possible, but it is always nice to have options.
 
There is a need for something like this because if someone could create a good quality multi-4 player PCB it could give people so much more flexibility with these big cabinets.

The ones that use two JAMMA harnesses are just ready built mame computers with ancient PC motherboards.

Let's face it the original 4P Konami PCBs are utter garbage, as much as i love the games that they run...
They have poorly designed sound sections and use tons of low quality Fujitsu TTLs which fail often, that along with the high cost these boards are getting these days puts off pretty much everybody but the most dedicated fans.

I will say that it is usually better to use original hardware when at all possible, but it is always nice to have options.


Any multiboard that plays the 4 player games will be a MAME board. Quality is subjective and really up to the user.
 
THIS!!!!

Plus having a multi version is good because (let's face it) once you play through most of these titles you don't want to okay again for awhile. Easily switching up to another game is ideal.


There is a need for something like this because if someone could create a good quality multi-4 player PCB it could give people so much more flexibility with these big cabinets.

The ones that use two JAMMA harnesses are just ready built mame computers with ancient PC motherboards.

Let's face it the original 4P Konami PCBs are utter garbage, as much as i love the games that they run...
They have poorly designed sound sections and use tons of low quality Fujitsu TTLs which fail often, that along with the high cost these boards are getting these days puts off pretty much everybody but the most dedicated fans.

I will say that it is usually better to use original hardware when at all possible, but it is always nice to have options.
 
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