Interest Check: 3P/4P condenser PCB for Multi-Konami arcade

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Interest Check: 3P/4P condenser PCB for Multi-Konami arcade

ToplessZ (a reputable seller on the forum) is willing to make a PCB condenser harness for the 3P & 4P connections on many Konami PCB's. This would allow you to play The Simpsons, TMNT, TMNT in Time, X-MEN, etc. in one cabinet, without having to open the back up each time to switch connectors around. I would like to see if there is any interest as at least 10 of them would need to be made/sold. The price would be ~$55 each if 10 are made.

Here is a picture of the 3P & 4P connectors:

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I'm interested if I can use this with my 6-in-1 switcher. Captain America and the Avengers will most likely work in that case too.

that is the plan...a switcher would be used to switch between boards, and the condenser would allow the 3/4p controls to work on all boards.
 
Well if takeman doesnt want to make them Ill make one, but I dont like stepping on peoples toes. Also these things take forever to me to put together (which is why I started to hate the MK PCBs I made), so if someone else wants to do this please jump in else I do it.
Mine will be a little different looking though since Im making it myself and I plan on using surface mount parts.
 
I decided to go with through hole since surface mount would take FOREVER to put together.
Here is my design, it has both player 3 and player 4 on 1 PCB. Price would be 55.00 shipped most likely
I would also suggest using these cables from ebay to connect the gameboard to the 3P/4P PCB..
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-5-PCS-6...673?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4abd5c40f9
You get 5 of these for 5.00 so you would need 12 if you had all 6 slots filled. These are 60cm, you may need to find a longer version depending on how you mount it.

Games that would work without any mod off hand:
Xmen, TMNT1 & 2, Cpt America, Sunset Riders, Simpsons , im sure there are many others
Games like NBA Jam, Gauntlet, and Battletoads would need a slight wiring mod since Pin 1 is GROUND on them and would mess up all the other games since pin 1 is usually the Coin up (You would have to move the wire from the jumper cable from pin 1 to pin 15)
 

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I decided to go with through hole since surface mount would take FOREVER to put together.
Here is my design, it has both player 3 and player 4 on 1 PCB. Price would be 55.00 shipped most likely

Looks good and good price. I messaged takeman and he confirmed he is not making them now and doesn't have a plan to start making them again
 
These are available now as a kit (not soldered together) for 55 shipped. You will get a blank PCB and the parts and you solder it together , its all through hole soldering so its really easy but tedious.

Completed ones wont be available for quite some time, I just dont have the time to do it right now.
 
Any offer this 3p/4p switcher pre-made yet?

Also, wouldnt you need extra 3p/4p extension cables for each board added? and where can you get those?
 
yea sorta, I can sell them 65.00 shipped (US) put together, but due to the time needed to put one together please be patient on shipping. I have one that's complete and ready to ship right now you can have but shipping to Canada will add 10.00.
The cables can be bought on ebay , just d0 a search for DuPont cable , then pick your length and the number of contacts, best to get a 8 pin a 7 pin for each since I don't think they have a 15 pin
 
yea sorta, I can sell them 65.00 shipped (US) put together, but due to the time needed to put one together please be patient on shipping. I have one that's complete and ready to ship right now you can have but shipping to Canada will add 10.00.
The cables can be bought on ebay , just d0 a search for DuPont cable , then pick your length and the number of contacts, best to get a 8 pin a 7 pin for each since I don't think they have a 15 pin

Fantastic, please PM me :)
 
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