Journey Sound Mod

[ThisOldGame]

OK this has come up from time to time and wanted to check serious interest
for a Journey Sound Mod.
replacing the casstette player with something more reliable and tecnology current

After The Tron Video Pinball project we started looking at the possibilites of adapting
the MP3 trigger board to other applications... Journey being one of them.

This would be a plug and play solution taking the exiting 2 plugs that go to the casstette player and plug into a new interface/sound board.

a little test I did adapting this idea to my Close Encounters Pinball

On another musical note on our Audiomidiman is working on making some endless loop cassettes for those purists in need.

 

[Tornadoboy]

There's a lot of stuff a circuit like that would be great for, Two Tigers and Fonz both have 8-track players, and DECO games which use mini-cassettes to load the ROMs are notoriously unreliable.

 

[blkdog7]

Are you making a TRON pinball machine next??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkqbZFwRFN0&NR=1

 

[ThisOldGame]

are you kiddingme? where have you been??
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=143631
http://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=1782.0
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=103778.0

 

[parabolic]

Rich,
Id be in for one. will it just play the one 3 minute loop, or will it be programmable?
I had the same idea for my Journey before I got the interface board. The idea was to have a programmable mp3 player that would randomize every time it was activated so it would play a different Journey song at each time you get to the intermission level.
I just found an interface board and dropped the idea. Good to see someone has something they have been working on.
keep us updated.

 

[blkdog7]

are you kiddingme? where have you been??
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=143631
http://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=1782.0
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=103778.0

I know about video pinball! I mean retheming a real pinball! Do it!

 

[chris25810]

Not a bad idea Rich but for me, i plan on sticking with the original crap only because i have it all including the brackets to hold the player. All i need is the tape dammit!

 

[ChompingQuarters]

Not a bad idea Rich but for me, i plan on sticking with the original crap only because i have it all including the brackets to hold the player. All i need is the tape dammit!

For you Chris... I'll make you a tape for as little as $150!!!! Everyone else less than $50.00.

 

[chris25810]

For you Chris... I'll make you a tape for as little as $150!!!! Everyone else less than $50.00.

Thanks Bill, appreciate it!

 

[LUCKYMAN]

i would deffinitly be intrested in one for my journey.. Now does this just replace the player or replaces the interface board and player???

 

[parabolic]

Thanks Bill, appreciate it!

Chris,
I am making up a few 3 min looping tapes from the original recording, whenever I get around to it, I can get you one. It may be a bit though - LOL!!

 

[ChompingQuarters]

Chris,
I am making up a few 3 min looping tapes from the original recording, whenever I get around to it, I can get you one. It may be a bit though - LOL!!

There you go Chris!

Parabolic, if you have a source for 3 minute loop tapes (white) I was going to redo the labels, remaster the original track and make a dozen or so tapes and offer them up for a fair price. But, if you feel like doing that then go for it!

 

[xray2]

There's a lot of stuff a circuit like that would be great for, Two Tigers and Fonz both have 8-track players, and DECO games which use mini-cassettes to load the ROMs are notoriously unreliable.

Already working on The Fonz 8 track player replacement.
Must act fast before the rubber band breaks! ;-)

 

[LeeB99]

I know that there are already similar products that have been released for older electromechanical games (like gun shooters, etc) that used 8 tracks. They are EXPENSIVE, though, so you might have a good product at a reasonable price. I have an old "Coney Island Rifle" game that uses an 8 track. During gameplay, it uses one track for the music in the background, and once the game is over, it switches to another track where an announcer states various words of encouragment like: "That's pretty good shooting. Try Again. That's REAL GOOD shooting, try again." Etc...

 

[ThisOldGame]

Not a bad idea Rich but for me, i plan on sticking with the original crap only because i have it all including the brackets to hold the player. All i need is the tape dammit!

yeah if your lucky it will sound as good as mine did with all the wavy audio, tape hiss, amp buzzing
right before it ATE MY TAPE!!!
but hey its original

also on another note I cant believe this was MONO when the game and AMP is STEREO!!

 

[blinddog]

I'd be intrested in one also. Please let me know if you decide to produce these.

Matt

 

[gabesdad1981]

Im in

Let me know when this gets done.. i cant get tape player to work in mine, I think its the amp bd....I have a couple of the tapes and an extra player, cant get any combination to work...Id love to have something more modern and have a good sound quality as well.

 

[TonyH]

I will take one or a tape. Everything in mine works except the cassette is busted oh and the player half assed worked with the egg shaped rollers.

 

[zfcamaro]

If it would make the project happen I would be in for the sound mod if it's a direct plug in. I would take a tape too just for a backup....

 

[Pete Cahill]

If it would make the project happen I would be in for the sound mod if it's a direct plug in. I would take a tape too just for a backup....

Count me in for both as well...