Ms Pacman Cocktail conversion to Galaga Cocktail

tevans333

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Hey guys,

I have both a Ms pacman upright and cocktail, but no galaga! So I thought I'd look into converting the cocktail over. I am not one for hacking up classics, so I only want to do it if it is an easy swap of a few parts and ends up with an original galaga. So my questions are:

- I only need to swap overlay and cpo's
- Add 1 button to each cpo and shift joystick off center (probably buy galaga control panels)
- Does the Galaga PCB have the same pinout as a Ms Pacman, can I just drop it in or does it require a new harness/easy rewire job?
 
Ms Pac-Man and Galaga have different wiring pinouts so you'd have to change the entire harness basically or maybe consider a Ms pac to JAMMA adaptor and use a 48 in 1 board.
 
Hey guys,

I have both a Ms pacman upright and cocktail, but no galaga! So I thought I'd look into converting the cocktail over. I am not one for hacking up classics, so I only want to do it if it is an easy swap of a few parts and ends up with an original galaga.

Easy swap: trade your Ms. Pac-Man cocktail for a Galaga cocktail.
 
Easy swap: trade your Ms. Pac-Man cocktail for a Galaga cocktail.
Ha I didn't even think of that, but that is a good idea. It shouldn't be hard to find someone to do the trade and no extra work would be involved other than the exchange of cabs.
 
Good call, I thought it would be a drop in conversion. But since it isn't I am going to try to trade it:) Thanks for the good idea.

I'd say they're nearly equal in value, so that at least shouldn't be much of an issue. :)
 
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