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I have heard a lot of negative things about these boards, are there any ones that are better than others? I am interested in the 60 in 1 type, a williams multi game board and one for a Mortal Kombat that allows you to play different versions of that game. I have also seen some that are 300 or more games in 1 boards, are they worth getting?

Thanks,

David
 
i dont know a whole lot about em, but Ive heard that Blue Elf type boards are slow on a lot of games, and some games like Neo Geo games run too fast. I've heard decent things about the 400/750-in-1 GameBox jobs. I'm considering getting a GameBox somewhere down the road.
 
There should be plenty of info available if you search for it, but I'll sum it up: Purists usually seem to cringe over multis, but they are undoubtedly a crowd pleaser -- your typical houseguests who stop by to play some games will likely flock to the multigame and ignore any other dedicated games. I love my multi and admittedly play it more than all my other games combined.

Not sure if they're still available anywhere, but the slickest one that I've used is the Arcadeshop multigame. Nice interface and works well. The typical iCade 60-1 is a bit cheaper, but it's decent and has trackball support. It is not without its quirks. Be aware that if your multigame has Centipede, Millipede, and Arkanoid but lacks trackball support, those games will pretty much be unplayable with the joystick.
 
I use both the blue elf 2 and the 60 n 1. the classic games are nice on the 60 n 1, Galaga, pacman, ms pacman but some of the others have emulation sound issues. I'd say there are about 20 games I would honestly play at anytime... the others not so much... unless I was really bored. The blue elf works fine for me... its a cheaper alternative to having to own all those games. :) They seem to work fine for me and I don't notice the slow down while I'm playing... maybe thats cuz I'm older and the reflexes I developed when I was younger are gone ;)
 
Blue Elf 2

What is involved in converting a game with the Blue Elf 2 that you mentioned? Is it just a jamma harness, proper power supply and I would have to build my own control panel, or could i use an exising control panel from a Mortal Kombat, Virtua Fighter, etc? Also, where can I find a list of games on the Blue Elf?

Thanks,

David
 
They are Jamma but use a couple of the normally unused pins to support the six button configuration for games like street fighter.
One minor complaint I have about them is that if you wire them up so the buttons are accurate for the Street fighter games they may not be in the proper place for some of the other series of games on the boards like King of Fighters.
 
There should be plenty of info available if you search for it, but I'll sum it up: Purists usually seem to cringe over multis, but they are undoubtedly a crowd pleaser -- your typical houseguests who stop by to play some games will likely flock to the multigame and ignore any other dedicated games

We must have strange friends. In February we had a game nite. The LEAST played games were in order:

Amidar or Circus Charlie (switched boards middle of evening)
TimePilot 84
ArcadeSD horizontal mini
ArcadeSD vertical mini
60-in-1. mini


The most played in order:
High Speed Pinball (by a long shot)
Bubble Bobble
Turbo mini
Galaga mini
Jr. Pac-Man
Space Invaders mini
Galaga arrangement on Namco 3-in-1
Pac man or Dig Dug or Rally X all 6 versions on another Namco 3-in-1
Ms.Pac on Ms.Pac mini
Ms.Pac on cocktail

In the middle: Qbert, OmegaRace, Donkey Kong Jr, Popeye, Galaxian UR 4-in-1, Galaxian CT 8-in-1, Moon Patrol mini, Arkanoid

I moved the ArcadeSD's over to full size 19" and put in a Taito-20-in-1 in a mini and got rid of Amidar/Circus charlie (dont worry--not dedicated--just have the boards). Will see how the multi's get played the next time. Think new preview mode of vertical ArcadeSD will help attract more players next time I think.
 
Well, you have a lot of the bigger names from the multigames on real machines, so I could see how they might have less draw at your place.
 
I've owned the 100-in-1 neo cart and didn't really like it. It plays fine for the most part, some games are darker and louder than others so that gets annoying. It's a good way to get introduced to the neo geo but doesn't allow you to really appreciate the library.

I recently bought the xxxx-in-1 multi-Jamma board and that was horrible. Most of the neo games were glitchy with graphic issues, and very low sound. Games like Mortal Kombat were choppy and just didn't feel right. Even with the fastest processor it still felt laggy.

Sent it back and just got my $360 back. Originals are so much better, IMHO
 
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