Time Traveler and Holosseum to multi-jamma project questions

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Time Traveler and Holosseum to multi-jamma project questions

I picked up a fully working Holosseum last week, and rather than convert it to Time Traveler (which was my original plan), I'd like to make it so that I can run both games via Clay Cowgill's multi-jamma kit.

To do this, I'll need to covert both games to Jamma... which leads me to my first dumb question: how do I do that? Are there existing harnesses that can be purchased that serve this purpose, or would something like that have to be custom-built?

I've never had a jamma game, nor have I ever done a jamma conversion, which leads me to dumb question numero dos: once the boards are converted to jamma, do I need new wiring to run to the control panel/wiring/etc, or can I use the existing wiring in the Holosseum cab (I'm still trying to wrap my head around how the switcher actually works)? Holosseum uses a two-button system, which is the same as Time Traveler.

I'm sure I'll have more questions, but that's all I can think of at the moment. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I'm really hoping to make this happen.
 
I think an even cooler modification would be to put a broken Street Fighter 2 board with missing backgrounds in there, and have a hologram SF2 ;) . It would be interesting to experiment with various games and see which ones look cool (probably most without much for backgrounds). Doesn't that cab just have a plain TV though (not a monitor)?

DogP
 
shouldnt need to redo wiring, the jamma adapter will convert both games on the original wiring

Sweet. Any ideas of where I might be able to find a compatible jamma converter/adapter?

DogP said:
I think an even cooler modification would be to put a broken Street Fighter 2 board with missing backgrounds in there, and have a hologram SF2 . It would be interesting to experiment with various games and see which ones look cool (probably most without much for backgrounds). Doesn't that cab just have a plain TV though (not a monitor)?

The only problem with using games like SFII I think would be the button configuration. TT and Holosseum both only use two buttons. Street Fighter uses six, right? I do like the idea of experimenting with other jamma games.

My cab actually has a monitor in it, not a TV, but I think most TT machines have a full TV in there.
 
Apparently, Holosseum is already jamma. Anyone know what system Time Traveler's PCB uses? Holosseum uses system 32, which didn't come out until '92, and Time Traveler was released in '91, so it's gotta be something else. I've scoured the internet and can't figure this one out. Any ideas?
 
This guy mentions that he installed a Holosseum mulitkit. Maybe he know something.
http://mickster.freeservers.com/contact.html

Time Traveler owners manual and schematics are here.
http://pdf.textfiles.com/manuals/ARCADE/S-Z/

Here is a little info on Time Traveler.
http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=691&gid=1802#1802
and Holosseum
http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=709&gid=1961#1961

How to change a Holosseum back to a Time Traveler.
http://game-restore.com/Holosseum Conversion.html

I don't know if any of those links will help much.
Good luck with this project.
 
This guy mentions that he installed a Holosseum mulitkit. Maybe he know something.
http://mickster.freeservers.com/contact.html

Time Traveler owners manual and schematics are here.
http://pdf.textfiles.com/manuals/ARCADE/S-Z/

Here is a little info on Time Traveler.
http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=691&gid=1802#1802
and Holosseum
http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=709&gid=1961#1961

How to change a Holosseum back to a Time Traveler.
http://game-restore.com/Holosseum Conversion.html

I don't know if any of those links will help much.
Good luck with this project.

I sent Mick an email. Thanks for the link.
 
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