Top Skater - Sega model 2, other games?

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So, I recently purchased a Sega Top Skater system for my home... the guys and I have all been enjoying it. I know when we brought it in the monitor separated from the rest of the system in order to get it into the house. I am curious what the possibility of playing other arcade boards in the system is, and what sort of controls can be hooked up in place of the skateboard controller, in the event we are able to play other games. If it's as simple as swapping out a board and hooking a different control to the wiring harness, what do I need to buy, and where can I get them for it. Would it be possible to hook any other system up to the monitor? or even a home console system?
 
I am pretty sure that Top Skater is Medium Resolution and that will limit what you can get to work with that Monitor.

I have Virtual On which is another in the same basic system, but I do not think that the change over from one to the other would be easy.

Check here:
http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=716

I think that it will be pretty difficult to get multiple games out of that one game.
 
these games run on the same basic boards:
Behind Enemy Lines
Dynamite Cop / Dynamite Dekka 2
Over Rev
Power Sled
Sega Ski Super G
Sega Touring Car Championship
Sega Water Ski
The House of the Dead
Top Skater
Wave Runner


of those, how many would work with the controller unique to top skater is pretty limited..

mabye power sled and water ski?


FYI- i have a spare working top boardsets, transformers etc from a top skaterfrt end i parted out

(i used the monitor, would not have parted it but controls and coin box was missing all i had was the frt end)
 
You might be able to get water ski to work properly. That would really be your only option. Power Sled would be an outside chance, but I don't know if the ROMS are available for that game. It was pretty rare, so I doubt it.
 
I believe the connectors are similar to other systems as well though... when I had the Harley game, I popped in Ski Super G to test the boardset and it worked, although skiing with handlebars, gas, and brake was pretty dumb :p . It's unfortunate that Air Trix won't work... also have a Top Skater, and Air Trix is a fun game as well, but IIRC it uses a VGA monitor, and is a different system altogether.

DogP
 
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