Question about Sega's STV motherboard

[Dewclaw]

I won a Die Hard Arcade game on ebay yesterday, and after looking at the picture closer I see that it's an STV game, and the motherboard was included in the auction.

I'm reading about the hardware now and it says that most STV carts won't work if they're the wrong region(apparently I just won a US mobo so .JP games won't work on it) Is there a way to modify the board or somethin to make it universal?

Also, how good a deal do you think I got? I won the cart, mobo and a marquee(doesn't look official) for 56 bucks. Good deal?

[Dreadzone]

I guess you need to read this : http://home.online.no/%7Etjaberg/stv/

DZ

[iatneH]

Holy crap, nice deal!
Considering I bought the mobo for $150 and thought that was a good price But I got both JP and US bios chips with it.

[Dewclaw]

I see, thanks for that link Dreadzone. So I got a good price on this? Of the list of JP-only games I saw, Groove-On Fight was the only one I was interested in so I could make do with just a US bios.

Dread, I might be willing to take that In The Hunt or G Darius pcb you mentioned. Would you be willin to work out a cash + trade deal? I have alot of stuff in this thread:
http://forum.shmups.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3784

Also er, do you have any feedback you could point me to? Photos of the two boards would be cool too please.

[thegreathopper]

I won a Die Hard Arcade game on ebay yesterday, and after looking at the picture closer I see that it's an STV game, and the motherboard was included in the auction.

I'm reading about the hardware now and it says that most STV carts won't work if they're the wrong region(apparently I just won a US mobo so .JP games won't work on it) Is there a way to modify the board or somethin to make it universal?

Also, how good a deal do you think I got? I won the cart, mobo and a marquee(doesn't look official) for 56 bucks. Good deal?

I think you got a bargain..
95 % of games work on US or JPN board.. Radiant Silver Gun plays differently on a US board, less weapons..

[Ord]

I just won a STV mobo on ebay for £40. It'll be a couple of weeks befor I get a hold of Soukyugurentai though.