Mushihimesama Futari homemade arc. Need help!

krisalis-k.52 · Post by **krisalis-k.52** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:42 pm

Hello, world!

I am pretty much an arcade virgin who has hopelessly lost to the
charms and wonder of what is known as Mushihimesama (PS2).
Lately, I've been reading and watching a lot about Futari -- Really
would like to buy a copy of it and have great fun and stuff.

Thing is that, basically, I don't have an arcade cabinet nor do I really
have enough sufficient space for something like that in my home.
That's why I've been playing with the thought of assembling a mini-
arcade kinda thingie utilising an old, but good CRT computer monitor
and whatever else needed to be bought in order to pull off some
sweet Futari action. The numerous solutions/stacks found on another
topic here makes me think that it's one of those solutions I'd need for
simplicity and with concern to space.

I'm no electronics expert, however, I am a proficient odd-job handy-
man. The less soldering, the better.

Can anyone of you experienced shmuppers please instruct me on
what to get and all that jazz? I'd be much grateful for any help.

Thanks!

/Kris

lawnspic · Post by **lawnspic** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:39 pm

Futari is PCB only, so you would have to aquire a bare board or kit-mucho $$$

Since your not going the cab route, then you need a supergun (allows you to play arcade games on you TV, or monitor)

Some sticks to play with, or use a console pad converter as most super guns are wired to the Neo Geo DB-15 pinout

Video cable (composite, SCART RGB, S video, component, ect)

This is just a bsic start list, as the potential to blow more money on this hobby is endless.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:58 pm

Welcome!

There is a topic here documenting one member's supergun building process.

It involves a lot of soldering (though very simple soldering), but towards the end of page 2, he links to an eBay auction of a sort of supergun motherboard which I think looks quite decent. You will need to solder a few wires for a power supply and audio/video cable though.

If you are in the US, you will need some kind of encoder to convert the RGB+S video signal into something your television can recognize. As an easy solution for this I recommend JROK, the only thing you will need to solder a few wires from a SCART lead.

One annoying thing about that supergun though is that you must use Sega Genesis/Megadrive pads, so using a better joystick (e.g. Hori Real Arcade Pro) is not as easy as it would be if you built your own supergun from scratch.

lawnspic · Post by **lawnspic** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:06 pm

yeah those ones that use mega drive pads are the Vogatek ones, there are alot of SG's out there. Get a Sigma is possible, or go to NG.com and ask D-lite (Dean, nice guy) if he has time to build you one. His guns are awesome and compact too which i like.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:20 pm

Yes, I forgot... if you are considering to puchase Futari, then maybe cost isn't a big issue for you.

Go for a Sigma. You will probably still need a NTSC video encoder though.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:41 pm

iatneH wrote:
Go for a Sigma. You will probably still need a NTSC video encoder though.

Why? Sigmas output Composite and S-video in addition to RGB. They have a video encoder inside.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:45 pm

Oh, do they? I never owned one since I just build my own for a fraction of the cost. Well that's the perfect solderless solution then!

krisalis-k.52 · Post by **krisalis-k.52** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 6:54 pm

Thanks for all the replies!

I live in Europe, by the way. I will check out what you guys said
and ponder it all a little.

EDIT: Gah! Feel so lost right now. (;-;)
All I have for it is an unused CRT monitor only. I guess that my
main question for now would be, what do I need to get except for
the Futari PCB-kit?

beam · Post by **beam** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:21 am

AV7000 (supergun) ＋Σ9000TB (joystick) + RGB 15 pin cable + stepdown transformer or something like this.

Geezer · Post by **Geezer** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:56 am

If you're in the UK this may suit you

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... ght=raijin

krisalis-k.52 · Post by **krisalis-k.52** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:36 pm

Oh, I live in Norway. Really should've mentioned that earlier on. Oh, well.
I've learned a lot in the past couple of days much thanks to this splendid forum,
however, I guess I will just continue to wait and further enjoy the original
Mushihimesama for the time being.

Thanks, everyone!