The Official Cool PCB You Just Got Thread!

oxtsu · Post by **oxtsu** » Fri May 02, 2008 11:59 pm

eureka

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sat May 03, 2008 1:01 am

R-Type

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Sat May 03, 2008 8:38 am

what is up with that mars matrix board..... odd casing for CPS2?

zakk · Post by **zakk** » Sat May 03, 2008 10:10 am

Strider77 wrote:what is up with that mars matrix board..... odd casing for CPS2?

Single board CPS2. There's no A and B, just one in a smaller black casing. I have a single board Gigawing, which I suspect is a bit easier to find.

bay · Post by **bay** » Sat May 03, 2008 5:17 pm

zakk wrote:
Strider77 wrote:what is up with that mars matrix board..... odd casing for CPS2?
Single board CPS2. There's no A and B, just one in a smaller black casing. I have a single board Gigawing, which I suspect is a bit easier to find.

so i hear, i also think that those black boards lack the loud fan right? that would make my day since i dont close my cab (swap games too much)..

oxtsu · Post by **oxtsu** » Tue May 06, 2008 1:34 am

No fan, and half the weight of a regular A+B combo. YES!

Apparently the official name for these single black versions is 'VA' type. I have no idea what that stands for.

negative points,

-They removed the Q-Sound chip, so it's just regular stereo with the RCA's.
-The program code is on flash simms instead of eprom, so phoenix revival is not possible right now.

btw, this is the first time I've seen a Mars Matrix black version, and it's not listed on cps2shock, hence the eureka moment.
This might be a one-off...I noticed a sfzero3 label beneathe the mars matrix label.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Tue May 06, 2008 1:46 am

oxtsu wrote:No fan, and half the weight of a regular A+B combo. YES!

Apparently the official name for these single black versions is 'VA' type. I have no idea what that stands for.

negative points,

-They removed the Q-Sound chip, so it's just regular stereo with the RCA's.
-The program code is on flash simms instead of eprom, so phoenix revival is not possible right now.

btw, this is the first time I've seen a Mars Matrix black version, and it's not listed on cps2shock, hence the eureka moment.
This might be a one-off...I noticed a sfzero3 label beneathe the mars matrix label.

The standard CPS-2 "A + B" configuration of Mars Matrix is pretty heavy and noisy with the stock fan installed...

That's cool that such a single-layer MM PCB exists...does it still have a suicide battery installed though?

I'll bet that this one-off MM PCB set you back a pretty penny or yen, right?

Thanks for the ever informative news on such rare "one-off" arcade shmups such as your cool black-colored MM PCB... ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

oxtsu · Post by **oxtsu** » Tue May 06, 2008 2:19 am

PC Engine Fan X! wrote:The standard CPS-2 "A + B" configuration of Mars Matrix is pretty heavy and noisy with the stock fan installed...

indeed, jumbo jet loud, unless you spend $20 on a papst 612FL replacement or add a resistor to slow down the stock fan.

oh yeah, that reminds me... black version uses standard phillips screws on the case. No need for security torx bits to open.

That's cool that such a single-layer MM PCB exists...does it still have a suicide battery installed though?

of course.

I'll bet that this one-off MM PCB set you back a pretty penny or yen, right?

nope... paid the usual.

[edit] btw, like I said before, I only suspect it is one-off or similar. I'm not certain, let's be clear.

Thanks for the ever informative news on such rare "one-off" arcade shmups such as your cool black-colored MM PCB... ^_~

anytime.

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Tue May 06, 2008 9:52 am

Finally...after forever...

Mushihimesama!

Goes nicely with my Mushi Tama too!

Post by **undamned** » Tue May 06, 2008 5:08 pm

oxtsu wrote:eureka

Eureka is right!

I don't recall ever seeing one!

If anyone is interested in the games more commonly seen in this form, there's an old thread here: http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?p=144758

On topic: Pipe Dream. I got it yesterday

-ud

Stefan_L · Post by **Stefan_L** » Sat May 10, 2008 11:45 am

This week i got... Alien Syndrome, Altered Beast, Alex Kidd, Whoopee!! and a non working Exzisus (old version, the 2-screen version that is) and finally an untested Legend of Hero Tonma M72-romkit i'm planning on converting my Airduel PCB to it wich in fact already is an converted (not by me) Image Fight.

Stefan_L · Post by **Stefan_L** » Sat May 17, 2008 11:05 am

just got an Atomic Boy PCB... first time i ever play it, i had not even tried it in MAME

The Sheep · Post by **The Sheep** » Sat May 17, 2008 3:19 pm

Espgaluda

Arrived a few days ago with some original instruction stuff, unexpectedly.

Man I love this game, although I still suck punching a good score out of it. But if I will ever give birth to a child, I want to call it Kakusei or something

antron · Post by **antron** » Sat May 17, 2008 4:35 pm

US Dimahoo Phoenix Edition.

Now I've just got to disable the fan so I can stand playing it.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Sat May 17, 2008 11:23 pm

antron wrote:US Dimahoo Phoenix Edition.

Now I've just got to disable the fan so I can stand playing it.

Disable the fan and it will die, phoenix or not, by overheating. If you can't stand it that much, you should just remove it from the case.

Post by **system11** » Mon May 19, 2008 10:20 am

Ooh - I want an Atomic Boy now.

Just got a Nova 2001, that's quite a rarity - I've not built the adapter yet but it works, I know the seller.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Tue May 20, 2008 3:44 am

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Tue May 20, 2008 4:23 am

Cool! What kind of game is it?

Post by **Dave_K.** » Tue May 20, 2008 4:53 am

Its a match 3 game. The GBA port of this is quite popular, and apparently there is a DS and PS2 and as well.

Took a long time until I came across the original GNET version.

You can play an online flash version here.

Ozymandiaz1260 · Post by **Ozymandiaz1260** » Tue May 20, 2008 5:02 am

So it's like Bejewelled?

Post by **Dave_K.** » Tue May 20, 2008 5:19 am

Ozymandiaz1260 wrote:So it's like Bejewelled?

Essentially yes.

BTW: there are some crazy highscores on this card. Just played it a few times and couldn't get more than 6000 points. Just to reach the hs table number 20 slot is over half-million, and top score is just over 1 million (48:35 playing time)!

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Tue May 20, 2008 5:36 am

Dave_K. wrote:Its a match 3 game. The GBA port of this is quite popular, and apparently there is a DS and PS2 and as well.

Took a long time until I came across the original GNET version.

You can play an online flash version here.

Thanks a lot for the link to the flash game! Very addictive.
(managed to get near the 10 K on my third go btw)

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Tue May 20, 2008 5:41 am

Dave_K. wrote:top score is just over 1 million (48:35 playing time)!

Wow. It must not be that profitable of a machine with masters like that around

Post by **Dave_K.** » Fri May 23, 2008 7:04 am

Double Wings (Korean): raiden clone with fast ships! Sweet!
GunNail: (undumped) 1992 version? Korean PCB but shows Japanese logo? Unfortunately has corrupted sprites

Gunbird (Korean): cheap + english language
Cotten Boomerang: (bootleg) super cheap so I don't care, been waiting too long for this one.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Fri May 23, 2008 1:30 pm

Aww, sorry about GunNail. It's a real shame because it's a killer game. Still, grats on your other purchases!

Post by **undamned** » Fri May 23, 2008 3:23 pm

Dave_K. wrote:

If you get sick of Double Wings, give me a shout. It's one of the last Mitchell games I want

FYI, the Double Wings parot char appears in Charlie Ninja as a points item (like pinwheels in Capcom games)

BTW, what's up w/ all the Korean vers.?
-ud

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Fri May 23, 2008 3:29 pm

i poicked up puzzle de pon R the other day. cool? maybe not very hard to find? hellz yeah

Post by **Dave_K.** » Fri May 23, 2008 5:17 pm

undamned wrote: BTW, what's up w/ all the Korean vers.?

Tried out a new distributor.

Stefan_L · Post by **Stefan_L** » Fri May 23, 2008 9:32 pm

bloodflowers wrote:Ooh - I want an Atomic Boy now.
Just got a Nova 2001, that's quite a rarity ...

And i want an Nova 2001

Never played that but just looking at screenshots of it makes me want it... i just love UPL games.

Also Atomic Boy is not so good emulated in MAME at the moment so don't use that to play it (it has major speed problem and no sound).

riffbear · Post by **riffbear** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:43 am

Just got Rolling thunder and Fever sos.