Cheapest 100% Working PCB You've ever purchased

Post by **undamned** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:47 pm

This is regardless of game title/quality. We are talking pure cheapness, including shipping (note, in the title, the word "purchased," so "some dude just gave me such and such a PCB" is invalid).

Martial Champions (Konami) - $12 shipped.

Runner-up:
Thundercade (Taito) kit (Marquee, manual, etc.) - $25 shipped.
-ud

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:53 pm

Ozymandiaz1260 · Post by **Ozymandiaz1260** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:54 pm

Gals Panic off of eBay for two dollars plus four fifty shipping

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:54 pm

I got a Gunforce PCB for free, but I guess that doesn't count.

I guess the next cheapest thing would be a Viewpoint MVS cart for $25, bought locally. And I stupidly sold it in a time of financial need :(

D · Post by D » Wed May 28, 2008 11:00 pm

Fun thread, made me laugh really hard. As in a recognition of good questions kinda way.

For me it was probably Shogun Warriors a.k.a. Fujiyama Buster.
A fighting game, not that bad, but pretty bad nevertheless.
One of those games for which no complete moves list exists.
Ah, the internet. So much, yet so little.

I can't remember what I paid, but it was very little.
Like 10 euro for the board and 6 euro for shipping.

EDIT: How could I forget, yesterday I received Metal Slug X mvs for a total of 23 euro.
Also pretty cheap, richt?
(Weren't they suppose to remove slowdown that was in part 2???????)

Aleanil · Post by **Aleanil** » Wed May 28, 2008 11:25 pm

Kageki by Taito, $14 shipped. (Wanted a cheap PCB for testing).

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Wed May 28, 2008 11:32 pm

Mr driller 2 - $55. Cos I have taste. Winning this competition isn't exactly hard. There must be dozens of PCB's that are virtually free.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Wed May 28, 2008 11:52 pm

I scored a barebones Seibu Kaihatsu SP1 Viper Phase 1 U.S.A. cartridge off of eBay some years back for a mere $20.00+ USD...still is regraded as one of my all-time best cheap-ass arcade shmup deals ever! ^_~

Got a Mr. Driller 2 PCB for a mere fifty smackers. I like how it can be set to either interlaced or non-interlaced option for low-res 15 kHz arcade monitors...

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

zakk · Post by **zakk** » Thu May 29, 2008 12:03 am

I paid somewhere around $20 for a single board RFJ that just needed a few chips reseated and one resoldered.

I have a $10 single board RFJ that I've never gotten working, but I only put in about 5 minutes of investigation.

D · Post by D » Thu May 29, 2008 12:33 am

PC Engine Fan X! wrote:Got a Mr. Driller 2 PCB for a mere fifty smackers. I like how it can be set to either interlaced or non-interlaced option for low-res 15 kHz arcade monitors...

When you put it in interlace mode you can actually tweak your monitor to have it display the interlaced signal with very little or no flicker.
Just tweak the vert and hori sync dials!
mr driller g has the option too!

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Thu May 29, 2008 12:38 am

D wrote:
PC Engine Fan X! wrote:Got a Mr. Driller 2 PCB for a mere fifty smackers. I like how it can be set to either interlaced or non-interlaced option for low-res 15 kHz arcade monitors...
When you put it in interlace mode you can actually tweak your monitor to have it display the interlaced signal with very little or no flicker.
Just tweak the vert and hori sync dials!
mr driller g has the option too!

Thanks for the handy tip...will adjust it accordingly. ^_~

drboom · Post by **drboom** » Thu May 29, 2008 2:20 am

Got Strikers 1945 off ebay about a year ago for $10. Can't remember what shipping was, though.

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Thu May 29, 2008 2:49 am

I picked up an Air Gallet PCB at an arcade collector's garage sale a couple of years back for $25.

Stefan_L · Post by **Stefan_L** » Thu May 29, 2008 3:58 am

An "untested" original Spelunker 2 PCB for around $10... it was working perfectly

SuperGrafx · Post by **SuperGrafx** » Thu May 29, 2008 2:41 pm

I got working Capcom TIGER ROAD and Konami DEVASTATORS pcbs as a trade for my crappy Game Gear system. Deal of the century if you ask me.

I couldn't believe it either.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu May 29, 2008 2:52 pm

dunno.. but i know i sold quite a few boards for under $10 back when i was whoring em out on ebay... proboably some of you bastards here that picked em up too

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Thu May 29, 2008 3:51 pm

I scored a complete USA region Gunbird PCB kit minus the factory cardboard box but came complete with said PCB, Psikyo instruction manual, all-English language arcade paperworks and even the rare full-sized American Gunbird marquee as well...all this for a mere $35.00 USD off of eBay quite some time back. Was shocked thinking that I had just won a barebones USA Gunbird PCB but it came with all the cool extras -- think of it as extra frosting on a generous serving of cake... ^_~

Jaleco was the official U.S. distributor of the Gunbird PCB and it did make it's American arcade debut back in May of 1995...

Still has the May 1995 Rev. stickers on some of the socket chips on the ol' USA region Gunbird PCB...

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

caldwert · Post by **caldwert** » Fri May 30, 2008 12:31 am

Best deal was about 7 years ago on Ebay I picked up TMNT, Blood Bros, and Ninja Gaiden for $53 including shipping off some vendor in Oklahoma I think it was, and it included marquees for TMNT and Ninja Gaiden, plus manual/stickers for TMNT.

I used to buy $10 boards all the time off Ebay when I first got into Jamma, then I realized why most of them were $10.