The Official Cool PCB You Just Got Thread!

[chempop]

^Have you considered ESPrade?

[trap15]

Hey trap, how much did you nab ibara for (if you dont mind me asking)?

I'm thinking of picking up my first cave board, and since I know Ibara is one of the cheaper ones..

I got it for Y20500 (+rancor's fees and shipping).
Would have been about 16000 if it weren't for STV...

"Market price" for them seems to be closer to Y25000 to Y30000 though.

[moh]

STV tax >_>

thanks for the info guys. And yeah, I've considered esprade, but it doesnt look too fun to be honest I think I'm gonna go with espgaluda as my first board :] gotta wait for some stuff to sell first though

you guys think $300 could grab me an espgaluda board?

[brokenhalo]

STV tax >_>

thanks for the info guys. And yeah, I've considered esprade, but it doesnt look too fun to be honest I think I'm gonna go with espgaluda as my first board :] gotta wait for some stuff to sell first though

you guys think $300 could grab me an espgaluda board?

they don't show up too often anymore, but $300 is a good price to shoot for, maybe a couple bucks extra for shipping. there aren't any on yaj at the moment (here is a search link for you). keep an eye on that and maybe shoot rancor a pm. he's usually up to date on pcb shop prices.

i had an esprade. not a very fun game. sold it after a few months. galuda on the other hand is one of my favorite cave games. definitely a good first board. great music, fun scoring system, not too difficult, gender changing fairies- it has it all really.

[CIT]

As a first board I'd get something that's not available otherwise. Espgaluda's super awesome happy PS2 port is even better than the PCB in my opinion.

[trap15]

Yeah, also ESP Ra.De. owns, get that

Also don't play for WR scores, it'll make you hate the game.

[shmuppyLove]

As a first board I'd get something that's not available otherwise. Espgaluda's super awesome happy PS2 port is even better than the PCB in my opinion.

I'll second this -- no ESP.Ra.De. port means the PCB is a good one to have.

Where's all the hate coming from for this game? It's definitely one of my top 10 most played shootans.

[brokenhalo]

The hitbox is dumb, the stage scoring didn't really interest me, and boss scoring is some of the worst milking i've ever seen. The game just didn't do it for me, but on the plus side the board is very reasonably priced and you can easily flip it if you don't like it.

Might want to add progear as a cheap cave board to think about.

[moh]

Well, to be honest, I've never played esprade before, but lookin it up on youtube-land, the music is annoying, and the graphical style doesnt really appeal to me :[

Is it playable in MAME?

[trap15]

Sure is. I can understand not liking the graphical style (prerendered 3D, meh), but the music is rockin'!

[BPzeBanshee]

Music quality for ESPRade isn't the best but neither is the YouTube videos going around for it. I'm sure I'd be just as easily fooled into looking down on the quality of a game like Hellsinker if I didn't look past the screen capture quality issues.

Hitbox made sense to me considering all three characters have got a really noticeable collar on them where said hitbox is, but meh. Kids these days and their shiny glittery hitboxes in the center of their flying lolis.

[jugemscloud]

esp.ra.de was my second board after donpachi, it took a little while to get used to the hitbox but i got the feel of it fairly quickly and it does feel like a natural place for it. also i felt it was pretty good in terms of easing myself into more danmaku games as theres nothing really intense until level 4 and even then its pretty managable. it helped me develop some different standard response movements that really helped when i went back to donpachi and a lot of those im still using in garegga. ive played a little of espgaluda and didn't really like it at first the way its geared towards using the shield regularly rather than bullet dodging, and felt overly easy playing for survival, though having played a bit more it is quite enjoyable but its not on my list of boards to own.

[moh]

I've been doing some research on esprade boards and it seems like a lot of people have issues with the pcbs. Can anyone give any information on how reliable the hardware is?

[Casey120]

It's an MC68000 board like most older CAVE titles , I personally never had any problems with any of them .

[cvaniafan]

Just in time for Christmas, a Gunnail PCB (NMK) reached my mailbox this morning! Rare one.

[system11]

How it's still working on the original battery is anyone's guess... Cotton!

[Dave_K.]

Sweet NMK get cvaniafan!

Not a shmup, but an old Konami platformer that is not very well known, Pandora's Palace.





Serial Number 13

[PC Engine Fan X!]

So did you have to get a Konami to Jamma convertor loom to get Pandora's Palace up & running, Dave K.? (I see with the 1984 copywrite date, it certainly predates the Jamma standard that got started back in 1986 by a mere two years indeed.)

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[cvaniafan]

Sweet NMK get cvaniafan!

Not a shmup, but an old Konami platformer that is not very well known, Pandora's Palace.

Thanks Dave
Pandora's Palace with such a low serial is a nice catch too ! I didin't know this game, until I see it on Yahoo Japan.. looks like a fun game. By looking at the pics, it somewhat reminds me the ol' Donkey Kong in the arcades

[system11]

How much did it cost Dave? That's one I'd quite like to get myself.

[Dave_K.]

So did you have to get a Konami to Jamma convertor loom to get Pandora's Palace up & running

Yep, I had to make myself a Konami to Jamma adapter so I could plug it into my cabs.

Only problem now is that these early vertical games rotate the opposite direction (and no screen flip option) so its playing upside down. So I guess I need to implement a yoke flip switch on one of my monitors

By looking at the pics, it somewhat reminds me the ol' Donkey Kong in the arcades

I've herd people say it plays like an upside down donkey kong, where you start at the top left and work your way down to the bottom right. The music and sound effects are very similar too.

How much did it cost Dave? That's one I'd quite like to get myself.

I picked it up on KLOV for $80 shipped. I've been on the lookout for one ever since my friend in Japan bought one off eBay back in January. I haven't seen it on YAJ or know what it fetches over there, but apparently there weren't many made (hence the low serial numbers), and was only offered as a conversion kit.

[system11]

A PGM2 DOJ - brand new but the plastic POP (which they supply separately as PGM2 boxes are small) is damaged



And a NOS Deathsmiles Mega Black Label kit. Again a downside, NOS does not mean perfect, it means it's been on the shelf a long time, and sure enough the box is slightly worse for wear (someone has even used the side for some calculations...)



I've had to complain to Legend about the damage on both. Surprised as I used them a lot in the past and never had problems like this.

[moh]

WHAT THE FUCK SYSTEM11, DID YOU WIN THE DAMN LOTTERY?


...thats like 3 cave kits in the past week! :[

[system11]

Good things come in 3s though.



On the left is R-Type, I bought it a month or so ago, arrived broken with RAM faults, argued with seller and got partial refund eventually - repaired it tonight and converted it from Nintendo to standard JAMMA. Nintendo got the boards from Irem and modified them for their cabinets, it's a simple enough job to reverse it. Top right is Image Fight, bought it a few weeks ago faulty and very cheap - fixed it yesterday. Bottom right is Gallop which looks like someone repaired it before me They did a clean job though, so it's all good.

Or sometimes on their own.



Phelios

[moh]

I am jealous

[AeroCityMayor]

Nice work on the R-Type d00d!

I've never seen teh Nintendo version before nor have I heard of how to convert!

Marvellous!!!

Cheers,

Ralph.

[system11]

Nice work on the R-Type d00d!

I've never seen teh Nintendo version before nor have I heard of how to convert!

Marvellous!!!

Cheers,

Ralph.

Easy to put them back to normal:

1: Remove the wire jumper from C108 (+) to C102 (-)
2: Remove soldered wire link between D1 and D2.
3: Add C101 and C102. Both are electrolytic 2200uf 16V.
4: Add C108, electrolytic 1uf 50V.

[RGC]

Just got me a JPN Donpachi board. For whenever I can next be bothered to tate my Astro's hefty sumbiatch moniter. Yeeehooo!

[moh]

Just got me a JPN Donpachi board. For whenever I can next be bothered to tate my Astro's hefty sumbiatch moniter. Yeeehooo!

congratulations can't go wrong with donpachi

[CHI]

On to the next level, my first batch of PCBs



Raiden DX, Raiden Fighters Jet,
Dodonpachi II: Bee Storm, Mushihimesama

Some of you may know where i got these from
I'm new to this so i need some help with 'dip switch' informations, 'settings' to adjust screen and etc...
Any members has these same PCBs, please PM or link me to the right direction, your help will be much appreciated