Arcade and Video Game Modding

SLG in a box

2012-02-05T12:09:00.004+01:00

Hey,

I`ve started a new project and call SLG in a Box. It`s a combination of Sync Strike, SLG3000 plus easy to use gbs8220 scaler PCB. I`ll drop more news and features these days. For first only the pics:

New Astro City meets Dual Strike

2012-01-24T16:44:00.003+01:00

Hey,

Brian sent me a youtube vid for setting up this New Astro City with Dual Strike plus xbox360 padhack. Thanks a lot for letting me know!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDd95SVDs-o

Bye

Jamma Adapter Serie : Sega 8 Adapter

2012-01-16T15:55:00.002+01:00

And the next one, it`s getting crazy ;)

Jamma Adapter for Sega System 8 conversion class.

Name	Year	Notes
Regulus	1983
Spatter	1984
Choplifter	1985	Game Specific Pinout Available
My Hero	1985	Game Specific Pinout Available
Ninja Princess	1985	Game Specific Pinout Available
Pitfall II - The Lost Caverns	1985	Game Specific Pinout Available
Sega Ninja	1985
Seishun Scandal	1985
Calorie Vs. Moguranian	1986
Gigas	1986	Game Specific Pinout Available
Gigas Mark II	1986
Transformer	1986	Game Specific Pinout Available
Wonder Boy	1986	Game Specific Pinout Available
Wonder Boy Deluxe	1986
Wonder Boy - Monster Land	1987	Game Specific Pinout Available
Global Defense	1988

Jamma Adapter Serie : Konami Adapter

2012-01-13T12:07:00.005+01:00

Today the Konami Classic to Jamma Adapter

ArcadeForge Shop Link Konami Jamma Adapter

Works with this games:

http://www.arcade-museum.com/pinouts-class/Konami_Classic.html

See end of post.

The PCB: On right hand side is a jumper for enabling -5V.

Comparsion self soldered adapter anf PCB.

Plug it to your Arcade Game PCB, here Green Beret

Plug it to the cab jamma connector.

Turn cab on. My Quadro has automatic flip screen mechanism. It`s f un to watch :)

The Konami Adapter works.

Cheers

Name	Year	Notes
End The	1980	Game Specific Pinout Available
600	1981
Amidar	1981	Game Specific Pinout Available
Armored Car	1981	Game Specific Pinout Available
Billiards The	1981
Frog	1981
Frogger	1981	Game Specific Pinout Available
Jungler	1981
Lil' Hustler	1981	Game Specific Pinout Available
Moon War	1981	Game Specific Pinout Available
Scramble	1981	Game Specific Pinout Available
Space Fortress	1981
Strategy X	1981	Game Specific Pinout Available
Super Cobra	1981	Game Specific Pinout Available
Tactician	1981
Turtles	1981	Game Specific Pinout Available
Video Hustler (Tago)	1981
Amigo	1982
Anteater	1982	Game Specific Pinout Available
Dark Planet	1982
Guttang Gottong	1982
Jackler	1982
Loco-Motion	1982	Game Specific Pinout Available
Macho Mouse	1982
Mighty Monkey	1982
Pootan	1982
Pooyan	1982	Game Specific Pinout Available
Pop Flamer	1982	Game Specific Pinout Available
Rescue	1982	Game Specific Pinout Available
Space Pilot	1982	Game Specific Pinout Available
Tazz Mania	1982
Time Pilot	1982	Game Specific Pinout Available
Tutankham	1982	Game Specific Pinout Available
Eggs	1983	Game Specific Pinout Available
Gyruss	1983	Game Specific Pinout Available
Hyper Olympic	1983	Game Specific Pinout Available
Juno First	1983	Game Specific Pinout Available
Lost Tomb	1983	Game Specific Pinout Available
Mega Zone	1983	Game Specific Pinout Available
Roc'n Rope	1983	Game Specific Pinout Available
Track & Field	1983	Game Specific Pinout Available
Venus	1983
Antarctic Adventure	1984
Circus Charlie	1984	Game Specific Pinout Available
Comic Bakery	1984
Hyper Olympic '84	1984	Game Specific Pinout Available
Hyper Sports	1984	Game Specific Pinout Available
Mikie, High School Graffiti	1984	Game Specific Pinout Available
Pandora's Palace	1984	Game Specific Pinout Available
Road Fighter	1984	Game Specific Pinout Available
Shinnyuushain Tooru-kun	1984
Sky Jaguar	1984
Super Basketball	1984	Game Specific Pinout Available
Time Pilot '84	1984	Game Specific Pinout Available
Finalizer - Super Transformation	1985
Galactic Warriors	1985
Green Beret	1985	Game Specific Pinout Available
Jail Break	1985	Game Specific Pinout Available
Kicker	1985	Game Specific Pinout Available
Knightmare	1985
Konami's Ping-Pong	1985
Nemesis	1985	Game Specific Pinout Available
Rush'n Attack	1985	Game Specific Pinout Available
Shao-lin's Road	1985	Game Specific Pinout Available
Twin Bee	1985	Game Specific Pinout Available
Yie Ar Kung-Fu	1985
Darwin 4078	1986
Far West	1986
Iron Horse	1986	Game Specific Pinout Available
Mr. Goemon	1986
Devil World	1987
Hustler, The	1987
Majuu No Oukoku	1987
Mexico 86	1987
Rack 'Em Up	1987
Hard Puncher	1988
Hexion	1992
Quiz Gakumon No Susume	1993
Trukker	1998

401# post : Jamma Adapter Series : The Tekhan Adapter

2012-01-11T11:59:00.003+01:00

401 Post in my blog :)

Today the Tekhan Jamma Adapter.

This adapter makes this Games Jamma Standard

Name	Year	Notes
Guzzler	1983	Game Specific Pinout Available
Senjyo	1983	Game Specific Pinout Available
Space Tank	1983
Bomb Jack	1984	Game Specific Pinout Available
Star Force	1984	Game Specific Pinout Available
Gridiron Fight	1985
Lovely Poker	1985
Mega Force	1985
Pontoon	1985
Tank Busters	1985	Game Specific Pinout Available
Tehkan World Cup	1985	Game Specific Pinout Available
Argos No Senshi - Legendary Warrior	1986
Rygar	1986	Game Specific Pinout Available
Solomon's Key	1986
Tee'd Off	1986

Left corner is the most important stuff:

Video out Cable and Connector
Jumper for switch Bomb Jack pinout other Tekhan Games

Installing the Adapter on Bomb Jack PCB

Video Cable must be long enough.

For Bomb Jack Okay :)

JVStrike : Sega Naomi to MAME PC

2012-01-10T08:21:00.006+01:00

Hey,

I was working lately on project for connecting Sega Naomi IO Boards to a MAME PC just by Plug and Play. Normally a complete rewiring and Keyboard or Gamecontrol Encoder like Dual Strike
is needed for such a task.

The complete Control Panel of a Sega Naomi Cab is wirded to this IO Board. JVStrike grabs this
Sega Naomi output (a single USB Cable) and converts it to a HID Keyboard with MAME Standard Keyboard Layout.

Buttons and Sticks -> Sega Naomi IO Board -> JVStrike -> MAME PC

That's all, by just plugging two cables.

Step 1. Connect USB A Cable from Sega Naomi IO Board to JVStrike
Step 2. Connect USB B Cable to JVStrike to MAME PC
Step 3. Power on PC and IO Board

Kinky xmas stuff

2011-12-23T09:37:00.004+01:00

My Plexisupplier had a great idea and gave as xmas present some laser cut vinyl enclosure sheets.

Udo Jürgens :)

Arcade Restauration : Plexi Control Panel Overlays

2011-12-20T10:23:00.004+01:00

After doing some modern age stuff like the Sega Naomi CPO Plexi I`ve faced to the great Zac Cabs.

I was in touch with Etienne from DL and he does the effort to design the Crazy Kong and Astro WArs Zaccaria CPO Plexi

http://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=2958.30

He shared the vector files with me and I made some plexis. After that he was such nice to do an review.

Repair Log STTNG Star Trek : The Next Generation Flipper Pinball DMD Display outage

2011-11-29T13:20:00.007+01:00

Hey,

had yesterday some time to repair my pinball machine ST:TNG.

After doing some cleaning the DMD Display was not function anymore. No problem, I just replaced R6 and R13 on the DMD controller PCB.

:) Just kidding. Tons of reading, threads, tools buying later I was able to fix the problem.

Tools needed:

- Solder Iron
- Desoldering wick
- ESR Meter capacitor testing tool (Great Vid from Level42)
- Multimeter

Background Info:

WPC schematics manual Page 11
Kompedium Fehlersuche DMD Display, Page 13
ESR Meter

Testing steps :

Exchanged Display - still nothing

Step 1
Measured DMD Controller PCB
J604 -

- Pin1 to GND: -16V (should be -70V - -125V, mostly 114V)
- Pin2 to GND : -9V-10V(should be pin1 voltage level - 12V) (against Pin1 ca. 6V, but should be 12V)
- Pin 6,7,8 OK (5V, 12V, 62V)

Pin1 without DMD connected vs gNS about -40V

Apparently Pin1 and Pin2 voltage level are not correct

Step 2
So go ahead to
J605
80VAC between Pin1 and 2 -> OK
100VAC between Pin3 and 4 -> OK

Step 3
Measured Fuses -> OK

Step 4
Measured BR2 - Do measure R13 both ends voltage level, should be 130V -> OK

Step 5
So go ahead
Kompedium Fehlersuche DMD Display, Page 13

Check parts in Blue box.
Measured with ESR70 all capacitors, all ok.
Measured R6 and R13 -> Ups, some MEGAohm.

Replaced R6 and R13 with 68Kohm instead 47kOhm 1/2Watt, had no other ones in stock.

DMD Display works fine again.

Tekhan Jamma Adapter

2011-11-28T23:41:00.005+01:00

Jamma Adapter for Tekhan Conversion Class

Name	Year	Notes
Guzzler	1983	Game Specific Pinout Available
Senjyo	1983	Game Specific Pinout Available
Space Tank	1983
Bomb Jack	1984	Game Specific Pinout Available
Star Force	1984	Game Specific Pinout Available
Gridiron Fight	1985
Lovely Poker	1985
Mega Force	1985
Pontoon	1985
Tank Busters	1985	Game Specific Pinout Available
Tehkan World Cup	1985	Game Specific Pinout Available
Argos No Senshi - Legendary Warrior	1986
Rygar	1986	Game Specific Pinout Available
Solomon's Key	1986
Tee'd Off	1986

This Adapter is for Jamma based Cabs or Superguns.

Installation Procedure

1. Switch your Cab off.
2. Plug Jamma Adapter to your Tekhan brand game. Make sure that this games follows the Tekhan pinout. Make it`s no bootleg with different pinout. Make sure compontent and solder side.
3. Plug PCB with Adapter to your Jamma Cab or Super gun
4. Connect the RGB harness.
5. Jumper Bomb Jack or other Games
6. Switch on and enjoy.

The Link

2011-11-25T15:50:00.005+01:00

The Link is a new JLF shaft design that is purposed to allow easy storage for all kinds of players. The casual players looking to save a little space, and for traveling tournament players who need every inch when cramming into a full car.

The new design is a two piece steel construction. It’s currently in the prototype stage but what you see here is a good view of the final product. When in place, the Link is identical in height, allowing for you to drop it right into your current arcade stick that has a Sanwa JLF and feel no difference. The diameter of the center collar is perfect size so that you can keep your current dust washer, however the shaft cover will have to go!”

The Link is also suitable to free some space on Arcade Cab control panel. Click Out just easily your Link shaft and free some place for using your trackball or spinner. No parts will disturb anymore your game feeling.

Shop Link for preorder

Heavily modded Sega Naomi Cab

2011-11-12T15:43:00.002+01:00

Found another very nice Sega Naomi Cab that is using ARC EYEs. This cab is in the collection of MAC:MAME and comes heavily modded.

It`s for sell right now.

2011-11-10T09:27:00.003+01:00

Here`s a great retro snippet from scorp! Thanks a lot :) btw it`s in german

Eric`s RGB SNES cable mod with 220 ohm for GBS8220

2011-11-07T15:12:00.003+01:00

Hey,

since Erik was to lazy to buy a RGB SNES from my site (or already spent to much money for this month) he decided to make a RGB SNES Cable for his own. He posted hos results here.

Thanks for sharing!

ARC EYE v2 with laser engraved Button Inlays

2011-11-03T14:51:00.003+01:00

ARC EYE v2 with laser engraved Button Inlays.
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Sega Naomi Control Panel Plexi, 1 Player and 2 Player

2011-11-03T14:45:00.005+01:00

Here`re some pics of the Sega Naomi Acryl Control Panel in 1 Player and 2 Player Version. The edges are countersunk, sanded, flamed and polished.

TE Custom Hitbox

2011-11-03T14:40:00.003+01:00

Features

- Black Plexi Hitbox Panel
- Dual Mod with Dual Strike (Ps3, xbox360, PC, MAME Keyboard Encoder, xbox1)
- TE

Installation Pictorial of DIY Scaler Chain

2011-11-02T11:31:00.012+01:00

Pictorial for Installation of the DIY Scaler Chain.

Step 1

Check your parts:

2 pieces VGA Adapter
Upscaler PCB with enclosure
Sync Strike PCB with enclosure
SLG3000 PCB with enclosure
PSU
two wire power harness, red wire 5V and black wire GND

Step 2
Plug the VGA Adapter in Sync Strike and SLG3000. Use on SLG3000 the connector "video in". Both should fit smoothly.

Step 3
Plug the power harness in the Upscaler PCB with the white connector. The open end wire will be screwed into the power screw terminals of the Sync Strike device

RED WIRE -> 5V
BLACK WIRE -> GND

The screw terminal are labeled on the Sync Strike PCB.

Step 4

Connect Sync Strike plus VGA Adapter and SLG3000 plus VGA Adapter to the Scaler PCB. Check the picture for the connectors.

Step 5

Connect RGB Scart cable to Sync Strike. Connect VGA Cable to SLG3000.

Step inbetween

Before powering up your stuff take a break and relax.

Then take a look again at your setup and check it. Connectors fitting fine? Screw terminals are screwed down properly? Ok, go ahead.

Step 6

Connect the PSU to the SCALER PCB.

Expected result:

Red LED is light on. Switch is in position "PSU".

Red LED is light on. Take a look at the button, you need them later.

Red LED is light on. Turn the switch to position on. Turn Dip4 to on, DIP to off.

Step 7

Configure your scaler.

First, the scaler is from china, so set it to english language. Use the 4 buttons on the scaler PCB. The enclosure has cut outs here.

- Goto point 4. (still chinese right now) and then check point 1. for english language setting.

- Goto point 3. Display and set it to resolution 640x480.
- Goto point 2. Geometry and center your picture.

Expected Result

You should now see the scanlines on your LCD. Congrats your`re done.

Buy it here
ArcadeForge

Manuals

Scaler
SLG3000
Sync Strike

SLG SCART with enclosure

2011-10-25T11:57:00.004+01:00

I`m happy to announce the SLG SCART Enclosures.

Willy goes ARCEYEs

2011-10-20T11:04:00.003+01:00

A customer did send me some pics of ARC EYEs v2 built into a NAOMI Cabinet.

SLG SCART released in shop

2011-10-17T13:27:00.004+01:00

Hey,

finally SLG SCART made it to my shop :))

SHOP LINK

This is the project called SLG Scart. It gives just Scanlines to RGB SCART consoles without any need of additional scaler or sync stripper. It`s easy to install and to configure.

Installation:

- Step 1 : Connect it inbetween Your RGB Scart Console and your LCD with Scart input.

- Step 2 : Plug in Power Supply Unit

That's all. Turn on and off the scanlines, adjust the scanlines level, just as you want.

Here some pics in action from SRDWA. Thanks for those pics.

Features:

- Scart in
- Scart out - PSU Jack
- Scanlines on / off switch
- Scanlines intensity adjustement via knob
- LED on / off
- 4 pcs Mounting holes M4

ARC EYE v2

2011-10-10T11:54:00.004+01:00

Some ages ago Purplearms sent me some ARC EYE v2. I´ve now assembled some for Willy and it was quite fun :)

They comes now with a footprint of 2.54mm for the pinout. Thus make it possible to solder normal pionheader to the PCB.

Mike made a laser cut acryl template to drill exactly the holes needed.

They fit exactly in the seimitsu clear pushbuttons.

Additional to the pinheader there is custom daisychain wiring.

RGB Cable -> connect to GND
Black Cable -> connect to 5V

In the above example the is one button black wire connected to 5V.

Have fun

SLG SCART aka Retro TV

2011-10-06T07:30:00.006+01:00

Hey,
thanks to the great idea from srdwa in the CB Forum I`ve made a layout for his schematic. First prototype is done, but I was lack of a 680kOhm resistor :)

Features:

- Scart in
- Scart out
- Scanlines on / off
- Scanlines intensity adjustement via knob
- LED on / off
- 4 pcs Mounting holes M4
- blue silk screen, neat.

This project gives scanlines by only connecting it between your SCART RGB console and LCD . No need for upscaler or additional LM1881

CorssAvenue Xdesign uses Dual Strike

2011-10-06T07:00:00.002+01:00

A company from netherland CrossAvenue / Xdesign uses Dual Strike for educational purposes in the frame medicine and pharmaceutical learning environments. Though I found this very cool :)

Jamma Adapter second strike : Capcom Classic Jamma Adapter

2011-10-04T11:14:00.002+01:00

Hey,

this is a project to connect Arcade PCB to Jamma connectors in Cabs.

first part of the story was 1942 Jamma Adapter. Sure this was a very specific one, but one of my fav games.

Second part is the Capcom Classic Pinout:

Name	Year	Notes
Commando	1985
Exed Exes	1985	Game Specific Pinout Available
Ghosts 'n Goblins	1985	Game Specific Pinout Available
Gun Smoke	1985	Game Specific Pinout Available
Makaimura	1985
Savage Bees	1985
Section Z	1985	Game Specific Pinout Available
Senjou No Ookami	1985
Space Invasion	1985	Game Specific Pinout Available
Ares No Tsubasa - The Legendary Soldiers	1986
Legendary Wings	1986	Game Specific Pinout Available
Tatakai No Banka	1986
Trojan	1986	Game Specific Pinout Available
Avengers	1987	Game Specific Pinout Available
Hissatsu Buraiken	1987

Scaler PCB gbs8220 and SNES RGB SCART

2011-10-04T09:45:00.006+01:00

Hey,

since some people got issues connecting their RGB SCART modded SNES PAL consoles to my DIY scaler kit I`ve put some work into a solution.

Here`s the scaler chain in combination with the scanline generator SLG 3000

The used scaler PCB is the gbs8220. Similar pcb is used for the HD Box Pro. So talking about the gbs8220 could apply to other devices like Hd Box pro, too.

First of all, thanks to Florian who sents me his whole SNES equipment for testing. I`ve put up the chain and got the well known "No Signal" error. Nevertheless I know that my stuff is working properly, so I was quite sure that there must something with the scaler. But after a little chat with Fudoh (thanks man!) he pointed out that the XRGB-3 has same issues with SNES. So I focused on the SNES RGB cable.

It turns out that SNES signal level are far to high from a RGB point of view. So I made a attentuation circuit and put it into the RGB Cable, where it should placed imho.

SNES setup with Sync Strike, Scaler and modded RGB cable.

close up of modded RGB cable with attentuation.

works ;)

50 Hz with scanlines

60 Hz with scanlines

I`ve included here my sclaer settings. The scaler tend to quit work if the picture is not centred. So relax, take your time and configure your scaler properly for your LCD.

DIY scaler kit

Q.E.D.

Jochen

Hyper Neo Geo 64 and MAK Strike

2011-10-04T09:39:00.003+01:00

Hey,

made some test sessions with Hyper Neo Geo 64. Take a look at the pics.

Eurocade

2011-09-28T11:34:00.002+01:00

and I even missed some cabs...

New Enclosure for MAK Strike

2011-09-28T11:31:00.002+01:00

made a new enclosure for my MAK Strike . It`s now laser etched pointing out all relevant informations.

Hamburg Videospielmesse

2011-09-28T11:23:00.003+01:00

just pics for your impressionen. I`ve left out the eurocon pics. Get in touch if you want some.

JAMMA Adapter for 1942 Arcade PCB

2011-09-28T11:21:00.002+01:00

Setting up a series of Jamma Adapters for old Arcade Games. This is the first one: 1942

SLG3000 - T-Shirts available

2011-09-15T10:30:00.003+01:00

Hey,

some people asked me to make some SLG Shirts. So here they are :)

Order at ArcadeForge

Triple Mod working on PS3, PC, XBox, XBox360 and Wii (Dual Strike + MadCatz TE + PiiWee)

2011-09-09T17:03:00.000+01:00

I finally got a project finished with which I began months ago: a triple mod :)
There is a Dual Strike in there for PS3, PC and XBox support, a MadCatz TE PCB for XBox360 connected to the Dual Strike and a PiiWee for Wii. The challenge was to use the USB connector to connect the stick to the Wiimote such that the non-Wii PCBs are not powered when connected to the Wiimote to avoid battery draining.
The basic idea is to switch VCC and GND for the Wii-side and use this to either connect the USB PCBs or the PiiWee to the data lines and buttons. First I tried to accomplish that with diodes but the voltage drops where too high, now I'm using transistors to switch the VCC, GND and button lines. To switch the data lines I'm using two 4066 ICs. I had to externalize the Dual Strike's 4066 to always have it powered, as two cascading 4066 hurt the USB signal too much and if it's unpowered it interferes with the Wii signal. There's also an EX Strike in there for a more flexible setup, the orange boards do the switching magic.
Here are the pics...
With two cables missing to give a better view:

And fully assembled and connected to a Wiimote:

Hitboxx Style Custom Harness for Madcatz TE sticks

2011-08-29T11:12:00.004+01:00

This harness is a ready to use version for the Madcatz TE.
Installation

Unplug stock JLF stick unit Harness in Madcatz TE Arcade Stick
Plug harness to the stock JLF harness
Wire down the signal to the four buttons
Wire down the daisy chain GND Signal (each button)

Done!

Little Friends for the DIY scaler kit chain

2011-08-27T17:40:00.002+01:00

Soft15Khz Dongle

2011-08-27T17:15:00.004+01:00

This neat device gives now 100% compability for all grahpic cards when using Soft15Khz.

New Acryl Case - Lyle Spruce

2011-08-10T09:21:00.006+01:00

Hey,

for a long time I did no custom. But finally I had some design ideas for acryl. So I put up some layouts and realized a custom "LYLE SPRUCE".

My mother visited me since I has birthday and said this case is like Feng Shui, no corners at all ;)

Anyway, here`re the features

- stickless design
- dualmod xbox360 and PS3
- button layout based on sega astro
- complete Acryl Case
- Each side Frame is made of 4 sheets of 8mm strong acryl giving a heavy case and very sturdy general impresssion
- Side wall 6mm strong
- Top Panel is 6mm strong in two layers. The second layer is designed to give the side wall more stability.
- Bottom Panel is 6mm strong in two layers. The second layer is designed to give the side wall more stability.
- Parts all Sanwa
- Neutrik USB Plug in black
- M4 size screws, panhead on the sides, flathead on the top and bottom.
- Custom Acryl Feet with clear rubber
- Artwork by Customer

Have fun

Dual Strike v3 preview

2011-08-05T17:36:00.004+01:00

Dual Strike v3 with new PCB layout in Black, 5mm Screw Terminals and some modding gimmicks.

Hit Strike ? No, just a Project Fatality Successor

2011-07-29T15:10:00.006+01:00

Just can`t get enough, name of good song and my motto these days ;)

In mem to necrodus, miss your ideas.

Scaler Mates

2011-07-27T16:40:00.005+01:00

I received some decent pics from DIY scaler pics.

this one is from Eric: Console RGB-> Sync Strike -> scaler -> SLG 3000 -> LCD

no words needed :)

Here`s a setup from Damien :)

The scanlines are missing but the SLG is well packed on the second pic ;)

Thanks guys for the pics :)

Scaler Case finished

2011-07-27T11:57:00.002+01:00

Decent ArcadeForge Case for the Scaler :)

Operation Wolf Chassis and Monitor Session

2011-07-27T06:44:00.004+01:00

Hey,

just some close ups of the chassis and neckplate. Help me to remind where the cable goes.

Chassis is Hantarex MTC 9000, needs a cap kit though.

Operation Wolf Gun Session

2011-07-26T06:54:00.004+01:00

Gun Session

So I was fixing my operation wolf gun today.

Issue

1 - backblow only working sometimes
2 - Could not shoot left of screen
3- Start button stucks sometimes

First, third is fixed and second is pending

Start button cleaned.

Test Station MVS NeoGeo meets MAK Strike

2011-07-24T12:28:00.005+01:00

Just made a Test Station for NEOGEO MVS with customized with MAK Strike. Goal was to held it simple as possible.

- Scart Lead
- Power Supply
- On and off Switch.

Nothing more.

Connected NEOGEO MVS Version

Restauration and Repairing Operation Wolf

2011-07-24T11:04:00.005+01:00

So, I`ve new cab : Operation Wolf. :)

Jep, Uzi Gub made of metal with blowback, Screen is mirrored in the cab and the gun works as a light gun.

Cab state on delivery:

Screen not properly adjusted, complete back side missing, dirty.

First Repait attempts:

On first start machine gun registered. Then adjusted the screen and the gun didn`t work anymore. After cleaning the screen, front glass and mirror and adjusting the screen again the gun work fine.

Despite of registering shoots the left hand side 3cm of the screen. Backblow sometimes doesn`nt work

Anyway here`re the pics:

Refurbishing Insert Disk II

2011-07-19T15:32:00.004+01:00

Gaurodenset asks me to update his former custom to include a dual mod. Unfortunately I`ve used a non common gnd pad when I was making this custom.

This sin was now coming back and I had rip out all the electronic stuff and assembled then a madcatz fightpad plus Dual Strike. Now this stick supports

- xbox360
- PS3
- PC
- MAME as keyboard encoder
- xbox1

Because all thjs neat new features are not visible I`ve put some new feet on it.

Synk Strike Case

2011-07-15T12:17:00.002+01:00

:) two sheet acryl case with laser cut outs for Sync Strike :) so .. just a case

Zebrano Framework Revisited

2011-07-14T11:05:00.001+01:00

Hmm, my cats grow, but the frame is yet not finished... :) I should put it on my desk again...

Bubble Bobble Artwork

2011-07-12T13:28:00.002+01:00

Artwork for my custom Bubble Bobble Cab :) Can't wait to put it in...

DIY scaler Projects spreading

2011-07-07T09:11:00.005+01:00

:) after releasing my Sync Strike the last hurdle was taken to interface low cost scaler in Plug and Play manner. So DIY scaler projects are now starting and the above mockup was sent me from Eric from sweden. You nearly have it :)

SD2IEC revisited

2011-06-28T13:00:00.002+01:00

Okay, atfer moving to my new house I took the chance and put some of my old project back again on my desk. On of them is DIY kit for sd2iec project. It was project founded in the forum64 by shadowolf. The pcb layout is still one of the latest hw revisions.

But what was does this neat little device?

Just simple, it`s sd card drive for the good old commodore C64 :) Imagine how many disk image you can put on a 1GB sd card...hundreds...nooo.....thousands... noooo... milllliooonss... :))

Photo Session Dual Strike

2011-06-23T11:49:00.001+01:00

MAK Strike with professionell Acryl Case

2011-06-16T11:35:00.003+01:00

There is room left for optimization. But Lee Afvc, this one could be yours. :)

LM1881 and the real HSync

2011-06-16T11:28:00.002+01:00

based on this article

http://www.epanorama.net/faq/vga2rgb/scart.html

I`ve made with SailorSat a schematic for the 74HC00

Hope this works ;)

Sync Strike, test and assembly phase

2011-06-15T15:16:00.005+01:00

Hey folks,

made the first test session with SYNC STRIKE.

Take a look here at SYNC STRIKE Video on Youtube

Sorry for the scrappy cam. At least you should get an idea.

Here`re some pics.

TODO :
Update
:) okay get something wrong, here the update.

Turn the scaler to RGBs mode. Scaler expects then RGB clean composite sync. The LM1881 cleans up this signal coming from SCART (RGB and composite video). Vsync is not needed, but it doesn't hurt here.

Perhaps I get the RGB HV mode of the scaler to work, too.

- investigate the PSU protection against wrong wiring. I used here a mini fuse and a diode. I should test this without assembled converter core to spare some expensive ICs just in case

Positive results so for:

- Scart RGB Composite Video to VGA 15Khz RGB Csync works with my scaler on RGBS mode
- SLG works fine, too.

SLG3000 in the new GamesTM

2011-06-08T13:24:00.001+01:00

SLG3000 was mentioned in the current issue of GamesTM, p. 131

Hellomat - Classic Arcade Cab Restauration

2011-06-06T14:12:00.009+01:00

Hey ,

got some of this hell-omaten. Since I`m collecting classic arcade PCBs I need some universal cabs that can carry my old electric "scrap" ;)

Hellomaten are very welcome, coz:

- The`re small
- Jamma (most of them are wired to jamma, not factory default)
- Tat'able (horizontal or vertical telly mount)
- 1 player or 2 player panels
- simple wiring

The red lamp on the right hand side as cab topper is absolute unique :)

Found some PCBs in the Cabs, most of them was defect. I was glad I found a Tetris for testing purposes.

Last weekend I invited PRC (aka punkrockcaveman) and we start right of at 22 o'clock on saturday evening. He organized from Apfelanni some spare Grundig tellys. Current state of the 4 Cabs

Cab #1 - Monitor issues, seemed like sync signal issue, Panel joystick defect
Cab #2 - Turned on, Chassis is on flames after 20 seconds. Then Dead
Cab #3 - Turned on, black picture
Cab # 4 - Turned on, 12V PSU was burning.

Lessons learned : PLEASE TURN ON THE CABS OUTSIDE IF YOU LIKE YOUR HOUSE!!!!

This weekend: Repair of Cab#1 and Cab#2

Story of Cab #1 is told very fast.

Tested one PCB with a MAK (ie. use MAK STRIKE). After successful testing we had a test board.

Open the PCB rack and put in the tested PCB. Everything was fine after adjusting the sync signal knob. Pretty easy. 1,5h time needed, first hellomat is repaired.

Cab #2

opened the backside, discharged the telly (do not this without appropriate knowledge. It can badly hurt you). Disassembled the old defect chassis

Hantarex.

disassmbled the telly with monitor frame.

Rip of the new telly case.

Discharge it. Wait. Discharge it. On this one we had to discharge it 5 or 6 times, inbetween with 10 minutes break.

So far we`re on good way. But normal use TV are not intended for using in an Arcade Cab. Imagine following situation.

Cab is off and gets powered. Normal TV then jump in stand by mode. Arcade Cab TV turn on directly by powering on.

So we`ve made a little hack

We bridged the standby to on switch with a little yellow wire. So after powering on the chassis, Telly goes into standby and then immediatley in on mode. That`s it.

Additionally Normal TV do not jump in RGB Mode or SCART mode by default.

So we had to built an own scart connector:

- Pin 7 = Blue
- Pin 11 = Green
- Pin 15 = Red
- Pin 5, Pin 9, Pin 13 = GND
- Pin 20 = Sync
- Pin 16 = Select RGB mode. Wire with 100 ohm in line with 5V (Arcade PSU are adjustable at 5V).
- Pin 8 = 12V select AV (descrambler)

screw the things together again.

So after installing the modded chassis, assemble the Telly

After test the picture turns out great. Adjust the pic on the chassis settings.

oila, refurbished Hellomat is born. :)

Repair time about 3 hours.

Tools : Drill, screw driver, soldering station, multimeter.
Replaced Parts: Chassis, Monitor, Control Panel
Estimated knowledge level : Expert, because discharging the telly is very dangerous.

Have fun

SLG3000 v2 - Before and After comparsion

2011-05-31T16:04:00.003+01:00

What are the benefits of using scanlines in your gaming equipment?

This question is often asked since SLG3000 hits the market. It can be best explained taking a closer look at a before-and-after comparsion.

Assuming you`re using a kind of 480p, 31Khz display, like LCD in your home entertainment.

You planned a nice evening with your friends and want to play all the great old retro stuff. :) You connect somehow your favourite retro console or even xbox60 arcade game and get picture like on the left hand side of the picture.

Your 240p game is scaled to 480p by doubling every single line. The result is a unsharp and bold simple picture.

So, we add scanlines. The scanline generator brings again sharpness into the picture and works against the unwanted scaling effect. Besides it add the old fashioned tube effect by erasing every second line ;)

In the end your evening is rescued, you don't have to build-up an extra console corner with a tube and can enjoy your retro stuff in your home entertainment.

SLG3000 in my shop at www.arcadeforge.de

SLG3000 v2

2011-05-31T11:19:00.003+01:00

Hey,

here some pics of my test session with SLG3000 v2. Turns out that my supplier send me wrong IC. So I had to exchange some of the already assembled IC.

In the end everything was fine :)

MadCatz Arcade GameStick Pad-Box

2011-04-08T15:13:00.003+01:00

I modded a MadCatz Arcade GameStick to be a pad-box.

From Arcade Stick Modding

MAXDamagermany with ArcadeForge.DE

2011-03-25T12:29:00.006+01:00

Hey,

last week we (IVIPhisto, PunkRockCaveman and bencao74 (me) ) visited the MAXDamagermany in Frankfurt. Arrived at 12.00 oclock and stayed there until 21.00 o'clock. We modded there dozen of sticks and talked to a lot of nice guys.

Tony from Neutrons managed us a good table and we started immediatly to present our stuff.
Short hand we included some great customs to make a little Custom stick exhibition. See here the custom made by Moses. Attention this stick is made from stone, no joke.
The black customized TE was modded during the event. Paul brought me my project fatality acryl stick back from netherland. The Acryl Stik was presented by Chris (shadaloo.eu ) on the durch gameking.tv, thanks for this.

Michael repaired here the custom from backbone - with success I guess. In the front you see a heavily modded Sega Naomi Custom Panel with ARC EYEs and LED mod.

Freezas Custom was in the exhibition, too. It nearly the size of the Sega Naomi Panel :).

Two of my customized TEs. Red one is for sale btw ;)

Atomiswave with MAK Strike.

ATG and NN playing HNK until

they finally got the dragon punch glitch. Congratulations ;)

PunkRockCavman couldn't believe that the game was played until it crashed .... :)

Then met Paul from netherland with an awesome custom.
Nice Artwork and Case

plus MCuthulu.

Another Custom...

Customized TE from Nadine.

And finally some pics from the

Members of the Orga Team :) Thanks a lot guys for the chance to visit this event. It was fun!

Blackie Update

2011-03-23T12:22:00.003+01:00

My Blackie custom (box and faceplate by bencao74) is finished, at least for now... still want to add Wii support, but that will involve some heavy soldering...

Fast Striker customized TE with dreamcast support

2011-03-17T12:40:00.004+01:00

Specs:

- Dreamcast Support with VMU
- Green button Led on press
- Semitsu clear Push button with artwork
- Custom clear DustWasher
- Balltop
- official Fast Striker Artwork by ngdev team
- Led mod Video

MAK Strike Case Prototype CNC

2011-03-08T18:50:00.003+01:00

SLG 3000 Case Finished with special edition

2011-03-07T23:01:00.002+01:00

Naomi Restauration from PRC with ARC EYEs

2011-03-05T16:39:00.004+01:00

I shoot some ARC EYEs and graved Plexi Inserts to the Punk Rock Caveman. Take a look what he has done.

Get the ARC EYEs and Plexi Button Inserts in my Shop.

Sync Strike, design phase

2011-02-25T12:54:00.004+01:00

Heads up... :)

I`ve made some further design on sync strike.

Features
- reverse polarity protection
- screw terminals 5mm for external PSU (5V to 12V)
- RCA jacks for Audio
- Female Scart RGB in
- Female VGA 15Khz out with clean sync signals for RGBHV
- Switch for RGB and CSYNC on HSYNC line. Thus this device is not limited to trisync monitors. (thanks fudoh)
- Switch between external PSU and possible power supply on SCART
- Screw Terminals 5mm for all signal RGB, HSYNC, VSYNC, CSYNC and AUDIO
- Real HSYNC (thanks sailorsat)
- Mounting holes
- Amplifier for video signals

So burst your low cost scaler by providing RGBHV instead of RGBS. Use your old consoles in your cab equipped with arcade monitors :))

xboxdynasty re-visited

2011-02-23T14:40:00.001+01:00

I don't know why, but I didn't blogged a article on xboxdynasty about my arcade sticks... shame on me...

http://www.xboxdynasty.de/news/xbox_360_jochen_bencao74_und_seine_leidenschaft_fuer_arcade_sticks_17678.html

Bye

some more SLG posts around the internet

2011-02-17T15:13:00.002+01:00

BOAYC
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=108790.msg1156434#msg1156434

Racketboy
http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=28091&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=20

Nozomi
http://www.nozomi.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2993&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=b32e1ac5aeccc8f17eab67f9de54135a

SHMUP french site
http://forum.shmup.com/viewtopic.php?p=284987&sid=03226053353438093ebf9b504cdd2812

SLG 3000 - Case prototypes finished -

2011-02-12T17:18:00.003+01:00

Hi,

Case Prototype is done for the SLG. I`ve chosen transparent and black acryl. I think the pics speaks.

SLG3000 Reviews - posted on videowired.com etc

2011-02-11T16:26:00.006+01:00

Hey,

reviews, videos, pics about the SLG3000 starts spreading around the internet. I`ll try to keep track ...

Review from Fudoh
snipp
Seit gut 10 Tagen darf ich mich mit dem nagelneuen SLG3000 spielen und es macht so richtig Spaß. Der Hardware Scanline Emulator wurde von zwei Technikfreaks, Jochen und Winni aus dem Arcadezentrum Board konzipiert, designt und hergestellt - und das binnen weniger Monate im letzten halben Jahr. Der Spass kostet knapp 50 Euro und kann mit jedem VGA Signal benutzt werden. Das PCB arbeitet ohne eigenes Netzteil und gibt die Auflösung genau so aus wie sie am Eingang reinkommt - nur dass eben jede zweite Zeile abgedunkelt wird, um damit den gerngesehenen Scanline-Effekt zu erzielen, wie man ihn von alten Röhren TVs und Arcade Monitoren kennt, wenn diese mit low-res (240p) Signalen von Videospielen gefüttert werden.
snipp

http://www.videowired.com/video/2771270358/

snipp
Review and demo of how the SLG3000 Scanline Generator performs and looks on a LCD display, connecting various retro consoles! This is, in my opinion, the killer retro gadget of 2011!
snipp

Youtube Videos by satiesfied customers

Video Review from Fagin

Empathics review

snipp
Today I got my hands on something that's very cool. The SLG3000. It's a tiny dedicated unit that produces scanlines for game consoles or emulator setups where you don't have a scanline option in the video settings, or when you don't want to put extra processing strain on your emulator setup. It will accept VGA source video through it's VGA input (female) and output it with added scanlines through it's VGA output (female). This thing doesn't need external power, as the video sources' sync line can make it work anyway. Pretty damn cool.
snipp

Mac Mame Pic in Action

Triggerzone Forum
snipp
Kleines, feines Teil. Spottbillig gegenüber einem XRGB und vorallem nicht nur für 240p Quellen, sondern auch direkt mit einer XBox360 (oder jeder anderen VGA Quelle) nutzbar.
snipp

Quake in Game Forum
snipp
Faire 49 Euro für das Teil. Traumhafte Optik! \o/
snipp

Arcade Otaku
snipp
OMFG!

I'm easy pleased
snipp

SRK Forum
snipp
This is a really cool mod for anyone building their own cabinet with LCD monitor and wants the old school scan line look!
snipp

Arcade Control Forum

If you find other comments or review please post :)))

Sync Strike - Scart RGB Sync Separator

2011-02-11T14:13:00.004+01:00

Hey,

based on the work from Fagin (shmups forum) I´ve been working on Scart RGB Sync Separator recently. Problem is that console video RGB SCART output is not good enough for getting low cost scaler to work properly. So many peoples facing problems converting retro consoles via RGB Scart to VGA port of their LCD monitors.

It`s based on the famous LM1881. I wanted to this mod since ages. But I never was somehow motivated to do since I saw that SLG3000 in combination with a low cost "cga 2 vga scaler" greatly benefit from this mod.

Features :

- Female RGB Scart input
- DSUB 15 vga 15Khz output
- 5mm Screw Terminals for RGB, Hsync, Vsync, Csync, Audio Left, Audio Right and power supply.
- there are two additional RCA jacks for audio.

some idea to put into?

MAk Strike meets Arcade PCB Collection

2011-02-01T12:59:00.004+01:00

MAK Strike correctly connected.

Tetris on LCD with ATX PSU

Rumble Fish on LCD with ATX PSU

Atomiswave on LCD with ATX PSU

Chopper I on LCD with ATX PSU

Bubble Bobble on LCD with ATX PSU

Sky Wolf on LCD with ATX PSU

Contra on LCD with ATX PSU

Green Beret on LCD with ATX PSU

P 47 Freedom Fighter on LCD with ATX PSU

Hit Box TE

2011-01-26T10:25:00.005+01:00

Alan made a great mod with the hitbox plexi. Take a look

MAK Strike with Acryl Case

2011-01-20T15:20:00.001+01:00

MAK Strike with Acryl Case

Lightning Strike revisited

2011-01-18T09:47:00.003+01:00

Sometimes Projects did reach a final stage. This is one of them. It`s called Lightning Strike and is a led driver board. It`s current state is in development. Perhaps I`ve some time in my next life.

Somebody interested in this stuff?

When do you know you made a good job?

2011-01-17T17:25:00.002+01:00

Answer is:

When your work get copied two times. ARC EYE was created by Mike aka Purplearms, my modding mate. Obviously he did a good job.

Here`s the original

Not only Lizard Lick copied his project with KInsert.

Now Paradise Arcade does the same

:)

MAK Strike Photo Session Part 2

2011-01-08T18:43:00.007+01:00

MAK Strike is short before release.

Find in this post lots of pics and the documentation (in german).

Documentation MAK Strike

End Price will be 59€. Pre-order is opened right now for 55€ inlcuding shipping ;)

Features:

- 2x DSUB15 connectors for NeoGeo Standard Sticks
- SCrew Terminals for Button4, 5, 6 Player 1 and Player 2
- Extended Jamma Standard with Buttons 4, 5, 6 for Player 1 and Player 2
- 1x Scart RGB 15Khz
- 1X Mono Speaker Chinch
- Molex Power Connector for 5v und 12V, optional with screw terminals
- -5V screw terminals
- screw terminals for Stereo Sound
- Buttons on PCB for Service Coin and Test
- On and Off switch
- Power Led
- PCB fits to Reichelt Case SP 2003 SW
- Pin 7, Pin H protected, no mis use of pins possible.

stay tuned ;)

MAK Strike ready for sale

2011-01-07T10:42:00.002+01:00

Hey guys,

this week I get a chance to test out the MAK Strike and after some time we got all the functions to work ;)

I`ve made a little video in bad quality, sorry for that. Better qual video will follow.

Video MAK Strike (comments in german)

SLG 3000 Test Sessions : SLG 3000 and 480p double lines

2010-12-30T19:09:00.004+01:00

SLG 3000 is scanline generator for 480p outputs.
Refer for background infos to

http://scanlines.hazard-city.de/

So, I`ve mentioned in previous posts that SLG 3000 is great for xbox360 games and also 60-in-1 is possible. But now the the main benefit of SLG 3000. 240p games double lines to 480p on LCD monitor.

Yes, this is not the original resolution of R-Type. It`s double lined 480p and it`s messed up.

I put the SLG 3000 in between and it becomes near perfect :)

Keep in mind that there is no lost of picture information since the game output of 240p was doubled to 480p. In this setup no potentiometer was used -> 100% scanlines.

It was worth all the hard work :)

Second good news

I put the external PSU jack on the board and after some tweaking it fits. It`s a 2,0mm inside pin with 4,3 frame. Pin is 5V, frame is GND. BUT!! Honestly I didn't used a external PSU in all test setups. Our components was fine choosen and are absolute low power. This way it`s possible that we do not need any PSU in our setup. We keep it just to be sure.

SLG 3000 Test Sessions : Icade 60 in 1

2010-12-30T19:01:00.004+01:00

Yes, the Icade 60 in 1 is even possible, but... see yourself :))

SLG, again no external PSU is needed!!!! Every test in the row was possible without external power support. As soon as SLG is connected and gets SYNC, then red LED lights up. Thus gives a great test opportunity. Additionally complete PCB can be powered alone from SYNC signal. Ehhhm ... yes... great design ... ;)

unfortunately 60-in-1 runs vertical.

SLG 3000 Test Sessions : Xbox360 in 480p

2010-12-30T18:51:00.004+01:00

Hey,

today I was working on the great SLG3000 device. First time I setup it up and see it full action. SLG is Scanline Generator for 480p VGA outputs.

If like to know more about scanlines then visit the great site from fudoh :

http://scanlines.hazard-city.de/

I put the SLG between xbox360 VGA cable and LCD 19" monitor with resolution 480p. Sure this is not the main point for using such a device since 480p is the native resolution for xbox360. Furthermore I used no potis, so 100% scanlines :)

But anyway, it`s possible and give the games a new arcadish feeling, top! Good news besides : NO PSU WAS NEEDED!!!!

Ikaruga 01

Ikaruga 02

Ikaruga 03

Super Street Fighter with Scanlines.

Enjoy,

ben

SLG 3000

2010-12-20T09:12:00.004+01:00

SLG 3000 - testing phase finished!

SLG3000 adds scanlines to your VGA monitor or LCD display. Given this scanlines you have your original arcade feeling playing your PCBs on LCD.

Example :

Connect a xbox360 with your favourite cave shooter to your home lcd and change to resolution 480p. Connect SLG300 just by PnP and enjoy the scanline generator. Scanline can be faded out in continuously.

This work with other consoles or converters which outputs 480p, too. Thus it works on Dreamcast, PS3, modded GC, xbox1, xbox360 and so on.

Features:

- Voltage can be supplied either via 5mm screw terminals or molex connectors.

- Supported resolutions are 480p and 600p.

- On and Off Switch for scanline generation via screw terminals 5mm

- Power led

- 2 female VGA plugs.

Manual translation in english is in work. Bedienungsanleitung in german is done.

Send me via ArcadeForge contact form a message for pre-order.

MAK Strike - first impression

2010-12-19T17:37:00.003+01:00

Guess ;)

Hitbox style TE Plexi

2010-12-17T17:44:00.002+01:00

EX Strike - Dual strike Add on Board

2010-12-14T15:57:00.002+01:00

Mike aka purplearms has made a layout for EX Strike. EX Strike is like HUB or add-on Board for your Dual Strike. I.e. if you want to make a second padhack among your xbox360 padhack, then use the EX Strike. EX Strike gives you an easy to use second break out connector.

In near future led driver boards can benefit from this board to. Grab via the second connector all inputs and handle them in your setup.

upcoming project - SLG3000

2010-12-13T15:32:00.002+01:00

hmm, sooo first pics of the SLG3000. In depth project description will follow...

Freeza Stick

2010-12-10T16:34:00.001+01:00

Wireless PS3 in MDF

Polix Stick

2010-12-10T16:32:00.003+01:00

TE Mod Iron Man

2010-12-10T16:27:00.005+01:00

TE with

- Dual Mod for xbox360, PS3, xbox1 and PC
- LED Mod with different colors on acitvation
- Custom DW
- regular size plexi with artwork
- button cap artwork

Dual Strike meets Trackball...

2010-11-29T17:31:00.002+01:00

Michael has implemented an alternative hardware with some case studies. So he prepared a fw with trackball support. on the lower right corner you see a commodore eg atari 9 pin game controller connector... See the dual strike svn and goto to the emu strike stuff. Michael reported that the resolution of the trackball is even finer than the ultimarc stuff...

PS3 TE Dual Mod

2010-11-16T14:24:00.003+01:00

The base is a PS3 TE. It was extended with a Arcade Stick PCB and now it`s a dual modded TE. Done by Micheal aka IvIphisto...

Polix Stick

2010-11-05T19:18:00.004+01:00

to be commented

ah btw, my/ our ;) project Dual Strike made it on the Shoryuken Front page news

Customer Mod - Arcade Stick Madcatz TE S with Dual Strike, TEasy and black plexi

2010-10-27T15:12:00.004+01:00

Extremly nice modded stick:

- Dual Strike plus TEasy works on
- xbox360
- PS3
- xbox1
- PC

with autodetect, plus Keyboard Ecnoder for MAME

- Black Plexi with rounded edges
- countersunk flathead screws

Dual Strike Configuration Editor Tutorial - Standard Tab (in german, english follows very soon)

2010-10-26T11:22:00.006+01:00

Moin,

heute gibt es ein Tutorial über den Dual Strike Konfigurations Editor.

Den Dual Strike Konfigurations Editor findet man unter diesen Link.

So sieht ein Dual Strike aus.

Aufbau der Konfigurations Anwendung

Dual Strike lässt sich über einen Konfigurationseditor ideal für den Einsatz in verschiedenen Umgebungen konfigurieren.

Die Konfiguration kann bequem über eine Anwendung am PC eingestellt werden und auf das Dual Strike übertragen werden. Konfigurationen können auch von einem Gerät eingelesen und weiterverarbeitet werden.

Zusätzlich lassen sich Konfigurationen als Dateien speichern und wieder laden. Damit ist der Austausch von Konfigurationen möglich.

Ein Dual Strike kann per Mausklick einfach auf die Standardoptionen zurückgestellt werden.

Die Konfiguration Anwendung ist in verschiedene Tabs aufgeteilt:

-Standards

Hier werden die unterstützen Konsolen und Arbeitsmodi eingestellt.

Hardware

Dual Strike unterstützt den Anschluß von externer Hardware. Konfigurationsoptionen, die den Umgang mit externer Hardware vereinfachen findet man hier.

Mame Tabs

Alle Einstellungen für den Keyboard Encoders und Programmierung der Button Layouts.

Installation und Start des Konigurationseditors.

Entpacke das ZIP files und starte das Programm mit Doppelclick auf die Datei "Dual Strike v2 Config Editor.bat"

Führe folgende Schritte am PC aus:

Halte Select am Stick gedrückt.
Stecke das USB Kabel des Sticks ein.
Warte kurz (1-2 Sekunden) und lasse Select wieder los.

-> Erwartetes Ergebnis : Die Lampe unten rechts in der Konfigurations Applikation wird grün.

Im Tab "Standards" gibt es folgende Einstellungsmöglichkeiten:beschrieben.

- Standard Arbeitsmodus :

Konfiguriere wie das Dual Strike arbeiten soll. Es werden folgende Arbeitsmodi unterstützt.

- Autodetection

Dual Strike erkennt automatisch, ob eine Playstation 3, eine xbox1 ein PC oder ein xbox360 Padhack angeschlossen sind und wählt das entsprechende Protokoll aus.

- PS3

Dual Strike arbeitet als PS3 Controller

- xbox1

Dual Strike arbeitet als xbox1 Controller

- Mame Tastatur

Dual Strike arbeitet als Keyboard Encoder für MAME

- Durschschleifen

An das Dual Strike können sogenannte Padhacks angeschlossen werden. Überlicherweise sind dies xbox360 oder Dreamcast controller. Diese müssen extra gelötet werden und können dann über den Flachbandkabel-Konnektor an das Dual Strike angeschlossen werden.

Falls Dual Strike nur einen Teil der Konsolen unterstützen soll, können in den Feldern

- PS3 Controller
- PC Controller
- MAME Tastatur
- Xbox1 Controller
- Durschschleifen

die jeweiligen Protokolle explizit an und ausgeschaltet werden.

Das Konfigurationsfeld "Standard Joystick-Modus" kümmert sich um die verschiedenen Stickeinheit eines Konsolen-Controllers. Ein Konsolen Controller wie zum Beispiel PS3 oder Xbox1 hat drei verschiedene Stickeinheiten:

- Digitales Pad (DP)
- Linker Analogstick (LS)
- Rechter Analogstick (RS)

Einige Spiele unterstützen keine digitalen Pads. Dual Strike unterstützt alle drei Arten. Der an Dual Strike angeschlossene Joystick kann als DP, LS oder RS konfiguriert werden.

Beispiel : Das Dual Strike ist als LS oder RS konfiguriert. Keine Auslenkung des angeschlossenen Joysticks bedeutet eine 0%ige Aktivierung von LS oder RS. Eine Auslenkung in eine Richtung des Joysticks bedeutet eine 100% Aktivierung von LS oder RS.

Das Konfigurationsfeld "MAME Standard Spieler" stellt die jeweiligen Tastaturlayouts für Spieler 1 oder für Spieler 2 zur Verfügung. So kann Dual Strike abwechselnd Spieler 1 oder Spieler 2 mit einem Joystick oder einem Panel bedienen.

Erstmal soweit....

Dual Strike - now with autodetect

2010-10-15T09:16:00.003+01:00

Find here all the docs regarding Dual Strike

Dual Strikes now supports Autodetect for

Ps3,
xbox1,
PC and
connected xbox360.

Have fun :)

New logo Arcade Forge

2010-09-30T21:22:00.001+01:00

Ok, next try...

old one

Hmmm, new logo in work. What do you think about this one?

Booble Bubble Bootleg PCB - which pinout

2010-09-21T17:07:00.002+01:00

Hmm, have here a strange Booble Bubble Bootleg PCB and don't find the pinout. Any hints? It has a dual connector...