That took a while 😅
I had the white frames restored and painted, replaced the weird fishing game control panels, and removed the coin hoppers and custom wiring for those games. Now these are all running JAMMA PCBs!
I also replaced the messed up acrylic frames on two cabs. One was broken, and the other was just too scratched up. I'll add custom marquees soon! Nice little cabinets with 14" monitors! ❤️
The Marvel Vs Capcom Fighting Collection has finally been released!! So far the latency is very low and it feels great! Noodalls measured the PS4 Version of MVC2 and got 57milliseconds of lag on average. It's around 1ms faster than the Dreamcast! I wouldn't be surprised if the PC version measures even lower, because I'm playing on PC and it kind of feels that way.
It's a collection of original arcade ROMs, and the emulation is spot on so far! It's absolutely worth buying if you enjoy any of these games. It's a significantly better experience than trying to play the games on any of the other ports, except for the Dreamcast MVC games. It's also much cheaper than the absolute garbage PS2 Version of MVC2 lmao
After STRUGGLING with my Naomi cabinets and the tedious experience of running Naomi arcade boards, It turns out that I might never need those bastards ever again. I've come to really hate Naomis and I will do everything to avoid using them.
I have a few issues with the MVC Collection, though.
1.) X men vs Street Fighter uses the worst version of the game: the third arcade release with the date code 961023. This version is heavily nerfed. Some characters lost their infinites and got different move properties, but many of the strongest infinites in the game are still in. Ironically, this "balanced" version actually made the balance worse!!
This is a HUGE problem for XMVSF players, most of whom play on version 1 or version 2! Capcom Asia Marvel vs. Capcom please give us the better version(s) in a patch!!!!
2. There is no Offline Versus mode. Why is there no versus mode?? There is a simple workaround: make a Quick Save at the character select screen and load that save after every match. It still makes no sense to not have Versus mode though! This is especially important because of the MVC2 switch glitch!
Overall, still a must buy if you enjoy Capcom's retro Marvel games!
Installed the steel control panels after a Jamma rewire! These are fantastic little cabinets!
Had the wrong tube on this cab for YEARS! I always thought the tube was just bad! Turns out it has a Mitsubishi tube instead of the Toshiba that should be paired with the Nanao MS8-26 chassis! I just swapped with a spare and it's great now 😁
Guys I think I downloaded the wrong Marvel Vs Capcom Fighting Collection
Quick fix on this Asian region Super Street Fighter II X ! I had a Japanese board but I wanted this game in in English as well :D
I removed the battery and installed an Arduino Nano with NoBatteryCPS2 so that it doesn't need batteries ever again. The board showed an RAM 1 NG error before crashing and rebooting. Replaced the RAM ICs and fixed it!
Looks like the CPU is also really hard in the Asian version, just like the US release lol
Quick repair on this Soul Calibur arcade game! I just replaced a few leaking capacitors and populated missing ones. Fixed! :D
Dino King restorations are coming along nicely :)
