Finally built my supergun....

[shawnbo42]

Well, for some unkown reason, tonight was the night. I've had all the parts to do this for 2 or 3 years now, and just could never get the motivation to do it (mainly because I spend all day with my head inside arcade machines). Anyways, I dragged all the stuff down from the attic, and, using an old NBA Jam control panel (don't worry, for the purists, it was already wrecked before I got hold of it), I threw my line filter, power supply, RGB/NTSC converter board, and JAMMA tail in the panel, wired it all up, and just finished thrashing Final Fight on my TV. What an awesome feeling when it first lit up the TV. It was like being 7 years old, and being handed the 2600 joystick for the first time. Anybody who's ever been there knows what I'm talking about. I played a little Gradius III as well as my Neo MVS board. Who knows what else I'll find in the spooky attic....now that I can actually play my boards at home again without a machine taking up the corner of the living room. I'd post pics, but my camera died :( I'll try and get some up asap though. To all that spend the time to read this, hopefully you'll all have the chance to come to my (or someone else's) home arcade and enjoy the wonderful experience of seeing "insert coin" on your television. Cheers!!!

[Technosis]

I threw my line filter, power supply, RGB/NTSC converter board, and JAMMA tail in the panel, wired it all up, and just finished thrashing Final Fight on my TV.

I'm not familiar with the RGB/NTSC converter board. Could you please give me a few details about the cost, where to get, etc.? I have a couple of Peter Chou power supplies here, a SFII CE board, harness, and control panel. I don't have a spare arcade monitor handy, so this would be a handy solution to getting the SFII Champ Edition running.

[Flack]

One really popular one is the JROK.

http://www.jrok.com/hardware/RGB.html

I know they can be built as well, if you've got the time and the soldering skills.

EDIT: Here's a great article that walks you through making one:
http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/28/how-to-consolize-an-arcade-game/

[shawnbo42]

There's one on ebay right now looks almost identical to mine. Item #170081201240. If memory serves, they run anywhere from $30-$100. Pretty straightfoward to hook up, wire your r/g/b/g/s to the appropriate pins, RCA or S-Video out to your TV, and you're pretty much in business (after wiring up everything else as well). I know this sounds dated now when you can just buy/build a MAME cab, but I am a purisit at heart, and would rather have 10 machines cramming the living room with the couch standing on end than have 1 machine that plays 10,000 games. But, sounds like in your situation, the RGB converter is the answer. Let me know how things work out, should you decide to pursue this.

[Captain Wrong]

As a fellow supergun builder, congrats! It is truly a thing of joy!

Also, let me recommend the JROK. I had something else originally that crapped out, but the JROK is a sweet piece of kit. Well worth whatever you spend on it.

[srabelpawz]

i have a convertor i'll sell if anyone's looking for one. PM me

[Technosis]

Thanks for all the great information on this. I may pick up one of these (alternately I heard that a Commodore Amiga monitor can be used as an RGB monitor????)