Some help with arcades here!!!

[Arqueologia_Digital]

I want to know some info about arcade machines that i don´t understand, for example, what is a Jamma???, and other tips about this big machines that could be useful for me...

Thanks

Matías

[ehall]

Japanese Arcade Machine Manufacturers Association - If I remember right. It's basically a Pin-out standard that Arcade creators settled on in the mid-eighties, if memory serves me. It's been a while. You can start looking for more info here www.arcaderestoration.com, there's a lot of links on this site. What were you interested in specifically? Buying, selling, building?

[Arqueologia_Digital]

no, i want to buy a machine...or maybe an MVS...

[DarkSoul]

The Neo Geo MVS motherboard is essentially a JAMMA PCB with a slot(s) for the MVS cartridges. This means that it can be (sometimes with minor alteration due to a slight anormality in the control scheme) put into and used in any JAMMA compatible arcade machine. That's "most" mid to late 80s games, on into the early 90s. I think www.klov.com might have some more information on exactly what was and wasn't JAMMA, and what was non-standard.

The JAMMA standard means that if you've got a JAMMA compatible machine, you can put any other JAMMA PCB (game board) in it and have it work with minimal stress.

Hope that helps at least a little =)

[Arqueologia_Digital]

The Neo Geo MVS motherboard is essentially a JAMMA PCB with a slot(s) for the MVS cartridges. This means that it can be (sometimes with minor alteration due to a slight anormality in the control scheme) put into and used in any JAMMA compatible arcade machine. That's "most" mid to late 80s games, on into the early 90s. I think www.klov.com might have some more information on exactly what was and wasn't JAMMA, and what was non-standard.

The JAMMA standard means that if you've got a JAMMA compatible machine, you can put any other JAMMA PCB (game board) in it and have it work with minimal stress.

Hope that helps at least a little =)

Yeah, thank you very much man!

[davidbrit2]

System 16 has Jamma and Neo Geo pinouts, if you're curious.

http://www.system16.com/jamma.html