Originally posted by chimpmeister:
Yes the Japanese board will work, but of course you have a BIOS that is Japanese language by default. This is a hassle, as a lot of the items in the arcade settings menus will be in Japanese. Also, all games that you plug into the board will default to Japanese language.
Anyway, I think your post actually belongs in the Tech Support area of this message board, not in 16-bit. You'd get more answers by posting these kinds of questions there.