MVS?

I hear alot of talk about going to MVS. But it seems to me that unless you have Jeff Kurtz BIOS chip you will not be able to modify any of the settings or get into training mode.

What do you have to say on this?

svenask, those people are not talking about a BIOS mod, they're talking about buying a full blown MVS cabinet, or an MVS motherboard and a MAS Super NOVA or GW Trading HGA system, played through the TV. Then buying only MVS carts which are much cheaper than the home carts. Thats what they mean, MVS system rather than home system . . .

No what I mean is this:


If you buy an MVS or a HGA or a converter or what have you - directly running an MVS game on an unit that believes to be MVS would rob you of selecting the difficulty, getting into the training mode, etc...

And that only with Jeff Kurtz BIOS would you be able to modify the internal settings.

In other words, with a modern game like King of Fighters - on the home system you could modify the settings - but once its in MVS mode you will not. Correct?

Yes, you are correct, once you go with an MVS setup, whether its a full cabinet or a MVS board attached to a Super NOVA or HGA, you have only MVS settings to modify. However, MVS almost always has difficulty settings, and blood on/off if appropriate (fighting game), and sometimes addtional settings like hidden stages (MSX). The MVS board has dip switches that also allow for interesting changes. The home cart system, on the other hand, may have music selection screen (to play different music tracks) and other options not found in the MVS options.

So, once you go with an MVS setup, you lose home system options, but difficulty is usually part of the MVS setup screens.

I don't think that Jeff modifies MVS setups to include the home system BIOS . . . but I may be wrong. He does, obviously, modify home systems to include the arcade BIOS options . . . a mod I had done and am very happy with!!

Blah..... I'll stick with the home versions

Mvs will never be as pretty

Actually, MVS converter allows you to have settings just like the AES counterpart, so you can play MVS cart in practice mode, and what not--that's because since it is connected to the home system, it is using it's bio.