Newest addition to my arcade

billd420

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I haven't been this excited about a new game in my arcade in I don't know how long.

3rd strike and soul calibur 2 didn't even have me this excited..

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The namco guns are SICK. The solenoid "blow-back" is aces on these things.

-Big Bill
 
bwodie

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so awesome.

I have this:

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only I need a 29" tube for it.
Also only have the point blank 1 boardset, and my namco guns have seen better days (faded and beaten up)
If anyone hears of the boardset or guns for sale let me know :)
 
madman

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Do you have a pic of how you ran the cables? I've been thinking about picking up a gun game or 2 for my Egret 2 cab, but there's no real way to run it without keeping the access panel off.
 
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Don't Namco sell new gun cases?

I know Sega sure do & cheap!
 
billd420

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madman said:
Do you have a pic of how you ran the cables? I've been thinking about picking up a gun game or 2 for my Egret 2 cab, but there's no real way to run it without keeping the access panel off.
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I'll grab a pic after I clean it up a bit. While Point Blank 2 runs on a Jamma PCB (system 11), it comes with a non-jamma I/O that plugs into the jamma harness and the expansion connector (normally used for kick harness on tekken).

That being said, it was a TOTAL bitch to wire up. The dedicated cabinet PCB schematics don't match the revision of the PCB that I have, so I had to trace everything out with my multimeter. I had to go so far as to disassemble the guns to figure out which pins carried the 24v line for the solenoids. I ended up adding a jamma harness for as much as I could. The rest of it basically plugs into the interface PCB.

Pete- Happ controls still sells the namco gun 1/2's, however each shell is going to run me about $90 + shipping. I'll get them eventually, but not quite yet.

bwodie- Do you have that exact cab, or is yours a conversion? I love the dedicated Point Blanks. Mine came in a Mortal Kombat conversion, so I had no hard feelings ripping the guts out.

-B
 
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Namco in the UK (Brent sales) is also quite high priced, generally Namco spares are higher than Sega.
 
billd420

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RGP said:
Namco in the UK (Brent sales) is also quite high priced, generally Namco spares are higher than Sega.
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More expensive and inferior quality from what I hear.

I might have found a lead on some new plastics for $45 per gun... still pretty steep IMO for some plastic...
 
madman

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Where do you have the gun cables coming out of?
 
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billd420 said:
bwodie- Do you have that exact cab, or is yours a conversion? I love the dedicated Point Blanks. Mine came in a Mortal Kombat conversion, so I had no hard feelings ripping the guts out.

-B
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I have that exact Jap cab
is missing screen, and the pink and blue gun holsters, otherwise art is pretty much 100% intact
I got lucky and got the stripped cab for 50 kangaroo dollars (was nothing but the cab, sourced the board set and guns seperatly)
 
billd420

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madman said:
Where do you have the gun cables coming out of?
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Right now, everything is running outside of my astro. I'm in the process of fabricating a box to put everything in, and to mount the gun holsters and hoses.

Generally with my astro cities, I keep it so I can easily switch the games and controls. 3rd strike stays dedicated in my low rez astro, and naomi gdrom in my high rez, however I made a ton of custom connectors so switching games is literally plug and play.

I even went to far as to make Point Blank 2 Jamma (its non jamma by design) so that I can plug it in just like any other game.

-Bill
 
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That's genius bill. I never have the patience to make a bunch of custom connectors.

Maybe I need to pay someone to make em for me.
 
billd420

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RGP said:
Point Blank, JVS?
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Neither jamma or JVS, it uses 3 custom harnesses that combine the Gun I/O, Jamma edge and Namco auxiliary harness.
 
Scott

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Cool stuff. His thread has resparked my interest to get Houe of the Dead running in my Egret 2...if I'm not mistaken it doesn't require sensors like HOTD2, and I already made myself a Model 2 -> JAMMA connector for my Virtua Fighter 2. Hopefully its not much more involved than that :make_fac:
 
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