Neo Geo MVS Dimensions

orc.one · Apr 14, 2020

Working on a project. Since I don't have any MVS PCBs myself, I was wondering if there were some place where I could find the following information:

I'm looking for dimensions of most PCB variants (including the multi-slots), and the positions of the cart slots.

Normally I expect to find this with a search engine, but for some reason, my google-fu only gives me cart dimensions.

—Scott

Larrs888 · Apr 15, 2020

Hi,

If you have a look in the service manuals of each motherboard, the dimensions are stated on the relevant page.

http://www.hardmvs.fr/html/PCBcompare.php

Click on the board model number to link to a scan of the service manual. I hope that helps.

orc.one · Apr 17, 2020

It does! Here's what I have so far:

Neo Geo Arcade MVS PCB Dimensions in mm

PCB type	depth	width	height	notes
MV-1	380	290	94	(source)
MV-1A	250	190	86
MV-1AX				* not found * (are these the same?)
MV-1B	266	125	100	(source)
MV-1C	220	170	90
MV-1F	290	290	94
MV-1FS				* not found * (no pdf)
MV-1FZ	250	190	86
MV-1T				* not found * (no pdf)
MV-2				* not found * (no pdf)
MV-2F				* not found *
MV-4F				* not found *
MV-4T				* not found * (no pdf)
MV-6F	470	380	60 (85?)	(source)

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Though none of this gives me more than an impression of where the cart slots actually are on the PCBs.

(I swear there is a practical reason for asking, but I'm not in the habit of letting on what I'm doing until I've done at least something worth showing.)

—Scott

NexusX · Apr 17, 2020

Cart slot location? I assume you are making an enclosure or something?

orc.one · Apr 17, 2020

NexusX said:
Cart slot location? I assume you are making an enclosure or something?

Making, no, at least not yet. That would depend on the cost, and I'm thinking about stainless steel.

But designing, yes. I suppose it might be a hybrid of cabinetry or consolization, but I'm taking inspiration from big iron from the early 90s by considering some sort of backplane arch for several PCBs, not just NG.

orc.one · Apr 19, 2020

I've started settling on a design language for the cases, one of which could be built to accommodate more than a single arcade PCB (and more than just Neo Geo stuff) by combining access to a supergun via some sort of backplane. Not sure yet how many to accommodate yet.

Along those lines, I've started calling the cases project Martensite, and the backplane/innards project Zorch.

Larrs888 · Apr 20, 2020

Ah I didn't realise you wanted slot locations. I'm not sure how easy that will be to get without either buying the boards and measuring yourself or asking people that own them to provide details.

For what its worth another source of manual scans is Arcade Museum, for example: https://www.arcade-museum.com/manuals-videogames/N/NeoGeo 1 Slot MV1B Users English.pdf

Good luck with your project.

orc.one · Apr 20, 2020

Thank you! The link you provided fills out two more PCB dimensions. I've edited the post above to reflect this, in case anyone else might need this (and am creating a thread over on my own site to document the design and any construction).

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