WTB: CPS2 B Boards, preferably phoenixed, any game.
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Lemony Vengeance
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But we already have that. Although pricy and somewhat unreliable on genuine hardware ( and not made anymore).
I wish the CPS2 games had a training mode to be honest.
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That was my biggest gripe about the 18-in-1 boards, is that they weren't a consolidated B-board, but rather a standalone thing.
But more importantly, the fact that Marvel Super Heroes isn't in the list of games is a total deal-breaker for me.
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Out of about 45 games the 18-in-1 only supports 18 and not particularly well. I'm thinking of a solution based on an ARM microcontroller that will be attached to the top of any B Board and will allow for loading any game from a microSD. To choose game just change jumpers. See here:
Out of about 45 games the 18-in-1 only supports 18 and not particularly well. I'm thinking of a solution based on an ARM microcontroller that will be attached to the top of any B Board and will allow for loading any game from a microSD. To choose game just change jumpers. See here:
Nice! Those look like the same simms as a cps2 black board and cps3. Would all 45 games or so fit on those or would you need to flash new games like your cps3 solution?
pm sent about my progear and avp conversions. I would otherwise keep them but I hope I can help you out with this... and possibly instead of selling them, swap vs your future product(s) would be of interest to me. 
I am only guessing but maybe you could fit all games in sd card, then choose game and thats when that one game would load from sd card to ram... and you could probably fit any one game on those simms... they would erase themselves automatically on power loss like reboot (possibly saving some data back to sd card first if need be) and then load another game from sd card the next time... right?
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This isn't RAM, it's a kind of flash memory. Which is why the CPS3 boards are battery-free. you write the game and it stays on there until deleted in bios.
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IT'S HAPENNING!!
Seriously though, I think CPS2 really deserves a nice multiboard. That 18-in-1 isn't generally available, only has a portion of games, has terrible failure rates, and isn't a B board. I'd love to see this happen!
Seriously though, I think CPS2 really deserves a nice multiboard. That 18-in-1 isn't generally available, only has a portion of games, has terrible failure rates, and isn't a B board. I'd love to see this happen!
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Yes,that's right. That picture is of one Board that Capcom delivered with some games and that used SIMMS instead of EPROMS for the graphic part and some of the sound part, but it still needs eproms for the other parts, so it's not a definitive solution.
The idea is the same as with STV Multi-game. All games loaded from a SD card into flash memory. If you don't update the game, then it will be kept in the flashes of the new board.
What I plan to make is a board that "SITS" like the one of the picture, only that without SIMMS, just regular flash roms.
See blog for 64darksoft.blogspot.com
And now, please let's not get out of focus. Who has B Boards for sale? Especially from Europe, as no import taxes, lower shipping costs, etc.
The idea is the same as with STV Multi-game. All games loaded from a SD card into flash memory. If you don't update the game, then it will be kept in the flashes of the new board.
What I plan to make is a board that "SITS" like the one of the picture, only that without SIMMS, just regular flash roms.
See blog for 64darksoft.blogspot.com
And now, please let's not get out of focus. Who has B Boards for sale? Especially from Europe, as no import taxes, lower shipping costs, etc.
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will it play Mega Man the Power battle? apparently that one is a rather difficult one to make a conversion of and the original is rare as hens teeth
But honestly its the same game as the CPS1 version. So it's not that hard to find really. But the CPS2 version is one of the few CPS2 games I do not own and I would love to have an original.
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Yes I know this but I live in an apartment where space is rather limited and CPS2 boards are much easier to stack and store and less likely to break with their protective shells. And personally CPS2 just looks so much nicer and is so much easier to swap out than CPS1.
lol has anyone thought of the possibility of making shells for CPS1?