wraggster
April 14th, 2014, 20:17
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An old Neo Geo Arcade, a Raspberry Pi, and some time were all [Matthew] needed to build this Pi Powered Arcade Emulator Cabinet (http://imgur.com/gallery/QYZ0x).
Neo Geo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_(system)) was originally marketed by SNK as a very expensive home video console system. Much like the Nintendo Play Choice 10 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayChoice-10), SNK also marketed an arcade system, the MVS. The Neo Geo MVS allowed arcade operators to run up to six titles in a single cabinet. The MVS also allowed players to save games on memory cards.
[Matthew's] cabinet had seen better days. Most of the electronics were gone, the CRT monitor was dead, and the power supply was blown. Aside from a bit of wear, the cabinet frame was solid and the controls were in good shape. He decided it would be a good candidate for an emulator conversion.
We’ve seen some pretty awesome arcade conversions in the past, such as this Halloween rendition of Splatterhouse (http://hackaday.com/2013/10/31/a-killer-arcade-cabinet-for-halloween/). For his conversion, [Matthew] stuck to the electronics, leaving most of the old arcade patina intact. The CRT did fire up after some components were replaced. [Matthew] ran into some refresh rate issues with the Raspberry Pi, so he opted to swap it out with a modern LCD monitor. Controls were wired up with the help of an I-PAC board (http://www.ultimarc.com/ipac1.html).
[Matthew] had to write a driver to handle the I-PAC, but he says it was a good learning experience. Aside from the LCD screen, the result looks like it could be found in the back of an old bowling alley, or a smokey bar next to Golden Tee. Nice work, [Matthew]!
http://hackaday.com/2014/04/14/neo-geo-arcade-gets-second-life-with-a-raspberry-pi/
An old Neo Geo Arcade, a Raspberry Pi, and some time were all [Matthew] needed to build this Pi Powered Arcade Emulator Cabinet (http://imgur.com/gallery/QYZ0x).
Neo Geo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_(system)) was originally marketed by SNK as a very expensive home video console system. Much like the Nintendo Play Choice 10 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayChoice-10), SNK also marketed an arcade system, the MVS. The Neo Geo MVS allowed arcade operators to run up to six titles in a single cabinet. The MVS also allowed players to save games on memory cards.
[Matthew's] cabinet had seen better days. Most of the electronics were gone, the CRT monitor was dead, and the power supply was blown. Aside from a bit of wear, the cabinet frame was solid and the controls were in good shape. He decided it would be a good candidate for an emulator conversion.
We’ve seen some pretty awesome arcade conversions in the past, such as this Halloween rendition of Splatterhouse (http://hackaday.com/2013/10/31/a-killer-arcade-cabinet-for-halloween/). For his conversion, [Matthew] stuck to the electronics, leaving most of the old arcade patina intact. The CRT did fire up after some components were replaced. [Matthew] ran into some refresh rate issues with the Raspberry Pi, so he opted to swap it out with a modern LCD monitor. Controls were wired up with the help of an I-PAC board (http://www.ultimarc.com/ipac1.html).
[Matthew] had to write a driver to handle the I-PAC, but he says it was a good learning experience. Aside from the LCD screen, the result looks like it could be found in the back of an old bowling alley, or a smokey bar next to Golden Tee. Nice work, [Matthew]!
http://hackaday.com/2014/04/14/neo-geo-arcade-gets-second-life-with-a-raspberry-pi/