Interest Check: CPS2 Communication pcbs for Tournament Battle

[Darksoft]

Ok, so we got so far:
@twistedsymphony 4 units
@Derick2k 4 units
@nio 4 units
@zero238 4 units
@bdn103 from Arcade-museum 5 units.
@CPZ - SAVEYOURGAMES 4 units
@chrisapple 4 units.
@Blackfish 4 units.
@u72 4 units.
@rocket 4 units.

Notice this will be prepayment. Let's see if we can get more people joining this to get some reasonable costs.

 

[zero238]

Give me 4 as well.

 

[XeD]

damn it I just use my extra arcade money on a metamorphic force pcb. I'll keep my eye on this just in case I get some disposable income

 

[CPZ - SAVEYOURGAMES]

4 units for me

 

[schmoo]

you could use an old IDE drive jumper to bridge the S-Video Cable and then tape up the end, it seems a lot more work to dig up one but seems more secure.

ironically, the thing I demonstrated probably would make a bridge, would the capacitor wreck anything though?

 

[Mitsurugi-w]

Good question

 

[Derick2k]

Hmmm....Im so excited about this, that I think I am gonna dedicate 4 boards for it instead of using the multis and have some nice CPS2 labels made for them. I might even paint the cases.

 

[Darksoft]

I'd love to see some pictures of that

 

[SmokeMonster]

This was featured in the RetroRGB Weekly Roundup (coverage starts at 2:04):

 

[wigsplitta]

This thread makes me regret selling my original Tournament boards...

+1

...is there an effective limit on the S-Video length or can I use some of those 50ft monoprice S-video cables I have kicking around?

As Mitsu replied before, you can use some really long cables at they'll still work. However, I'd recommend as short (and as high/good quality) as possible

One of my shorter cables failed back in the day, and I seem to remember digging out the only replacement I could find - a 10metre cable - and seeing a bit of lag on that screen.
Not lag in the gameplay, as that takes place on each board, but in stuff like the attract sequence when screen 1,2 & 3 all showed the same, but screen 4 was just slightly behind in catching up.

 

[chrisapple]

I like to order 4 please. Thanks.

 

[Darksoft]

Updated post with current status.

 

[Blackfish]

I'd like a set of 4 too.

Just to confirm would you require 4 CPS2 boards of the same region? Or will it work with multiple regions as long as they have the same Tournament roms on board?

 

[Mitsurugi-w]

You can mix regions and even revisions of the roms and they will still work.

 

[Joko3]

Very cool project, now if only I had three friends :p

 

[u72]

I'd like to order 4 please. Thank you

 

[rocket]

please add me in for a 1 set of 4 boards.

 

[Derick2k]

Does anyone have a better scan of the TB label for the CPS2??

I found this one online and tried to clean up a bit, but my graphics skills are just the worse.

my attempt at cleaning it up



I have 4 NC boards ready to be updated to TB and would like nice labels to go with them.

Patiently waiting for DS to make those comm boards.

 

[kuze]

That actually looks pretty solid considering the source image you're working with.

 

[Derick2k]

Thanks, If I cant get anything better it will have to do. So, will get some labels printed.