Definitely hold off for one that's already been recapped. It's a messy-looking terrible job to do.
OJ conversion myself out of curiosity.Its not that its faulty per-say, but yes it will likely fail at some future point.
I'll have to try to find it. didn't bookmark it and its been about a month. I think they where talking about the Ketsui in particular. would be a hard thing to check for. Would have to memorize the bullet patterns, and or have both copies to compare. i'm going to check YT videos of the games. I can at least say I think the sound on a PMG is awesome.@MissionFailed any chance of PM'ing me that thread? I know that the conversions have better audio quality than the original boards, but I've never heard about differences in bullet patterns or anything. I'll have a bit of spare PGM stuff here in a couple weeks and was thinking about doing the DDP
from another thread :
I am surprised someone has not come up with a replacement for this. Is it simply some type of audio circuit on a chip package? I would love to get an schematic of it.
If you manage to find a way to do it please share, I would like to do the same as I already have a few PGM spares.Definitely hold off for one that's already been recapped. It's a messy-looking terrible job to do.
@MissionFailed any chance of PM'ing me that thread? I know that the conversions have better audio quality than the original boards, but I've never heard about differences in bullet patterns or anything. I'll have a bit of spare PGM stuff here in a couple weeks and was thinking about doing the DDP
I will certainly do soIf you manage to find a way to do it please share, I would like to do the same as I already have a few PGM spares.Definitely hold off for one that's already been recapped. It's a messy-looking terrible job to do.@MissionFailed any chance of PM'ing me that thread? I know that the conversions have better audio quality than the original boards, but I've never heard about differences in bullet patterns or anything. I'll have a bit of spare PGM stuff here in a couple weeks and was thinking about doing the DDP
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hahahaha....Ok, rephrasing of my comment/intentions. If the audio circuit cant be repaired or repaired in a decent manner, why not make a replica of that audio/chip circuit that is identical to the original and fits/works exactly the same? Minus the black coating, better then throwing the board in the trash.
This is the chip your talking about, correct? Its some sort of capacitor/audio circuit thing on a chip. I am sure an elegant reproduction of it can be made.
There have been a handful of folks on KLOV who have said they were going to take this on over the years. It never seems to get off the ground though.
All the Dreamcast that where thrown in the trash bin because the controller ports stop working....ps1 and ps2 tossed for not reading disc....caps go bad?...throw your genesis in a landfill...better then throwing the board in the trash.
few thread i have found. it looks like the cave PGM cart games, other than DDPII bee storm are conversion carts and not official releases. ...poo pooo.@MissionFailed any chance of PM'ing me that thread? I know that the conversions have better audio quality than the original boards, but I've never heard about differences in bullet patterns or anything. I'll have a bit of spare PGM stuff here in a couple weeks and was thinking about doing the DDP
Sorry, I thought that was known. I didn't mean to insinuate that there were any official releases in PGM cart form.
Thanks brother, good info.
No worries. i was editorializing. Never bother to investigate before. I had only read about the PMG carts in passing. I've always favored the dedicated PCBs in my ignorance. have yet to garner any interest in a PGM above DDPII. finding the differences is always interesting stuff.
probably has a lot to do with it. If most people are getting them for them same source. why would the guy use hot glue anyway. Gross. and I'm guessing not every cart could be made to same quality.
