DIY Arcade PCB Reproductions

I'm doing Tank Battalion on a breadboard - but would love a more complex version too. Don't abandon the idea - even if most people didn't want it.

I have some boards that adapt to newer chips and can be burned on a cheap rom burner. They can be read and written.

not bad until you need prom burned lol

would love to do a ghost and goblins one day

I’d be wary about anything that needs shipping or hardware assembly for the foreseeable future. Just in the last month local paper prices suddenly tripled.

I would love to see some DIY arcade kits. Especially since the prices of original boards are so expensive. Plus I think it would promt others to continue to make products for arcade collectors like cases and such.

Buena idea, aunque yo he abandonado el mundo jamma, superguns,...

How about… a Capcom QSound amp board?

No from me, but I still think the project is a cool one!

Would love to see this become an option for people. And more adventures into this area by the MISTER team and collaborators. The more options for people to choose from the better. It may also kickstart other people to put their ideas into practice so I think it's a very beneficial idea for everyone.

On that note: the MiST’s FPGA seems to be very capable for many arcade games. It could be a less expensive solution to use a similar chipset.

Suggestion: What about a custom FPGA-based Jamma board? Maybe not as powerful as the Mister, but something that can run multiple JT cores but targeting arcade machines?

This would be really awesome, but what about things like the CPUs and such, would it still be FPGA based? What about the data roms? This project seems cool, but I'm left with so many questions...

It’s not for me but I still think it’s a great idea for those that would be interested!

By experience I think the users will be more interested on assembled and tested clones. In this case it's better design the PCB with almost all SMD components to easy the manufacture. I see interesting also 2 versions for same game: one standard with JAMMA connector and another with Scart+power+2*DB15 connectors for people without arcade cabinet

I'm not sure what to answer. It would depend on the game, the price, the skill involved. Also I don't even have a cabinet to put one in. But, I think just the idea is cool as heck and I'd definitely be excited about this sort of thing in general.

A dream is still a IGS PGM. I know it not the eighties but how cool would it be to have a dedicated FPGA PGM board, and even better worked with the actual carts. 😁

This could be the new old. 😄

I would love to make a gyruss board.

I'd love for this! Assuming only basic soldering tools and techniques would be required.

Seems like a fun project since I love soldering

Would love something like this for soldering practice, hope I never have to repair some of my own boards but you never know when something is going to fail

Already assembled would be great. You need good soldering skills to put together a harlequin.

It's not that I don't like soldering. Ive recapped lots of stuff. I just dont want an arcade cabinet. I turned down a big red snk cab a year ago because I don't want to be bothered with it. I prefer to play games on my MiSTer comfortably in my bedroom.

Only worth it if it's flash though, eeproms are getting so expensive

Great idea if cheap enough

It sounds like fun but I think I'd only really be interested if it was for something that MiSTer can't currently reproduce.

Hell yes.

I love to solder, but the whole reason I bought a MiSTer is that I have no patience or room for arcade hardware. I think the project sounds cool it just isn't for me so I'm going to abstain from voting.

I voted no, but for another reason. I love soldering, and I make my own boards (typically throughole solderable breadboards for small projects and the like - nothing to the level of what you do) along with the software, etc. The issue is that I don't see the point. I have a MiSTer, and if I were going to build a full cabinet, I'd just put the MiSTer in that (but, even then, I'd not have a place to put it). So.. why?

Ghosts n goblins would be incredible

I'd instantly buy Flying Shark, and any other shmup that's available.

Do it!

While i love the idea, that means you need to have a monitor of some kind and a psu in order to be able to boot it.

Maybe we could use a small fpga running the core of less common cpus/mcus? I have been thinking about this for a long time.. would be super awesome :). One of my favourite games, kicker, has a Konami-1 cpu that is not available to buy so the only way for that would be to make a 42pin fpga replacement for example. But I don’t know how involving it would be to take a cpu core and make a small pcb with it running on max10 for example

Maybe the only problem is to get the custom ICs and some old CPUs but I really love the idea.

Yeah, a lot of the original boards are getting prohibitively expensive, so building your own is the next best thing, a fun task, and wont need recapping for a long while :-) Agreed that it should avoid using an FPGA, as I would guess that anyone interested and reading this already has one. It would be great if it had a standard Jamma interface so that people could use it in a real cabinet, or with a SuperGun device.

The only thing that might make me hold off is price. I've got so many things I need to buy this winter, that I'm quite a bit behind on that backlog. Other than that, I love these projects. I'm considering rendering the Data East pinball power supply board and putting it up on OSH Park for free use along with a 100% new parts BOM.

Flying Shark = instant buy ;-)

Maybe a younger me would do it, but nowadays is impossible.

It would be awesome, especially if it was something that we could make rom hacks for or even our our own game.

Yes, gladly, even to stay in practice. THT or SMD doesn't matter, but please not <0603 and not <=QFP. I'm (getting) too old and blind for that pieces in it's atomic size. I built an Atari 1088XEL (THT only) and apart from only one component it has worked right at the first try.

There is nothing like assembling a board and powering it up for the first time and it (hopefully) works. Just built a RGBtoHDMI yesterday that i needed and even though it is relatively simple it was still satisfying when it powered on and programmed the CLPD. Just avoid FPGA's on it. PLC's and CLPD's are not to bad for some glue logic, but if a FPGA is used i might as well just use my Mister. Otherwise it would be an awesome project.

Would love to try it out just to understand more about arcade pcb architecture.

I'd literally want it as a hobby piece / art. :)

Yes please!

I’d love a project like this.

I would LOVE this!

I built a ZX Spectrum clone kit before, got me hooked on larger-scale projects like that. I would totally buy one.

I'd personally have no interest, but it seems like a really cool thing to have out there.

Good idea