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This is a photo of the marquee. The cabinet was orginally a Streetfighter 2 machine and later converted to Chain Reaction. I have not hooked up the internal speakers yet, so for now I am using the stereo above which is connected directly to my soundcard.. It is also nice to be able to reach up and control the volume. |
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This is the PCB (or Printed Circuit Board) for Chain Reaction. You can see the fingers on the left side which once hooked up to the JAMMA connector. JAMMA stands for Japanse Arcade Machine Manufacturers Association, which created a standard design for PCB to game control connections. All of the positive and negative wires from the buttons and joysticks connected to the PCB via the JAMMA connector. I cut the JAMMA connector off and rerouted all of the positive and negative control wires to the IPAC interface, which connects to the keyboard port on the computer. I was going to hack a keyboard for this purpose, but I decided the IPAC was much more convenient, and it is completely programmable! That means that I can assign whichever buttons or joysticks to whatever function I want. I can also program functions to occur upon a combination of button presses in connection with joystick movements. A few of these functions are programmed into the IPAC by default, such as the combinations that escape out of a game back to the main menu (ArcadeOS) or run games from the menu. |
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This is the coin mechanism. I haven't wired the lights to work yet, but I have wired it to accept coins. This of course, was just for nostalgic purposes, as I have installed buttons on the underside of the control panel that "insert coins" when pressed. Unlimited quarters-I love it! |
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This is the inside of the control panel. Here, you can see all of the + and - wires leading to the IPAC interface. |
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