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General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: arcadefever on July 27, 2006, 10:49:29 PM

Title: BUBBLE BOBBLE almost there .....
Post by: arcadefever on July 27, 2006, 10:49:29 PM
I'm very close, to own a Bubble bobble pcb  :D
that one of my favorite game EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!
i spend hours playing that game on my old (amstrad cpc)
and a few extra on M.A.M.E....

For some reasons the pcb is a bit hard to find, few time saw it on ebay, but it always pass the $200 mark  :cry:

one time i found one from a collector, but he got a bit greedy and try to sell it to me for $399  :shock:  (yheaaaaaa right....)

last week i finally saw one for a good price, but at risk  :?

the seller as only 2 feedback on ebay  :roll:  but he list the pcb as working with wiring harness AND marquee  :wink:

i know that i score a few good deal from minimum feedback ebay member.. ($25 for a golden axe 2 )

just hope everything get ok with that deal.

next step , will be to build a jamma loom , it should be easy coz the wires are already there ....

that the picture of the auction.....

(http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/3365/003gl7.jpg)
Title: BUBBLE BOBBLE almost there .....
Post by: DarthNuno on July 30, 2006, 12:06:23 AM
BUBBLE BOBBLE  :P  :P  :P

It's common to see the modern adapatation pcb on ebay : Bubble Memories, Bubble Symphony... but very uncommon to see the orginial 86' pcb at a raisonable price   :?

I remember playing it at the time  :) , but I honestly can't remember if the game was in a dedicated cab'  :?

On Klov, there is a picture of a Bubble Bobble cab' :

(http://www.klov.com/images/B/cBubble_Bobble.jpg)

... but I don't know if there was a true dedicated cab...

Anyway, it's a true classic  :D  I hope you'll catch it.

DO you have a generic cab to put it in  :roll:  :?:
Title: BUBBLE BOBBLE almost there .....
Post by: arcadefever on July 30, 2006, 12:38:48 AM
bubbe bobble was sell as a "convertion kit"
i never saw an original cab, even after intense research on the net...

i'm in the process to get few "double jamma adapter" so some cabs will have some hidden games  :wink:

easy to switch games, just by pressing player 1 & 2 at the same time....

1942 & 1943 will be the first one.

another one very soon will be kung fu master & vigilante, in the same cab.

bubble bobble will team with tetris  :D

i will post more details later about this double team games  :D
Title: BUBBLE BOBBLE almost there .....
Post by: DarthNuno on July 30, 2006, 12:23:30 PM
I'm thinking about doing the same job with my Xevious cab, who's running a jamma Namco Collection 1 pcb (Xevious, Galaga & Mappy /  original + arrangement versions )
I plan to get the Namco Collection 2 ( Pac Man, Dig Dug & Rally X /  original + arrangement versions ) and use a double jamma adapter like you  :o
Is it expensive ? Where to buy it ?

By the way, I remember to see these cab' with two games inside, but it was a manual switch, close to the coin door...
Title: BUBBLE BOBBLE almost there .....
Post by: arcadefever on July 30, 2006, 08:22:00 PM
well, mike's arcade sell it.. a bit expensive, but all the cables are there :)

on that one you have 2 choices:
-press player 1 and 2 at the same time to change games (no need of extra buttons)

-or install a button to switch games, directly from a pin on the jamma harness....

(http://www.mikesarcade.com/eStore/photos/DBL-JAMMA.jpg)

http://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/store.pl?sku=DBLJAMMA

this include 2 (1/2) foot jamma cables...

i use to know somebody who sell them cheaper , but he doesnt include the cables.
i just contact him to see if he has more .....

and that one, is going to be for my double dragon cab  :lol:

8 games in one cab  :shock:

(http://www.multigame.com/MG_IMAGES/MJ_diag_s.JPG)

http://www.multigame.com/jamma.html

 :D
Title: BUBBLE BOBBLE almost there .....
Post by: arcadefever on July 30, 2006, 08:26:52 PM
Quote from: "DarthNuno"
I'm thinking about doing the same job with my Xevious cab, who's running a jamma Namco Collection 1 pcb (Xevious, Galaga & Mappy /  original + arrangement versions )
I plan to get the Namco Collection 2 ( Pac Man, Dig Dug & Rally X /  original + arrangement versions ) and use a double jamma adapter like you  :o
Is it expensive ? Where to buy it ?

By the way, I remember to see these cab' with two games inside, but it was a manual switch, close to the coin door...


dont bother with that  :wink:

just get a 39 in one jamma pcb  8)  much better .... and it has vga output..
Title: BUBBLE BOBBLE almost there .....
Post by: arcadefever on August 09, 2006, 05:06:47 PM
8) i just got it last night ...

the marquee is in perfect condition, and the pcb look ok.
i love the logo on one of the chips...
i tried to start the jamma loom, but i was surprise to see so many connectors  :shock:

usually most pcb have 1...

on the part side , you have a 44 pins connector (for the controls)
on the solder side, you have ANOTHER connector, this one is 36 pin (most of it is +5 and gnd
and also on the pcb a molex 12 pins connector, for +5/+12+and -5.... :roll:

i will post some pictures later....

hope it work  :|
Title: BUBBLE BOBBLE almost there .....
Post by: DarthNuno on August 10, 2006, 09:00:00 PM
Quote from: "arcadefever"

and also on the pcb a molex 12 pins connector, for +5/+12+and -5.... :roll:

i will post some pictures later....

hope it work  :|


The good new is that your pcb has standart voltage +-5 and +12V...

The bad thing is that you'll have to do several 'custom' wires  :?

...take your time, do a clean job (like you already for your other games  :wink:  ) ... and that Bubble Bobble pcb will rise again... at the ArcadeFever's Lair :P  :P  :P

Wanna see it runing soon INSIDE the cab'  :o  :wink:
Title: BUBBLE BOBBLE almost there .....
Post by: arcadefever on August 12, 2006, 10:24:44 PM
:shock:  wowwwwwwwwwww
that was the most tricky jamma loom i ever done. so many cables and connections, what a nightmare  :twisted:

first the pcb, look at that logo  8)  is that cool or what ?  :o

(http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/4972/kif1672oq6.jpg)

this is the  pcb and jamma loom i build:

(http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/4203/kif1673mw1.jpg)

(http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/7076/kif1674vu3.jpg)

here you can have an idea of what is going on  :shock:  
3 connectors :
1 for the controls
1 for +5
1 for the power +12 -5 and some +5v of course  :roll:

you can see the 44 pin connector the 22 pin and 12 pin

(http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9210/kif1675xr8.jpg)

here you can see on a better angle the tones of cables to make that sucker work  :twisted:  it look like a SPACE STATION  :wink:

took me so long  :| ...

(http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/5721/kif1677bn3.jpg)


and ?



 :D  yheaaaaaaaaaa it work ... wowwwwww that sweet  :P

i will post some pictures of the game later...
Title: BUBBLE BOBBLE almost there .....
Post by: DarthNuno on August 13, 2006, 07:52:19 AM
WOw  :shock:

That pcb is beautifull :

(http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/4972/kif1672oq6.jpg)

...the TAITO chip with the character printed on it,  :o  that pcb deserves to be framed on your Gaming Room   :P

What a job you made to wire it  :shock:  How many time for doing all the job ?

I know "that" beautifull moment, just after hours of work, when you plug all the thing and... it works  :P  :P  :P

Congratulation  :!:
Title: BUBBLE BOBBLE almost there .....
Post by: arcadefever on August 14, 2006, 01:36:25 AM
it work perfectly ....

what a cool game !!!!

(http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/1609/kif1684ep9.jpg)

(http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/6205/kif1685mn8.jpg)

(http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/5055/kif1683zy7.jpg)

 8)