(Ms.) Pac Man 96in1 groupbuy

[level42]

Anyone interested in teaming up for this kit:

http://home.everestkc.net/mdoyle/multipac.htm

Regular price is mentioned at $155,-

We might be able to get a bit better price of we order more and at least save on shipping....

Let's hear it !

[Muerto]

sorry, not interested after that April´s fool you pulled! 

[level42]

 

Damn I had to type a shit-load of text to make it at least a bit convincing

So, no-one interested ? It sure looks like the easiest to install option.  The alternatives require either multiple boards or lots of soldered wires to it/mods to the board, which I don't like. Not that I can't do it, I just prefer to keep it as original as possible, plus I can spend my time better than soldering a zillion wires.

[Superully]

first of all a general question: have all the ms pac-man from paul been hacked? haven't had the chance to test mine yet ...

then: what has been done to change the game to what it is now? replace rams? if so, why not replace them again with the original rams to simply play ms pac?

[ckong]

Not interested André.

then: what has been done to change the game to what it is now? replace rams? if so, why not replace them again with the original rams to simply play ms pac?

You just exchange one or two Eproms, that's it.

[gyruss]

I ordered 2 Eproms from Hobbyroms to reverse the hacks.
The speed-up chip is located at 6F,  and the maze hack is on the smaller daughter board at U6.
Total cost $20, I'll install them next week and will let you guys know if it works.

I want to make mine as original as possible, so i'm not interested in the multi pac

[Superully]

I ordered 2 Eproms from Hobbyroms to reverse the hacks.

that's exactly what i'm looking for! once you've tested the chips and it's working, it would be nice if you could give us the details which chips to order.

[level42]

Damn I wish I'd be at the office sooner....I can erase and burn those EPROMS without a problem there.....

[gyruss]

that's exactly what i'm looking for! once you've tested the chips and it's working, it would be nice if you could give us the details which chips to order.

I'll let you know.

[Superully]

Damn I wish I'd be at the office sooner....I can erase and burn those EPROMS without a problem there.....

you can do that by yourself? may i ask why youre thinking about getting the 96in1?

[Blanka]

What is the Video-out signal? Can it drive a VGA screen?

[level42]

Damn I wish I'd be at the office sooner....I can erase and burn those EPROMS without a problem there.....

you can do that by yourself? may i ask why youre thinking about getting the 96in1?

Yes I can. We have an eprom eraser and burner at the company (for burning eproms of fire-alarm systems).

Maybe if I ask nicely someone can do it for me there.

What I want for my Ms.Pac (and I think some of you haven't thought about this just yet):

1) Hi-score save
2) free play with normal attract screen. The built-in free-play keeps showing the start screen, you don't want that to burn in your monitor....
3) a no-solder (or almost no solder) solution

Those are the essentials, anything extra is just nice, like screen-saver and extra games.

The 96in1 meets all these requirements. The other solutions require at least 2 boards and/or lot's of soldering.

I'm now looking at this thread which looks promising http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=127153&highlight=multi+pac (but still requires 2 boards AND some extra sockets...., it's probably not cost-efficient to have to order these 2 boards separatly compared to the 96 in 1, with shipping etc.)



I'd LOVE to be able to play Jr. but that's completely different hardware, to do that you need a separate Jr. Board and switch over. However I may end up with a 48in1 in my Puckman so I can play it with the original Pac joystick on that one.

[gyruss]

You can use the Lizard Lick jamma adapter with your 48-in-1.
It's also possible to rewire the player 1 and 2 button so you can play games like burgertime, Donkey Kong etc:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eAL4cGU6MQ&feature=related

[ckong]

http://arcade.souzaonline.com/downloads.html

I ordered the third one (fro pac-man and ms.pac-man) and the galaga one. Three eproms, $ 27 including shipping at Hobbyroms (Stephan), where gyruss ordered his roms also.

I ordered all kind of Eproms at Stephan the last few years, mainly for Japanese SHMUP's. They always worked flawlessly.

[Robinholland]

I buy another pacman board on ebay yesterday
This will be a 4in1 pcb
My 4e pcb 

pacman
ms-pacman
pacman plus
pacman 4in1