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Terminarcade

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Re: Turbo cab!
« Reply #30 on: June 20, 2012, 02:38:13 AM »
Wow, what a badass find sadler! Even that cat is speachless in front of that sexy marquee.
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Samurai Ghost

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Re: Turbo cab!
« Reply #31 on: June 20, 2012, 06:27:53 AM »
Nice buy! With a little TLC that thing will be looking and playing great.
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420GOAT

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Re: Turbo cab!
« Reply #32 on: August 02, 2012, 11:01:53 AM »
hows the progress?
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Bardoly

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Re: Turbo cab!
« Reply #33 on: August 02, 2012, 11:13:41 AM »
Wow!  This looks nice!  I don't remember ever seeing anything like this before. (Turbo that is.)
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reno5

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Re: Turbo cab!
« Reply #34 on: August 03, 2012, 12:10:12 AM »
Very nice. I have some spare place in my basement where it would fit perfectly ;)
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PunkicCyborg

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Re: Turbo cab!
« Reply #35 on: August 03, 2012, 01:44:46 AM »
Sadler said I had dibs on it if he cant get it going  :D

I promise I didn't make that up  8-[






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Re: Turbo cab!
« Reply #36 on: August 03, 2012, 04:18:34 AM »
The actual PC Engine unit that you can see at the bottom of the French magazine scan, I saw on ebay once in 2002 ish.  I believe it was being sold as a PC Engine Jet, and iirc it was going for £150, and it was in Germany.  Never seen one before or since.

also, from http://nfggames.com/games/pce/

Secret 31:
Several Japanese (And possibly other) companies produced adaptors that would allow the PC Engine to function in an arcade cabinet. These would typically include a timer that reset the system when no additional money was inserted before it reached zero, an audio amp, and little else. The unit I have used a large elastic to hold the adaptor to the PC Engine, and with the addition of a few extra parts could function on a megadrive as well. Curiously, it supplied power to the PC Engine through the rear port, not the AC port. Also, it would flash the screen red when the timer was nearly out by maxing the red RGB channel. Obviously this required no changes to the software running on the system.

Secret 32:
If you supply power to the PC Engine or CoreGrafx through the rear expansion port it will bypass the power switch, and you can't turn the system off. This will also bypass the regulator and fuse, so use caution!


*edit* a quick google of "PC engine jet" reveals: http://turbo.mindrec.com/digest/file.php?yr=TURBO.2001&issue=01.TURBO.0134

That might actually be the same one I saw!

And you might want to talk to this guy: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~wizkid/arcade/pcjet.html
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420GOAT

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Re: Turbo cab!
« Reply #37 on: August 03, 2012, 05:44:28 AM »
dude, i want one so bad!!!!
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Re: Turbo cab!
« Reply #38 on: August 04, 2012, 11:00:22 AM »
Quote from: BlueBMW on June 17, 2012, 04:20:09 PM
Some of the connectors in there look similar to the connection that were on the harness attached to the original UA TG16 jamma unit I had.  Calling it JAMMA wasn't quite right.... it used some JAMMA like parts, but it really didnt connect plug and play to a jamma cabinet.  It had to be wired in.  Though you could wire it to a jamma fingerboard and make it a jamma compatible unit.

Oh and, while the cabs were pitched as TG16, it is actually a PC engine system used.  They just sold modified game hucards to run US games on it.


Do you still have this? It sounds like you no longer have it

Anway, I'd love for you to decide on the best way to describe this beautiful beast. Is "TG-16 Jamma*" and then a disclaimer to accompany the asterisk the best way to go?

The reason I'm asking is because MANY MOONS AGO I took  your old, fabulous thread on the TG-16 Jamma Unit  and made it into a nice page:


United Artists TG-16 JAMMA

THE PROBELM IS THAT I NEVER FINISHED THE END (I tried to write up a section about United Amusements and the owner and blah blah blah).

SO IF ANYONE CAN HELP ME FINISH THIS, I would be eternally grateful.

I totally forgot I had done this until seeing this thread.

Also, I couldn't believe that BMW's great thread wasn't listed yet! WTF??!!

FINALLY: I am totally envious of everyone!


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Drakon

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Re: Turbo cab!
« Reply #39 on: August 04, 2012, 11:51:45 AM »
Great piece of history for sure!  Too bad these were made using particle board..
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Re: Turbo cab!
« Reply #40 on: August 04, 2012, 04:31:39 PM »
The TG16 Jamma unit I had is now in the hands of turbo museum curator henrycsc as his collection was far more deserving of such a piece.

You might contact him and see if he has any more info on it.
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Re: Turbo cab!
« Reply #41 on: August 05, 2012, 05:31:18 AM »
Is this the one that has been posted on craigslist in Colorado forever without pics? Either way.....holy f****** s***, NICE SCORE!
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Re: Turbo cab!
« Reply #42 on: August 05, 2012, 08:46:10 AM »
Not much to report yet. I got a JAMMA harness in, and a US Duo that I've sent to BMW to be JAMMA-ized.



esteban, that's a great link, thanks!

GameFreak, I suspect that's the one. Can't imagine there are that many TG cabs floating around CO! :D
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esteban

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Re: Turbo cab!
« Reply #43 on: August 06, 2012, 12:21:43 AM »
This cabinet is simply too awesome. I can't express its beauty in words, so I won't.

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Bardoly

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Re: Turbo cab!
« Reply #44 on: May 10, 2013, 07:09:01 PM »
Well, since you reminded us of this thread..., how's this project coming along?
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