Absolutely tiny Supergun!

[Geezer]

Check this out:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6111226317

Tiniest SG ever? Quite possibly

It looks like it was professionally made, anyone know where to get one?

Geezer

[Commander Marklar]

Looking at that, you could almost put one together Bet it only cost a few quid to make...

[Geezer]

I've made a SG before, it's not too hard once you have the right tech info and relatively inexpensive too

It's just that this one is v.small and looks machine made so I'd be interested to know who made it and how much for they cost

[MD]

Three problems I see with it are...

1) Power supply is going via wires into a screw terminal... Now if a wire like the 5V comes off then your likely to short the PSU, or worse still damage your PCB...
2) Joypad connections on the board are likely to cause strain and damage... Especially if you trip over the joypad lead... As its going upwards it's likely to drag the board with it rather then come out the supergun...
3) Yay lets play adjust the RGB levels with a tiny plastic driver... fun... I've never seen a real need for this unless your using early non JAMMA compatable boards in which case your not likely to be using a Supergun.

[Commander Marklar]

VGI had a tiny one recently too, about 7 inchs long... although they must have sold it 'cos it ain't on their webby anymore. It was in a little bashed up tin, like a pencil case or something

[highlandcattle]

tiny indeed

[Commander Marklar]

Where's MD's supergun article?

[Magnakai]

Oh, it's here

[killing_floor]

That thread is almost identical to one posted at shmups.com a few weeks ago. So, has that bloke not sold his tiny SG yet?

I found some old computer magazines the other day, wish I could find all the ones that I had. One of them, from about 1989, has an advert selling a games cabinet that played all consoles and all PCBs, and it was silver coloured.

I always say it but it's so true - the games industry is really lagging today compared to what it was, what it already had!, many years ago. It should be ages ahead of what it is today - it's as if someone tried to duplicate this world and botched it all up, and it shows up in areas like that - 'hey, how come arcade and home gaming has gone back in time in terms of how it's progressed?!' it's regressed!

[Geezer]

I never saw that thread at shmups.com. I emailed the guy and he said he has one more, but was unimpresssed with the auction price and wants 99 Euros+postage. I'll just make myself another one

[killing_floor]

I've never done anything like build a thing ever really, but from what I read about making an SG it doesn't look very hard. You'll need some tools for it other than the supplies to make it with. It's basicly just a converter that allows the PCB with the game on it to plug into (a) your TV and (b) your controller(s), and it has it's own power supply.

This looked very informative on how to build your own SG, the size of it is up to you! -

http://chadsarcade.co.uk/oldsite/Supergun/supergunIndex.htm

I think soon we'll see more cabinets coming up for sale that allow multiple PCBs switched, like a bank for say 10 boards that all connect to a cabinet, switch to select what PCB gets played.

I myself would love to see blueprints for existing PCBs (a databank of them online) - so for those really hard-to-find ones it's easier to go looking for what is needed to solder new ones up. ( go raiding old broken electrical goods for chip sets and stuff )