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Hey it’s me again. Lol. This Sonic Wings 3 was in the cabinet. But I don’t know much about Neo Geo. Is this a legitimate MVS cart with some type of jamma adapter?

Not sure if this is “converted cart”, clone, or what. The SNK sticker looks promising.

I saw these for about $180 on eBay unless it was not the same kind. Anyone know what I got here or the relative value?

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Segafan1985 said:
Hey it’s me again. Lol. This Sonic Wings 3 was in the cabinet. But I don’t know much about Neo Geo. Is this a legitimate MVS cart with some type of jamma adapter?

Not sure if this is “converted cart”, clone, or what. The SNK sticker looks promising.

I saw these for about $180 on eBay unless it was not the same kind. Anyone know what I got here or the relative value?

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That's a Neo geo 1 slot. It's jamma
Very handy to have in case you don't have and MVS wired cab to play Neo Geo carts
 
Segafan1985 said:
Hey it’s me again. Lol. This Sonic Wings 3 was in the cabinet. But I don’t know much about Neo Geo. Is this a legitimate MVS cart with some type of jamma adapter?

Not sure if this is “converted cart”, clone, or what. The SNK sticker looks promising.

I saw these for about $180 on eBay unless it was not the same kind. Anyone know what I got here or the relative value?

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The only real way to tell whether the cart is legit is to open it up and compare the boards to the legit ones on MVS Scans: https://www.mvs-scans.com/index.php/Aero_Fighters_3

Just be careful not to crease the label too much by opening it like a book.
 
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I believe I have all 3 jamma variations. Anything 2 slot+ is MVS and its not advisable to run those in non-mvs wired cabs. They cause audio issues, etc.
 

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tDRG said:
The only real way to tell whether the cart is legit is to open it up and compare the boards to the legit ones on MVS Scans: https://www.mvs-scans.com/index.php/Aero_Fighters_3

Just be careful not to crease the label too much by opening it like a book.
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I wouldn't bother opening it. It's a genuine cart.

Nice find! Aero Fighters 3 is definitely worth something. It's a great game too!
 
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I managed to pull the monitor out myself without a helper. Pretty proud of myself. I did forget one cable I had to disconnect so I had to pull that out and not drop the monitor. Luckily I succeeded.

Looks like other parts of the loom are patchy and cut up a little too.

Think a repair is definitely in order. Maybe a nice clean too for the wiring. But I think I’d rather pay for a pro to do that.



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Has anyone tried these out? I wanna play crazy taxi and outrun 2 so bad. Can you use a wireless dongle with these?

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Would be cool to get some customized Xbox controllers for it.

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Ewww. Non Japanese coin mech

Worst part was the coin chute was super jammed with nickles, quarters, pennies, straw wrappers. I struggled becuase I tried to clear the jam with it still in the machine at first.

I was getting pretty frustrated.

I took it out and put soapy water in it and continued using a flathead screwdriver to pry it apart a little and then finally all that change came flying out.

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Luckily I found a spare one in my OG Astro. Wasn’t sure how to replace but figured it out. Was a very satisfying upgrade. Looks way better in my opinion and didn’t have to anything to make it accept yen.

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I want to put my VF3 in the Astro 2. Anything to be careful of? The stock Astro 2 power supply should be good right? Thank you.
 
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Astro 2 was for Virtua Fighter 1. If it has the stock PSU, then it is missing the 3.3V rail needed for Model 3.
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Would either of these solutions work?
 

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I have no idea what the Japan-arcade harness is for.

The Edokko-chan one could work. The problem is it's using a PC PSU. Those don't have user adjustable voltages. That can be hit or miss with arcade hardware.

Mean Well QP-150-3A is the PSU I normally recommend, but you would need to make the harness for it yourself or ask someone like @Lemony Vengeance to make one for you.
 
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I have no idea what the Japan-arcade harness is for.

The Edokko-chan one could work. The problem is it's using a PC PSU. Those don't have user adjustable voltages. That can be hit or miss with arcade hardware.

Mean Well QP-150-3A is the PSU I normally recommend, but you would need to make the harness for it yourself or ask someone like @Lemony Vengeance to make one for you.
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Wondering if the Blast City is a better candidate. But then I’d have to remove my NetDimm from the Blast and I’m sure I’d need help / equipment moving that to the Astro 2.
 
Naomi hardware has the same problem. It needs 3.3V as well.

Naomi also looks like trash in 15khz.

I would keep the Naomi in the Blast.
 
nem said:
Naomi hardware has the same problem. It needs 3.3V as well.

Naomi also looks like trash in 15khz.

I would keep the Naomi in the Blast.
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Gotcha. The Sun power supply I have must be 3.3 v then?

Does the Astro 2 support medium resolution for VF3?
 
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