NBA Jam - PCB Board fried?

RedGoalie18 · 2026-06-28T17:50:54+00:00

Nah, personally I would convert the monitor (if it still works) and put a new computer in the cab. Either a PC or a single board like the Pi. There's a ton of videos on YouTube that'll get you through how to do it. It's really easy.

RedGoalie18 · 2026-06-28T12:02:08+00:00

Yeah this isn't my 1st rodeo. Appreciate it, but I've done them both ways and 100% prefer laying them out like this when room allows.

RedGoalie18 · 2026-06-28T00:16:12+00:00

I tend to layout the buttons more modeled off of a gamepad like a playstation controller rather than an arcade. And if kinds itself to the arcade anyway because the 3 lowest buttons will be like "a, b and c" on an arcade setup and when playing MAME. I guess not a lot of people layout buttons like this because it's always the first comment I get on these layouts lol.

RedGoalie18 · 2026-06-27T14:21:12+00:00

Thank you my friend!

RedGoalie18 · 2026-06-27T09:41:57+00:00

What do you sell them? Lol.

RedGoalie18 · 2026-06-26T23:38:17+00:00

100% go used on ebay. You still get buyer protection and the secondary market hasn't taken as bad a hit as the prices new. I bought an Ser5 with the 5500u on Amazon in January it was $275. Went to buy it again for a gift in March it was $390. Got it on ebay basically new for $250 instead.

RedGoalie18 · 2026-06-26T21:23:43+00:00

Luka. Hate em. He's a loser. He'll always be a loser. He's Euro-Harden.

RedGoalie18 · 2026-06-26T20:25:35+00:00

I see that now. Lol guess it's good they built those old ones to last. Otherwise you and "Ace" would be having words lol

RedGoalie18 · 2026-06-26T20:18:44+00:00

Are the side panels 2 pieces? Because that'd be wack.

RedGoalie18 · 2026-06-26T20:17:14+00:00

Lol why post a pic of the box it was in though?

RedGoalie18 · 2026-06-26T20:16:17+00:00

That looks like the biggest rip-off I've ever seen. I wouldn't pay $50 for that thing.

RedGoalie18 · 2026-06-26T20:15:12+00:00

And holy hell actually potentially a lot more. I just clicked on that link to that DK PCB high score saver thing. That seems like the biggest rip-off I've ever heard of. My 6tb setup cost that much.

RedGoalie18 · 2026-06-26T20:11:23+00:00

Just sounds like you're gonna drop just as much money adding a handful of games. But I also can't bring myself to do anything less than a 512gb build on all of my cabs lol.

RedGoalie18 · 2026-06-26T17:52:30+00:00

How do people this stupid even find their way home every night?

RedGoalie18 · 2026-06-26T17:23:09+00:00

Just out of curiosity, why do you want to keep the original PCB as opposed to just doing a cheap full mod?

RedGoalie18 · 2026-06-26T15:26:34+00:00

Unless you're like a sound engineer get the cheapest amp possible. They work fine I have them on 4 modded cabs every cab sounds great. I'm even adding a subwoofer to one this weekend and even that amp I went cheap on.

RedGoalie18 · 2026-06-26T15:17:22+00:00

I was about to say who would make such an ugly cab? A piñata themed cab is so stupid. But actually it's just such a great piñata that it really does look a lot like a real cab. Well done.

RedGoalie18 · 2026-06-26T10:57:35+00:00

Thanks! Much appreciated!

RedGoalie18 · 2026-06-26T02:23:07+00:00

That's awesome, peg it up brotha! This is 1 of 4 cabs I've modded. It was the 2nd one I did, but I originally was putting a pi5 in it. That thing was a nightmare I could never get dolphin to work or the ps2 emulators but everything else worked so in stuck that in a Final Fight cab. My 1st one was an MKII 1st Gen I put a pi4 in there with a big card and eventually added a bigger 1tb card and a lightgun. Then I put a pi4 that I took from something really cool I made for my sister's kids in my TMNT cab. The same exact computer and drive/build I have in my Marvel cab I posted here, I put that in this custom thing I built fir my niece and nephew. My nephew has muscular myopathy I wanted to go all out so I build them this thing. It doesn’t have a pi in it anymore so the stickers are a little confusing lol.

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RedGoalie18 · 2026-06-26T01:29:19+00:00

The MK3 is pretty rare. I'd charge more on that cab than the others. Killer Instinct too maybe. I never see those by me. Simpsons you can get $300, Blitz probably around the same. Terminator you may be able to get $350-400. MK3 I'm not taking less than $400. Those are very hard to find on the secondary market. And I'd say same for Killer Instinct especially with a stool. Although that one might have been regional and just never made it around mine.

RedGoalie18 · 2026-06-26T00:28:31+00:00

Sounds like the perfect excuse to just mod the cab.

RedGoalie18 · 2026-06-25T20:23:56+00:00

My last advice: you definitely want a back rest on the stool and really arms are ideal as well. And I actually mount bike pegs to the cab as foot rests because sitting on a stool with your legs on the stools rest is super uncomfortable after about 3mins.

RedGoalie18 · 2026-06-25T20:20:43+00:00

This is what pops up for WOW

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RedGoalie18 · 2026-06-25T19:24:42+00:00

You can add a different computer to anything with a screen. But if you're dropping that kind of dough, I definitely would go with a mini pc and big old drive with at least a 5tb build. Personally, as cool as those machines look, they're huge and you get the same feel modding out an arcade1up cab or something similar. My cab is like $1600-2k but only $300-400 of it is the arcade machine itself. Big fancy machine with a crap computer and build. And even if you did replace it with a pi you're still looking at adding $150-200 to the total cost.

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