I like how you handled the jamma part and the av board wiring. As a hobbyist I would have just soldered wires. But you used pin headers and connectors. Not only thinking about installation but also maintenance and repairs. As professional as it can get. And I’m on the same boat with Blazing Star, wasn’t expecting you’d show that game!!. Everyone goes with metal slug or kof. Awesome schmup!! BONUS BONUS BONUS!
Thanks! This one of the few videos where I was building something for myself so I definitely had long term maintenance in mind. And yeah Blazing Star is such a great game! I can always go back to that one
I hate to admit it, but I was addicted to Samurai Showdown on a NEOGEO that used to be in one our Alladin's Castles when I was growing up. This is a really neat build!
I remember, back in the days, more than 20 years ago when I used to "consolize" NeoGeo MVS and other cartridge based arcade units... ...those games were so cool :°( NEED THEM BACK IN MY LIFE :D
For the IC on the Jamma board: just put solder on the pads, on the ground pad(heat dissipation rurface) and just use a heat gun for solder it place. Its much easier, than do it with a soldering iron.
I knew about the AES before the MVS as I stopped going to the arcades once I purchased a Sega Genesis. I have the Omega CMVS & Analogue CMVS Slim which are already complete but its awesome seeing this process from start to finish so we can decide if we have the skills to give it a go ourselves. With that said I’ve determined that the don’t have the skills so I’ll have to stick with my Omega & Analogue units, LOL Good stuff
Just wondering if you have a link or a parts number from digikey or mouser for the exact capacitors and resistor you used for the front board the bom wasn't specific enough and didn't have any part numbers it only had descriptions of the parts. For example don't know what the wattage of the resistor is suppose to be or if your suppose to use a specific tolerance for the capacitors thanks. Really appreciate all these how to videos really helps a beginner like myself put this stuff together thanks for all that you do for the retro community!
It always amazes me how much solder gets used to tack on that Jamma Connector. It's almost worth getting cheaper solder for those connectors and save the nice more expensive solder for the fine work. :)
Thanks so much, I appreciate it! And I agree that it's great to have an open source project like this. Unfortunately there are lots of poorly made and expensive options for consolizing an MVS, and this project is much better than those options!
Is there a complete parts list for this? Also I have never used PCBway any guide on how? I see the github with the schematics for the boards but I am not seeing a list of all the components needed.
There is a complete parts list on the github but it can take some time to find suitable parts. If you message me on my website 1uprestorations.com I can send you a copy of all the parts I got from digikey. I also have spare pcbs that I can send you for cheap
I remember getting tech catalogues back then. I wanted a Neo Geo but the games alone were like 200 dollars each. And the system, I think it was like 1500 dollars. Had to just be happy with my SMS and Turbo grafX
Yeah I have seen all of those advertisements now and the prices for this hardware were always very high. At least with this project it’s now something that is much more affordable
using the same chassis with modifications and able to fit a mini itx pc, a portable monitor and peripherals.. it becomes a grid compass laptop.. that would be awesome...
Hi, need some help here...I have broken my power switch by mistake, the button to power on/off the console. Where did you source that specific part from?
I didn’t think it was a voltage regulator because the power supply is already sending 5 V to the board. And from what I read, it only needs 5 V and nothing else
@@LIRetroGaming Most NEO GEO MVS boards need DC +5V 3A AND DC +12V 1A. 12v typically powered the audio amp and related circuity. The AES only required 5v. Either way, I still doubt that's a fuse you installed. Even if its a self-resetting SOIC fuse chip, the pinout is wrong. If not a voltage regulator, it's a buck converter
personally if i do this i'm going to pre tin the pads for the jamma connector so that when i heat it up to install the port i can just press the tabs down with my iron
Adding HDMI to this build is totally possible. But unfortunately it requires an extra board called the CPS2digital which is out of stock because of the global chip shortage. Hopefully things get better with that soon!
Hey i think i ran into another video you had that went into detail about uploading the files for pcb and parts list into the website in order to buy them, could you point me in a direction it again please?
I have the pcb and github info in the description, but I can also email you my digikey order which has all the parts I picked up. Reach me at my 1uprestorations.con website and I can help
The LED you need to make a cable. If you need to know what any part is, including the LED connectors, please reply to me here. We recently put together a couple of these!
I did, but only because everyone talks about metal slug. I wanted to say a little about some of the other neo Geo games that people don’t discuss. But I love Metal Slug too
I'm confused about how this is "from scratch", it looks like the main board was pulled from a working system... did I miss where you built the main board? I'm sure it was a lot of work, and it's a cool build, but... I don't think this falls into the same category as the other "from scratch" consoles like the MSX, NES, C64, or Game Gear. (All require some original chips, but not an entire pre-existing system board).
Sorry, it’s just hard to condense what I did into a title with a 100 character limit. Normally the open MVS is sold as a kit where all of the PCBs are prebuilt. The part that I built from scratch was all of the open MVS stuff. I wasn’t trying to imply that I built the Neo Geo MV1C board
@@LIRetroGamingSimple, because there is no coin slots. I thought you would create a arcade machine that charges you a penny for every single turns but a coin button is a genius idea. Someone finally hacked it.
@@miimaker2120 'Coin Insert' is just another input wired to the board. Just that normally, this input is wired to the switch in the coin mechanism. Wiring to a button instead was always an option from the start.
I feel clickbaited. I thought "neo geo console from scratch" was somehow a neo-geo compatible system was reverse engineered built from scratch with off the shelf parts... making the mvs dirt cheap forever, not, oh, it's just a consolization kit and you still got to buy a MVS... hardly building a console from scratch.
Sorry, it was really hard to condense this down to 100 characters. The part that was built from scratch was all of the consolizing parts. Until very recently the only way to consolize an MVS was to purchase a preassembled system or a kit. I’m sorry for the choice of words in the title
@@LIRetroGaming It's ok, just mildly annoying -- just enough for me to feel like commenting, you made it clear within the first 2 minutes what it was. so it clearly wasn't intentional. and it could have been a lot worse in terms of clickbait and revealed half way in or something.
I have a printer that can’t print the original print in one go and the two part remix of the print felt a bit flimsy. I designed a shell that can be printed in one go on Prusa i3 sized printers that can be downloaded for free on thingiverse (either search for OMVS mini or thing id 5186184). It’s fully compatible with the OMVS kit save from the power light :-)
Instead of "Fix It Friday" it's "Fabricate It Friday"! I'm here for it! I will say, you're a lot more patient and have a steadier hand than I have.
Thanks! I really love these projects where I can build a console from scratch. Having steady hands definitely helps!
I like how you handled the jamma part and the av board wiring. As a hobbyist I would have just soldered wires. But you used pin headers and connectors. Not only thinking about installation but also maintenance and repairs. As professional as it can get.
And I’m on the same boat with Blazing Star, wasn’t expecting you’d show that game!!. Everyone goes with metal slug or kof. Awesome schmup!! BONUS BONUS BONUS!
Thanks! This one of the few videos where I was building something for myself so I definitely had long term maintenance in mind. And yeah Blazing Star is such a great game! I can always go back to that one
Isn't jamma only for arcade cabinets?
I hate to admit it, but I was addicted to Samurai Showdown on a NEOGEO that used to be in one our Alladin's Castles when I was growing up. This is a really neat build!
That's a great one! There are so many excellent games to enjoy on the Neo Geo. Lately I have been playing Sengoku 3
I remember, back in the days, more than 20 years ago when I used to "consolize" NeoGeo MVS and other cartridge based arcade units...
...those games were so cool :°(
NEED THEM BACK IN MY LIFE :D
Lol and watch them like VHS films because you cant insert coins? Thats hilarious. Wait until they figure out how to install a coin slot.
@@miimaker2120 You don't need a coin slot, you can just set the system to free play.
For the IC on the Jamma board: just put solder on the pads, on the ground pad(heat dissipation rurface) and just use a heat gun for solder it place. Its much easier, than do it with a soldering iron.
That’s a great suggestion! I’ll do that next time
@@LIRetroGaming a hot air rework station would be better if u have one, but the heat gun with narrow tip will do the trick too.
Blazing Star is one of the best shmups.
Brilliant, thanks for recommending this project! BTW, I replaced my Sega nomad screen by following your video and it was great fun!
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Awesome, I’m glad that the nomad video was helpful! And the Open MVS is definitely a fun one to build
This is a awesome kit waiting for my pcb to get here I already have a mvs board
Yes you’re definitely going to love it!
@@LIRetroGaming do you know where I cam get a white led ?
I knew about the AES before the MVS as I stopped going to the arcades once I purchased a Sega Genesis. I have the Omega CMVS & Analogue CMVS Slim which are already complete but its awesome seeing this process from start to finish so we can decide if we have the skills to give it a go ourselves. With that said I’ve determined that the don’t have the skills so I’ll have to stick with my Omega & Analogue units, LOL Good stuff
Those are great consolized MVS options as well! Glad that you enjoyed the video
Such a great work, love the way this looks with the 3d printed shell :D
Thanks! This is one of the few times I made something for myself in one of these videos. Definitely enjoying this envious!
Just wondering if you have a link or a parts number from digikey or mouser for the exact capacitors and resistor you used for the front board the bom wasn't specific enough and didn't have any part numbers it only had descriptions of the parts. For example don't know what the wattage of the resistor is suppose to be or if your suppose to use a specific tolerance for the capacitors thanks. Really appreciate all these how to videos really helps a beginner like myself put this stuff together thanks for all that you do for the retro community!
Extremely helpful even if I only "customized" an old CBOX (basically just transferring the motherboard LOL.)
For the case, if you print a mold in pieces and seal it up tight, then you can mold larger pieces than you could print!
Neo Geo's are pretty poplular. Do you think you could make a couple of kits up and sell em on ebay for decent profit?
I certainly can! I have some spare parts left over from this one so I can make a few more for my 1uprestorations.com website
It always amazes me how much solder gets used to tack on that Jamma Connector. It's almost worth getting cheaper solder for those connectors and save the nice more expensive solder for the fine work. :)
I have one of these kits just gotta find time to put it together
I'm glad that this project exists too. I'm glad that your channel exists!
Thanks so much, I appreciate it! And I agree that it's great to have an open source project like this. Unfortunately there are lots of poorly made and expensive options for consolizing an MVS, and this project is much better than those options!
This is incredible.
Wow very cool. I wish that I had one.
Thanks, glad that you enjoyed the video!
Is there a complete parts list for this? Also I have never used PCBway any guide on how? I see the github with the schematics for the boards but I am not seeing a list of all the components needed.
There is a complete parts list on the github but it can take some time to find suitable parts. If you message me on my website 1uprestorations.com I can send you a copy of all the parts I got from digikey. I also have spare pcbs that I can send you for cheap
This video is really helpful, I’m just struggling to find all
The parts needed. Is it possible to get a copy of the parts list please?
Metal Slug !!!
Using a flux pen, to put a small amount of flux on each pad before you solder, will also make life much easier.
Great stuff
I remember getting tech catalogues back then. I wanted a Neo Geo but the games alone were like 200 dollars each. And the system, I think it was like 1500 dollars. Had to just be happy with my SMS and Turbo grafX
Yeah I have seen all of those advertisements now and the prices for this hardware were always very high. At least with this project it’s now something that is much more affordable
using the same chassis with modifications and able to fit a mini itx pc, a portable monitor and peripherals.. it becomes a grid compass laptop.. that would be awesome...
Hi, need some help here...I have broken my power switch by mistake, the button to power on/off the console. Where did you source that specific part from?
@3:12 the "small fuse" is actually a voltage regulator. Fuses don't typically have 5 connections to them.
I didn’t think it was a voltage regulator because the power supply is already sending 5 V to the board. And from what I read, it only needs 5 V and nothing else
@@LIRetroGaming Most NEO GEO MVS boards need DC +5V 3A AND DC +12V 1A. 12v typically powered the audio amp and related circuity. The AES only required 5v.
Either way, I still doubt that's a fuse you installed. Even if its a self-resetting SOIC fuse chip, the pinout is wrong.
If not a voltage regulator, it's a buck converter
@@robertatkinson6864 It's a self-resetting 3.3-5V eFuse. The part on digikey is STEF4SPUR
personally if i do this i'm going to pre tin the pads for the jamma connector so that when i heat it up to install the port i can just press the tabs down with my iron
Totally fair and that technique should work
@@LIRetroGaming meh i'll probably do both so i don't have to worry but it coming up while cooling at well lol.
you should get Lukhash to record some SID background music for you.
I love that SID music from Lukhash - that would rock!
love the videos, but you gotta do some dusting around that tv lol
lol I hear you. Definitely time for a cleanup!
@@LIRetroGaming Don't do it, it adds to that retro flavor!
I know it's a older video, but the resistors listed on the BOM. Is there any concerns about their power rating?
No issues with the specs on those resistors
if i could solider i would see what it would take to replace the AV port with a HDMI port as most tv's dont use a display port
Adding HDMI to this build is totally possible. But unfortunately it requires an extra board called the CPS2digital which is out of stock because of the global chip shortage. Hopefully things get better with that soon!
I growing up always wanted a NeoGeo. But the cost was to much.
Yeah way too expensive. This project makes it more manageable
My MVS console recently got a pop sound with some smell and it cannot power on now. Could it be from the power adapter? It feels hot when touched
That sounds very bad, like there is a short between ground and voltage. Is it an open mvs?
2:21 - rude 🤪
Oh wow, talk about advanced project.
Yes building it completely from scratch is pretty advanced. But if you can purchase a preassembled kit it’s much better
U paused at bootup....had me worried good work
Hey i think i ran into another video you had that went into detail about uploading the files for pcb and parts list into the website in order to buy them, could you point me in a direction it again please?
I have the pcb and github info in the description, but I can also email you my digikey order which has all the parts I picked up. Reach me at my 1uprestorations.con website and I can help
The LED you need to make a cable. If you need to know what any part is, including the LED connectors, please reply to me here. We recently put together a couple of these!
Oh that’s awesome! Yeah if you could send me the part numbers that would be wonderful
@@LIRetroGaming ok, which ones do you actually need?
This kit still available?
Pretty sure there are a few places making the kit but I haven’t looked
so does the av board have composite? or is it rgb only?
It’s RGB and component video
@@LIRetroGaming im currently using rgb>s-video but its an external converter
i dont have a fancy rgb crt lol
Can't you use a dab of adhesive to lock the component onto the board then you have both hands free to solder the leads of the part.
Yes this would also work, it just might create complications if you make a mistake
COMPLETELY glossed over the best arcade game series of all time, Metal Slug.
I did, but only because everyone talks about metal slug. I wanted to say a little about some of the other neo Geo games that people don’t discuss. But I love Metal Slug too
as is typical my neo geo mvs is a flat loader instead of vertical >< i wanted to be able to install the unibios easier! xD
I'm confused about how this is "from scratch", it looks like the main board was pulled from a working system... did I miss where you built the main board?
I'm sure it was a lot of work, and it's a cool build, but... I don't think this falls into the same category as the other "from scratch" consoles like the MSX, NES, C64, or Game Gear. (All require some original chips, but not an entire pre-existing system board).
Sorry, it’s just hard to condense what I did into a title with a 100 character limit. Normally the open MVS is sold as a kit where all of the PCBs are prebuilt. The part that I built from scratch was all of the open MVS stuff. I wasn’t trying to imply that I built the Neo Geo MV1C board
No memory card slot?
This version of the hardware does not have a memory card slot, but you can restore that with a Neo Bios masta
total price?
I would estimate about $200, and then you also need the MV1C board
I still have my AES. But yeah only 4 games cause they are EXPENSIVE… LIKE $1,000.00+
Yeah the prices are really out of control for the AES. I would grab a flash cart for that one!
@@LIRetroGaming Do you think the "Multi-cart's" are worth it?
Noyce
Neo Geo was the 16-Bit high end console in the 90s. But unfortunately unfordable.
Definitely unaffordable. But at least this project makes it much better
How do you insert coins? There arent any coin slots there. This is nonsense. You can't play the games but only watch them! I'll get an emulator
There’s a coin button on the controller. Why would you think you can only watch the games? That makes absolutely no sense
@@LIRetroGamingSimple, because there is no coin slots. I thought you would create a arcade machine that charges you a penny for every single turns but a coin button is a genius idea. Someone finally hacked it.
@@miimaker2120 'Coin Insert' is just another input wired to the board. Just that normally, this input is wired to the switch in the coin mechanism. Wiring to a button instead was always an option from the start.
6mm x 3mm?? Your hands must be the size of an armchair.
Yeah maybe I’m wrong about that measurement. But they are certainly small!
I feel clickbaited. I thought "neo geo console from scratch" was somehow a neo-geo compatible system was reverse engineered built from scratch with off the shelf parts... making the mvs dirt cheap forever, not, oh, it's just a consolization kit and you still got to buy a MVS... hardly building a console from scratch.
Sorry, it was really hard to condense this down to 100 characters. The part that was built from scratch was all of the consolizing parts. Until very recently the only way to consolize an MVS was to purchase a preassembled system or a kit. I’m sorry for the choice of words in the title
@@LIRetroGaming It's ok, just mildly annoying -- just enough for me to feel like commenting, you made it clear within the first 2 minutes what it was. so it clearly wasn't intentional. and it could have been a lot worse in terms of clickbait and revealed half way in or something.
I have a printer that can’t print the original print in one go and the two part remix of the print felt a bit flimsy. I designed a shell that can be printed in one go on Prusa i3 sized printers that can be downloaded for free on thingiverse (either search for OMVS mini or thing id 5186184). It’s fully compatible with the OMVS kit save from the power light :-)
That’s fantastic! I’ll definitely check out that design. Thanks for contributing to the project!
@@LIRetroGaming Thanks! If you have questions or comments, please let me know :-)
LOL need coins put in console? 🤣 and great Retro!!
hahaha attaching a coin mech to it would be a funny add-on