Explanation Of The Capcom CPS3 Hardware

[@niceguy60]

I have a complete cps2 collection. BTW yellow is rental, orange is Mexico and South American.

[@SuperN1ntendoChalmers]

You are an arcade master. I love these tutorials. The encryption on CPS3 was so damn good, I remember it took MAME almost 10 years to decrypt the algorithm they used. It's a shame they abandoned this hardware, but I can see why. It probably cost WAY too much to make this and the Naomi hardware was much cheaper and easier to maintain.

[@moomert1]

to me it was weird just how amazing and (for the most part) easy the CPS2 hardware was...and then for Capcom to mess up and abandon the CPS3 hardware

[@Zontar82]

we could have had incredible fighting games,or maybe even a sequel to the darkstalker series

[@moomert1]

I would have loved to see a Darkstalkers game on the CPS3

[@Mendosa666]

Really nice breakdown, I found this much easier to understand than some of the wiki pages I've seen.

[@moomert1]

thank you for the kind words. glad you found this video helpful

[@spidervenom14]

Great video! It took me back in time. I was heavily into collecting arcade boards about 15 years ago but I could never convince myself to get into CPS-3 back then, too much of a hassle (although I was always tempted by Warzard, which sadly never received a home port). Another problem I remember is that the CPS-3 is very susceptible to static electricity, more so than other arcade systems. Oh, and about switching games, most collectors I knew did not even bother to do so, they just kept a dedicated motherboard for each game. :)

[@lukemorse1]

great rundown on the systwm man. nice explaination, enjoyed it as always

[@moomert1]

thanks luke. man, just imagine is Capcom didn't abandon the CPS3.

[@swordcrafted]

moomert1 Obtaining hardware probably wouldn’t be hard. Maybe they could also sell systems to the consumer market as a D.I.Y project or something like a console too maybe.

[@MrBen2177]

Again, this was a very clear explanation. Thanks, and keep em coming. These uploads help me out a lot.

[@niceguy60]

Dude they LITERALLY abandoned cps3 and went back to developing on the cps2, the last games released on capcom hardware was released on the cps2 The cps2 was to capcom what the Naomi and MVS was to their respective companies. BTW you can easily replace the volume pot on your cps3 mobo, I did so for over 30 boards. What you should fear is that huge custom PPU failing which results in character/spirite ram failure not the result of bad ram

[@joseluki]

Probably because there was a biggest market of CPS-2 machine owners than CPS-3, so releasing a game for CPS-2 was smarter market wise.

[@probe26]

I have all the CPS 2-3 setup i MAME and running nice with retroarch but I still admire the original hardware of the time. I still want to collect it.

[@danieljimenez1989]

I'd say you should go for it.

[@jojobizadTRASH]

It's criminal that they abandoned this so soon

[@FidWusft-ey4gn]

No, it's criminal what bullshit its design was

[@Final_Fantasy_7]

I can already just imagine all of the incredible sequels of capcom's famous arcade games getting the CPS-3 Upgrades....Street Fighter Alpha 4 Final Fight 4 Capcom vs SNK 3 Darkstalkers 4 Puzzle Fighter 3 Turbo 😢😢😢

[@moomert1]

The possibilities could have been amazing.

[@SLLabsKamilion]

Uh, that thing you said about ford at 7:00 ? I just had that happen to a 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid. The only place to get a *new* high voltage battery is ford themselves, and they'll only sell it to you installed due to safety (it's 350V DC), and they charge labor to install it. Gotta be careful about those "3 year or 36,000 mile basic / 5 year or 60,000 mile powertrain" warranties... Especially when it's so easy to get to 150k miles before 5 years is up... (So nobody complains: Yes, it is certainly possible to acquire a used battery off ebay, and carefully install it yourself, then properly reset all the computers with a code reader and ForScan, but that is not a "new" battery. Remarkably, ford does still carry a new stock of them.)

[@PhirePhlame]

I can't speak to the legality of the suicide battery, but I do know a bit about the context that gave rise to it: bootleg copies of arcade games ran _rampant_ back in the day, often with the original publisher's branding obscured or outright replaced. Sometimes the gameplay'd even be modified, for better or (more likely) for worse. These bootleg hacks could have, and probably had, affected people's perceptions of the real games. Capcom in particular had already been burned by this practice - just _look_ at the MAME database, I think SF2 has more bootleg versions in that software list than official revisions! Particularly infamous is the so-called "rainbow" bootleg.

[@zevindd]

Have you heard of this thing called an iPhone? Very similar battery situation. It's called planned obsolescence, and unfortunately happens all the time. Good video though man!

[@moomert1]

iphone? what is this device you call an iPhone? wait is that some sort of Samsung Galaxy impersonation device? all kidding aside, I see your point of view.

[@Theshark15z]

Many wish for a Darkstalkers to be ressurected once more but what most dont understand is that it just was not that big of a hit here in North America. I believe it too because the Darkatalkers collection was only released in Japan and Darkstalkers Ressurection wasn't commercially successful but I only think it wasn't because of what it offered.

[@1StIwY1]

Wow, and all this mess and, illegal also for sure, just to prevent some piracy ? Fools.

[@joseluki]

Well, there was a big market of counterfeit arcade boards when CPS-1, so that made it extra difficult.

[@BNGamesYT]

I have a few CPS3 boards, but ive already resolved when my Third Strike cart dies im likely going to just switch to Mame because the prices are ridiculous

[@AlyasAli]

Can you use something like the Pandora 4 box with a CPS 3?

[@BNGamesYT]

No

[@AlyasAli]

Thanks for the reply! Seems like they went backwards on this one. I was looking into getting a CPS3 machine, but after watching this vid, it seems like one should stick to CPS II boards. I'd really only want one of these if I had the ability to hook up a multi-game unit to the board.

[@joaopaulobortotsoares3933]

hello, do u have some simm cards? i have 2 128mb, 1 32mb and 1 64bit, but i wanna play third strike...

[@jameslewis2635]

Why don't you just replace the faulty volume pots. They are pretty easy to get hold of and if they are of a fairly standard design there will only be 3 connections. Most of the time only two of these are used. Also could you not just have the 4 x 128 + 2 x 64 to run all the games?

[@marcoricardotapiamelgarejo5300]

Great review!

[@somegreenguy]

are the simms different from pc simms? i imagine they are but i wonder how hard it would be to use a pc simm

[@MechaTengu21]

All 6 games are great, but what a pain in the ass to play on this!

[@ethancarr7014]

Are you able to replace the batteries before the current one dies, to prevent the cart from dying? Also if the cart does die, is there anyone who knows how to fix it other than Capcom?

[@moomert1]

Search the KLOV forums. Many people can do this type of thing.

[@stephanboxall4541]

Are the SIM cards essentially ‘ram’?

[@netadi]

SIM cards are original FlashROM modules made by CAPCOM.

[@mariospantouvanos4645]

About the simm cards, They are ram. You could probable find a first gen pentium pc and transplant the ram to the cps3 board. The fact that I am not that familiar with the cps3 arcade system doesn't mean that I am 100% right, but you should really give it a shot. BTW do not try to mix and match different brands or capacities.

[@jaimeb.384]

+Marios Pantouvanos IS this true？ I thought they were different.

[@mariospantouvanos4645]

I am 99% sure that they are EXACTLY the same.

[@mariospantouvanos4645]

urdnal Sorry... Ate too many mexican beans that day😂😂😂

[@urdnal]

No, they are not RAM, they're 16 Mb flash on a DIMM form factor board. 29F016 TSOP48. Don't talk out of your ass.

[@mariospantouvanos4645]

urdnal OK. I am wrong and you are right. Please leave me alone to cry in a corner.

[@joaopaulobortotsoares3933]

hello, do u know where i can find some more cards? or the complete system for third strike?

[@moomert1]

João Paulo Bortot Soares try user MitsurugiW.he might have some.

[@joaopaulobortotsoares3933]

talked to him, thx!

[@Tom-wf9by]

my god... so complicated!!!

[@stevenyjtsai]

NICE

[@ChickenPermissionOG]

Just put the max ram in problem solved

[@sammymcfone8281]

New sub. Good content.

[@HEAV830711]

mexico are orange, yellow are rental

[@SMTNine]

Cps3 felt little underused by Capcom.

[@sharifahzaini3561]

7:16 tesla does it .

[@vermilionpt0]

"now...." the video

[@rodrigola72]

mexico orange

[@slayerking1044]

Neo geo for me