The JAMMA Standard

[@Shot97]

This was pretty fascinating to learn about. I love hardware. I used to take crap apart as a kid, having no idea how to put it back together, but it was usually more fun than playing it! Thankfully I've since learned how to put them back together! Great video!

[@kailaz6683]

I love your videos like this. Standards, DRM, little known lore. Thanks!

[@CRTcade]

A very thorough and spot on accurate explanation/historical overview. Should be a great reference for newcomers to this great hobby of ours! Great stuff man!

[@ModernVintageGamer]

+CRTcade thanks Dave. that means a ton coming from you! cheers man

[@jeffreeaaroe7671]

You really are doing a fantastic job with these videos ! Very professional and informative ;) always look forward to a new video from you, keep em coming :)

[@mikel6989]

I've got a dig dug board that i've been trying to fix, can't wait to play it someday. I got a mikes arcade converter to jamma for when that time comes. Love the videos, more arcade stuff!

[@SenileOtaku]

I remember how in the early 1980's they would re-purpose old cabinets. At a nightclub I used to go to, there was a former "Space Invaders" cabinet that had a prototype/test game installed in it. It was early enough that the game as still called "Munchies", which had been labeled at the top of the cabinet (above the screen) using Letraset letters. No other artwork for the game, which at the time was only in monochrome. Then a couple years later I saw the game appear in general release. Only it was no longer called "Munchies", was now in color, and the name had been changed to ..... Pac-Man. Unfortunately, the club photographer never took a picture of it. One of those things that's only meaningful in retrospect.

[@Martys2DGaming]

Good stuff man. I'm liking the direction you are going with your videos lately. Feels like I'm watching a show that would have been on G4TV (a television channel centered around gaming) back in the early 2000s. That's a good thing. Informative and a fun watch.

[@ModernVintageGamer]

+mcpentland thanks Marty! yeah im putting some more focus on editing and interesting content. i appreciate the kind words man. cheers!

[@rgbcrafts]

I got myself a Tekken 3 (System12) arcade board. It got JAMMA, but also has the JVS format, JAMMA Video Standard. Those video connectors are indeed a VGA pinout at 15kHz?

[@GRUSSNewton]

Really good video! Explained very well!

[@ModernVintageGamer]

+GRUSS Newton thanks mate!

[@peterpanther8627]

This is just great stuff.

[@hm_nambo]

A very good introduction to the topic. Just what we newcomers need :)

[@ModernVintageGamer]

+hm_nambo thank you very much :)

[@tedstrikerexjw4051]

I'd love to see someone interview one of the Japanese video game programmers from back in the day. That would be interesting.

[@104d_3rr0r_vince]

Awesome video!!! I have a generic cabinet for about 15 years waiting to do something. Well, no time or room to do that :-/

[@ModernVintageGamer]

+Vincent GR why not man? everyone should have an arcade cabinet :)

[@104d_3rr0r_vince]

***** Maybe next year, I want to make some repairs to a basement. Propably a cave from the moisture and I want to fix everything there cause if I go right now I'll become a gollum.

[@CRTcade]

+Modern Yes, indeed! thumbs up for this comment! =)

[@CRTcade]

+CRTcade Or even two cabinets! The more, the better =)

[@RaulBillieJean]

Great explanation! But I have a question about jamma. Is it region free? Can I buy an european jamma pcb board game and connect it to an american cabinet or a japanese cab? or will it destroy the monitor?

[@pferreira1983]

Jim's Jamma journey for greatness continues... 😁

[@murrij]

Awesome. I keep hearing about the kick harness and didn't know what it was.

[@thorlancaster5641]

I still wonder why they had all the pins for different parallel buttons. It would have been much simpler to put 3 lines going to an external shift register and to have as many buttons as the game needed.

[@ArcadeObsessed]

Thanks again man great video

[@ModernVintageGamer]

+Arcade Obsessed thanks man!

[@ToddsNerdCave]

Great video buddy! It's a shame to find earlier vintage pre-Jamma cabinets that have been gutted and rewired to Jamma. I keep seeing early 80's cabs on Craigslist that have been bastardized and converted to multigame setups.

[@ModernVintageGamer]

+Todd Gill yeah its a shame. ive had some interest in getting some old dedicated cabs but most of the local to me are running shitty 60 in 1's or something.

[@gixgix457]

do you use pin 16 for the coin mech? if so do you use both for a single mech. thanks

[@misterdude206]

haha i hope the vendors and china see this. and great video always a plus to put our collections to use besides play.

[@ModernVintageGamer]

+Misterdude206 haha no kidding man. those damn chinese jamma carts are a pain to deal with

[@ArcadeSTG]

Great job!!

[@ModernVintageGamer]

+Arcade Video Games thank you sir. when are we gonna see more videos of your amazing game room? :)

[@tartgreenapple]

Good explainer!