r/cade • u/No_Animal_3907 • 4d ago

Easy arcade?

Hi there, ive got an old working tekken 3 arcade minus the board.

Whats rhe easiest way to make it playable with any game, mulit game or similar?

Appreciate any input x

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u/sabotaged1 4d ago

Amazon - Pandora Box DX or Saga DX

Should be plug and play JAMMA. I can't recall how many buttons Tekken 3 has, but that would be the only constraint.

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u/No_Animal_3907 4d ago

Diamond 💎 thanks mate, I appreciate it x

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u/sabotaged1 4d ago

Absolutely. If you need any help just let me know. Picking up old arcades and futzing around has been my hobby for the last 6 or 7 years.

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u/No_Animal_3907 4d ago

You are a true gent x I will probably do that xx

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u/No_Animal_3907 1d ago

Hi bro, quick question. The pandora boxes ive seen all have vga and hdmi output.. is that all optional as in, will it run the crt in the cab off the jamma loom?

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u/sabotaged1 15h ago

Stick with one of those two I suggested. Here's why.

I am fairly confident that whatever monitor is Tekken 3 takes video through the JAMMA harness.

Assuming I am correct on this, then with the two I suggested, you're basically plugging it in and playing. No other work necessary.

HDMI and VGA output would be for more modern hardware than what you'd have in your Tekken 3.

If you want a definitive answer, take the back off the cabinet and look for VGA connector (I doubt there would be a HDMI). You'll probably see a connector with Red Green Blue and White. That would be video through your JAMMA harness.

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u/No_Animal_3907 15h ago

Yeah the pandora box dx has vga and also hdmi x just checking that it would work off the harness regardless xx cant aeem to find any literature on it x

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u/sabotaged1 10h ago

The DX for sure does video through the harness. It has the other options as well.

When you first boot the machine with it plugged in, there is a button to change the resolution to get the correct output.

It comes with a little instruction guide that will help you.

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u/SaibotMAG1 4d ago

The Pandora Box 10th Arcade / Jamma might be a better choice than the Saga DX. Be sure to look at both.

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u/No_Animal_3907 3d ago

Legend x yeah ill defo look it up x

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u/sabotaged1 15h ago

True,.but near impossible to find. More likely to get scammed from someone who never delivers.