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I don't think so. Either way, I actually kinda prefer it only playing during the game select, because it can get monotonous after awhile if it just plays during the entire attract mode.

@@CosmicToons I remember seeing one of these machines, and I seem to recall the music playing during both the attract mode and the game select. I think this particular machine was a 39-in 1

@@gamertrotzki I'm pretty sure that was an early 48-in-1. By then they decided to make it so that the music plays all the time instead of just during the game select.

Interesting idea. I might consider it honestly.

@@multicademaniacI left you a comment in your video

Yeah, while not the worst inaccuracy on these boards it's interesting to hear nonetheless, especially if you're conditioned to the original game

Same. That's why I got into documenting them in video form in the first place. The older you go with the boards, the LESS you know about 'em!

VGA splitter from the board, one end going to the monitor, other end going to a VGA to HDMI converter. Also connected to the VGA2HDMI is a 3.5mm aux splitter, one end going to the converter and the other going to my speakers. Then I can use basically any HDMI capture card on my board and it works well.

@@multicademaniac ok, cool, thanks!

Hustler. I'm willing to turn it on for a gameplay video (and I probably will just to be complete) but just in general among all of the games that are on the board that one is pretty mediocre compared to everything else. Even in terms of virtual pool/billiards games there are a decent selection of better picks than Hustler imo, but there are probably a decent amount of people who like it anyway which I understand.

Gotta agree, it's not great. It plays "okay' (as in playable but that's about it) but it's so awkward that the 19 in 1 would be a better bet if you want a Rally-X fix. Gameplay of Ms. Pac, I can do that.

I’m glad you made a sprite sheets, because I was going to make my own 60 in 1 called Jeovany’s Games because I’m going to replace 5 Games with Galaga and Pac-Man Speed Versions with Q*bert, Rally-X, Fix it Felix Jr, Pac & Pal and Motos

Got the gameplay uploaded. Here it is: ua-cam.com/video/ioR2NAjKxdo/v-deo.html

@@multicademaniac thanks

Operators are able to turn off the music if they wish so that's likely what's going on with the ones you see.

That's a good question. Unfortunately I do not have a 48 in 1 board yet. I do however have a 39 in 1 board and several older boards (some 9 in 1s and a 4 in 1) In terms of sound emulation, galaxian-based games (Galaxian and Moon Cresta) have better sounding pitches but still aren't quite right... beats out the awful pitch those games have on the 60 in 1 though, that's for sure. The missile fire sound which is missing in the 60 in 1 is present on my 39 in 1. The explosion sound is still pretty loud though so that's still an issue. But if you're looking for improvements in Scramble, Super Cobra, or Time Pilot then unfortunately not much changed there. 1942, Gyruss, all those are still plagued with the iconic distorted sound. I don't know if they're nearly as distorted as on the 60 in 1 so I might consider recording gameplay footage from both boards and comparing them... I will say though that I have two 39 in 1s and my secondary one has the same issues Galaxian faces on the 60 in 1. Either a later revision messed it all up or it's a product of the "B" quality board.

All of the boards can do that, I just switched to 39 in 1 footage because I had it set up for coin play whereas the 60 in 1 was set up for free play... could've probably just switched the settings on the 60 in 1 tbh but it is what it is

@@multicademaniac Holy crap, I JUST now remembered, yes the 60 in 1 does have this, I remember a 60 in 1 machine doing that, I don't remember where because it was a long time ago, but I remember something like that.

Someone had put up an ebay listing with 2 39 in 1s (one "A" variant, one "B" variant), 3 customized 9 in 1s, 1 4 in 1, and a pandora's box horizontal pcb. I knew my chances of finding these if I passed the offer were slim plus the asking price was pretty good considering what I was getting so I went for it. Glad I did because I was able to open this channel, plus these older boards are just really fascinating to me so having them is just cool.

@@multicademaniac Ah.

@@multicademaniac Hey it just hit me; what's the difference between the A and B variants, aside from sound quality?

@@CosmicToons Basically the A variant is the "original" board whereas the B variant is a clone made using cheaper components afaik. The B variants only started popping up when the 39 in 1 got a fair bit more popular as they weren't ever made for the earlier 9 in 1s, 4 in 1s, 3 in 1s, etc. The B boards were supposedly rife with issues like the aforementioned lower sound quality, lower lifespan than the A variants, and a fair bit more issues (Galaxian-hardware based games have a far lower sound pitch on my B variant than my A variant, the pitch is more like the 60 in 1's there.)... My B variant board actually has a bug in the menu where the "Select" text at the bottom is put where the game name is supposed to be so there's that -- though that may be because of the newer firmware version it has compared to my A variant board. It's also notable that it's pretty hard to tell A variant boards from B variant boards without playing them -- at least in the case of the 39 in 1.

@@multicademaniac Aight thanks

You're welcome! I know you only requested the menu navigation sounds but I decided to rip all I could including the "System Lockup/Coin Jam" sound because I had been meaning to rip the sound effects anyways.

I was actually considering getting all the sound effects too so yeah I'll try to do that.

@@multicademaniac Thanks! I'm considering doing a compilation of the Pac-Man Mobile Rewritten series, and the GUI is based on the Jamma boards.

Same to be honest.

Actually, how do you get those Multicade ROMs to work on Windows? Because I tried to run them on MAME, but doesn’t work for some reason. Please help!!

@@gradualgrub8891 That was actually because my configuration of OBS had System Sounds not muted at the time so notifications that came from my PC would've bled in to the audio (which has since been fixed). I was recording off a real board. If I tried ripping it from MAME the sound would've been unholy as the sound emulation on that isn't complete at all. I was able to get it running on MAME and at an okay (but not great) framerate but it isn't a great experience, definitely needs further work. From what I know, the ROM runs very slowly on a lot of less-powerful PCs and if anything saved to nvram it just straight up refuses to boot. Seems okay for ripping sprites but not much else at the current moment.

Ah yes that annoying windows sound lol, I'm picking up an arcade machine that's gonna include this older board! I may do a review for archival purposes, then I'll probably sell it since I won't really have a need for it, I'm replacing it with an Arcadeshop Programmable PCB

@@pacthesir Cool! Out of curiosity, which board are you getting with the cabinet? (39 in 1, 48 in 1, 9 in 1, etc.?) Really the main reason I have all these boards is because I find them interesting more than anything else, I do think the ArcadeSD/Arcadeshop offerings are probably the best you're going to get so far so I get why you're replacing it.

@@multicademaniac 39 in 1

Thanks, and it sure is crazy seeing all this. It feels like a while ago we could only ponder what the sources of these songs could be... Hoping I can find the last 2 but right now I feel that hinges on more FlashKit loops being unearthed. Hopefully it happens though because I honestly want to know the source of the iconic "main" 39 in 1 music... quite likely another FlashKit loop knowing how the rest of them are.

I have one of them installed in a cabinet right now (that cabinet is not an old one though so the purists can rest easy there), I do swap them out at times. I have planned to record gameplay + attract modes and document quirks/other things of interest from each of the boards as for these older boards trying to find literally anything without digging is a difficult ordeal. The older you get with the board (39 in 1 compared to older 4 in 1) the worse that problem gets. Even with digging I can hardly find things for the 9 in 1 or 4 in 1 outside of a few short videos. -Side note: Apparently a 3-in-1 sold on the KLOV forums not too long ago and I was NOT aware of it at all... could've actually gotten it and done a rip. -*-pain-*

@@multicademaniac How easy are they to swap?

@@CosmicToons Pretty easy, especially if you're purely using JAMMA and not the side ports. That's not what I'm doing as I have a weird frankensteined cabinet of sorts but even then it's just a matter of unplugging one PCB from the JAMMA harness + ports (if applicable) and then plugging another PCB into the JAMMA harness + ports (once again if applicable)

@@multicademaniac Nice, thanks

@@multicademaniac I have another question. Are you able to disable certain games on the 39-in-1?

Saw your find on the "Music Mode 2" source. I've been searching through Flashkit loops on archive.org and I believe I found some by calpomatt that were used on the old 3-in-1 PCBs as well as one suspiciously used by I.A.M. for a multi-slot PCB that has a SUSPICIOUSLY similar menu to the multicade pcbs (only lending more credence to a theory of mine... I.A.M. or some company connected to them might have made these boards but that's just a theory) So it very well could be Jakub Koter but he isn't the only one who had their loops used. Side note: The 60 in 1 music is known as "exluna" by Jakub Koter according to the site "KitLoops" (kitloops.rf.gd), not sure if many people know that. Also the "Music Mode 2" track might actually be called "Jakub Koter" as it is notably used on his website as a "theme" of sorts. Obviously I can't find a 3-in-1 PCB at this time due to their rarity (I would love to one day though) but if you wish I can upload high quality versions of whatever I find that hasn't already been uploaded.

@@multicademaniac So THAT'S what it's called! Nice.

@@multicademaniac Oh and about that last part, go right ahead! It'd be nice to see more multicade music archival! Also this might be a redundant question to ask, since the HQ version has already resurfaced, but... can you upload the 60-in-1 version of Exluna in the future?

@@CosmicToons I've been planning to do the 60 in 1's (not the HQ version, the rip from the board itself). When I'll get around to it is something I don't know but hopefully my capture tools cooperate with me when I can. And yes, the calpomatt ones I found will have to be their HQ versions as the 3 in 1s as well as the PXA255-powered I.A.M. multislot PCBs are rare as hell and all I really have are videos to go off of for their music.

@@multicademaniac Damn