is this hyper sf board for real?

[MmSadda]

I know. I still can only dream of encompassing as much win as JJP, but I don't have it too bad.

[idc]

Well, here goes. It's very legit, complete with silver Capcom seals over the screws, but it has a few oddities.

USA blue case, but serial number label has the kanji characters usually found on green boards:


Capcom labels on EPROMs are hand-written:


Suicide battery has a date of manufacture of 1994, so either old battery stock (they have a ten year shelf life) or a recycled board (most likely). I replaced the battery just to be on the safe side.

Additionally, the accompanying A-board has blue volume/test buttons, but a green Japan label on the top.

All this would suggest to me that these boards were manufactured out of whatever random parts Capcom had sitting around.

Here's the mask ROMs, the print on each ROM does indeed say "HS2", so again seem genuine:

[Artemio]

Just as I told you man. Here in Mexico it was very common for Capcom to recycle boards and also to mix and match cases.

[idc]

Just as I told you man. Here in Mexico it was very common for Capcom to recycle boards and also to mix and match cases.

Yep, didn't doubt you at all mate, just thought some visual documentation would be useful to have on here.

Gotta love Capcom's frankenboards though.

Artemio, once we work out how to revive CPS3 carts, it would be interesting to see if it's possible to reprogram CPS2 security data.

[Artemio]

Artemio, once we work out how to revive CPS3 carts, it would be interesting to see if it's possible to reprogram CPS2 security data.

That would be great. I've heard rumors of equipment Capcom Mexico had to do just that... but I really doubt they are true. Shady stuff.

[idc]

Artemio, once we work out how to revive CPS3 carts, it would be interesting to see if it's possible to reprogram CPS2 security data.

That would be great. I've heard rumors of equipment Capcom Mexico had to do just that... but I really doubt they are true. Shady stuff.

However:

"Capcom mexico close and the equipment unfortly lose in the garbage."

Shame. Unless anyone went searching through their dumpsters at the time then I guess we're SOL.

[John James Pacinelli]

Indeed. Cheers mate

[sneek]

Just as I told you man. Here in Mexico it was very common for Capcom to recycle boards and also to mix and match cases.

Definitely... I have one of these. Quite legit...

[idc]

Definitely... I have one of these. Quite legit...

*high fives*

[CPS2]

Well, here goes. It's very legit, complete with silver Capcom seals over the screws, but it has a few oddities.
:

Did you buy one then?

[idc]

Did you buy one then?

Yes mate, I can vouch for the seller too, he's a great guy to deal with.

[yosai]

My HSF2 board didn't have a sticker so I made one.

I know the colour and typeface are slightly out, can someone with a board take a photo/scan to compare. Cheers.

edit, had to upload a scaled down version.

[mikeidge]

ok. so i just got what i think is the last one that this seller had. it is odd, but legit i am sure. mine has the strange japanese "A" board with blue buttons, and a homebrew sticker on the "B" board. it also had the original warranty seals intact but i did away with those to swap the battery(still had the original as well). but the wierdest thing is that the A and B boards have to be used together. one of the 4 connections on both boards are reversed and then what looks like a coupling, that doesnt come off, is used between them. the pictures tell the tale...

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[Artemio]

It is a typical hispanic/Asian board, that is the way they are coupled. Probably Capcom used an A/B pair from hispanic tablets and converted them officially, as they did with tons of boards.

[mikeidge]

at first, i thought i had ripped the connector of the A board off the PCB, but when i looked inside the A, i was suprised to see a reversed connector inside. why would they do this? it defeats the purpose of being able to easily swap out games no?

Project4.jpg

[Artemio]

If you refer as to why Hispanic versions are as such, answer is simple... to precisely keep markets separated between Mexico and all Latin America and the US, because of prices and language probably.

If you mean why Capcom Mexico used hispanic tables for a US blue case, well it might be as simple as "that is what they had available".

I have around 20 CPS2 games here, acquired in Mexico.. All of them have A boards attached, they used to sell them as units and people kept them as such. Or probably, operators could only afford one game and kept it as a unit all the time.

[mikeidge]

its almost like the board is from three different regions!? japanese labelling, US color scheme, and asian/hispanic PCB characteristics. its some kinda monster...works great though. just got done beating akuma on the hardest setting.

[sneek]

Seems like a hispanic or asian setup which had a blue shell slapped on it.

Quite the confused board

[Artemio]

And it is a US version Game, don't forget that.

[sneek]

And it is a US version Game, don't forget that.

haha yeah... gotta love capcom mexico