by Ice Cream Jonsey » Tue Sep 11, 2012 2:21 pm
I bought a jrok WMS board a few years ago, during his first run. It is incredible. I have never had anyone tell me they could detect a difference between the games on this board and the real thing. The dodgy emulation of MAME version 0.32 that so many Chinese multiboards have is absent.
If you think you might want to ever run a Williams arcade game in your house, you need to buy the WMS board.
The problem is that jrok does not have a website you can visit to order. You need to contact him via email or through the Killer List of Video Games forum, with a private message. I know, I know. But this board is worth it.
Here is the website for the board:
http://www.jrok.com/hardware/wsf/
The game list:
Defender, Stargate, Joust, Robotron, Bubbles, Splat, Sinistar and Blaster. Although Blaster is more of a generation 1 "plus-a-bit" in terms of what the hardware can do. Out of that list Sinistar is the oddball as it has a vertical screen, so it's included only to complete the set and for use in a vertical cabinet as a replacement for an original boardset. Although there's nothing to stop it being used in a JAMMA cab.
The price is $190 (I think.)
Here is the thread on the KLOV site where people talk about getting their boards:
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthr ... 72&page=16
It costs two or three bucks to register on KLOV, so that you can contact jrok. (I know, I know.) You might be able to find jrok's email address on his site, at
www.jrok.com.
If you are going through the KLOV site to send jrok a private message, here's the link to do that once you have registered:
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/member.php?u=35049
I am buying a backup, because if anything ever happened to my WMS board I'd be livid. Happy gaming to anyone else who gets one!
I bought a jrok WMS board a few years ago, during his first run. It is incredible. I have never had anyone tell me they could detect a difference between the games on this board and the real thing. The dodgy emulation of MAME version 0.32 that so many Chinese multiboards have is absent.
If you think you might want to ever run a Williams arcade game in your house, you need to buy the WMS board.
The problem is that jrok does not have a website you can visit to order. You need to contact him via email or through the Killer List of Video Games forum, with a private message. I know, I know. But this board is worth it.
Here is the website for the board: http://www.jrok.com/hardware/wsf/
The game list:
[quote]Defender, Stargate, Joust, Robotron, Bubbles, Splat, Sinistar and Blaster. Although Blaster is more of a generation 1 "plus-a-bit" in terms of what the hardware can do. Out of that list Sinistar is the oddball as it has a vertical screen, so it's included only to complete the set and for use in a vertical cabinet as a replacement for an original boardset. Although there's nothing to stop it being used in a JAMMA cab.[/quote]
The price is $190 (I think.)
Here is the thread on the KLOV site where people talk about getting their boards:
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=61572&page=16
It costs two or three bucks to register on KLOV, so that you can contact jrok. (I know, I know.) You might be able to find jrok's email address on his site, at www.jrok.com.
If you are going through the KLOV site to send jrok a private message, here's the link to do that once you have registered: http://forums.arcade-museum.com/member.php?u=35049
I am buying a backup, because if anything ever happened to my WMS board I'd be livid. Happy gaming to anyone else who gets one!