<s>
A	O
SuperGun	B-Device
(	O
or	O
super	B-Device
gun	I-Device
)	O
is	O
a	O
device	O
used	O
to	O
play	O
arcade	O
games	O
in	O
lieu	O
of	O
requiring	O
a	O
full	O
arcade	O
cabinet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
supergun	B-Device
provides	O
this	O
universal	O
interface	O
in	O
a	O
greatly	O
reduced	O
size	O
,	O
allowing	O
arcade	O
games	O
to	O
be	O
tested	O
or	O
enjoyed	O
without	O
needing	O
the	O
entire	O
cabinet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Superguns	B-Device
frequently	O
resemble	O
video	O
game	O
consoles	O
which	O
plug	O
into	O
a	O
television	O
or	O
monitor	O
,	O
and	O
have	O
detached	O
joysticks	O
and	O
play	O
arcade	O
boards	O
as	O
if	O
they	O
were	O
large	O
cartridges	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
superguns	B-Device
are	O
a	O
large	O
box	O
with	O
two	O
arcade	O
controllers	O
side	O
by	O
side	O
,	O
resembling	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
a	O
typical	O
arcade	O
cabinet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
SuperGun	B-Device
contains	O
the	O
inner	O
workings	O
of	O
a	O
standard	O
arcade	O
videogame	O
cabinet	O
inside	O
a	O
small	O
plastic	O
or	O
metal	O
box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
SuperGun	B-Device
plugs	O
into	O
a	O
JAMMA	O
board	O
and	O
provides	O
native	O
RGB	O
video	O
output	O
,	O
usually	O
through	O
an	O
SCART	B-Protocol
connector	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
SCART	B-Protocol
connector	I-Protocol
is	O
not	O
common	O
on	O
televisions	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
a	O
supergun	B-Device
may	O
also	O
convert	O
the	O
RGB	O
signal	O
into	O
composite	O
video	O
,	O
S-video	O
,	O
Component	O
Video	O
or	O
VGA	B-Protocol
signals	O
,	O
with	O
varying	O
degrees	O
of	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
it	O
is	O
usually	O
assumed	O
that	O
a	O
supergun	B-Device
will	O
automatically	O
play	O
JAMMA-compatible	O
arcade	O
boards	O
,	O
many	O
systems	O
support	O
additional	O
features	O
not	O
provided	O
by	O
JAMMA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
can	O
be	O
done	O
with	O
an	O
extra	O
set	O
of	O
wires	O
that	O
directly	O
connect	O
the	O
supergun	B-Device
to	O
the	O
arcade	O
board	O
(	O
called	O
a	O
"	O
kick	O
harness	O
"	O
)	O
or	O
by	O
wiring	O
the	O
extra	O
buttons	O
to	O
some	O
unused	O
pins	O
on	O
the	O
JAMMA	O
connector	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JAMMA	O
only	O
provides	O
for	O
three	O
buttons	O
per	O
controller	O
,	O
but	O
games	O
requiring	O
wiring	O
for	O
extra	O
buttons	O
have	O
become	O
common	O
enough	O
that	O
many	O
superguns	B-Device
support	O
this	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
box	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
arcade	O
systems	O
that	O
do	O
n't	O
have	O
a	O
JAMMA	O
compatible	O
connector	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
via	O
adaptors	O
that	O
plug	O
in	O
between	O
the	O
SuperGun	B-Device
's	O
JAMMA	O
interface	O
and	O
the	O
arcade	O
board	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
exist	O
many	O
non-standalone	O
arcade	O
systems	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
motherboards	B-Device
that	O
will	O
accept	O
games	O
built	O
into	O
cartridges	O
,	O
for	O
interchangeability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
to	O
play	O
an	O
SNK	O
Neo-Geo	B-Application
game	O
such	O
as	O
Samurai	B-Application
Shodown	I-Application
,	O
one	O
would	O
need	O
to	O
first	O
plug	O
an	O
MVS	B-Application
board	O
into	O
the	O
supergun	B-Device
(	O
which	O
must	O
support	O
four	O
buttons	O
,	O
standard	O
on	O
MVS	B-Application
games	O
)	O
and	O
then	O
plug	O
the	O
MVS	B-Application
game	O
into	O
the	O
MVS	B-Application
motherboard	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
Capcom	O
has	O
the	O
CPS-2	B-Application
for	O
its	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alternatively	O
,	O
some	O
modders	O
may	O
create	O
one	O
consolized	O
arcade	O
board	O
,	O
by	O
adding	O
the	O
conversion	O
components	O
directly	O
to	O
the	O
arcade	O
board	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
making	O
a	O
universal	O
supergun	B-Device
for	O
multiple	O
boards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
process	O
is	O
most	O
popular	O
for	O
boards	O
that	O
have	O
interchangeable	O
games	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Neo	B-Application
Geo	I-Application
MVS	I-Application
and	O
Atomiswave	B-Application
.	O
</s>
