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It is undenyable that the SOUND VOLTEX series has grown in popularity throughout the years. As such, many players, maintainers, and other users have been making many contributious to the community, such as guides, messaging platforms, and even their own games simulating the SOUND VOLTEX gameplay experience along with custom charts. Through the years, many resources have accumulated in various places. As such, this webpage is an accumulation of those resources created by the community, official resources, and a parts list for controllers. This web page contains everything SOUND VOLTEX.
This webpage may not always be up to date with the newest resources available. An effort is made to update it somewhat regularly, however. The author is open to suggestions for inclusions.
The #faq-guides channel in the SDVX Community Discord Server contains resources and useful information as well, such as guides on setting up SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR コナステ, a Buyers guide for controllers, Useful links, and other recommendations. It is therefore advised to read this as well since it can not be hot-linked from this webpage. However, an effort was made to collect publically available resources mentioned there.
Since the SOUND VOLTEX EXCEED GEAR コナステ, or EAC (E-Amusement Cloud) for short, has been inmensely popular recently, many community resources have been created for this game specifically. Therefore, this section only contains resources related to this game specifically.
The main web page contains news feeds, quickstart guides and player data options, all in Japanese of course. It may be useful to install a web page translation plugin for your web browser. The GRAVITY WARS release is included here if someone happens to need it. always check that the URL is correct and corresponds to p.eagate.573.jp for E-Amusement services and paseli.konami.net for PASELI related services.
More useful resources can be found in Sound Voltex Arcade Games 🡪 Community Guides & Community Resources.
Any resources generally related to the SOUND VOLTEX series can be found in this section.
The main web page contains news feeds, quickstart guides and player data options, all in Japanese of course. It may be useful to install a web page translation plugin for your web browser.
SDVX-EST.
Tool for tracking EX-score.
Anzu Info Clear Sequence Table.
Korean clear table for various levels. Can also be used to find chart info.
K-Shoot Mania, or KSM for short. is a game made by Masaka, based on the gameplay of the SOUND VOLTEX series, which has been around for years.
Unnamed SDVX Clone, or USC for short, is a game distributed by Drewol, but developed by many more contributors. It seeks to clone the gameplay of the SOUND VOLTEX series.
The editor shipped with K-Shoot Mania is commonly used within the community to create charts. Therefore, a reference to K-Shoot Mania will be made here.
Before buying a controller, please do your research. Some buyer-guides are included below. Make an educated decision by reading and/or watching reviews, or inquire community members and/or the vendors about the controller models available. In case one might want to create a controller of their own, a few guides have been included below. The parts list presented further below might be of use.
Arcade Style Controllers:
Virgoo Turbochargers are not supported anymore.
Other:
The control parts used by the arcade cabinets in Japan and America are listed below. Other regions (may) use other configurations. This is only really useful for cabinet owners, users who want to create an exact replica controller, or for use as a reference. See section Controller Parts for general home arcade style controller parts.
The Sanwa buttons listed below come with an Sanwa OBSA-SP 100g spring, an Sanwa OBSA-LHS1F-LN integrated lamp & switch holder housing a V-11-3D4-SD 100g microswitch, and a Sanwa SWA-LED-#-12V LED [1, 2, 3, 10, 12]. The LEDs operate at 12V in the arcade cabinets [Citation Needed]. The switch can not be replaced with these lamp holders.
See This table for a description of the button product codes [1, 2, 3].
Figure 1: Button schematics from Tops Game [1, 2, 3].
Sanwa OBSA-30UK-B-1F-LED-B-12V.
Rakuten, Tops Game.
(33 x 33)mm Square start button.
Sanwa LHS-H.
Rakuten, Tops Game.
Cable harness for use with OBSA-LHS1F-LN.
See Sound Voltex Volume Assembly on gamerepair.info for a detailed breakdown of the volume assembly, and maintenance tips. Information below is taken from this webpage. Epi recorded footage of the knob reassembly, which can be found here.
Figure 2: Knob assembly schematic from Gamerepair.info [5].
In Korea, Uniana is responsible for launching SOUND VOLTEX cabinets [13, 14]. A different button configuration is used in cabinets in Korea [Citation Needed].
W.I.P.
The parts as listed below could be used with most (diy) controllers.
The Sanwa buttons listed below are analogous to arcade spec. These buttons ship with the old lamp holder type. This is more convenient for home use since the microswitch can be replaced easily, and the Sanwa OBSA-LHS1F-LN switch wiring is less convenient for home controller use. They can ship with an Sanwa OBSA-SP 100g spring, an MS-O-3 (Omron V-10-1A4) 100g microswitch, and either a LED, or a Wedge Bulb Lamp (See Rakuten & Tops Game product pages). One can choose to buy the button only, without a switch or lamp as well.
Of course, the Sanwa OBSA-LHS1F-LN switch could still be used with Sanwa buttons if wired properly. This listing on Blue Spring Express includes wires such that the switches can be used with Gamo2 and Yuancon controllers. It goes without saying that this switch is only compatible with Sanwa buttons.
See This table for a description of the button product codes [1, 2, 3].
The list below also includes other buttons, as Sanwa buttons can be rather expensive to obtain.
↪ Without Lamp & Switch.
Rakuten, Blue Spring Express.
↪ Without Lamp & Switch.
Rakuten, Blue Spring Express.
Other buttons:
IST 60UK.
IST MALL.
(60 x 60)mm square button. Comes with a 45g microswitch & a 60g spring. [7]
Samducksa CWB 406.
IST MALL.
(33 x 33)mm square start button. Comes with a ???g microswitch & a ???g spring. Does not include LED.
W.I.P.
Always check the datasheets if supplied for the details and operating forces. Some switches have different terminal types which may be useful to some users. Certain users have documented their experiences with, and opinions about, some of these switches, which can be found here. It may be useful to consult this article when choosing a switch. There are more stores which sell these switches which may not be listed here. As such it is recommended to perform research.
The Sanwa OBSA-LHS1F-LN switch used in Valkyrie cabinets could still be used with Sanwa buttons if wired properly. This listing on Blue Spring Express includes wires such that the switches can be used with Gamo2 and Yuancon controllers. It goes without saying that this switch is only compatible with Sanwa buttons.
OMRON D2MV-01-1C3.
Rakuten, IST MALL, Tops Game, Akishop, Digikey, Mouser, Blue Spring Express.
50g microswitch [16].
Sanwa OBSA-LHS1F-LN.
Blue Spring Express.
100g microswitch & lamp holder housing an OMRON V-11-3D4-SD [4, 10] This listing is meant for use with Gamo2 and Yuancon controllers.
Sanwa OBSA-SP (100).
Rakuten, IST MALL, Gamo2, Tops Game, Blue Spring Express, Akishop.
For use with Sanwa buttons listed above.