JAMMA to Capcom 1942 / Vulgus to Cabinet Adapter

Description

Allows you to play your JAMMA games in a Capcom 1942 or Vulgus pre-JAMMA cabinet. This adapter will play JAMMA games with up to 2 buttons.

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Pinout

The adapter is connected to the cabinet’s wire harness connector as follows:

SOLDER SIDEPARTS SIDE
GNDGND
+5V+5V
+12V+12V
GNDGND
SPK-SPK-
SPK+SPK+
GNDCNTCOUNT1
KEYKEY
P1B1P1UP
P1DOWNP1LEFT
P1RIGHTGND
P2B1P2UP
P2DOWNP2LEFT
P2RIGHTGND
P2STARTGND
P1STARTGND
COIN1GND
SVCGND
NCP1B2
NCP2B2
NCVGND
VSYNCVRED
VGREENVBLUE
NCNC
NCNC
NCNC
+5V+5V
GNDGND

 (Adapter edge connector facing away, list is ordered right to left)

Compatible Cabinets

This is the list of compatible cabinets that can be used with this adapter:

Important: This adapter does not connect the -5V power rail which is not present in Capcom’s 1942 / Vulgus wiring harness. Games that require -5V may not run.

Button and Switch Layout:

In most circumstances this adapter will work as intended with your cabinet without any modifications. Problems may occur in a modified cabinet, or with games that require more than 2 buttons and more than one coin switch present.

If the button order is wrong you may need to swap the wires going to the buttons behind the control panel.

If game can’t be coined up, say in a case where only COIN2 switch is wired in the cabinet, and the game only supports the COIN1 switch, you may need to swap the coin wires on the harness or potentially jumper them together to get the game to coin up.

Revision History:

Rev 1.0: Initial version. Current Design.

Specifications

Board Size: 45mm x 112mm
Current Carrying Capacity: 5V – 12A, 12V-3A