Description
Allows you to use your original Taito Polaris board in a JAMMA cabinet or a super gun device.
Polaris was a shoot’em up developed and released by Taito in 1980. After the success of Space Invaders in 1979, Taito followed it up in 1980 with several new, less successful, color CRT shooters, with a number of unique themes. Polaris was one of these games. It featured a submarine theme where the goal was to shoot down enemies while avoiding bombs dropped by planes from above, naval mines and depth charges fired from other subs below.
Early Taito games from this period often had unique pinouts and Polaris in no exeption. This adapter is known to convert only this one game.
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Pinout
This adapter follows the following pinout scheme:
Sound Board (Adapter Edge – G)
| SOLDER SIDE | PARTS SIDE |
|---|---|
| GND | GND |
| GND | GND |
| GND | GND |
| +5V | +5V |
| +12V | +12V |
| KEY | KEY |
| TILT | COIN |
| GND | NC |
| P2UP | SPK+ |
| P2START | P1START |
| P2B1 | P1B1 |
| P2RIGHT | P1RIGHT |
| P2DOWN | P1DOWN |
| P2LEFT | P1LEFT |
| VSYNC | P1UP |
| VGREEN | VRED |
| NC | VBLUE |
| NC | NC |
(PCB edge connector facing away, list is ordered right to left)
CPU Board (Harness – T)
| SOLDER SIDE | PARTS SIDE |
|---|---|
| NC | NC |
| GND | GND |
| GND | GND |
| GND | GND |
| GND | GND |
| NC | NC |
| NC | NC |
| NC | NC |
| NC | NC |
| NC | NC |
| NC | NC |
| NC | NC |
| NC | NC |
| -5V | -5V |
| +12V | +12V |
| +12V | +12V |
| +5V | +5V |
| +5V | +5V |
(PCB edge connector facing away, list is ordered right to left)
Compatible Games
This is the list of compatible games that can be used with this adapter:
The adapter has been tested with a Taito Polaris PCB.
Revision History:
Rev 1.0: Initial Design.
Specifications
Board Size: 50mm x 112mm
Current Carrying Capacity: 5V – 12A, 12V – 3A, -5V – 3A