UPL Nova 2001 to JAMMA Adapter

Description

Allows you to use your UPL Nova 2001 arcade board in a JAMMA cabinet or a super gun device.

Nova 2001 is an 8 directional shoot’em up and appears to be inspired, at least in part, by Robotron. It was developed by UPL, a subsidiary of Universal Entertainment, and released in Japan in 1983. In North America the distribution was handled by the parent company, Universal.

Unlike Universal’s PCBs which often share a similar pinout, UPLs pre-JAMMA game pinouts are all unique. This adapter therefore, works only with this one game.

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Pinout

This adapter follows the following pinout scheme:

SOLDER SIDEPARTS SIDE
GNDGND
SPK-SPK+
P1UPP1DOWN
P1LEFTP1RIGHT
NCNC
P1B2P1B1
COIN1P1START
P2STARTNC
NCNC
NCP2UP
P2DOWNP2LEFT
P2RIGHTNC
NCP2B2
P2B1VSYNC
VREDVGND
VGREENVBLUE
+12V+12V
+5V+5V
+5V+5V
-5V-5V
GNDGND
GNDGND

(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:

This adapter has been tested with a genuine UPL Nova 2001 board for compatibility.

Revision History:

Rev 1.0: Initial Design.

Specifications

Board Size: 50mm x 112mm
Current Carrying Capacity: 5V – 12A, 12V-3A