Orca Type A to JAMMA Adapter

Description

Allows you to use your Orca or pinout compatible pre-JAMMA game, in a JAMMA cabinet or a super gun device.

Orca, a company whose employees eventually formed Toaplan in the late 1980s, released a few original games earlier in the decade. They also and bootlegged a few popular games like Ms. Pacman and Crazy Kong (aka Congorilla).

The company used two main pinouts for their games, one used mainly with their static, board type games using the OVG-5X pcb models, and another used in scrolling games and shooters that use the other Orca hardware with different designations. There are however exceptions to this rule with Orca games, so please check the pinout section to determine whether the game you have is compatible with this adapter.

This adapter aims to be as compatible as possible with the fixed screen games.

For an adapter that works with shooter games like Espial, Vastar, Zodiack, etc… please see the listing for Orca Type B adapters.

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Pinout

This adapter follows the following pinout scheme:

SOLDER SIDEPARTS SIDE
P2UPP2DOWN
NCP1B1
P1UPP1DOWN
P1*/P2 LEFTP1*/P2 RIGHT
NCNC
NCNC
P1UPP1DOWN
NCP2B1
P2UPP2DOWN
P1/P2* LEFTP1/P2* RIGHT
NCNC
NCNC
COIN1COIN2
P1STARTP2START
NCNC
SPK++12V
+5V+5V
+5V+5V
GNDGND
GNDGND
VSYNCVBLUE
VGREENVRED

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

(*) – Congorilla pinout.

Compatible Games

This adapter should be compatible with the following games:

and likely other games by Orca.

It is extremely important that you check the pinout against your board before powering on your game. Orca released bootleg games that are compatible with the original game pinouts.

The adapter has been tested with Changes and Orca Crazy Kong

Revision History

Rev 1.0: Initial Design.

Specifications

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