Zarzon to JAMMA Adapter

Description

Allows you to use your SNK / Taito Zarzon or Satan of Saturn game board, in a JAMMA cabinet or a super gun device.

SNK (Shin Nihon Kikaku) is a Japanese video game manufacturer best known for its Neo Geo platform and games. Zarzon was one of their more successful releases of 1981 and was their second attempt at the shoot em up genre. The game was renamed to Satan of Saturn and distributed by Taito in North America.

The game improves somewhat on the standard shooter recipe of that era, by incorporating multiple enemy patterns on multiple distinct level boards.

While SNK used a similar pinout for their early SNK Rockola hardware games, Zarzon does not control correctly when using the adapter for that conversion class.

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Pinout

This adapter follows the following pinout scheme:

SOLDER SIDEPARTS SIDE
GNDGND
GNDGND
+12V+12V
+12V+12V
SPK+NC
VBLUEVSYNC
VREDVGREEN
NCNC
NCNC
NCNC
NCP1B1
P1RIGHTP1LEFT
P2STARTP1START
NCP1B2
NCCOIN1
NCNC
NCNC
NCNC
+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 Zarzon board for compatibility.

Revision History:

Rev 1.0: Initial Design.

Specifications

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