{"id":36019,"date":"2024-03-02T08:03:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T08:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcbjunkie.net\/?page_id=36019"},"modified":"2025-01-20T12:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T12:47:11","slug":"artic-mars-to-jamma-adapter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pcbjunkie.net\/index.php\/jamma-adapters\/artic-mars-to-jamma-adapter\/","title":{"rendered":"Artic Mars to JAMMA Adapter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='product-component-8737983627502'><\/div>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n\/*<![CDATA[*\/\r\n(function () {\r\n  var scriptURL = 'https:\/\/sdks.shopifycdn.com\/buy-button\/latest\/buy-button-storefront.min.js';\r\n  if (window.ShopifyBuy) {\r\n    if (window.ShopifyBuy.UI) {\r\n      ShopifyBuyInit();\r\n    } else {\r\n      loadScript();\r\n    }\r\n  } else {\r\n    loadScript();\r\n  }\r\n  function loadScript() {\r\n    var script = document.createElement('script');\r\n    script.async = true;\r\n    script.src = scriptURL;\r\n    (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(script);\r\n    script.onload = ShopifyBuyInit;\r\n  }\r\n  function ShopifyBuyInit() {\r\n    var client = ShopifyBuy.buildClient({\r\n      domain: 'pcbjunkie.myshopify.com',\r\n      storefrontAccessToken: '321049e6941eeed1a62bf18ff77daef3',\r\n    });\r\n    ShopifyBuy.UI.onReady(client).then(function (ui) {\r\n      ui.createComponent('product', {\r\n        id: '8737983627502',\r\n        node: document.getElementById('product-component-8737983627502'),\r\n        moneyFormat: '%24%7B%7Bamount%7D%7D CAD',\r\n        options: {\r\n  \"product\": {\r\n    \"styles\": {\r\n      \"product\": {\r\n        \"@media (min-width: 601px)\": {\r\n          \"max-width\": \"calc(25% - 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In addition to bootlegs, Artic also developed a number of unique, arguably less memorable games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While most of Artic&#8217;s games run on their Multi-System platform which uses Galaxian&#8217;s pinout and DC voltages, some of Artic&#8217;s games ran on their own, in-house designed hardware which is more functionally similar to Scramble. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of these games is Mars, a horizontal shooter that borrows a lot of the game mechanics from Scramble, including the constantly scrolling mountain \/ cavern terrain and fuel consumption, but replaces bombs with the ability to fire in all 8 directions.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mars uses two joysticks per player to play, and supports 2 player controls in cocktail mode. This adapter therefore uses buttons 1 to 4, as second joystick controls for each player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Images<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"824\" src=\"https:\/\/pcbjunkie.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mars_adapter_v10_front.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcbjunkie.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mars_adapter_v10_front.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/pcbjunkie.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mars_adapter_v10_front-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pcbjunkie.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mars_adapter_v10_front-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"824\" 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left)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Compatible Games<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Game PCBs with a similar or compatible pinout are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcade-museum.com\/Videogame\/mars\">Mars<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>and possibly other non Galaxian based Artic games from that period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Revision History<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rev 1.0<\/strong>: Initial Design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Specifications<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Board Size: 50mm x 112mm<br>Current Carrying Capacity: 5V &#8211; 3A, 12V &#8211; 2A<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Description Allows you to use your Artic Mars pre-JAMMA arcade game board, in a JAMMA cabinet or a super gun device. Artic, was a company mainly known for bootlegging early 80s games and their Galaxian based Multi-System platform that allowed games to be swapped in and out, by changing a ROM card on the main &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pcbjunkie.net\/index.php\/jamma-adapters\/artic-mars-to-jamma-adapter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Artic Mars to JAMMA Adapter&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":65,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36019","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcbjunkie.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcbjunkie.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcbjunkie.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcbjunkie.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcbjunkie.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36019"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pcbjunkie.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36440,"href":"https:\/\/pcbjunkie.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36019\/revisions\/36440"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcbjunkie.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcbjunkie.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}