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Artic Mars to JAMMA Adapter

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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 PCB. In addition to bootlegs, Artic also developed a number of unique, arguably less memorable games.

While most of Artic’s games run on their Multi-System platform which uses Galaxian’s pinout and DC voltages, some of Artic’s games ran on their own, in-house designed hardware which is more functionally similar to Scramble.

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.

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.

Game Compatibility

This is the list of compatible games that can be used with this adapter:

The adapter has been tested with a genuine Artic Mars PCB. 

Pinout

SOLDER SIDE PARTS SIDE
-5V +12V
NC (SPK-) SPK+
P2B1 P2B3
P2LEFT P2RIGHT
P1START P2START
NC P2UP
P1B1 P1B3
P1RIGHT P1LEFT
P1UP P2DOWN
COIN1 COIN2
P1DOWN NC
NC NC
VGREEN VBLUE
VRED VSYNC
NC NC
GND GND
GND GND
+5V +5V
+5V +5V
NC NC
P2B4 P1B2
P1B4 P2B2

Dimensions

Board Size: 50mm x 112mm
Weight: 50g

Shipping & Returns

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There is 30 days return policy on undamaged items. Buyer pays for return shipping. See Return policy page for more information.