Allows you to use your Data East Cassette dedicated pre-JAMMA game, in a JAMMA cabinet or a super gun device.

The DECO Cassette System was introduced in December 1980 by Data East. It was the first arcade system that allowed arcade operators to change games and used audio micro-cassettes as the storage medium. Operator were required to purchase a generic DECO cassette cabinet, and games would come in form of a kit that would include the instruction manual, the cassette and a security dongle.

On power up, the system would load the contents of the game from the cassette into ram, which took 2-3 minutes on average, and the ram would retain the contents of the game until rebooted.

The system itself proved quite unreliable, and did not sell very well. Today there are very few of these systems still in working condition. In addition to that, many of the popular games released for the DECO system, were re-released as a standalone, ROM based game, it their own dedicated cabinet. In fact, many more of these dedicated games exist today.

Important: This adapter aims to be compatible with the dedicated versions of the DECO system games, not the original DECO Cassette system . Many of these dedicated ROM based games share the same or very similar pinout, which was quite different from the original DECO cassette system pinout.


Compatibility:

This is the list of games that you may be able to use with this adapter:
  • Bump and Jump
  • Burning Rubber
  • BurgerTime
  • Hamburger
  • Zoar
  • Disco No. 1 *
  • Lock and Chase *
And possibly other DECO Cassette and other DECO games from this period. Games with a (*) above may require a change to the adapter and an addition of a different video / power harness which is not included. The included 20cm power / video harness covers the majority of the games. 

This adapter supports bootleg video pins on the main 36 pin edge connector. A set of jumpers can enable or disable bootleg video.

The adapter has been tested with a genuine Bump and Jump and bootleg Burning Rubber pcbs.

As always, please check the pinout section to ensure your game will work with this adapter..

Pinout:

Main Edge Connector

SOLDER SIDE PARTS SIDE
+12V +12V
+5V +5V
GND -5V/GND #
VGREEN * VBLUE *
VSYNC * VRED *
COIN2 COIN1
NC TILT
P2START P1START
P2B2 P1B2
P2B1 P1B1
P2DOWN P1DOWN
P2UP P1UP
P2LEFT P1LEFT
P2RIGHT P1RIGHT
NC SPK+
GND SPK-
GND GND
GND GND

Power / Video Edge Connector


SOLDER SIDE PARTS SIDE
GND GND
GND GND
GND GND
VSYNC VBLUE
VGREEN VRED
NC NC
NC NC
+5V +5V
+5V +5V
+5V +5V

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

(#) - Ground supplied for this pin, unless -5V is required for BurgerTime. This can be selected via the configuration jumper.

(*) - Additional bootleg video pin configuration for bootlegs without the additional 10 pin power / video edge connector (eg. Burning Rubber bootleg)

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