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Pinout: Nintendo

Games:

Fortrek Space Demon (FORTREK) & (SDM),
Nintendo and Sega/Gremlin Space Firebird (TST),
Heli Fire (TUB)
Space Fever (TSF) Color**
Sheriff (TWG)***

ESS PCB

VID PCB

Speaker
Audio (SPKR+) GND (SPKR-)

Power-in
GND GND GND +12 V +12 V +12 V +12 V +5 V +5 V -5 V

TV Video
Green Red Blue GND GND Negative Sync

CPU PCB

Power-in
GND GND GND +12 V +12 V +5 V +5 V -5 V +24 V
Coin Counter
+24 V (output) Coin Counter
Coin
GND Coin

Main Controls
1P Right 1P Left 1P Up 1P Down GND 1P BTN A (Warp) 1P BTN B (Fire) GND GND 1P Start 2P Start GND +5V (output) GND

Sub Controls
2P Right 2P Left 2P Up 2P Down GND 2P BTN A (Warp) 2P BTN B (Fire) GND
Service
GND Service switch

Space Fever I/O PCB**

Main Controls ^**

GND
Game-C
Game-B
Game-A
1P Left
1P Right
2P Start
1P Start
P1 BTN A (Fire)
GND
GND
GND

Sub Controls ^**

P2 BTN A (Fire)
P2 Left
P2 Right
GND
GND
GND

Audio ^**
Audio (Unamplified) GND

Sheriff I/O PCB***

Main Controls ^{(Player 1) ***}

E JOY (1P Right)
W JOY (1P Left)
N JOY (1P Up)
S JOY (1P Down)
GND (JOY)
E ROT (1P Right)
W ROT (1P Left)
N ROT (1P Up)
S ROT (1P Down)
GND (ROT)
P1 BTN A (Fire)
(GND)
1P Start
2P Start
GND
(+5V)
(GND)

Sub Controls ^{(Player 2)***}

E JOY (2P Right)
W JOY (2P Left)
N JOY (2P Up)
S JOY (2P Down)
GND (JOY)
E ROT (2P Right)
W ROT (1P Left)
N ROT (2P Up)
S ROT (2P Down)
GND (ROT)
P2 BTN A (Fire)
(GND)

NOTE:

Nintendo harnesses are a group of small connector bundles that
make up the entire harness. Every connector is a different size and
are keyed on the corner of each connector, making it very hard to
mix up.

** On (TSF) Space Fever (Color) board sets, the controls and speaker
connections are on the I/O board and are pinned according to the Space Fever
I/O Board table. The other connectors are moved to different boards, but
the pinouts remain the same.

*** Sheriff Controls

NOTE:

Unamplified audio connector runs to the audio amp pcb located on the monitor.
Space Demon/Space Firebird both have a sound amp built in and use pins
3 and 4 to run straight to the speaker.

All power and ground connections on Power-in connectors are supplied
from the power supply. All power and ground connections on other
connectors are outputs for controls or auxiliary lights and counters.

These pinouts basically became the Nintendo 4 board pinouts, with the
exception of the power connector to the Video PCB. This pinout was
changed and moved to the CLK PCB which was introduced with the
Radarscope TRS PCB sets.

Last Update: Jan 3, 2020