While I’ve been enjoying my Pole Position restoration, I have been getting the urge to construct a new machine again. I recently acquired a few different PCB’s that would go great in a new cab. I posted about the Mortal Kombat 1 set a few weeks back, but I’ve put that on hold for the moment as I’m undecided on what sort of machine it will go into (a replica upright, or a custom themed lowboy). Meanwhile, another PCB was screaming out to me to go into a machine – Arkanoid.
While I don’t find Arkanoid to be overly exciting as a game, the fact it uses a spinner makes it different to other cabs I’ve build, and some of the original Taito cabs are pleasing to look at.

It’s an original Taito Arkanoid board, with harness and I also scored an original spinner with it.


I plan to rebuild the harness to tidy it up and make it more presentable. I also took a 5V harness from a dead PC to use with the spinner.
G – 22 Pin edge connector.
N/A7HN/A
| Component side | Solder Side | ||
| GND | 1 | A | GND |
| RED | 2 | B | VIDEO GND |
| GREEN | 3 | C | BLUE |
| VIDEO SYNC | 4 | D | N/A |
| SPEAKER + | 5 | E | SPEAKER – |
| KEY | 6 | F | KEY |
| COIN 1 | 8 | J | N/A |
| COIN METER | 9 | K | N/A |
| N/A | 10 | L | N/A |
| SERVICE | 11 | M | TILT |
| P1 START | 12 | N | P2 START |
| N/A | 13 | P | N/A |
| N/A | 14 | R | N/A |
| P1 RIGHT | 15 | S | P2 RIGHT |
| P1 LEFT | 16 | T | P2 LEFT |
| N/A | 17 | U | N/A |
| N/A | 18 | V | N/A |
| N/A | 19 | W | N/A |
| N/A | 20 | X | N/A |
| P1 FIRE | 21 | Y | P2 FIRE |
| N/A | 22 | Z | N/A |
Dipswitch settings. Settings marked with * indicate the default dipswitch setting. I havne’t been able to find clear documentation on switches 8 and 9.
| SWITCH | INFO | OFF | ON |
| 1 | ALLOW CONTINUE | NO | YES* |
| 2 | FLIP SCREEN | NO* | YES |
| 3 | DIFFICULTY | EASY* | HARD |
| 4 | EXTRA LIFE | 20K, 60K, 60K* | 20K |
| 5 | LIVES | 3* | 5 |
| 6 | COIN/PLAY | 1 COIN / 1 CREDIT* | 1 COIN / 2 CREDIT |
| 7 | UPRIGHT/COCKTAIL | COCKTAIL | UPRIGHT* |
| 8 | UNKNOWN | ||
| 9 | UNKNOWN |

Looking to buy Arkanoid Taito Spinner Control Knob Replacement. Does anyone have one to sell?