Different arcade board connections...

[ediblegod]

I bought a bunch of cabs awhile back to convert to MAME cabs. I know a lot about converting to MAME cabs but not a lot about actual arcade cabs.
I have a few cabinets in my garage w/ different cabinet boards and different connections.
My ? is how many different connections are there out there?
I have one working cabinet but none of the other boards seem to be compatible with the connections.

Any info is greatly appreciated.

[DeLuSioNal29]

Any pics of the connectors?

[CheffoJeffo]

Depending on when the games were manufactured, there are lots of different connectors and, more importantly, pinouts (e.g. two games could use a 36-pin connector, but have completely different pinouts).

In the mid-80s, the JAMMA standard was created to simplify the conversion of cabinets.

Pics might be helpful, as would be a description of what the game boards are (or pics of the gameboards if you don't know what they are).

[ediblegod]

Here's a pic of each board.

The first pic is the working cab.
Moon Patrol


Time Pilot '84


Road Riot