GAME ELF 412 in 1 User manual

ELF 412 in 1
Arcade Game Board
Manual

Contents
Paragraph Page
1 Connector Layout 1
2 Operation Instructions 2
2.6/7 Returning to Game List 3
3 System Settings Con iguration 4
3.1 1. Exit 4
3.2 2. JAMMA I/O Test 4
3.3 3. MY Cabinet Type = Upright 4
3.4 4. MY Cabinet Type = Cocktail (De ault) 4
3.5 5. Show Serial Number 5
3.6 6. Service (Sub Menu) 5
3.6.1 6.1 Display 5
3.6.2 6.2 System Mode 6
3.6 6.3 Game Mode (All Games / Edit {Para4,5 ,6) 5
3.6 6.4 Free Browse (On O ) 5
3.6 6.6 Stop Timer (On O ) 5
3.6 6.7 Music(On O ) 5
3.7 7. Coin Setting 6
3.7.5 Free Play 7
3.8 8. Show Coins Counter 7
3.9 9. Flip Screen 7
4 Edit Game List (Para 3.6 Edit select) 8
5 Single Game Setting (Para 3.6 Edit select) 10
6 Game Di iculty & Lives Set (Para 3.6 Edit select) 10
7 Game Con iguration Settings 11
7.1 Method 1 Game Con iguration 11
7.2 Method 2 Game Con iguration 12
8 Test or S1 Button Function 12
9 Common Problems and Solutions 12
10 JAMMA Wiring MAP 13
SPECIAL NOTE -- Software 14
Attachment: Game List
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1. CONNECTOR LAYOUT.
Figure 1 :: Game board Layout
CAUTION: The unction o JAMMA connector power and J2 power is same; do not use
them BOTH together as that WILL destroy the game board.
Please connect the trackball 1P (A) and 2P (B) to J6 connector as shown.
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2. OPERATION INSTRUCTION.
Connect the game board and switch on the machine power, a ter the logo o the “GAME
ELF” appears, the machine will enter game list menu (about 20s-40s).
Figure 2 :: Game Menu Layout Note:: Press 1P-C or Help
1. Insert coins irst and select game. (No coins or Free play or ree browse).
2. Select game by moving 1P joystick up or down (si gle step), and le t or right (Page
Shift) to view game list.
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3. Press 1P- START button to enter game.
4. I Coin recycling is set to“No”, a ter entering the game, all coins the player inserts will
be added into the game automatically. I Coin recycling is set to“Yes”, Press 1P START
button or 3~5seconds to pop up menu, and select “continue” to insert coins.
5. All games on Cocktail mode and some games on Upright mode need 2 coins (or more
coins) and press 2P-START butto first to e able 2 players mode. I Coin recycling
is set to “Yes”, or these games. Press 2P-START to trans er and add coins to new
game.
6. Press 1P-START butto for 3 seco ds, “Release Now” is displayed,
to display a pop up me u, a d select “exit” to retur to the Game List
(as figure 2) or “co ti ue” to resume i same game.
7. Press 1P-START for 3 seco ds to retur directly game list .
8. SYSTEM SETTINGS CONFIGURATION.(E teri g Co fig. / Edit Mode)
1. Switch on the machine power, when the string “Press TEST butto to setup”
appears, press TEST or S1 button to enter the System Settings Menu.
Figure 3 :: System Settings Menu.
2. Select item by moving 1P joystick up or dow and press 1P-START to enter.
3. According to the screen display prompts, per orm the operation.
4. Select “Exit” to quit and re-enter to the game list (see Figure 2).

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3.1 Exit.
3.2 JAMMA I put / Output(I/O) Test. (sub Me u)
Check input/output buttons unction is 1 or zero(0).(It is invalid or amily mode.)
*【TEST】=【S1】*【SERVICE】= COIN
3.3 MY Cabi et Type ＝ Upright
According to the screen display prompts, per orm the operation step by step. All game
con igurations are reset to actory de aults and loaded in Upright mode. Prompt(DEFAULT)
will be displayed a ter a success ul setting. Otherwise please per orm again.
3.4 MY Cabi et Type ＝ Cocktail (Factory Default)
According to the screen display prompts, per orm the operation step by step. All vertical
con igurations o games are loaded in Cocktail mode. Prompt(DEFAULT) will be displayed
a ter a success ul setting. Otherwise please per orm again.
3.5 Show Serial Number
This serial number is only marked number, we suggest that our customers note this
number and be convenient or getting service in the uture.
Elf 412 i 1 Serial ....................................................................................................

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3.6 SERVICE (sub Me u)
1. On the System Setting Menu, select item “6. Service” and press 1P-START to
enter the Service Menu.
Figure 4 :: Service Menu
NOTE:: The Dark Blue text is very difficult to read
2. Moving 1P joystick up or down to choose item, then 1P-C to modi y item.
3. SW1 switch on game board adjust Display Mode. See Remark para 3.6.1..
4. A ter inishing modi ication, press 1P-START to save setting(as igure 5), then
press 1P-A to retur System Me u.
5. Select "1. Exit" to exit, the new con iguration is valid a ter system automatically
restarts.
Figure 5:: Saving Text
3.6.1 Display Mode (Setti g Switch SW1)
1. Display mode
This game board support both VGA and CGA display modes, see below or
settings.
VGA mode (31.5Khz): Be ore switching on the machine power, set BIT1 o SW1
ON. Connect the VGA monitor to the VGA output connector. The output resolution
is 800x600.
CGA mode (15.75KHz): Be ore switching on the machine power, set BIT1 o SW1
OFF to use a regular JAMMA cabinet. The VGA port output is i valid.
Remark: Do ot operate SW1 with power applied. This may cause the special
electro ic smoke to leak out affecti g ormal operatio !

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3.6.2 System Mode
In order to edit the “Game list/ Game difficulty/ Lives setti g/ Game
co figuratio ” it is necessary to enter the “Co fig/Edit Mode”. I you don’t need to
adjust these items, please set to “Game Mode (Normal play mode)” or normal
operation.
3.7 Coi Setti gs.
1. On the System Me u, select item “7.Coi setti gs” to enter Coin Settings.
Figure 6 :: Coin Settings (Menu)
1. Moving 1P joystick up or down to select item, then use 1P-C modi y the item.
2. Press 1P-START button a ter inishing the setting and ollow the instruction to save.
3. Coin mode: to modi y all games’ coin setting.
4. Coin recycling：Select Coin recycling to “Yes” or “No”.
1. “Yes”：Coins which don’t be inserted into game can be returned to the player
a ter quitting the game. Press 2P-START to trans er coins to next game.
2. “No”：All coins will be inserted into the game, so no coins can be returned to the
player a ter quitting the game.
Remark： I si gle game mode, cha ge to "NO" i the coi recycli g.
Figure 7:: Coi Setti g Subme u.
NOTE:: The Dark Blue text is very difficult to read
Yes/no

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3.7 Free play:
1. Free play (ON): Play all games or ree.
2. Free play (OFF): Disable or ree play.
3.8 Show coi s cou ter
1.Show the number o coins in the current mode o operation (The unction is invalid or
Free play mode and home mode).
3.9 Flip scree
1. Flip screen: Game screen lip 180 degree.

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4. EDIT GAME LIST
1. Service Setti gs Me u (per Figure 4), set System Mode to Co fig/Edit mode,
then save and quit the system setting. Enter the Game edit i terface. In the
Co fig/Edit mode, press TEST or S1 button on the Game List Me u to enter the
menu below.
Figure 7:: Game List and Game Di iculty Submenu.
2. Move1P joystick up or down to select “2-Edit game list” and enter the “Edit game list”
menu.
Figure 8:: Show or Hide Menu

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3. The item “*” means to show game list, no“*” means to hide game list.
4. Select game list by moving 1P joystick (up or down to choose game, le t or
right to view game menu) and press 1P-A to decide to show or hide the
selected game.
5. Press 1P-B button to show all games, press 1P-C button to hide all games.
6. A ter the game list edition is inished, press 1P-START button to enter the
save menu (as Figure 9). Please ollow the instruction to save. Then return
to inter ace (Figure 7), quit “enter game list inter ace” (Figure 2).Figure 9::
Selection Submenu
A ter editing the Game List, please enter Service setting again (per Figure 4), set System
Mode to Normal and save it. The game will be started in normal a ter the system
reboot(as Figure 2).

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5. SINGLE GAME SETTING AND OPERATION.
1. Please re er to “Edit game list” as above, and enter the edit Game List me u.
2. Moving 1P joystick up or down to select game, press 1P-D button to set. I it shows
“SET” in ront o game title you selected, that means the setting is success ul.
3. Enter Service Menu, set the Game mode to Single mode,
1. Set System mode to “Normal play” mode and save it.
2. The Single mode will be started a ter re-entering the game.
Remark： I Si gle game mode, please cha ge to "NO" i the coi recycli g.
6. GAME DIFFICULTY AND LIVES SETTING.
Enter Service Menu (per Figure 4), set System mode to Co fig/Edit mode, and then
enter the Game Difficulty subme u (per Figure 7). Select the item “3.Edit game
difficulty” to enter the Game List Difficulty Me u as below.
Figure 10 :: Game list Di iculty Menu
1. Button Assignments
1. 1P-Joystick: select the game that needs to be changed.
2. 1P-A button: adjust the game di iculty.
3. 1P-B button: adjust the lives.
4. 1P-C button: set ALL games to hardest.
5. 1P-D button: set All games to hard.
6. 1P-E button: set ALL games to normal.

7. 1P-F button: set All games to easy.
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Notice: when some games’ di iculty show as “x(x)” or lives show as “x”, it means this
game has no di iculty and no lives to adjust, or it means this game doesn’t support to
adjust game di iculty and lives. I it is the 2nd option, please enter the game and set the
game con iguration speci ically. (See the detail setting on “Game con iguration settings”).
2. A ter inishing it, press 1P-START and ollow the instruction to save. Press 1P-A
button to save the modi ied games and press 1P-D button to orce to save all games.
Saving all games will take a long time.
3. Set the “System mode” back to “Normal play” mode and enter the Game List menu
to start game as usual.
7. GAME CONFIGURATION SETTINGS
7.1 Method 1 for Game co figuratio setti gs:
1. Enter Service menu (as igure 4), set System mode to “Co fig/Edit” mode, save
and quit the system settings menu, then enter the Game List menu.
2. Moving 1P joystick up or down to select the game you want to change, press 1P-
START button to start game and enter the Game Con iguration editor menu.
Figure 11:: Game Con ig. Editor Figure 12 :: Game Settings
3. Move 1P joystick to select“Dip Switches”and press 1P-A button to enter the setting
menu(as igure 12). (This operation is invalid or some games, please re er to
Method 2.)
4. Select option by moving 1P joystick up or down, and press 1P-C or 1P-D button to
adjust.

5. Select “Retur to mai me u” to quit the setting menu a ter setting (as Figure 11),
and select “Exit game” to back game list (as igure 2). Restart the game, then new
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6. Please go on to set other games i you need. I not, set System mode to “Normal
play” mode and save it. Re-enter the game list and the game will be started in
Normal mode.
7.2 Method 2 for Game co figuratio setti gs (Original con iguration adjustments):
1. Re er to Method 1, enter the game con iguration editor menu(as igure 11), and
select the item “Enter Service Mode（i listed)” to enter game’s original setting
menu (when some games select this item, it’s need to quit game irst and enter
again, then enter the game con iguration setting menu).
2. Follow the instructions o the game con iguration setting menu to modi y game
con iguration and save it.
3. A ter inishing it, press TEST or S1 to show the game con iguration setting menu,
select “Exit game” and return to game list menu (as igure 2). Enter the game again
and the new con iguration is valid. Cautio ： The game will enter setting menu
a ter starting i “Service mode”is set to ON.
Re er to Method 1,set “Service mode”to “OFF”.
4. Set the System Mode to “Game Mode” and enter the normal playing mode.
8. TEST OR S1 BUTTON FUNCTION
1. System setting button, press TEST or S1 button to enter the system setting when
the screen show “Press TEST to setup” (as igure 3).
2. In the Normal play mode, press TEST or S1 button to quit and return to the game
list (as igure 2). Or press and hold 1P-Start or 3~5seconds.
3. In the Con ig/Edit mode, press TEST or S1 button in the game to pop up or hide the
con iguration setting menu (as igure 11). Press S1 button on the game list menu
(as igure 2), and enter the Edit game list inter ace.
9. COMMON PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
Problem: the game screen is not synchronised in the cga mode when game start.
Solution: Adjust the horiz. stabiliser in the game monitor until the image is clearly visible.

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10. JAMMA WIRING
JAMMA Co ector Wire MAP
Component Side --Player One Solder Side – Player Two
Assignment Pin Assignment
GND 1 GND
GND 2 GND
+5V 3 +5V
+5V 4 +5V
/// 5 ////
+12V 6 +12V
//// 7 ////
//// 8 ////
JMA 9 9 JMB 9
Speaker + 10 Speaker --
JMA 11 11 JMB 11
Video Red 12 Video Green
Video Blue 13 Video Sync.
GND 14 Service
Test 15 JMB 15
1P – Coin 16 2P – Coin
1P –Start 17 2P – Start
1P --Up 18 2P --Up
1P --Down 19 2P --Down
1P – Le t 20 2P – Le t
1P – Right 21 2P – Right
1P – A 22 2P – A
1P – B 23 2P – B
1P – C 24 2P – C
1P – D 25 2P – D
1P – E 26 2P – E
1P – F 27 2P – F
GND 28 GND
Cautio : Do not connect the PIN27 o JAMMA port to ground lead, it will a ect the game’s
playing.
Remark: The picture o user menu only or re erence, any di erence, please re er to the
product.

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Switch Locatio s
1. Illuminated Push Button. 8Way Joystick Lamp o , 4 way Joystick
Lamp on.
1. Joystick Player 1. Up, Down, Le t, Right
2. 1P-A First right o the joystick. (Player 1 Switch A).
3. 1P-B Middle o three. (Player 1 Switch B).
4. 1P-C Right Hand Switch o three on Console (Player 1 Switch C).

SPECIAL NOTE
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without so tware.
2. Customers may obtain so tware by their own
methods ( rom the so tware provider or
download so tware rom related web sites).
We do not supply so tware or this hardware.
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