AtariFA

Replacement CPU for the Atari Generation 1 pinball MPU.

All Generation 1 games are supported:

Atarians - Time 200 - Airborne Avenger - Middle Earth - Space Riders

Key features:

- 1:1 replacement supporting the original edge connectors ( additional connectors available )

- all 'external' components are THT ( IC with sockets ) for easy replacement

- piggyback FPGA replaces CPU, Rom, Ram and most of the logic ICs

- Mosfet Solenoid control with onboard fuses

- modern onboard voltage regulator

- standard LEDs instead of lamps can be used

- additional onboard soundboard with wav/mp3 background music capabilities

- 'on the bench' test capabilities via additional testboards

- onboard ESP32 for easy access & control via WiFi and Browser based App 'FAcontrol '

Prototype assembled by JLCPCB
with components
comparison original CPU and AtariFA

AtariFA first test 'on the bench'

Status

Status as of July 5th 2026:

- prototype (v0.7) running 'on the desk'

​Next steps:

- prototype testing in 'Airborne Avenger'

- eliminate prototype bugs 

- create version v0.9 and extend test field