i just repaired a tempest that wasn't keeping high score and the issue was chip B4 a 74LS139 the outputs of half the chip where dead. So it isn't always the ER2055.
I built my adaptor with this PDF and it works, I would not trust the diagram you used. Get your meter out and buzz your pins out with the one from this PDF, and fix what doesn't match. You will notice there is no pin 2 on the tube socket, but you diagram shows it, I think your one pin off...
World Cup used the WPC-S (S for Security) and isn't the same cpu board as used in TZ that is a WPC. The chip with the barcode is the security chip.
So no, you can't swap them.
Damon
Anyone have any experience with converting a Merit Jade2 HD to CF (Compact Flash)? My game is getting old and I know this HD is going to fail soon. Google only tells me that some versions have special HD IDs, but hard finding any real details. I have the parts on order, just don't want to...