Quoted from pascal-pinball:I had a node board update error yesterday after the new code update.
cOuld that be the problem?
Seems likely. Spike game code can contain portions of code that gets installed on the individual node boards. If the node board is bad or if the connection to the node board is bad it will give you a node board update failure message. If a node board is not critical to basic game function (like topper node board or mini LCD node board) you can still play the game. You should call you distributor or Stern and they will probably just send you a new node board to see if that fixes the issue.