I don't think this is anything new. I had the same issue on my BDK crane toy. It wasn't off much, so I never really gave it a ton of thought. I would be curious to see what Stern says about it.

Code update process. I’ve never done a new Stern spike 2 update. Trying to update to .93 from .90. What are the quirks? How long does it take etc? seems to be stuck on 55/4181mb for quite a while. Don’t want to interrupt but I’m worried I might hose it. Any help from those that have performed one?

Redownloading code and will try again. Think one of the three files might have been messed up. Hopefully 2nd times a charm

Does anyone know what the three files should be called? After downloading from Sterns website and unzipping I have the following on my usb stick:

batman-0_93_0.spk.003.000 file is of type 000 size is 1,953,125 kb
batman-0_93_0.spk.003.002 file is of type 002 size is 302,410 kb
batman-0_93_0.spk.003 file is of type 003 size is 2,255,535 kb

usb is a 16gb formatted fat 32 Sandisk

So my problem was that one of the three files on the usb was compressed and caused the update to crash. FYI....I have a windows 10 laptop. Apparently the compressed file from Stern does not like either Winrar or Windows 10 native software for decompression. Once I decompressed with 7-zip everything worked. Never had a file not like certain decompression software before. Now that I know future updates should move along nicely.

Btw how active is the magnet for Joker or batphone hits? I don’t notice a ton of action. My magnet is working. I thought I remember it throwing the ball all over the place or even sometimes holding it. Just curious?

Interesting. I’ll have to check for adjustments. It is definitely working as it did grab the ball and throw it around 1 out of the 4 or 5 times I shot it up there

I'm wondering the same thing. It may be that the magnet cannot be active every shot for a reason. Would be nice to know all the same. I was watching a video of Dead Flip and BM66 and that magnet grabbed and deflected the ball even less then mine.

I'll have to check this out and report back. Hadn't noticed honestly.

Speaking of Pinstadium...I have a question. My used BM66 is the only experience I have with this mod so I'm learning on the fly. With my setup the only time I notice them is when the machine is in attract mode. When I start a game they seem to shut off and the PF darkens quite a bit. I do like them, but Why do they shut off during play? Are they hooked up wrong possibly? I thought one clip was for GI and the other was on a flasher. I did manage to install the app and hook them up to my phone. They seem to be functioning fine via the app. Anyone with more experience please enlighten me?

I will do that. I'm sure it's my ignorance with the product more then anything.

Impressive arcade Dave to say the least. I now have a video to show my wife if she gives me crap about needing just one more. . I can always say look sweetie there is one dude in Australia way crazier then me. . Then she will probably say in an exhausted tone. “Sure....go ahead”

The side art issue I can see clearly, but the PF issue is difficult for me to make out...Is that a bubble as well or light reflecting?

Wonder what "Some custom SLE speech" is? I had heard it was to be the name of the SLE owner at some point. Congrats to the SLE owners as someone mentioned.

Thinking about loading the new code...Does 1.0 still have the launch lane coil adjustment? Heard that they may have left it out in this update.

Cool. Thanks for the verification. Need to stop being lazy and get that new code loaded.

Wow...Holy Node board Batman! I think all the modern Sterns are fun as heck to shoot. In saying that I always have a worry in the back of my head about the Node board issues I've read about. I'm glad I only have the one BM66 to worry about. After a recent code update I couldn't get it to boot. Finally after a few restarts it did and has been working fine ever since. Thought I almost joined the club.

Would that I could. I honestly would have an Iron Maiden and am interested in the Munsters as well..Just buying an entire game room full of NIB Sterns has me thinking twice given how expensive the Node boards are. Also availability is a concern years down the road even more than price of the boards. I'm sure someone will reverse engineer these things at some point.

I've found that in a home use only environment Cliffy's aren't needed as much. Unless you play your pins almost nonstop which I guess some of us do. To each his or her own I guess...Honestly some of them are such a pain to install that they are just not worth it to me. I wonder what the general pinside opinion is on this?

I certainly understand wanting to armor them up and protect your investment. I've actually had to take one or two off over the years as shot rejects just became a bit much. Hole/scoop was none the worse for wear btw.

Not so much spreading, but keeping it from starting in the first place would be my guess. Keep it newish looking as long as possible...Maybe impact resale down the road.

True, but as I said in the home they don't take nearly the abuse as out in the wild. If I operated something I would for sure try and protect it as much as possible.

I've had a Stern POTC new in box since 2006 with no cliffy's and I have not had a single issue or wear spot develop anywhere. Almost every Pirates I've ever seen in the wild however is a huge POS.

Makes sense

Anyone have any issue with the 1.03 code download from Sterns website? I downloaded and go to extract and I get one zip archive and two .spk files. It's not the usual three .spk files for me. Thoughts from someone that has downloaded and installed successfully?

Did something change since the last version or did I get a bad download?

Downloaded several times using different computers and different compression software with the same result...Which is after I download from Stern I extract and to my USB drive (As I have done many times before) and I will get two .SPK files and a compressed file. Usually I remember getting three .SPK files after decompressing. If I try to decompress the file I get an error stating it may be corrupted. Maybe I'll call Stern on Monday before I attempt and brick my machine. . Anyone else have any thoughts? Anywhere else that it can be downloaded?

Downloaded code on my Mac and then updated. Table froze once, but after restart seemed to go smoothly. Not really sure what to make of it? I've updated this machine so many times I've lost count. Maybe a problem with newer version of Winrar or something on my laptop it didn't like?

I did actually. In the end I was able to get it to update with no problems. Haven't determined what the actual issue was/is? We will see on the next one

Just curious as to why anyone would buy a duplicate game? Maybe to keep the plays low on your original? Personally I would rather have something different...Unless space and money are not an issue. Nice problem to have I suppose