There does seem to be an odd latency in several areas. Seems like it “gets there” after bat turn, but lots of time in between.

One super jackpot callouts didn’t light the insert or award the points...can’t remember which.....

Catwoman mode, orange shot to penguin hole "to the bat poles" callout is barely audible. Needs a volume boost.

The turntable needs to transition to the batphone side much , much quicker. Specially noticeable when you collect the 2nd hit to qualify penguin main villain mode. The ball is kicked out of the vuk and down on your flipper sometimes just as the turntable decides to start moving. So you either flub the shot and hit turntable mid-moving, or have to take a different shot as you wait for the correct face to come into position. Other main villains it effects as well, but really bad on penguin since the ball is coming right back and into flip position faster.

I've lowered the motor lag setting quite a bit hoping that would help, but it doesn't seem to be doing enough.

Penguin main mode, 1st couple hits to the crane are not triggering shaker.

Agreed that the turntable transition still needs to be quicker. Grateful to have adjustments now, but still not quite enough....

Maybe some logic needs to be put into the code, so it realises the Batphone is going to be needed and ready's the turntable, so as soon as that VUK shot its made it gets its ass moving. Maybe its not possible with the way the turntable is built and it physically cant move any faster, so having a little logic in the code might be the only option?

True....needs to happen, however, as the correct “ scene” must be ready ASAP, w balls in play....better now, but too many brick shots off the posts while the thing is turning. Ingenious however, and will be gold when functioning properly.

Seeing the scrolling screenshots in attract mode assures me that TV is going to be quite interactive at some point.

Possible code adjustment:
Anyone else love to see that upon answering the bat phone, that the magnet always catch the ball
In its current state, there are too many cheap drains

The following were collected/summarized from the Batman 66 Club thread

Bugs / inconsistencies:

a) Shaker motor doesn't trigger the first few crane hits. Slingshot flashers no longer seem to go off with a crane hit.

b) The episode continue screen breaks the "style guide" for the display. It should have the comic-book style notes for the choices, but it's just text overlaid on the screen in hard-to-read fashion.

c) super skill shot didn't consistently light the yellow arrows

d) Can skip Riddler 2 and go directly to Riddler 3 by pressing the button again quickly.

Clarifications needed during game play:

a) what does "shoot to light the Bat Beacon" mean?

b) What to shoot for during Riddler mode?

c) Continuing the major villain mode is little confusing as to what to do next. I was shooting Catwoman 3 for awhile with nothing flashing white and SJP not lit.

d) "To the Bat Poles" is a little confusing now too. The 2nd shot on Riddler still isn't orange.

e) Bat Turn mode is all kinds of wonky as to when it ends, when it continues, what's flashing etc. When you take bat turn into base mode and start a new villain things go very sideways for awhile.

Major features missing or very incomplete:
a) Minor villains
b) Batgirl mode or gameplay
c) Batusi mode
d) Villian Vision taunts

Suggestions
a) magnet should grab the ball for a few seconds after answering the Batphone

b) normalize volume of West/Ward callouts. Many are too loud. Batman climbing vertically clip needs to be faded in/out (Personal note - the climbing clip was the most jarring audio issue in the release. As bad as you think might be, it's worse during the game)

c) assemble specific gadgets to build a Bat belt to improve score or progress when battling villains,

d) a hurry up with those crazy foldable Bat shields

e) A Batclimb mode

f) "Holy" sayings mode

Anyone else having an issue with the Villain Vision tv set? After the update the screen looks weird, like its washed out/way overbright.

Negative for me...still works fine....

Mine looks the same. Is it possible your screen is loose and the viewing angle shifted?

There are quite a few instances during Bat Turn mode where 00 was displayed over a picture of the pickup van. I don't think it was supposed to be zero (and if it is, I suggest if value = 0 don't call overlay).

I saw this during at least one of the villain modes too.

I remember a similar problem that seemed fixed in .71 or .75

Is it confirmed that there are (or are supposed to be) three modes (two cliffhanger options) for each major villain?

I'll have to look in to it tomorrow when I get a chance. Perhaps something came loose before the update, didn't notice it prior though.

Riddler 1st orange shot penguin hole "to the bat poles" audio is completely silent. Callout missing.

Penguin mode. Hit the phone to start. The Alfred clip "I'll summon him" plays way too late. It's a good 10+ seconds after the phone has been hit and the mode is active that it plays.

Brilliant idea! That really needs to be a mode, if Stern can use the clips with all the guest "window" appearances that would be insane!

You missed of Villain Vision taunts in your modes/features missing list.

We must have these!!!...just seeing the stills on the tv screen now in attract hints to genius......

Bugs are being worked on "now" sounds like the code was released a little early probably to give us all something but it ideally needed a couple more days to debug, however the bugs are being ironed out as we speak

I really enjoyed playing the new code on Batman ‘66 today. The new code, in my opinion, has changed the whole dynamic and strategy of this game. Before, everybody would start a villain and then immediately go for three locks to get multi-ball. This is not the best strategy on the latest code.

On this code, the real points are obtained from the story mode. Not collecting the super jackpot, but continuing the mode and playing out the storyline of the villain is how you really get the points. It was so fun and entertaining to see the new animations and speech that are in this code update.

Yes, Multipliers are a key element of this game even more than before. Here’s the strategy:
• Start a villain by answering the Bat Phone.
• Immediately go for the 2-Way combo to 2x multiply the entire Mode by shooting the right scoop, then shooting the left orbit.
• After collecting the necessary shots, shoot Super Jackpot in the right scoop. Don’t collect the SJ, but continue the story. Now the next phase of the villain mode is all 3x multiplied.
• After collecting the necessary shots, shoot Super Jackpot in the right scoop. Don’t collect the SJ, but continue the story. Now the next phase of the villain mode is all 4x multiplied.
• After collecting the necessary shots, shoot Super Jackpot in the right scoop. Don’t collect the SJ, but continue the story. Now the next phase of the villain mode is all 5x multiplied.
• Before collecting the final SJ, have a “Commission Gordon Shot Multiplier” on the right scoop, and go through the Bat Cave to start 2x playfield scoring.
• All these Multipliers will add up and combine to give you a MEGA SJ! (See the photo below of my Penguin champion).

This code update was definitely in the right direction and was implemented very well.

When I scored a 600+ million Super Jackpot in Villain Escape Wizard Mode, I was amazed and felt a sense of accomplishment...a feeling I’d never had before on that game.

The minor TV season villains are still not coded.
I’m excited to see how they are integrated into the story line.

Cheers!

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Really not as buggy as it’s being made out to be. Yes, they are there...but fun to bug factor is exponentially higher in this release.....played it to death last night, had a blast w the new experience....

Love it...now I have to play better!!!

Bug: Pricing text should not appear on screen if game set to Free Play

My "Award Lock" is not working. On several occasions, I get the award, but the balls are not locked and they just continue down the PF. Also, when you capture a villain, the video shows Batman shaking Chief O'Hara's hand, then it jumps abruptly to another scene...really choppy and not a smooth transition. I'm still not liking the difference in the audio volume of the new callouts and music with the old.

Polish in order for sure...the audio levels are not consistent ( they've added a bunch), and some of the videos a bit choppy.

Havent had problems w my ball lock, however...not sure whats happening there.

At least we now have much more substance for Lyman to tweak...quite sure it will get done ( rooting heavily for villian vision in next drop)...

Say what you want, but I am absolutely impressed Stern planned the next BM66 code drops for Thanksgiving holiday and Christmas holiday. If they stick to this plan, it will be the first time ever for 2 planned Stern code releases for a game and show a change in policy. This release should keep you busy for the next 3 weeks!

Agreed!!!

I couldn't reproduce, but when I played it today, I couldn't activate the Joker major villain mode. I hit the targets above the "J O K E R" letters as usual to get the phone to ring, but the hits didn't register. When that game ended, I played another and was able to light up the Joker's letters and the Joker icon to light up on the 4 major villains icons - those 4 round lights a few inches above the flippers), but as the phone started to ring, the ball drained down the left side. However, the ball was saved and the phone was still ringing. I hit it, and it started the Penguin's major villain mode.

.81 released today.

2 things I think are still not fixed. The yellow button on the lockdown bar stills doesn’t register sometimes when flashing. I completed penguin and joker and the 3rd villain goes back to penguin instead of one of the 2 remaining.

Update to previous .80 report:

in .81 Pricing card info displays onscreen after Free Play set to yes, but is removed after game is power cycled while in free play mode.

A bug, but probably not worth fixing.

Code level now .83

Sound level issues noted were addressed in .81

code .83 ball2 first time my bm66 premium ever rebooted during game play. A lot going on, all 4 villains #42 stack set to yes. Only once so far will keep playing. Anyone else notice a reboot w/.83?

No reboot from me with .83.

The new .83 code is making this game much better.

In Lyman we trust!

Disregard

After downloading .83 and on my third game...

During a game on the second ball, the game started over on its own. (Lost all points, game went to ball one and zero points while ball in play)

0.83

An annoying one now that we have minor villains which are stackable is when you only need one ball to start multiball, the Mystery will always award the final lock and start multiball. This is great except when you also have TV lit for Minor Villain, and you are deliberately not starting multiball so you can start a Minor Villain and then bring it into multiball. As it is now, it awards Mystery before TV, and therefore starts multiball before you can select the Minor Villain.
Simple fix, award the TV/Minor Villain first, then award the Mystery/multiball start.

This happened to me last night for the first time ever. Had chosen Mr. Freeze and ball was in play when all of a sudden, game just shut down and rebooted.

Code 0.83, ocassional premature locked ball release during minor villain modes, and a major villain is active. First ball to drain ends the ball.
Using default settings, except multiball difficulty is set to medium.
There is no reason for the ball lock pin to drop, unless I have a hardware problem.

Is anyone willing to share their setup for a ‘fun but not silly easy’ approach? Carryovers, how many shots to multiball etc etc. thanks in advance

Code is now at 0.84

Fixed in .84