Picked up a Baywatch yesterday in really great shape, play field looks almost perfect. I'll post some pics when I get a chance. Cabinet also in good shape, a few touch ups on the head. I'll probably rebuild the lower flippers and the kick out and shooter coils seem a little weak so I'll clean them up a bit.

I need to LED it, any suggestions? Color match the inserts? Cool white GI?

Anything basic pointers on how to play? Have no idea what's going on.

Thx

Well, one day in and game is down. Shooter coil bracket broke in half so coil isn't stable. $3 part from Marco, but no playing for a few days

Flipper coils (from manual)

Lower right: 23-900
Lower left: 23-1100
Upper right: 23-1100
Upper left: 24-1570

Upper launch: 24-940

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Does anyone know what the differences are between rom v4.0 vs 3.0? Do I also need to update my display rom if I update the cpu rom?

One more question, how do the skill shots work? When the ball plunges, it always goes to the lanes, how do you hit the other two shots?

Thanks, I'll check the gate. I know my shooter needs an adjustment.

Related question, is there supposed to be a gate At the top near the "S" lane to prevent the ball from rolling back to the upper left flipper? Many times I'll hit the ball to the lanes and it will bounce back down.

My skill shot still wasnt working, the ball just kept hitting the right upper gate and not getting through. I tested the coil in test mode and it works fine. Coil power set to normal. I took a closer look at the gate and armature and low and behold, the armature was sitting BELOW the gate so it couldn't move it. I adjusted the armature so it's now on TOP of the gate and it works perfectly. Nice to now have a working skill shot!image.jpg

My upper flipper is strong, can make the ramp as long as I hit it right. Change the coil sleeve and spring maybe?

I was just messing with this because my lower left flipper felt weak. The gap was larger than it was on the right so I reduced it. I also replaced the coil sleeve, which was dirty, and spring, which was stretched, and its fine now.

Hittng the ball from right side kickout with the upper left flipper is not that easy...timing IS everything.

Only issue I seem to have is figuring why when the shark flipper light is lit, it doesnt automatically flip all the time. Thinking its just a switch adjustment. Is it supposed to flip automatically every time?

I picked up a STTNG and SS along with a BW within the past month after selling a few games. Strangely, i am playing BW the most, followed SS and then STTNG. It really is a great game. If stern released a game with the BW layout and called it Star Wars or something else, im pretty sure it would be a huge hit. The sounds in BW are just awful and the dots are bad...I mean that stupid porpoise sound, ATV...wtf? The dots after draining showing that girl with a strange grunt on her face...as if she's getting it from behind...what's up with that???

I put LEDS in mine, but the problem is the stupid GIs. You have to tear the game down to get to most of them.

Bad coil sleeve or something broke in the plunger mechanism.

You can get to all of it from below.

Didn't know this, thanks!

Anyone know where I can get 12v? Have this plug inside coin door. Believe white is ground, is grey/red 12v? Wiring up under cab lighting.

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Installed barakandl's nvram in my game today, plug and play, no more batteries on the board. $10 I think I paid him.

$2200. Personally, I think it's worth more.

I have one from Paul, very easy install. The motor works great in the game, it's pretty active. Highly recommend. Paul is also great to deal with, very responsive. I had an issue, but it was my fault as I wasn't seating the wire in the connector properly.

Side mirrors and under cab lighting. Both look great.

Here's mine (w/Shark mod!). Inserts are all color matched with non-ghosters from Comet. I did many, but not all, of the GIs because they are buried under the ramps and I didn't remove any ramps. Backbox is full LED, frosted. I have a blue LED strip in the back right facing down and a yellow light strip on the left under the lip of the tower also facing down. The shark mod on the tower is lit with a spotlight I added, it contains a blue LED. Also have a blue led strip in the ball trough.

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I made an undercab light kit for my Baywatch, came out pretty good. If anyone wants me to make one for them or wants me to show them how to make it, please let me know. It's nothing fancy, just hooks into the flasher sockets under the playfield, but it's pretty effective. I tied it into the bumper flasher, the flasher that coincides with the porpoise sound and one other, which I can't remember off hand. Requires an RGB led light strip, wire and some clips. You'll need to be able to solder in tight spaces as the led strip contacts are small and close together. I posted a FS ad in the market and some dude was giving me crap for it, likely because he also sells a kit and doesn't like me undercutting him...whatever...it won't blow your game up if you follow some simple instructions. Hope you like it...

Not in mine either

Looks nice. I mounted some dolphins on my slings and added a diver.

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That's nice, in more ways than one!

No, not tough at all if you have good flippers.

Shaker plus OCD board...perfect together.

Led OCD, smooths out the LEDs, makes them behave more like incandescents. In addition, all that relay clicking you hear from the lights in the backbox goes away. Search for maestro and you should find it.

The game is very difficult to score big.

If anyone is interested in some upgraded lighting, let me know. Added a blue trough light and some green back lighting.

Still pretty dark in the middle of the game, maybe need a few spotlights.

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Yeah, maybe. There's a white light I added in back left, you can see in the pic. Game is very dark overall.

Installed my color dmd today, literally took 10 minutes to take out the old and install the new, perfect fit. I had to make my own power plug, which took another 5 minutes. Dmd is powered by the service outlet.

Overall, it's a great option. It doesn't solve the same grainy issues of the original, but it is so much better. The video doesn't really capture it well, in person it's really very nice. Unlocking it with the pin2dmd code took a few mins to figure out. For those Unlocking it, make sure you rename your key file to pin2dmd.key. any questions, let me know.

Thanks Dominik at German gaming supplies for giving us this great option!

It's the first in the world I've ever seen with a color dmd. Game has a shaker and led OCD board. Not sure I can make it any better, but I now too have a spare dmd for Baywatch!

100% plug and play, no modifications to the game needed. Supply was very limited, like 20, but then I heard he had issues with bad power supplies, so it was likely much less than that. I feel very lucky to have this.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/who-needs-a-sega-192x64-replacement

Yes, that too! Nvram. I can never sell it. It's a BW super LE.

You can power the color dmd off the driver board too. The harness would work, just need to wire it to the dmd since it doesn't draw power off the controller board and is powered directly via the supplied power supply. Basically, run a line from the power supply of the dmd to cn6 instead of the service outlet.

Why might my game sometimes flash the display and game code splash screen that you see on startup during game play? Might that be a bad display or cpu rom?

I have a color dmd with its own power supply. I didn't notice this before installing the color dmd.

Could it be something on the controller board?

Turns out my ribbon cable from the controller to the driver board is a bit mangled. I straightened it out and no more robots. Need to buy a new one, they only come in sets of three for $30 plus shipping.

Without a doubt!

Read a few posts back, there is a list. There is also a thread on a baywatch shaker, search for it.

How did you power the dmd?

Which wires after the main switch? I see several black and white wires? Thx

Perfect, thank you! does it matter whether L goes to the black or white wire? Same for N, does it go on black or white, or it doesn't matter?

Thanks. My color dmd didn't come with any wires from the power supply to a power source, that's why I am confused, but it's clear now. Thx

Fairly typical for Sega/DEngames. Make sure the coil bracket hasn't come loose and that the plunger is hitting the ball in the center. If it's off just a little you will get a bad launch. The coil bracket has play to allow it to be adjusted.

My gates work fine, but for the skill shot, the lanes are easy and worth a lot of points if you hit it three times.

is gate mechanism set up properly? In test mode, does the gate open and close correctly?

I don't believe the shaker is software driven, it fires off the pop bumpers.

Shark hole light, before and after...I tied it to the Jackpot insert.

If any one is interested, I can make one up for $15 shipped within US.

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Shark has a mind of its own!

Sad to say, but I left the club yesterday after about 4 years of ownership. Very depressing, but I need space for Sw and DI, both coming this week. I put a lot of work into the game with shaker, color dmd, led OCD and quite a few other things. Only comforting thing is that it went to a very good home.

Up to buyer to share price, I will say that my game was nearly perfect and had really good mods like color dmd, LED OCD, shaker, uncercab lights and nearly full LEDs. It had a few other nice mods as well. The game played perfect as it should. Zero wear on playfield.

It is sad that it left and the past few weeks have been tough with Potc, met pro and my beloved TZ also leaving. All games went to good homes where people will enjoy the games and appreciate what I've done to them, which makes me feel good.

Star Wars coming tomorrow and I'm picking up DI Friday at the factory so hopefully the sadnes will pass, but I doubt it. I regret and miss almost every game I've sold, but there is only so much space and cash available so decisions have to be made. I also run a mod business and I don't like making mods for games I don't have so I need new games from that perspective too.