One of the objectives in Baywatch is to spell G-U-A-R-D by making a series of shots. When you make one of the lettered shots you trigger a foxy lifeguard animation on the DMD that lets you know you are on your way to spelling guard. The letters also stay illuminated on the playfield. Well, when I make the shot for "R" I don't get the DMD animation and R does not stay illuminated on the playfield. There, however, is a slight water whoosh sound.

I did a switch test using the diagnostics portal. The switch (#28 right ramp) is working.

I tested the diode on the switch and that seems to be working fine.

I resoldered the CN8 and CN10 pins on the CPU board.

I tested the Q48 - Q55 transistors and they seem to be fine.

Another clue in some sort of switch matrix error may be that the game sometimes awards me 1 locked ball without actually making the lock ball shot - meaning it recognizes my first locked ball as the second.

Anyone have any ideas what I should try next?

Thanks in advance for any help.

thanks so much for the reply. it is really appreciated. i actually figured this out by watching someone else on youtube play... and realized ironman wasn't working either. it was that second switch not working. once i got it sorted out everything was good to go. also, i did not know about the lock ball awards, so thanks for clearing that up.

what a really fun game. i'm loving it.