Two things-- can the FAQ be made a key topic so it shows at the top? Most folks don't go to the first page, but the newest page and will miss it.

Second-- Upgrade kit: Pinball show podcast mentioned they may be coming "soon" and it is a kit not just a software upgrade rom chip. There was previous speculation of saloon doors. I personally would not be doing much in the way of modding that area if they may include some sort of hardware along with the Lyman/Josh code.

There's a lot of speculation about the upgrade kit, as you mentioned. Zach in the podcast mentioned the "mod that didn't make it in the original CC" which is the saloon doors alright. However, being CGC this can take a very long time, even if the "insiders" are calling it to be soon. Anyway, the 3d printed saloon door mod on sale right now is pretty cheap, looks very nice in the pin and works as a teaser on how cool that would look if CGC really makes it part of the kit.
Cheers!

I second the suggestion for FAQ as Key Topic - it should lower the number of posts "look at the FAQ"

Done. First time I have keyed a first post in a thread

I noticed the same thing. Do multiple key posts need to be made in order to have the index appear?

I'm seeing the same, no index. Any nominees for another key post so I can verify if I key another the index will appear?

In the past I was only frustrated with not knowing how long my money was tied up (and not buying other pins), but now I am actually pretty bummed out, I ordered with my distributor hours after announced, I am just kicking myself that I could have owned this machine a month ago had I not pre-ordered (several have been for sale that were not assigned to people). There seems to be no logic on which distributor gets what first or in what order. (mine has only received two machines and this was some time ago). It has gotten to instead of coming here daily for check-in's today I had 227 new posts. Sorry for the rant, but this though others might not agree is getting silly. So now I am just distancing myself from the excitement, to avoid feeling this way, and it will just be a when it gets here apathic attitude.

I feel your pain my friend. I put down a second refundable deposit with another distributor that tells me I'm first in line when they get another batch. Now, the 2 distributors can "race" to get my business. Lol. And yes, they both are aware, in not being deceptive with either one.

We are getting our games soon I can feel it!

I suspect so

Ask and you shall receive

My main reason for even having one of these was when Hemispheres posted they had one available immediately. I was going to take the wait and see approach on purchasing. When I decided I wanted Godzilla, I called around and was told various different date ranges for pro and premium models. Then I found a dealer with pro in stock. Easy buy and play situation that way. I would recommend not putting all your eggs in one dealer basket these days. You just never know if they will have a ton of orders for one model or the other.

I have a question (and yes I checked the FAQ). Maybe this is more of a general remake question.

Will the game audio(music, sound effects, callouts) have improved fidelity and perhaps stereo imaging compared with the original audio samples? (aside from any speaker hardware upgrade)

Yes, try to stay positive. If it makes anyone feel better, I waited over a year to get my Alien machine and it was tough. Just keep busy and enjoy what you have until you get that "final payment for delivery" email!

Right after Richard gets his game, then you guys get yours

Update on my lost CCr.

Fedex located the pallet. Although they thought it made it to Chicago land, it never left Grand Rapids (Game Room Guys). They hope to deliver Friday or Monday.

No sir, not feeling ya on that one my man.

Game Room Guys sent me an email last week to let me know expected delivery of my CCr SE+ is delayed from April until August. I am pretty sure the toppers are causing the delay for SE+ and LE models.

The original plan was for CGC to make 500 SEs, than do the 1250 LEs, than do the 1250 SE+, and finish off with the remaining SE orders. They did say recently that this plan might change though as it's pretty trivial for them to switch between editions.

Where we stand now is that CGC appears to be currently sitting at around 200 SEs shipped and at full capacity, without any other shortages, it's expected that they can put out 70 games a week.

They are just behind in general.

There have been many shortages and they have spent some extra time improving issues they witnessed at Expo and Pintastic.

I don't think this being pushed back really has anything to do with the toppers.

Didn’t see it in the FAQ so apologies if I missed it but is anyone planning on making interactive saloon doors? Believe the little static saloon sign is all that’s available.

We don't know what the upgrade kit entails yet. Many are hopeful for some sort of playfield feature being included. Some think it will be something like you mentioned regarding a prototype component that was cut preproduction. Up in the air until an announcement or leak.

At one point, Josh Sharpe kind of hinted at Saloon Doors being a part of the physical hardware component of the Lyman update.

It hasn't officially been confirmed yet but would fall in line with their intentions of completing the game the way the original designers would've intended, as the doors existed on some early whitewoods.

Any evidence on your SE that there is room for a physical addition to that area?

We have seen pictures and the games dont have the routing under the PF that the prototypes had.

As you can see in this pic, the routing for doors is totally different.

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Didn't someone add saloon doors recently with the standard playfield? Certainly better if you can do it that way than routing new playfields.

Is it possible they found a new approach to adding saloon doors that didn’t rely on the original routing? Honest question. I don’t know enough about the design and engineering to know if it is possible.

Yes. However they dont work like the original design. Here is a pic of the underside.

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That is the hope!

It really no wonder CC never sold. It kind of like the attitude was “ let’s just abandon this POS and see how many suckers will buy a incomplete pin with unfinished code and get on with the next order of business”.

So you think there is a pile of toppers in a warehouse somewhere? Lol

At least I got to play these at Pinbrew last week at the Cointaker booth. They got a topper.

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I was joking.

Have you ever light up a blue light on MM or AFM?

Here are some pics of my side art install. Looks really nice on the game.

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In the future, when joking or being cynical in a comment, please add something like "lol" after your comment to avoid confusion.





oh....... I see you did that.

Also - check the FAQ first!!

Cactus Canyon #1446 is setup and ready for play at The Pinball Room in Sioux Falls!

No issues out of the box, working well and hella fun. I've only ever played the digital version of this game, so it's neat to finally play the real thing. The Bart sculpt and paintjob is really nice. It's so nice, I almost feel bad smashing a ball into it!

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I asked this question elsewhere but would anyone who had a original CC with CCC installed sell or trade it for a remake? I have a original but I sure do like the Remake.

CGC upgrade kit.

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Only number I saw on the box or game was the serial #. All of them said 1446 on mine. No extra zeros or anything, but sometimes it was listed with a CC on front. The mfg date on the back of mine was Mar 31st.

I found a serial # on the box, on the back of the game with the mfg date, and also on the back of the bill-acceptor cutout plate. Never seen one located there before, noticed it when I installed the DBA today. If there were any numbers anywhere else, I didn't notice them.

Here's the cutout plate. Game isn't with me, so can't get any other pics.

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