Just joined the club!!

I have a couple questions, if anyone can help:

1) For whatever reason mine doesn't play any sound when the MATCH is happening at the end of a game. All other sounds and music during the rest of the game seem to be totally normal. I can't find any setting about this or anything online. Any ideas?

2) And I THINK this is unrelated, but it seems mine is still on the original ROMs not the 2.1 upgrade. Do I just need the "CPU Eprom G11 Version 2.1", or would I also need the "Sound ROM Set"? http://www.thatpinballplace.com/eproms/wpc.html

Thanks for any advice!

Yeah, I assumed they weren't related... but I guess I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one without the MATCH sounds.

For Video Mode you just have to hit the "We Are - Watching - You" targets a bunch of times (5 completions of all 3 targets).

I don't see any settings that specific in the manual. I usually never aim for them either, but I got Video Mode twice yesterday just by playing. They were pretty mediocre games too. All 3 of your targets are functioning correctly?

Anyone else have no sound during "MATCH"? Anyone have any ideas why some of us don't?

Saw one very similar on Ebay for 50 bucks!!: ebay.com link: Oval Diamond custom pinball shooter rod for Congo and would look good on others

How are you attaching the drawer pull to the rod?

So, an update on the "no sound during MATCH" issue. I upgraded to the 2.1 Rom and the MATCH sounds started working. Fine by me!

I saw that in the notes, but I upgraded from the 1.3 Game Rom that was in my game when I bought it to 2.1 with a new Rom from ThatPinballPlace.com. Where did you find a 2.0 Rom? I don't see that anywhere.

That is correct, Congo shipped with bare metal return lanes. See here: https://images.pinside.com/e/a7/5e/ea75eadf6a670817cf5f3a9ec59690004061d269.jpg

It sounds like the 3D mod is sold out.... not sure if pinball_customs will be producing more. I actually just received and installed what I was told was the last remaining set last night.

It's not a mistake, they no longer ship to the US. I have no idea why, but when I asked they directed me to this thread on how to use a mail forwarding service in Germany:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/german-mail-forwarding-workaround-for-pinball-center

Do you have gold mirror blades in a Congo? Any chance you'd be willing to post photos?

Thanks, that really helps! Had been wondering if they were worth the extra $125 or whatever.

PinballSideMirrors.com - Regular = $75, Black/Blue = $195

PinballDecals.com - Regular = $99, Black/Gold = $199

Are you referring to something like this?
ebay.com link: Clear Plastic for Williams Congo Pinball Green with fluorescent edge

Where can I find Congo plastic protectors these days? Thought I saw them all over a couple months back, but now I can only find them from a company selling on ebay out of Germany.

I did have a very similar issue! Music was cutting out and sound got extremely loud after hitting both flippers. Tested it out a few more times and noticed that sometimes the game would even fully reset after hitting both flippers. I brought my A/V and power driver boards in for repair, but he couldn't find anything... solid 5v. Decided to test my outlets with a multimeter and found the culprit!

Apparently on hot days when everyone in our building has there air conditioning on, the voltage drops enough to cause issues. I bought a Tripp Lite Line Conditioner and that fixed it for me. Obviously I'd check your boards first to make sure there isn't a bigger issue, but might be the same thing. I was surprised that I hadn't been able to find anyone else with this issue when I was searching for a solution.

Same thing here. Didn't realized it doesn't do that with incandescent.

Anyone else get airballs off the left ramp that bounce over the "RELIGHT KICKBACK" plastic and straight out the left outlane? It used to only happen very rarely for me, now much more often.

To clarify, the ball isn't going up the ramp at all, it is bouncing off the standup target at the bottom. Pretty similar to the Ghostbusters airball issue I think.

Thanks, I'll try that! The padding does look pretty beat.

Would love to see what it looks like installed, but compared to the original it is definitely missing a ton of detail/texture. Pretty disappointing. Would love to find a better replacement.

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