Also, there are the resistors that go bad. 1/2 watt I believe, not sure.

I'm in the club.

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Back to the future! Very nice!

Hey fellow club members... quick question and seeking advice on something.

I'm wanting to replace my PPB board for my TFTC, and there are the obvious choices from a variety of sellers like Rottendog for $125, Xpin for $159, and then you have the random eBay seller who has refurbished ones for $65 give or take. Normally, I don't mind treating my game to nice things and get the Xpin, but I'd like to see if anyone knows of any other outlets, like reputable pinheads who service and sell refurbished boards?

If nothing comes up, I'm fine going with Xpin, as they have free shipping all this month and their products seem to have a good following.

Any advice or thoughts is much appreciated!

I've had a Rottendog in my DE SW for years without any issues.

Just joined the data east family recently...

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Just cleaned up a WWF and it is a really fun game!

Star wars owner here....love the Data East titles.

I've got original, xpin, and rotten dog in my 4 DE machines. If you can get a refurbished original, I'd go that route. I've had random compatibility issues with the other 2 depending on the other boards in the machine. If everything else is original then all 3 options will work.

Aflacjack have you tried the newr SW code in your machine? It is great. It makes the ramp shots less important, and adds the ball-save (pluse other stuff).

Awesome. Good to know. If I go new maybe it is worth the $30 savings to go Rottendog over Xpin.

Great info and exactly what I was worried about. Capability issues. The rest of the boards are originals.

I would prefer to go with a refurbished original, but hesitant to grab a random one off eBay, and I'm not familiar with any sources right now.

Thanks guys!

I got my first Data East pin recently. A pretty nice Phantom of the Opera.

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Sure you will make them as good as new , picture blurry what is the pin on the left ? Sorry T3

No I havent. How do I get the code?

I can burn roms...sending PM

Number 11 joins the club!

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Thanks for the help!

Since my Jurassic Park group was growing so well, I decided to go make a Data East Pinball owners group just now. So if you're on Facebook, come check them out!

Data East Pinball Owners Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DataEastPinballOwners/
Jurassic Park Pinball Owners Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/JurassicParkPinballOwners

Who's going to be the first Data East member request?

My wife just requested to join the JP book face group

I want to give a shout to Meloyelo51 for burning the Chad H 6.0 roms for our new Jurassic Park pinball we purchased three weeks ago. Thank you

Anyone know the translight glass size for WWF?

Comparing the opening size and glass of other games I think it would be 26" x 22.5" but double checking before i get a piece.

Several places have this, ChadH is really the one you should chat with, he is the one updating the ROM code at this point. I have 1.04 in one of my DE SW, and it's terrific. I have 1.06 in the other one. you can get 1.03 thru 1.05 here https://www.marcospecialties.com/control/keywordsearch?SEARCH_STRING=Star+Wars+Data+East+ROM as well as the EPROM chips.

for more information on the ROM versions and staying current, check out Chad's site: http://www.pinballcode.com/

Hey Creeps, if all goes well I'm about to join the club in a couple of weeks... Fingers crossed!

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LAH is a very underrated game. It was a bargain when I got mine at $1200. I have not had to put much into it. I will never sell it!
Great game.

I picked up a Laser War the other day and I might have a pending deal worked out on another gem at expo.

BTW, looking for an upper left spinner for LW if anyone can point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it.

PM me when you're ready for 1.07
I just may know a guy

Hey fellow DE owners/experts... I'm having a switch matrix wrinkle in my TFTC I just can't iron out. I started a thread the other day to call in reinforcements to help me see this one through.

Here is the thread: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/tftc-switch-matrix-issue-any-help-is-greatly-appreciated

Here's what's happening mid-game or in a switch test...
1.) When the left spinner is activated and I hit both flippers while it's spinning, the captive ball switch activates

2.) When the right spinner is activated and I hit both flippers while it's spinning, the right ramp exit switch activates

3.) When the ball is in the power scoop and I hit both flippers, the middle spinner is activated

Switch matrix chart attached below, and you'll notice that the two bottom right corner lines contains all of these switches in question.

If anyone has experienced this, or any ideas, I am very thankful for any and all suggestions.

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Regarding the TFTC switch issues,

On one (or more) of the switches you listed one (or more) of the following is faulty:
-one or more switch is bad
-one or more switch is wired backwards
-one or more of the switch's wires is touching where it should not be touching (fell off, ect.)
-one or more of the switch's diodes is bad

There could possibly be a solder splash on the backside of the MPU's switch connection components but that would usually affect an entire row or column and you are not see such symptoms. Likewise, a failing pre driver transistor would show a problem with an entire column so that's not likely either. So I would start by focusing on the play field, looking for the cause.

Thanks Snyper! I'm going to look at each switch involved very closely again. I really appreciate the advice here.

You need to replace the 33k, 1/2 watt resistor on the DMD, I believe it’s R95 (but there are write-ups about it on here). I had the same problem with my Hook; I changed the Resistor and the problem went away.

Where are all the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at? Of course I don't have the cash right now for one. But I've been watching for one off and on. I want a project to redo. With so many made there doesn't ever seem to be any floating around. Maybe one every once in a while. Where are they all at?

It's like most other tittles there is one for sale all the time! No shortage. But turtles just doesn't seem to come up often.

Make sure you donate to ChadH's website--he did all the work.

I did donate to Chad H website

Thanks

Playing Secret Service tonight. Started to give points without ball hitting anything. Anytime I hit a flipper was scoring.

New problem for me. Anyone experience this?
Thanks in advance.

Probably just a switch in the vicinity of the flipper mechanism set too close and the vibration of the flipper is triggering it. I'd guess one of the sling shots.

Thanks Freeplay40. Looks like it was a slingshot on top playfield. Appreciate the quick feedback. Pinside is great.

Troubleshooting Help
Have a secret service that is acting up. During game play it is just ending game and the Bad Switch None comes up. Game restarts fine.
Is not happening on a regular basis usually only during a long high scoring ball.
Anyone experience this?

#secret-service

check 5v and C2 cap

I am interested in picking up a DE Star Trek. Anyone near Chicago have one for sale? Or does someone in the Chicago area have one I can borrow for 6 months?

This is how rumors get started lol