I'm noticing some weirdness with my right flipper all of a sudden...slow to respond when I hit the button. Ideas where to start?

Anyone knows why the video mode has been removed from the code that shipped?

And Chad, any chance we'll ever see this in a newer version of your code...?

(Sorry if those questions have already been answered...)

You mean the meaningless speeder through the woods sequence that gives you 10M? If so, its still there...

Yeah, that one but what it used to be...

I sent Chad a PM and asked the same question about a month ago...no response.

well that looks more like it should be... the one in the Chad rom is meaningless.

I think it was like this in the shipped code too. Looks like it has been cut before it reached the market for some reasons...

Good news is it looks like Chad managed to make it work but I was wondering why he didn't add it to his version of the code...

The one in my ROM is the same as the one that is in the original production game.

I got it working long after the code was released... but unfortunately it's a hack and won't work in the real game. I'd love to some day figure out a way to incorporate it but chances are really slim. I was happy to at least be able share what it was for historical purposes.

Having played with the original ROM for 15 years, I can't tell you how grateful I am for Chad to have unlocked as much as he did. I just got my machine back after being shopped by Whysnow (and brought back to life after a battery attack, as I knew no better) and he dropped Chad's ROM in the machine for me. I had no idea what i was missing, but so much more fun now.

Thanks Chad for showing us what it was supposed to look like, but more thank you for taking the game up a few notches. So impressed with all the smart, friendly people in the pinhead community I'm getting to know.

Agreed. The game is 100x better with Chad's updates.

Chad - out of curiosity, what was the hack...hardware or software? I am so tempted to decompile and try to figure it out

Thanks for the info. I cannot thank you enough for the wonderful work you've been doing. Hope you continue to give DE titles the love they deserve!

Software... but a corrupted prototype ROM... it is on my to do list so all hope is not lost.

Speaking of this, who here has a Star Wars and a ROM burner? I have a favor to ask. (No, nothing to do with video mode). Please PM me.

Hey guys,
A friend of mine played my desw and loved it so much he wants one. I can't seem to find one in the $3k range for him tho. Any takers?

Thanks Chad, so your Youtube video is what you were able to enable with the hack?

Thanks for the updated ROM. I didn't play the opriginal ROM, the game I got had your ROM in it and it is quite fun and has good balance.

That would be the cherry on top of the cake, the new code being already so much better than original...

Anyway, thanks for the reply Chad!

I've been watching ebay for over a year for R2-D2 parts. My little guy is missing his left arm. One showed up today, a little pricey though! Think I will try 3D printing it at some point.

ebay.com link: STAR WARS PINBALL MACHINE R2D2 ASSEMBLY DATA EAST

WOW

Talk about price gouging but when something is rare, you have to pay....

ColorDMD Previews New LED Displays!

Compared to LCD screens, the new LED display features 128x32 discrete LEDs, capable of providing high brightness and contrast and more vivid colors. Using the company's fast FPGA processing, the ColorDMD LED display provides comfortable viewing with low power consumption.

Unlike LCD screens which provide uniform dot size and spacing, the discrete LEDs produce a dot size that varies with brightness, resulting in an effect similar to half-toning. Since the displays use a fixed matrix of LEDs, some popular features like DOTSXL and high-resolution upscaling are not possible with LED panels.

Small form factor LED panel technology is still new and the long-term reliability and quality of the LED panels is not yet known. Current LED panels exhibit some visible ghosting (the unintentional lighting of some LEDs) due to stray capacitance on the panel circuit boards, though we expect this may improve in future generations.

Does this mean Star Wars DE is now an option without modifying the speaker panel?

Hello, hope someone can help me here. I need to replace the lamp sockets on the 3 lights above the drop targets. Anybody know the correct size and type? Thanks!

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Not in front of my machine at the moment, but I am 90% sure these are the ones:
http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=682

I *think* you will need a diode as well.

I can confirm 100% later.

Ok yes, please do if you can. Thanks!

Do they sell them with the diode attached?

You have a specific reason to do that?

You could run a check on that particular coil and that will throw out a ball into the launcher lane.

If you're already fiddling with the settings means the door is open, so just manually rotate the ball launcher arm.

Then yes a could test will cycle thru but if you just push up on the armature you'll pop me out manually

I finally got all the parts I needed for the Death Star. Now, I need a bit more help. Can someone post pictures of the wiring going to the bar motor switches? I need to figure out which wires go on which switch terminals and the orientation of the diodes. Thanks

Hi
I would like to replace some cracked targets on my SW shown by the arrows in the attached photo, could anyone let me know their reference number and where to buy replacements?

Also, I need to rebuild the flippers but there seem to be two rebuild kits available, one set with springs and the other not (links below). Any advice on these?

http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/500-6306-20
http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=3525

Many thanks
Dann

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Dan,

Phil at Pinball Heaven does translucent replacement ones. I think the solid yellow are unobtainable now.

https://www.pinball.co.uk/shop/spares-accessories/yellow-box-target-star-wars/

Matt.

Many thanks Matt, will order the translucent ones!

Solid yellow targets look like they are available through Pinball Resource: http://www.pbresource.com/pfswitch.htm#de

Guys,

Is this switch behind R2 only activated when another switch is activates or something? I tested it in test mode and it works fine, but during the game, I moved it with my finger and it will not register anything. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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that switch is only used to reset the autofire in the original rom. but there is also a plug extender so there's more fail points. start by firing the autofire then hitting that switch

I have the new rom. Autofire? Little confused here...thanks

How much?

Not bad! Ebay or local?

Kickback on the left outlane. You get one at the start of each ball, but if you use that the left orbit relights and gives you another...

gah! Group OP has left the building!

Why do you have to leave the club?

Thanks for starting such a great thread. Glad you were able to sell your game, but sorry to see you go.

The clicking is the coil raising the drops. I don't remember mine doing it on a ball save but I do know mine always fired twice at the start of a ball.

Thanks