You could get some metal strapping that has holes pre drilled... I use that strapping for stuff all the time

You don't need a drill press, a drill would do it.

or...

http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/01-11964

New topic... Supergame.

How many balls are in play initially? You launch the first and then?

Rules on the web say one additional ball is launched.

I get 2 additional balls launched.

I don't have strange extra balls during regular game.

I'm running l7 and would appreciate input from other owners.

Super game starts you with 2 balls and a random Supergame mode. During the mode if you can hit all the drop targets you get a 6 ball multiball. After you lose all but one ball it turns into a regular game again.

If you have 3 balls at the start of Supergame then something is wrong.

Thanks. Can you tell me what rom version you have?

Sure can I have the Pinbits one for the locking deadworld ring L1AT.

Marco sells the bracket. It is a exact copy of the original. This is for the plastic ones.

http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/01-11964

Can some have look and let me know where this sticker is supposed to be placed on JD?

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Haven't got one of those stickers on either of my Dredd's ???

Had a bit of a go at doing some instruction cards this evening/morning (yeah got bored ), using existing pics on the net and a tad of plagiarism They didn't turn out too bad, might even look into getting hold of a decent photoshop style program.

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My JD started shooting out extra balls during Supergame, then during normal games, a week later it started launching balls even when the game was over.

I cleaned the trough optos with no results.

Today, I installed new opto boards (part # DCS-TBS from Great Lakes Modular) and everything works great.

Thanks Volgon (and phillymadison)
Just to be extremely thorough, is there anyone out there running L7? I'd appreciate hearing how many balls are launched with L7 and Supergame.
I've spent the last 2 hours looking into this and nothing seems wrong... (not that I haven't missed something)
1) I've filed down the trough to make it super smooth
2) Cleaned the opts on the trough
3) verified the the shooter lane switch
4) Watched the trough and verified no balls are stuck
5) banged on the playfield at various times and switches don't toggle
So just as a sanity check, I'd like to get verification on L7 Supergame behavior.
Thanks!
... Altan

Added over 8 years ago: Update: Turned out it was a ball trough opto issue.

L7 here. Supergame launches 2 balls, and an additional 4 if you hit all drop targets. Just as with the older versions..
You might want to check the trough plugs if the optos are doing fine, had some trouble with loosening connectors on mine.

Thanks! It was a big stretch to believe l7 changed something.., but wanted to triple check.

Again, thanks.

You know, i've heard that JD in particular can be prone to the trough getting magnetized which in turn can cause opto issues. I'm not sure that filing the trough metal is a very good idea. By taking the zinc coating off you are exposing bare metal which possibly could make it worse. There is a trough plastic you can buy (from Pinbits) that is supposed to negate that issue. Having said all that, generally speaking, if you are getting extra balls shot out at any stage it's usually always down to the opto's (also could be the connectors on the trough boards), will effect the opto's anyway.

Had a bit more spare time on my hands so i corrected and changed the text/colour (original one i "borrowed" had several mistakes) and found some extra pics online that i thought might work well. A bit of dabbling here and there and i'm really liking these. Without adding a poll, which one's are people's fav's? (if any that is ) I've got a couple of favourites i prefer over others but would be interested what others think.

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I have L7; Supergame launches two balls. It did the same when I had L6.

I like #1 and #4 in the second picture the best.

Thanks. Earlier today I found a problem with the "up" / "jam" ball trough opto which was causing the problem. Now I get Supergame with 2 balls

I like them all but top left is probably my favorite. Can you send those my way?

Lets say they are numbered this way -----from picture No' 1 >>> 1 - 2 then 3 - 4

& picture No' 2 >>> 5 - 6 then 7 - 8

Which one's are you wanting? bare in mind 6 and 8 are for the other side of the apron, all the others are optional left side (or visa versa )
As i did these using my printer program they are not in pdf format so i'd have to print them up and post to you. PM me your details and which ones you want and i'll be happy to help out.

Welcome to the club Toes, JD is an awesome machine, DON'T let anyone try and persuade you otherwise
Attached a pic of the decal, pretty sure they can't be bought anywhere at the moment.
I have messaged you about the cards.

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Here ya go (for reference)

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FWIW, it's a bit basic, but I've started populating the Judge Dredd page on my site

http://www.aaarpinball.com/JudgeDredd/JD.htm

... Altan

Yeah gotcha now, that one is pretty much always broken in most machines, i've got one for both machines but the play field this pic is from is virtually unpopulated at the moment, doing a restore.

Yikes!

JD is much harder now that I've fixed my ball trough. I didn't realize it wasn't operating correctly regular game.

With the messed up ball trough, it would fire 1 ball at game start. But after hitting the J-U-D-G-E targets, and then the left ramp, and finally the subway for jackpot... All you needed to do to start the next multiball was shot the left ramp!

Now I need to spell JUDGE again...

It's really interesting how these switch issues cause the game to play differently in unexpected ways.

BTW, the "Yikes" just means surprise. It's better this way!

Does anyone know of anyplace that currently has an eagle topper?

If you find out, PLEASE let me know, i'm chasing one as well.

No worries at all happy to help, and i use a bit of double sided thin tape top and bottom just to keep them sitting flat. If your gonna swap them regularly just peel them off carefully cause the laminate might part with the card. Yeah i know Mark's got one or two there but for this project machine i'm not willing to fork out the bucks Think i paid about $150 for the one on my keeper machine (was a repro though), and pretty sure the JD faithful thought my adding LED'S for eyes was a BIG no no Looks awesome just the same.

Don't listen to anybody who complaints about the red led eyes. They look awsome! Those complainers are probably the same guys still using incandesent lamps lol. I'm going to do the same mod on mine.

I did a $2.50 Eagle mounting solution. Hope it inspires someone. I didn't see a need to also mount the upper Eagle support.

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I've got a decent amount of Judge Dredd stuff I've done on my site now (http://www.aaarpinball.com/JudgeDredd/JD.htm)

... Altan

Mounted mine exactly the same way.

my JD does not have the cutouts in the back box face for the topper feet. strange. anyone know the history there?

Interesting. Perhaps you have a cabinet (or head) from another game that someone put new decals on? Are they original?

Not sure, I guess I will take a closer look!

Was lucky to find an eagle topper 2 years ago when I bought mine. Wish it was the chromed one, but happy to have one. I painted it with gold glitter and it turned out nice!

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/painting-my-jd-topper

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I sold my JD and have extra parts if anyone is interested. I have the 2000 A.D. Judge Death action figure out if box. I mounted him to the eagle topper as a pretty cool addition to the topper. I also have full rebuild kits, minus the coils, for 2 flipper assemblies. I rebuilt the bottom 2 flippers but never got around to the upper 2, hence 2 new rebuild kits. Complete with the flipper pawls, flipper bushings, flipper bats (standard and smaller 2" flipper bat for right upper flipper with black 2" rubber), coil sleeves, return springs, coil stop plate, switches, hardware, just as you would buy the kit from PL but includes the bushings and flipper bats with the 2" black rubber. $45.00 for everything shipped. Figure only, $22.00 shipped. Flipper rebuild kits only, $28.00 shipped. PM me if interested, Thanks.image_(resized).jpeg

Nice work on that!

Gonna make a few repros of the subway sticker. Anyone else in need, PM me.

Thanks for sharing! Looks nice.

I was considering painting mine gold, but a little concerned that the Eagle is quite hard to find now and it might be better to leave it alone rather than risk some failure.

The gold glitter approach was a smart choice since it probably can go one with a little less care (don't that that the wrong way!).

... Altan

I decided to purchase the Pinbits Deadworld mod and give it a try.

I'll let you know what I think...

It's too bad you need to fall back to L1 to support this. I realize the release notes don't claim much changed between L1 and L7, but I'm guessing they didn't list everything that changed.

Still, not having balls circle Deadworld seems to diminish Deadworld so much!

I agree! I wish I could code so I could hack the ROM myself to L7 with deadworld functionality!

I thought when you bought the dead world mod from pinbits they gave you their version of the L1 rom. Is that not true? Either way I need to buy the correct version of the L1 for the deadworld mod off of somebody if anybody has it. Please pm me if you have one. Virtual lock is not the same as them falling onto the planet and filling up.

Working on creating a repro shooter lane plastic today for a buddy. Laser cut today and it's a perfect fit! Next step is matching colors and printing the waterslide decals.

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Nice work. That particular plastic is actually available to buy. Any thoughts on doing the Cursed Earth plastic?, that one is always busted

Ok... Got the mod (or "reversion to original")... installed it...

I immediately saw the impact of "it requires the game to be fully working". Game ended up shooting a bunch of balls into the shooter lane. This was after the crane didn't fully pull a ball out but rather the ball rolled down (and didn't trigger the opto).

Good news is my game was working perfectly before... I just need to readjust the crane / deadworld since I replaced the deadworld piece.

... Altan

(Failed attempt to get Pinside to display a gif)

Also made some Subway stickers to replace my dirty peeling one

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