Looks like I will be joining the club tomorrow I know it has the stripped gears on the deadworld, so it priced accordingly. I am confident I can fix it though after reading about it.

I am excited

..aaaaand here it is! Aside from the broken deadworld, it is in excellent working condition. No fade on the cab and eagle topper Also got it for a great price, which always helps.

I look forward to fixing it, shopping it and LEDing it out. Also the ramps are all perfect and intact. Hard to believe it was on location.

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Does anybody have a picture of what these look like?

Also, does anybody have any pictures of a Dredd with side mirrors installed?

Those are very cool. With all of the 3D printers out there, you would think somebody could make a set of these you could paint yourself.

Also, those side graphics are really cool, but I am going to go with side mirrors I think to help with lighting.

Can somebody give me a bit of information on the Deadworld mod. I know the one you buy from Pinbits is set to Free Play only, but I know of some location machines that have the mod. Is the only way to have a pay to play option with the Deadworld mod to use the original prototype roms and find one of the original mod replacement boards?

I guess I will have to do some digging. I would really like to have the deadworld mod, but I do plan to eventually rotate in at my location and would hate to have to swap it out. Can you leave the modded disc in with the old rom?

That sounds good, I may go ahead and keep it and just throw the old rom in when I rotate it in on location. Thanks for the info.

Good deal. My dad got my deadworld gears fixed yesterday and it all works as it should, so I am excited to start shopping it out and installing some mods

LEDOCD?

I guess the LEDOCD guy is working on a GIOCD as well. I am not sure that would do it or not.

I ordered one, it has to be better than the plastic box.

What is everybody's opinion on the leg color for JD? The legs on mine, like many others are no longer in very good shape with the gold anodizing being worn off in many spots. Plating is just insanely expensive. Would it be better to just use regular chrome legs or get them powdercoated a shiny gold color?

I am not a fan of the red legs.

Also, completely converting JD over to LED's is a daunting task considering I am up over 200 bulbs so far on my count.

Good news! The deadworld gearbox is fixed and everything is fully working now!! Thanks to my dad for fixing the gears for me. Now I can start shopping it out and putting in the LED's!

You answered that pretty quickly before I deleted my comment I noticed I had left that bottom bracket off just after I typed that.

ditto

Looks good but I personally use warm white instead of yellow and orange in inserts as it always looks better and brighter IMO. Yellow LED's are crap and always dim. I wish I would have had your layout sheet when i was doing mine last night

I was excited to get mine ordered until I looked at my cart and it was over $200

I do not like pink in yellow inserts, it gives them a weird tinge. I see how they can work, but I think warm white looks much better and more natural.

I installed the crane mod last night and it looks great! I definite improvement IMO. Very easy to install and plug and play. Can't beat it.

I think that is correct.

Couple pics of the crane installed

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It is in there, but I flipped it over. I thought it was just too much yellow and black striping.

Has anybody tried the DMD extender mod on a JD yet to get a kind of colorDMD going? I saw a video today of that running on a WCS and it is pretty cool.

I just broke the 2 billion point mark on a three ball game with factory settings. It was actually my first time breaking a billion. Nice when things go right for a change

did get almost 200 mil on the UC, but the most points came from the 3rd time through multiball. I hit every jackpot and then hit all of the crime scene jackpots.

Ya, that happened to me with the L7 roms. I haven't been able to replicate it, although I think mine was the third time I went through multiball.

On a side note, I finally got around to photographing that box of spare parts I have. I would like to just sell these as a lot. Some usable stuff except for the blackout ramp, it is beyond repair IMO. Most everything else, while not perfect could be used if needed. Feel free to make me an offer on all of it. I don't want to part it out.

https://plus.google.com/photos/105723108316354238346/albums/5976752923489278033

The diverter shouldn't be engaged while a mode is running unless it is locking a ball towards multiball. If that is the case you can just launch another ball quickly.

Q2 - if the locks are lit (deadworld is spinning) it will always supersede the modes if you hit it 3 times. Seeing you have the deadworld mod, it will divert the three balls. Best time to do pursuit or manhunt is when the locks aren't lit. You can change the modes during play by using the left launch button. So, if the locks are lit you can cycle to modes to not include those two.

I have a pretty decent EXTRA Air Raid ramp with one tiny crack by the underneath mounting hole that goes through the flap on the entrance. Shouldn't affect anything. If anybody is interested.

Ya, definitely not original.

I had some issues with the air raid ramp so I put a couple of washers on the top where it connects to the ramp above it. That fixed it for me.

So I have been reading the old Dredd comics lately for another project I am working on and it has made me appreciate the game that much more They really hit the nail on the head with the theme implementation.

Xmen was based on the comic only I think.....could be wrong though.

That is how mine behaves as well. I was having some issues with the game ending multiball with two balls left in play so I bought the GLM boards. Hopefully they will cure this but I don't have my hopes up.

Well....almost. It is in a boardgame/miniatures/CCG store where a lot of comic book readers hang out........so it is like one degree removed from being in a comic book shop

An option without lights would be cool.

That is a very fine example!

My brother made me a set for mine. PPS still sells the decal. He might be able to make another set for the right price, I would have to ask him. They were tricky to make but they turned out good IMO>

IMO Dredd needs spots bad. I added 7 spots to mine and a led strip in the back, much better now 2 on each sling, one by the upper left flipper pointing towards the orbit and two up by the upper right flipper shining on the air raid entry area.

Sure, and a before pic for good measure

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What, you mean yours never diverts the ball to the deadworld? The first two locks are always virtual locks and then the third shot to the ramp should divert it to the deadworld and start multiball. Also in the SuperGame one of the modes diverts nearly every ramp shot to the deadworld.

I will look and see if I have one for mine.

Here are pictures of mine with LED's.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/dredd-owners-thread-members-only/page/10#post-1873555

I don't have a map, but here is a list of the bulbs I ordered from pinballbulbs.com

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ag7WdMaMmKfndF95RWgzM2pKUkZqTnA5b2o4NTF3dFE&usp=sharing

Can you elaborate? Are you talking about the SmartDMD?

Agreed, easy enough to keep your old DMD to put back in when you sell the game.

Happy you like it

I need to order a set of brass legs for mine.

I don't think so since it sits on top of the play field if I remember correctly.

They don't happen on L7 either. Must have never been implemented. There are only a couple of modes where the question mark target does something except add more time or award points.

I think it is worth it but I am biased Remember, if you ever sell the game or get another game that ColorDMD supports, you can just move the display to a new game.

What is it with people owning JD and ACDC? I thought I was the only one. If I had to choose only one to put the ColorDMD in, it would be Dredd as it just suits the game so well. That said, I think ACDC turned out really good and people that come over and see it in person have really liked it.

I don't have any pics to compare, but I actually prefer hires for Dredd.

Yup it will turn whatever color you have in it.

One flasher and two GI I think

Most likely this. I get a trough switch 86 credit dot on my location machine quite often. That comes from not getting a 6 ball multiball for a long stretch. I just start a super game and get a 6 ball going and it clears it every time.

Looks awesome. How do you go about trimming the decals after you install them? I like the back line on the edges.

Deadworld only works with the prototype rom. The differences between L6 and L7 are subtle and I can't tell you any of the changes off the top of my head. I build the color rom for the ColorDMD using the L7 roms though. The only thing that would cause a problem is if an animation were slightly different or something that would cause it to become uncolored. It isn't going to hurt anything, but having the L7 rom is the best way to make sure all of the ColorDMD rom info is working properly.

No, you can't run the L7 rom with the deadworld mod. The deadworld mod requires the use of the prototype rom, I am not even sure what the version number is on it.

The colordmd will work with the deadworld mod rom, but I can't guarantee that it is 100% compatible, some of the animations may come across as uncolored. There are people that are running the deadworld mod with a ColorDMD, maybe they could chime in and let you know how it works.

Highly recommend the Mondo stuff. It is super limited and will be gone pretty quickly. JD is not a universally popular subject like Star Wars or the Marvel stuff. Those usually sell out within fractions of a second. I just got an amazing Masters of the Universe poster from Mondo. The quality is stunning. Real screen prints that are works of art.

The number of JD's out there that do not need that ramp can probably be counted on your fingers. Amazing it hasn't been reproduced.

It's true.

I hat 7 in mine when I had it

I love Walter "I'M WALTER, TRY ME!"

I think a bad bridge rectifier can cause that as well.

That is exactly what it is.

Coming back to this club on Sunday......I have missed it.

We can hope.

...and we're back.

Will have to add some spotlights like last time....but looks and plays great.

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I want to say the Battle Tank was but I am not for sure. So many bizarre characters in the Dredd comics.

Oh right, that is what I was thinking of. I thought something similar was in the Cursed Earth arc.

Should still work.

If the rings are slipping the gearbox needs to be rebuilt. I think pinballresource.com does this still. It is repairable if you have the means to do so.