Hey everyone, I just got my first Earthshaker yesterday.

I'm curious if there's consensus on the sign placement for the center ramp, should it be positioned with the left bracket on the first post or the 2nd post? Thanks!

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It certainly looks better that way. I received it in position 1. Photos on IPDB and Pinside are inconsistent.

Sorry to be a bother, I'm sure I'll have more questions. These sound roms are labeled "PROTO" - is there any reason to replace these with a later release? I'm aware a family version was released later, but curious if there were other revisions that were notable.

If my main rom chips are labeled REV 1, is that the same as the prototype or sample games with the sinking building code?

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Anyone have the Earthshaker CPR plastics? I'm just curious if your reproductions look fuzzy compared to the originals, or I got a bad print. I got these recently, the top plastic is the original, the bottom is the reproduction.

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Thank you. I spoke with Kevin at CPR, he said that's just the nature of direct digital prints. I got lumped in with the playfield CSI ultra zoom crowd, but in all honestly it looks off from several feet away and I thought I was having eye issues because of how fuzzy it looks. Guess I'm just sensitive to it.

Alright, another question. I can't seem to make a full shot through the spiral ramp. I ordered a red spring from Marcos, and still can't make it all the way through. Anyone else have this issue or use an alternative shooter spring?

Thanks - that's where I was at with my previous spring. I'll check alignment and will check my levels 8bitrobo and update my post if I get it figured out.

I took apart the shooter housing and replaced the sleeve. That helped me realize the shooter rod is slightly bent. Guess I need to put in another parts order.

Maybe not the appropriate place to ask, but has anyone here installed the Starship Fantasy right repro ramp?

I've heard people needing to dremel the ramp to get it fit right, can you share what that entails? I assume just grinding away at the side of the ramps near the entrance? Bottom too?

I've never used a dremel tool before, and don't want to mess up my new shiny ramp. Thank you!

Thank you Pencilneck! I definitely would not have attempted to cut that pop bumper without your suggestion.

I'm slowly getting this put back together. It's been more trouble that I expected, with the metal ramp protector/ball stop on the left ramp not lining up, and both main and right ramp's not lining up with the various mounts. I'm crossing my fingers it plays ok once it's all back together.

Here's an odd one too - the right ramp's decal is about an inch shorter than what I had installed, with the part number cut off. I figured I just had a poorly cut decal, but on Marcos site, their replacement looks the same. https://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/31-1485-568-4

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My Earthshaker still has the original production ROM - anyone know of the differences between L-1 and L-3? If the original is running fine, should I just leave it?

Thanks, I'll save my $20.

If I was a betting person, I'd bet somewhere on this connector with no wires on it.

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Make sure the shooter rod is hitting the ball dead center

That looks great! My cabinet is rough and I don't have the tools or confidence to tackle fixing it up. Did you make custom stencils?

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I don't recommend doing this, but i took the rear legs off my game and just had my playfield leaning up against a wall. For months. But sometimes I'd wakeup at night worrying the whole thing would crash. Thankfully that never happened.

That's why I didn't recommend doing it my way Inexperience sucks.

I don't recall seeing that one in my tear down. Only black plastic I remember was under the spiral ramp between the inlanes, but that one had rounded edges and two screw holes.

I did, and I'm not a fan. Haven't been super motivated to change it to warm white though. Numbers are color coordinated to their playfield inserts.

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I have an intermittent issue with Earthshaker and I'm trying to sort out if it's software or hardware.

Sometimes, when I get the 1 million "quick multiball" jackpot, the game does its lightshow, but the GI does not come back on until one of the two balls drain. Has anyone else experienced this, and is it a software issue or a hardware issue? If hardware, should I be looking at the relays?

Speaking of rom revisions, anyone know what the differences are between them? Family version omits "bitchin", but other than that, I've had a hard time finding documentation. Mine appears to be running the first revision code and I'm not sure if it's worth upgrading or not.

Hell yeah, welcome! Also yes, depuke that ASAP

I recently replaced the diodes on the relay switches - occasionally the GI wouldn't come back on after a light show and that seemed to fix it.

The plastics are also really blurry compared to the originals. I emailed CPR asking if they were supposed to look like that or if it was a bad batch and was told I'm doing "CSI shit" by taking close-up photos. Not really impressed.