Cool. Thanks for the review!

Hey stupid question cause I did a stupid change to my machine. I changed out some of the LEDs in the back row that are in the back panel of the game to play with some of the colors but now realize those colors are implemented in the game for the color changing portions of the songs. Can someone tell me the original lineup of colors(red, white blue I believe) or put a picture.

As for all the new features I love everything I have seen so far. The only thing I noticed is I am getting WAY more airballs, anyone else notice that? Seems maybe some of the coil strengths were changed or something related to that?

Color maps are in the manual, but here it is. Left to right:

w-b-w-r-w-b-w

-Craig

Good review, and I agree with most everything you said, especially the quoted bit. Was really hoping for more use of colors. A hard blue, or hard red mode. I noticed somethings going on during multiball, but not quite as dramatic as it could be.

Also agree, mini-wizards would be very cool.

Great update!

No need for cannon save IMO . I find if you shoot the cannon correctly the drain factor is very very low .

Vip is cool and has many many uses .

Jim

Gotta think that if you go to the time and expense to put that magnet in there, there must be more use planned for it.

I shoot the bell if the award is weak or a ramp. Lots of options and it is up to the player to calculate the risk!

Jim

Any more observations on this?

Nice review BTW!

I think everything about the code was well done. Only thing I would have liked was if you stacked the multiballs all jackpots would have been doubled or tripled depending on if you had 2 stacked or 3. He gives you the the initial drop target doubled or tripled and the mini super at the bell but had all jackpots been doubled or tripled it would have added even more risk/reward to the game making you really risk draining trying for some huge payouts.

That being said a very fun game just became a great game now and poor spidey is just sitting there collecting dust. /:

Pin is stupid good.

Before the update, I thought it was great, ranked up there with the top sterns but not quite as good as IM or TSPP (to me). After the update....I think it's probably moved past those games on my board. It fixed all the issues I had with the game (overuse of cannon mainly) and enabled all the missing things.

ACKADACKA strikes again.....

Great review, I have played it yesterday and I really love it! This machine is just so awesome, and being 1.6 my hopes are on some changes too to make it even more awesome

Can't stop playing when I'm at home, and the scores for me got higher since the update, seems that practicing to stack the multiballs really paid off!

Higher scores for me to since update I love it

Yeah I've been doing a bit better on my scores also. The new code is amazing, there is room for improvement but I'm loving this update. I never thought a game calling me worthless would make me
so happy lol.

Hope this doesn't sound too boastful but I gotta tell someone. I had been hoping to crack the billion
before installing the new code. And I just did, surprisingly enough it was on tournament mode with just three balls, no extras. One of my best games of pinball ever.

HighScoreBillion.jpg

Dam good score mate. Whats the deal with the backglass???

Thanks RGR. The original backglass is on the shed wall. I made myself one with Bon on it. You convinced code updating is a good thing yet? (thought not

What's a manual? Does he help fix my machines?

No but seriously playing with the new code more I am getting SERIOUS airballs like never before, hitting my glass all the time, even one hit and dented my mirror blades. They did something, is no one else experiencing this?

Other than that loving the new code and added rules. I would have liked some more added Steve Ritchie taunts and call outs, hopefully more will come.

Would love to see some video of this amazing feat. Not that I don't believe you, but hey, it's one of the toughest, drain-filled games out there and you did what just about no one can do without using the auto-ramp shot thing.

Damn man. My high score is 76M and change.

Couple of things....First off, what the hell does that mean? Am I missing an inside thing only die hard AC/DC fans know? I've seen you sign several things ACKADACKA? I'm baffled fill me in.

Also ok guys, y'all have had the code for a couple of days now.
Couple of questions for you.
- In the readme file it made mention about changing lights on Jukebox to show songs played. So with that being said, if you've played a song on the jukebox and you get the opportunity to change songs and you do..does the jukebox light differently for the song you've already played to let you know ...you've already played that song?
- Encore..lots of talk about this new mode. However in two days, has anyone had a phenomenal game and gotten to this mode, or cheated with the glass off? How do you get there? If it's really to play all songs. I've got to think that is near impossible considering on my best game while owning it I never got past 3 of the 12 songs. 12 songs seems like a stretch.
- Strobe lights in Apron. Are they working now, and when have you seen them come on?

Thanks,
Craig

Sucks to not be in the know , doesn't it ..

Strobes work at random times but alot during Multiball with the room lights off they look great.

ACKADACKA is what fans in Australia call AC/DC.

ACCA DACCA is what us Aussies refer to ACDC as.

From what I've experienced, when you are in the process of selecting a song, the lit songs are songs you have played and ended. During game play, the lit songs are showing your progress toward completing the current mode (song).

Encore is REALLY hard to get to. I slowed my game up a tad and loosened the tilt a bit, it was setup brutal. I want to see Encore one day.

I believe they are working during multiballs

That new multiball animation is pretty damn badass. Also, I believe the explicit language (the word fuck) is heard during a tilt, but not anywhere else.

"AC/DC" is pronounced one letter at a time, though the band are colloquially known as "Acca Dacca" in Australia and as "Accy Daccy Whacky Doo" in New Zealand.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC/DC

This just proves what a bunch of idiots non Americans are . (Time to hide)

I have been using the VIP pass to collect my add a ball in multiballs. Get to where only one music note is blinking. Generally one that is not a jackpot for that multi. Then, as I'm draining down to one ball, I hit that button and I get a new ball save. Sweet!

Its such an awesome addition to the gameplay. I wish Lyman would program all of Sterns games!!!

This code caused me to dip into the wallet - called to get a Premium today.

Scott

Good move!

Great choice. Welcome to the club.

My 15 year old had a friend over yesterday and they both chuckled at the new Rosie animations. LOL

Now, is that true RGR .....

No beer for you on your next visit to NZ after that one!

For other peoples entertainment, those Aussies are so challenged they can't even spell "beer" properly .... (let alone make it properly... Bleehhhhh!)

http://www.xxxx.com.au/

Hahaha

Dave.

Yes, I am definately getting them too. Massive ones! Last night one smacked the glass so hard I thought it was toast .....

I can't remember getting any before the update. Not like these ones, that's for sure.

Coils must be grunted up? Flippers aren't any more powerful though.

Dave.

That's right. If you came down here for a beer you would be known as HasaCasa.

1 billion now that's ridiculous lol

lol Signs of a mis-spent youth maybe? And perhaps that pinball and AC/DC are my two favourite things.

Read through all related threads and compared to latest update. There are still a number of frequently made suggestions that are not in the code yet. Which ones seem most likely at this point?

1) Song continues rather restarts after draining.
2) Indicator on jukebox as to which songs have been played.
3) Extra Song.
4) Strobe MB (oh yeah)
5) Canon to Bell to SDTM save.
6) Mini wizard after starting all three MB's
7) Backstage MB after completing all super's.

I will buy a NIB premium if most of these make it into the software.

Jukebox already indicates what songs have been played. It only does so during song selection though because the jukebox indicates what song shots have been made while playing a song. Not sure if an extra song will ever make it in but heard the song played during encore is a live version of one of the existing songs (not sure which one).

Does jukebox differntiate between songs that have been completed vs started with a blinking versus solid kind of light?

Honestly, I'm not sure what the difference is between completing a song "making all 12 song shots" and changing a song "making at least 8 song shots" besides more points obviously or if you even get an award for making all 12 song shots. I'm pretty sure you just have to play all 12 songs to make it to encore and then depending on your song bonuses from each song, dictates how many points you can score during encore. This provides incentive to play songs longer and rack up higher song bonuses. I don't think the jukebox differentiates though.

I think #3 and #5 are unlikely. Lyman doesn't like the ball saver ideas and an e tea song is probs ly out. I think #1 provides some technical challenges in the software state machine which may be why it's not there.

Could be a hardware limitation as well, it just may not be possible to tell the hardware to "play sound clip x starting at y time".