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Fish Tales - Casters Club!!

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10 years ago


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#3943 2 years ago

65 pages into this thread. This is the answer I came to find (where to get decals to repair ramp drop/inlane damage) and I can't find what I'm after on the site. Maybe they aren't available anymore?

#3944 2 years ago

Got to the 79th page and still no answer. I wanted to read the full thread before posting any questions.

Have owned a Fish Tales (one of my two grail pins) for about 3 weeks now and it is in pretty good condition, it does need the cabinet art replaced but that can wait for now. Where the ball drops from the rail onto the left inlane is wearing. I'm guessing some mylar on both side will be the prevention for further damage but what is the best way to fix the appearance? Are there decals available for this or do I need to look into water slides which I've seen mentioned?

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#3949 2 years ago
Quoted from theGiven:

Amazing new alternate translite by Brian Allen is now available. Ordered one last night! He also has art blades and limited prints on his site.... flylandesigns.com
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Thanks for the information... thought I'd point out that you left a "d" out of the web address.

www.flylanddesigns.com

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#3962 2 years ago
Quoted from DaveTheTrain:

I played my Fishy before buying and noticed the weird extra balle text. Is it meant to have an e on the end of ball?

There is a fixed version of the ROM. It is mentioned a few times within this thread. If I remembered the version number I would have told you but it's basically L5 with LED ghosting fix and the Extra Ball spelling fixed.

#3982 2 years ago

I've encountered a problem and need some help thinking this one through. It happened first the other day and after turning it off for a while and back on it seemed to fix itself so I put it down as a glitch and moved on but today the problem is back.

The ball popper and kickout don't pop/kick. The game realises that the ball is there, but it doesn't seem to know how to kick. There are also a number of lamps out. The Port and Starboard lamps on the boat as well as the Feeding Frenzy lights also on the boat aren't working as well as the orange (centre) fish on the playfield and all of the tails don't light as well as the Lock Ball 3 lamp.

I read the manual trying to see in the matrix had all of these things in common but it points me to boards/connectors that don't exist so I can only assume that I am reading the matrix wrong.

#3985 2 years ago
Quoted from JustAnotherRat:

I've encountered a problem and need some help thinking this one through. It happened first the other day and after turning it off for a while and back on it seemed to fix itself so I put it down as a glitch and moved on but today the problem is back.
The ball popper and kickout down't pop/kick. The game realises that the ball is there, but it doesn't seem to know how to kick. There are also a number of lamps out. The Port and Starboard lamps on the boat as well as the Feeding Frenzy lights also on the boat aren't working as well as the orange (centre) fish on the playfield and all of the tails don't light as well as the Lock Ball 2 lamp.
I read the manual trying to see in the matrix had all of these things in common but it points me to boards/connectors that don't exist so I can only assume that I am reading the matrix wrong.

Trying to work out what's going on. Looking at this image inside the cab and everything on the 3rd row (Q88 Red-Ord J133-4) is not working. I went to the board but J133 doesn't have a connector. Where am I meant to look?

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#3995 2 years ago
Quoted from Neal_W:

J133 and J134 J135 right under it are identical. That lamp row connector can be connected to any of those. (Check the wire colors and you will see it is plugged in to one of those.)
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Thank you. I didn't realise that. I'll get back to doing some more testing.

#3996 2 years ago
Quoted from Neal_W:

You are getting intermittent switch and lamp glitches. Step 1 is reseat the ribbon cables in the backbox when weird things happen. Does that have any affect?

I missed this post originally, I came back and re-read and gave it a try. This is what fixed the problem. I was very surprised, but very happy. Thanks.

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#4874 1 year ago
Quoted from kechlesurf:

Question for the group. When I turn on my Fish Tales, the eject at the top right fires continuously 4 or 5 times then stops. But when you play the game and the ball drops into the eject hole, it doesnt register and fire it out until it does a ball search.
What could be the issue?

Check if the contacts are separated when no ball is in the saucer, you may need to bend a little gap in there.

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#4875 1 year ago

Where the ball drops out of the habitrail onto the playfield to go down the left inlane, the playfield image has worn off. I was thinking of getting an image of the area, printing it as a waterslide decal, installing and then covering it with a mylar sticker.

Is there a simpler solution?

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