Skateball?

I would LOVE some skillshots in Skateball!

Great!

Robert

This is AWESOME. Can't wait to try it and see future iterations!

Yes! Thx

I'm in! You just spurred me into getting my flash gordon done.

Sounds great.

Definitely interested.

Any instructions on how to build the Arduino Nano circuit?

Over on Github

It's there, but at first glance it definitely requires some deciphering for the uninclined. I'll have to look it over again to see if its something I would be able to tackle.

following

Any chance of anyone just making the circuits for sale?

Yep,
https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1304-roygbev-pinball/04736-arduino-nano-adapter-for-classic-bally-stern

I don't know much about the progression of the tech in games, so how recently in the past can this tech be applied? In other words, what are some examples of the newest games that can be changed?

I thought I saw in another thread (when I looked after my last post) something about up to system 11 games.

And ooh, Kings of Steel is ripe for a good recode

I'm eyeballing my Bally Star Trek. The rules are ok but I'm looking at the wave triggering for some proper sound.

Fantastic,

has anybody used an esp32s board yet - I fancy that because with wifi we can have endless possibilities - e.g. update a scorbit style server for game scores etc. Also ability to serve up diagnostics and even change settings vis a simple web page.

...or just update Scorbit’s servers vis the API.

Incredible work as it stands. I can't wait to install this on my Flash Gordon. May wait for the final version with music etc.

That's a different project although I don't have a link handy to that one - that was P3 (normally for the DMD era games) going down to the system 11 era Snux has a thread on this project running on system 11 F-14.

I was looking for ideas for that game a while ago but didn't really go anywhere with it (I don't have the game.... yet....) I know people love to hit the right target and some tournaments do stuff like swap the dangerous center targets' wiring with that target, but the gist of the game comes down to people just shoot the safe thing over and over again, instead of (to me) shooting the drop target bank.

I wasn't going to recode with the arduino project though I was going to use the original boardsets with that code, but the idea is the same.

How about once you complete the drop target bank, then the right target lights up. You can collect the right target, then it unlights. You have to hit the next group of cards (drop targets) to get it to re-light.

So it would ramp up until collected? So you could hit the bank down as many times as you can before collecting. Looks like it might not be 'called out' on the playfield what actually advances that right target.

I'll have to read the ruleset again to see if stuff like bonus multiplier carry over - that seems like it could really high too. I know back in the day when KoS was in the arcades it was one of the new 7 digit games we could turn over pretty easily.

Can you test if I get something together?

bluebomber There are tons of sound clips online to work with, e.g. https://www.101soundboards.com/boards/10008-flash-gordon-soundboard

I do think using the soundtrack carefully would be awesome. If I remember, much of it is actually pretty atmospheric, which could work really well.

I'll start a new topic so we don't derail this one.

Edit: here it is: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/kings-of-steel-code-re-write#post-6167282

That's really the only sound mod I'd wish for in Flash Gordon. Others would be fine, but not necessary.

Fair preference, but there's so much great music, sound, and dialogue to mine!

Is that possible? Cant see anywhere that scorbit allow that?

I use the devkitV1 boards - have used literally 100's of them in lamps and clocks I have built and very good to use. Would be great if you have code already with the pinouts for it, please?

Thank you. Its the one 1/2 way down this page the " ESP32 DEVKIT V1 DOIT" 30 pin version - there is also a 36 pin board, but I've used the 30 pin version a lot and never found it lacking enough gpios.

https://randomnerdtutorials.com/getting-started-with-esp32/

buy ebay:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ESP-WROOM-32-ESP32-ESP32S-2-4GHz-WiFi-Bluetooth-Development-Board-for-Arduino-UK/353400331085?hash=item52484d1b4d:g:EWUAAOSw8ydf-EDS

buy cheaper aliexpress:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32959541446.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.27424c4d2FAq2H

30 pin version (resized).png

Interesting. I created a modern/retro version of Flash Gordon a few years back for the virtual pinball community. Does makes the game so much better with all the movie music, quotes and fx. A completely different experience. But if you get tired of all the modern rubbish, just hold up both flippers and all the original game comes back.

Maybe this will give you some ideas for your remaster.

Check out my other videos to see some of your favourite games with brand new audio design, rules and features.

Such as....KISS

It's more fun than you can possibly imagine, adding new life to these old games.

I just finished Bram Stoker's Dracula and I'm currently re-writing Stern's Ghostbusters code.

About the 1:16 minute of this video shows how I hi-jack the attract mode sound in the FG to play the Queen Flash song. My replacement S&T board knows it hasn't seen the game start sequence, so it can play a custom sound file when the attract sound is played. Funny. I had to make it skip every 3 or 4 times because the FG attract sound is played every minute!!!

It would be interesting to run this board with a custom MPU code. You could have tons more sounds.

DickHamill
Is it in theory possible to do a similar thing with 90's era Bally/Williams games? For example, I love my Indy 500 but have always dreamed of some tweaks.

Thank you all for doing this. Had very nearly sold off my Flash Gordon recently but this has totally changed my mind!

This is rad. Will definitely add something like this to Flash Gordon.

Pretty exciting idea, there are so many old Ballys and Sterns that are code/rule limited rather than playfield limited. You had me with the sweeping light patterns alone. I have always wanted to update my Bally Eight Ball but found the learning curve steep, I have not found documentation on the original code for a SW newbie like me to know where to start.

I have a Flash Gordon right next to my Eight Ball so I will definitely be making up a board for both.

Are these available at this time?

bluebomber

I just love the wizard mode idea and execution! Is there a final payoff/bonus for defeating Ming with the 3rd attack?

Also, the hardware probably prevents this, but would there be a way to use the inline drops as a lock that when dropped again would start a multiball?

Open to other rules ideas? This is so fun!

Thanks for the insights! Figured that was the issue re multiball.

Again, great work, and thanks so much for doing this. Can't wait to run the finished product. Lots of sound potential for the wizard mode!

This is not going to help my search to find a FG. Regardless, nice work and I hope to install this if I ever find a game.

I’m going to ask a dumb question. Is there any way to get this to work with an Alltek board?

I think GnR will soon be knocked off it's perch if this is done right.

I have my Trident running Dick's new rules and sounds with a nano and a wav trigger. I can attest that you will want to do this to any machine that people have already "hacked." Dick's Blackjack update looks killer and makes me wish I still had mine.
These mods are so fun and groovy and dual bootable!

Uncle Pinball talked about this:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1201796/episodes/7644076