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Update instructions - Games connected to Stern Insider Connected:
1 - Open the coin door and press the black/enter button to enter Test Mode.
2 - Using the 4 buttons on the coin door, navigate to the Stern Insider
Connected Setup menu.
3 - Using the 4 buttons on the coin door, navigate down to the Software Update
menu.
4 - If a software update is available, this page will give you the option to
download and install it manually. From this menu you can also select to
install these updates automatically.
Update instructions - All Games:
1 - Download the zip file
2 - Unzip the file, this will create a folder that contains SPK file(s).
3 - Open the folder, copy the file(s) to the root level of a FAT32 formatted
USB stick. (Do not copy the folder.)
4 - Power game off
5 - Insert USB stick
6 - Turn on game
7 - After game boots up it will give the option for software update
8 - Volume buttons change options for full or quick update. Enter selects the
option and starts the update.
9 - Once update is completed game will prompt user to power game off and
remove USB stick.
V0.97.0 - September 21, 2023
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== FEATURE CHANGES ==
MUSIC
- New song added: "Rescued" (featured in the Final Battle finale)
- Song Select - all 16 Foo Fighters songs can be selected at the start of the ball.
- DJ Mixer - Added "Rescued" to "Foo Fighters" playlist.
- DJ Mixer - Added "The Overlord's Awesome Mix" playlist.
FINAL BATTLE
- The Final Battle is qualified by completing all 6 cities, playing the two city wizard modes,
playing Foobot Multiball, and playing The Pretender Multiball (3rd Overlord feature).
- The Final Battle final wizard mode starts on left ramp.
- No more cities can be visited once you've played them all until The Final Battle is played.
- Phase 1:
Hurry up value counts down, shoot Pat and Dave shots to collect, hit enough to free them.
Hit both bot targets on left and right of the right ramp to spot a Dave shot.
Now free the other four band members: Rami (Left orbit), Nate (Upper Loop), Chris (Right Orbit),
and Taylor (Side Ramp). Each hurry up grows in multiplier, from 1x to 4x.
- Phase 2:
All shots light to do damage to Overlord, hit one and it goes out, with a score and
damage multiplier 1x 2x 3x etc. Overlord does 1x damage, relights shots, and resets multiplier
- Phase 3:
All shots do damage, hitting any shot relights all others.
Hit both Overlord targets to light a Super Jackpot. Hitting Overlord targets moves Super Jackpot.
Scoring Super Jackpot adds a ball into play.
All scores multiplied by number of balls in play
- After The Final Battle is played, all Foobot parts are lost, but a permanent Foobot Part Multiplier is incremented,
for example after The Final Battle any active or upgraded Foobot shot multipliers earned will be 3x instead of 2x.
FOOBOT MULTIBALL
- Starts with 3 balls in play (previously 6) with add-a-ball opportunities
- Each time you hit the band member shot, the jackpot multiplier is increased.
- Overlord will now need to be made an increasing amount of times to relight the shots,
each hit will continue to score the current jackpot value at the current multiplier
- After enough Overlord shots are made, the band member shots relight.
Every other time this is done will add a ball into play (starting with the second time)
- Background instructions added along with current jackpot value and multiplier,
and super jackpot value and multiplier
- Auto plunges during Foobot Multiball will not score side ramp
- Speech added
- Lightshows added
- Foobot Multiball scoring changed:
- Jackpot values are now 3 million + a percentage of mode points for the associated foobot part
with that shot (see below)
Jackpot values:
Rami: 5% of Sonic Radio mode points
Pat: 1% of all van mode points
Nate: 5% of Overlord Multiball points
Taylor: 5% of Combotron Jackpot points
Dave: 5% of Area 51 points
Chris: 5% of Bot Frenzy points
Max jackpot contribution for each band member is 10 million.
OVERLORD MULTIBALL
- Improve The Pretender super jackpot choreography
- Improve background light effects during Overlord multiballs
- Monkey Wrench super jackpot is now qualified by only hitting all the single jackpots
(previously had to hit all single and all double jackpots)
- Monkey Wrench double jackpots now increase Overlord jackpot and super jackpot values
- Until The Final Battle is played, only The Pretender will be an available Overlord multiball
AREA 51 MULTIBALL
- Tweak scoring for Area 51 multiball: Jackpot now starts at 750k ( previously 500k).
Right ramp boosts jackpot values by 750k (previously 500k)
- Speech added
- Multiball start lightshow added
- Added super jackpot animations
LIGHTNING MODE
- Lightning mode is now 30 seconds with +5 seconds each time a lit ramp or Ka-Foom target is hit
- Added light effect, display effect, and callouts for Lightning Mode
OVERLORD LOCK
- Overlord lock no longer auto-launches by default, and allows player to take a skill shot.
- "PLUNGE BEHAVIOR AFTER LOCK" adjustment added:
"SKILL SHOT AVAILABLE" (new default)
"NO SKILL SHOT WITH AUTOFIRE OFF"
"NO SKILL SHOT WITH AUTOFIRE ON" (previous behavior)
CHICAGO
- Base value increased from 3mil to 3.5mil
LOS ANGELES
- Side ramp will no longer increase combo X
BOT TARGETS
- Bot target rule disabled during wizard modes and removed from UI
(Bot frenzy can still run during wizard modes if started beforehand)
RADIO MYSTERY
- Radio mystery will no longer award add a ball during a wizard mode if ball save is still active
- Radio rule disabled during wizard modes, and removed from UI
- Mystery rule can still be activated, despite not advancing your radio dial
- Mystery timer has been updated with common game timer logic with small grace
HIGH SCORE TABLE
- New UFO Button high score entry
SPEECH
- Flipper button speech added during attract mode
- New Orleans DJ speech remastered
== BUG FIXES ==
- Fixed crash when spinner is spinning when Start Button is pressed.
- Clean up dead bot sprites that sometimes were left on screen
- Fixed Overlord locked ball being released upon completing a mode in some cases
== SYSTEM V3.47 ==
- Updated to nodeboard firmware/protocol v1.11.0
- Conagent v1.0.12
- Various behind the scenes improvements for correctness and performance.
V0.96.0 - July 11, 2023
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== BUG FIXES ==
- Overlord Lock - fixed bug where the Overlord fork coil would fire two times
when a ball was locked.
- When “Feature Adjustment #24 OVERLORD LOCK BEHAVIOR†was set to
“VIRTUAL: NO LOCKSâ€Â, Overlord Multiball would not start on the Overlord shot
if Van Mode Final Shot was lit at the Overlord.
- When “Feature Adjustment #15: DISABLE OVERLORD FORK†was set to YES, the game
would not progress and start Overlord Multiball.
- Ball search was triggered when the player pressed start during the Match
sequence if the ball was being released from the Overlord lock.
- Draining a ball during a Van Mode with an active Bomb Mod would display
“Bomb Bonus: 00†during the Van Mode total.
== SYSTEM V3.44 ==
- Conagent v1.0.11
- Various behind the scenes improvements for correctness and performance.
V0.95.0 - June 20, 2023
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== BUG FIXES ==
- Overlord Lock - fixed bug where Overlord Lock would not register the final shot
in a Van Mode and then hold the ball until ball search occurred.
- Overlord Lock - fixed bug where where fork would stay up without a ball captured.
- Fixed crash that could occur after completing D.C. Wizard Mode.
- Fixed Feature Adjustment "BALL SAVE LIMIT AT START", which was being ignored.
- Fixed UFO action button not working in DC Wizard Mode.
- Fixed font in Attract Mode Custom Message page.
== FEATURE CHANGES ==
- Tutorial videos added to attract mode.
- Bomb Mod - the Bomb Mod awards a "Bomb Bonus" as a part of the final shot value
that is worth the value of the shots that were spotted by the Bomb Mod at the
start of the mode.
- Bot Frenzy - increased starting spinner value from 5k to 50k.
- Overlord Lock releases the ball at the start of the Match sequence.
- Area 51 Multiball – if 3 balls are in play when Area 51 Multiball starts,
add 1 more ball into play.
- Feature Adjustment "BALL SAVE: AUSTIN WIZARD MODE" changed default from 25 to 35 seconds.
- Feature Adjustment "BALL SAVE: DC WIZARD MODE" changed default from 45 to 35 seconds.
- Austin Wizard Mode score increase:
- Base value raised from 1 million to 1.5 million.
- Jackpots increase 50k per jackpot shot.
- Added "AREA 51 FLASHER" to light shows for attract mode, Area 51 Multiball is Ready,
and Area 51 Super Jackpot Is Lit.
== SYSTEM V3.42 ==
- Updated to nodeboard firmware/protocol v1.9.0
- Conagent v1.0.10
- Added Verified Location with checkmark when appropriate to attract mode Coin and Login screens.
- Various behind the scenes improvements for correctness and performance.
V0.94.0 - May 2, 2023
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== BUG FIXES ==
- DC - Fixed an issue where DC could carry progress between multiballs, players, and games.
- Spinner - wait for spinner to finish spinning before going into end of ball bonus. This
fixes an issue with spinner points being awarded to the next player.
- Monkey Wrench Multiball - Fixed bug where mode lights were covered by multiball lights.
- Van Mode Select - fixed an issue where Mode Select would auto-select the "pass" option.
- Van Mode Final Shot - fixed an issue with ball getting held in Overlord lock until ball search
occurred if the final shot and Overlock lock shot were made at the same time.
- fixed van mode final shot value ending in a non-zero.
- Van Mode "To Be Continued" - fixed an issue where ending a van mode by draining would not show
the "To Be Continued" animation in some cases.
- Achievement "Bots Out of The Burrow" - fixed an issue with the achievement not being awarded.
- Ball search - The ball search timer will now start when a skill shot is made.
This fixes a case where the ball could get stuck on top of the drop targets
from a plunge if no other switches were hit.
== FEATURE CHANGES ==
- DJ Mixer added. DJ Mixer can be accessed from the game menu by holding both flipper buttons
when the game is set to Free Play.
- Voice overs added:
- DJ added to New Orleans van mode
- Roadie "Jackpot" callouts added to "All My Life", "Monkey Wrench", and
"The Pretender" Multiballs.
- Music volume boosted for the song "Run" (Roswell)
== SYSTEM V3.38 ==
- Updated to nodeboard firmware/protocol v1.7.0
- Various behind the scenes improvements for correctness and performance.
V0.93.0 - April 20, 2023
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== BUG FIXES ==
-Fix bug where player would sometimes get double credited Overlord shots when capturing a ball for lock.
-Fix inconsistent scoring for van letters and area 51 progression.
-Fix an issue with Overdrive high score entry in multiplayer.
-Fix an issue with Overlord multiball high score entries.
-Fix bug in Austin where the super jackpot multiplier was scoring 1 higher x than it should have.
-Fix bug where playfield x and raygun x combined could not exceed 6x.
== FEATURE CHANGES ==
SONIC RADIO
-New Sonic Radio mode started by collecting enough mystery awards from the sonic radio targets
and reaching the sweet spot on the radio dial.
-Timed mode that starts at 50 seconds shown by the radio dial creeping back to the left.
-All shots lit gray to boost radio signal and increase the value of the sonic radio.
-Hitting a gray shot turns it into a pink sonic radio shot.
-Hit pink shots to collect sonic radio value and build radio jackpot.
-After hitting any shot, the sonic radio targets will be available to add 15 seconds back to your timer.
-Once all pink shots have been collected, all shots relight, and sonic radio targets light to collect
radio jackpot and end the mode and award the upgraded Right Leg Foobot part.
-New high score entry added for Sonic Radio Champion.
OVERDRIVE
-Overdrive is now ON at game start.
-Remove Overdrive display effect for PRO during multiballs since hitting the flipper doesn't do anything
(ball is always immediately saved, no overdrive points awarded during multiballs)
-If overdrive is qualified, overdrive light will now be on regardless of if ball save is running.
It will continue to only trigger overdrive if there is no ball save (light effect change only).
-Allow overdrive targets to be scored when radio mystery is lit to make overdrive and mystery awards a little friendlier.
-Improve logic for Overdrive and Bomb ball savers during multiballs.
-When Overdrive is lit, the left outlane switch will immediately trigger a ball save from the trough.
UFO
-UFO insert will now be on anytime you can advance the ufo towards UFO action button awards.
When UFO insert is blinking, in addition to scoring the UFO Bonus, +1 extra progress is awarded
toward UFO action button awards. This allows you to build UFO action button progress during multiball
(when made from a Rami orbit combo).
-Improve UFO action button logic.
-UFO button improvements during Overlord multiball.
VAN MODS
-Balance van mods:
-Completing drop targets will now advance 1 level (in addition to hitting the paddle afterward).
-Getting level 1 now counts as
+20 seconds for engine (previously +30)
+2 shots spotted for bomb (previously +1)
+500k for Speakers (previously +750k)
-There are now 7 levels instead of 6.
VAN MODES
-Tweak New York:
-First spinner lane shot now awards progress.
-The roving shot will now stay lit so you can keep hitting it.
-The roving shot is now 3x value (previously 2x).
-Tweak Roswell:
-Orange shot is now 3x value (previously 2x).
-Starting value now 1,500,000, incrememnt value now 150,000.
-Tweak Seattle:
-Side loop is now 3x value (previously 2x).
-Balance scoring for final shot: new formula is Seconds Remaining x 1% of total mode points,
ignoring mode points gained from 2x or 3x playfield.
-Show current mode total in UI as you're playing a mode.
-Austin jackpot value is now determined by how many modes you scored 50 million or more in.
-Improve light effects when multiple light effects are on the same shot arrow.
FOOBOT MULTIBALL
-Foobot multiball jackpots will now start +500k higher per upgraded part.
RAYGUN TARGETS
-Raygun inlane targets are now relit by their respective inlane (previously the right crossover)
-Raygun shot x will now not be ended by Rami shot, allowing you to make upper flipper shots that will get multiplied
-Raygun (inlane target) multipliers will no longer apply for scores awarded from UFO action button
AREA 51
-Area 51 jackpot boost raised to +500k per boost (previously 250k). Also raise the jackpot by 500k whenever a super jackpot is scored
-Add Area 51 progress to instant info for PRO.
ADJUSTMENTS
-Add new adjustment "AREA 51 MULTIBALL DIFFICULTY", default EASY. When set to HARD, it will act as if you've already played Area 51 once
ACHIEVEMENTS
- All My Life Super Jackpot
- Monkey Wrench Super Jackpot
- Pretender Super Jackpot
- Max Mod-ulator
- FooBot: Final Mani-Foo-station
== SYSTEM V3.37 ==
- Various behind the scenes improvements for correctness and performance.
- Updated to nodeboard firmware/protocol v1.6.0
- Update selectable upper bound for Grand Champion, and HSTD 1-4 Awards. GC may be set up
to 5, HSTD #1 to 4, HSTD #2 to 3, HSTD #3 to 2, and HSTD #4 to 1. The default value for these has
not changed, just the ability to select a higher value.
- Added game version number to lower left of attract mode Insider Connected screens.
- Updated Service Menu landing screen to graphics.
V0.92.0 - April 6, 2023
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== BUG FIXES ==
-Fix potential game reset scenario during New Orleans mode
-Fix HSTD 10 character entry when the Stern Insider username was more than 3 characters
-Fix Raygun shot multiplier ending before the game had a chance to score your multiplied shot
-Fix NY and Roswell not properly moving to Final Shot state sometimes
== FEATURE CHANGES ==
OVERLORD
-improve background light effects of overlord multiball inserts during overlord multiballs
-add some points for progressing towards overlord multiball: 100k per overlord progression +25k whenever you advance to a new overlord stage
-immediately release overlord locks upon last ball hitting trough
-wait for ball settle when registering overlord re-locks in multiball
AREA 51
-improve Area 51 display effects and information
-require area 51 super jackpot (captive ball) to be made in a combo
-tweak scoring in Area 51:
-jackpot base 250k --> 500k for red shots
-jackpot increment 50k --> 250k for blue shots
-super jackpot base 2m --> 1m
-super jackpot increment 50k --> 250k for all shots (red and blue)
-make area 51 consistent so blue shots increase super jackpot more than red shots
VAN MODES
-Add mode instructions to all van mode intro videos
-Add FINAL SHOT VALUE text to all van modes when final shot is lit
-tweak NY to score 2x value for roving shot instead of 3x
-lower roswell scoring orange shot = 2x value instead of 3x
-tweak Final Shot scoring: it will now be worth 50% normal value if it isn't your first try on the mode
-Change default van mode timer from 40 seconds to 50 seconds
AUSTIN/DC
-add instructional text to Austin and DC intro
-DC tweaks:
-Base value: changed from 1,500,000 --> 1,000,000 + 25,000 per van mod level achieved this game
-Jackpot value increment: lowered from 50,000 --> 25,000 per jackpot
-Add a ball for 1st, 3rd, and 5th unique super jackpot instead of every super jackpot
-Victory laps once all 6 unique super jackpots have been made
-Austin tweak:
-First add a ball is now available with 5x+ super jackpot,
second one available at 6x+ super jackpot,
third and final available at 7x+ super jackpot.
-Show Austin and DC jackpot values and instructions on Van Mode Select screen
SPIDER-BOT TARGETS
-add Spider-Bots on screen that can walk on screen, hang out, get blown up, or walk away.
-change bot bonus to be 100k per bot (instead of 250k) but your bot count carries the whole game.
-show the next bot award with new bot slide out message.
SPINNER
-add spinner overlay to see spinner scoring
PLAYFIELD X
-reset rock-o-meter when playfield x is over
-completing rock-o-meter during 3x scoring will now only add 10 seconds to the timer (instead of reset it)
== HIGH SCORE ENTRIES ==
-add high score entries for Austin, DC, Bot Frenzy, Area 51, All My life, Monkey Wrench, The Pretender, Foobot Multiball, Overdrive
== INSTANT INFO ==
-Add FooBot status to instant info, with information on each of the 6 parts
== ACHIEVEMENTS ==
-add achievements
== ADJUSTMENTS ==
-remove "EMPTY AT ENDBALL" overlord lock adjustment setting
-Competition install sets van mode timer to 40 seconds
= SYSTEM V3.35 =
V0.91.0 - March 23rd, 2023
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= BUG FIXES =
-Fix bug where van modes didn't reset properly
-Fix overlord lock light effects in Overlord 2 and Overlord 3
-Fix final shot animation when you completed the mode with 0 seconds on the timer.
-Fix bug where area51 and overlord lights would flash during Austin or DC when their multiballs couldn't actually be started
-Fix bug where bot targets would be disabled during Area51 Multiball
-Fix overdrive behavior during multiball: it will now instantly save it upon hitting left outlane switch.
-Fix bug with Rock-O-Meter being lit when it shouldn't
-Fix display issue where the penultimate mode shot would not display its award animation
-Fix bug in roswell where the "too slow" animation would sometimes play after the mode was finished
-Fix UI items showing on screen during Match sequence
-Improve overlord lock device behavior
= RULE TWEAKS =
SKILL SHOT
-add instant mystery award when you get the radio targets skill shot
-left inlane, right inlane, right outlane, Rock-O-Meter now instantly validate playfield
-change Rock-O-Meter skillshot:
level 1 = 1x value
level 2 = 2x value + 1 Rock-O-Meter advancement,
level 3 = 3x value + 2 Rock-O-Meter advancement
advancement means turn a light that is off into a blinking light, or a blinking light into a solid light
VAN MODES
-When you make the first shot in a city, 6 units of progress are awarded instead of 1.
This number decreases by one for each van mode you have completed.
-Roughly double the scoring in all van modes
-Tweak NY Van Mode so that the spinner value doesn't reset between collects
-NY Van Mode now lights the upper spinner to always build value.
-Tweak Final Shot scoring so completing it with less than 10 seconds on the timer will score a guaranteed minimum award value
-New award display added to Chicago
OVERLORD Multiball
-Change re-lock feature to only bump the jackpot (no longer awards a double jackpot)
-The Right Arm Foobot part will now be awarded upon playing Overlord 2 or Overlord 3 (in addition to getting a super jackpot in Overlord 1)
UFO
-Fixed UFO Button Tractor Beam calculations to more accurately find the most valuable shot
-Do not allow progress towards UFO Buttons on captive ball during multiballs
-UFO base value now 250k
-UFO bonus now lit via the left crossover complete (all the way through to upper flipper) shot, 2x if hit from the upper flipper
DC
-you can now visit DC upon saving 3 cities. If you do this, Austin will be available once you save the other 3.
-add a ball in DC each time you get a unique super jackpot
AUSTIN
-change / balance rules and scoring:
-each red shot increases the multiplier on the blue shot (super jackpot)
-the first time you score a 7x super jackpot, add a ball
-each super increases jackpots by 100k
-new formula for starting jackpot value: 1,000,000 + 500,000 per van mode completed on the
-The Overlord shot will always be lit for 250k and change the location of the blue "bot" shot
COMBOTRON
-tweak Combotron scoring
+10k per band member combo made this ball
+5k per band member combo made this game
AREA 51
-Area 51 super jackpot on PRO now takes 8 shots to light (previously 4)
-add text over area 51 advance animations so you know how many more shots are needed and the award value given
SOUND
-add some missing switch and shot sounds
-add some missing display sequence sounds
LIGHTNING
-reset lightning value after the lightning mode ends
-add display effect for lightning awards
-lightning mode no longer raises shot value with each hit. value is determined by how many lightning shots made up until mode was started
-lightning mode timer 30 seconds --> 40 seconds
MYSTERY
-Allow van mods to be given as mystery awards if you're in a van mode
It will act as though you cleared the drop targets instantly (either adding time, value, or progress in the current mode you are in)
-Fixed Advance Spinner mystery award
-added some missing mystery audits
-add competition mystery award sequence in this order:
-2.5M, Engine Upgraded, Raise Spinner, Speakers Upgraded, Max Tractor Beam, Bomb Upgraded, 5 mil, Bonus X, Light Ball Save, Light Extra Ball
-if it can't award a van mod because you are in a wizard mode, 250k will be awarded instead
BOT FRENZY
-allow Austin and DC to start at the same time as Bot Frenzy or while Bot Frenzy is running.
OVERDRIVE
-the Overdrive points award is now disabled during multiball. The ball will still be saved.
EXTRA BALL
- When Extra Ball is disabled, Extra Ball consolation points increased from 500,000 --> 10,000,000
This value is affected by Playfield and Raygun Multipliers.
Show consolation points in text on top of the extra ball video
MULTIPLIERS
-Playfield X and Raygun X apply to ALL scores
= ADJUSTMENTS ADDED =
ROCK O METER DIFFICULTY,
-add adjustment ROCK O METER DIFFICULTY, difficulty will go up each time you end a playfield x session, default EXTRA EASY:
Extra Easy: Battery (right orbit) always lit
Easy: Hit the Mod-ulator paddle (target behind the drops) to light battery, battery stays lit until playfield timer expires
Medium: Hit the Mod-ulator paddle to light battery, hitting battery turns it off, unless playfield x timer is running
Hard: Same as Medium but battery is on a 30 second timer, unless playfield x timer is running
Extra hard: Same as Hard but battery on a 15 second timer, unless playfield x timer is running
ADJUSTMENT: PLAYFIELD X SECONDS
-Added adjustment PLAYFIELD X SECONDS, default 40, competition install 30
-Added competition mode adjustment back to standard adjustments
-Added target game time back to standard adjustments
-added adjustment "NUM VAN SHOTS SPOTTED" default 5
-added adjustment "VAN MODE STARTING TIME" default 40 seconds
-added adjustment "TIME ADDED PER VAN SHOT" default 3 seconds
- SYSTEM 3.35
V0.90.0 - March 16th, 2023
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- Initial release.
- SYSTEM 3.35
Peachtree Corners, GA
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