Game randomly goes dead when playing and posts 50017 rev L-7 . The restarts. I worked over battery holder as there was some corrosion.
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That's a game reset. It's a common issue for WPC games. Basically, the voltage drops, which causes the MPU to reboot, but that voltage drop can have a number of different causes.
Here's a troubleshooting guide to help determine where the problem might be:
https://www.pinwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Williams_WPC#Game_resets
Quoted from Kennterry:Game randomly goes dead when playing and posts 50017 rev L-7 . The restarts. I worked over battery holder as there was some corrosion.
Get rid of the Z-connector. I had a similar issue and Thanks to @zaza, my resets went away! 
Quoted from KornFreak28:Get rid of the Z-connector. I had a similar issue and Thanks to zaza, my resets went away!
+1. Same with me on my Twilight Zone... Z-connector caused the voltage drop.
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