Indiana Jones (Stern) Software Rewrite & Port over - The Journey

New mode . ‘Super Quick Multiball’ a bonus mode for completing any 4 modes that match a film

New start graphic

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Yes I’m waiting for the latest revision of my new all in 1 controller boards to arrive.

Kits using proc boards are still available

New proto controller boards arrived, with on board amp upgrades to test.

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Update on my indy project new controller boards. First a small recap, these new controller boards are a single board with everything that's needed to run my updated code including audio. The audio side of things was previously controlled by seperate audio amps, as seen in many 'boutique' pinball games like spooky games and highway games etc. Although this is a solution i never liked it and wanted something more contained and neat. Also the advance of rPi computer technology has meant on board computers can be added in place of seperate boxes. The 3rd thing was to re-engineer my own iso controller device to do away with the expensive and black box proc board. So, i/o and computer side of things had previously been cracked which left the audio side.

Today i have cracked that to. I have been over the past few months (since christmas) working on a design using audio amp ics which are popular with arcade games. I have also been learning about audio ground and digital ground! The main issue i was having previously was audio noise generated from the rPi being picked dup by the amplifier. Jeeping the 2 ground plans seperate until the external connector has now solved this.

So some pics and vids.

Latest board assembled being assembled before the ics, i/o and rPi controllers go in

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Board being tested

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Testing video

https://www.instagram.com/p/CAZ_AbdnV7k/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

I'm testing it on bench using a crappy atx power supply so this is the worst i think it will sound in terms of any noise. Next is to swap out the earlier test board in my game and use this one to see what its like.

I am also working on some i/o updates to hopefully allow reading of some special switch info. Something that the proc board was unable to do. The sam system has some special switches that are read via the data bus not the usual switch matrix. These are things like the coin door voltage disable switch, the zero cross circuit and the lamp status etc. The most useful here is the coin door switch so you know when the hv is off and the door is open.

ready to plug in, the full kit. Controller Board and RGB Led DMD Panel. I think its looking pretty neat and tidy now

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Some pics of the new rgb display installed. (The rgb screen could also be used with ccc kits)

Also played for a good hour the other night and any lag on video modes is gone now with the latest design, the rpi4 and the off loading of the dmd processing to a slave controller. Mine cart is my go to test video mode, and its now silky smooth!!

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I am also hoping to offer the full kit for £400 plus shipping for early adopters on this new kit. Thats as close to a single colour dmd as i can get i think (based on uk pricing). Regular price after that will be £450 plus shipping after that.

Thats also HALF the cost of the original kit using a proc board and bigger computer, seperate amp etc

A pic of how the backbox now looks with just the new hardware in now. Much cleaner and factory looking

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Thank you. The message is much appreciated

No, it only works with either an LCD screen like before, or with my new rgb led display

No the display is my own design rgb led display. It uses the same display led hardware as colordmd led panels. The only other game it could work with right now is ccc

Yes, my rewrite has always run on top of it. The version I use was forked years back

See here

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/indiana-jones-stern-software-rewrite-port-over-the-journey/page/7#post-5679433

A working coin door open message. Something thats been missing from my rewrite for a number of years until now. Stern sam hardware does not use a regular coin door closed switch like other game hardware and uses instead data from the driver board sent back on the data bus as a read. More complex to sort out, but its solved now

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First generation new hardware kits are now available and taking orders. I fixed the final firmware issue today that i've been working on, so now offering the new board and rgb led display as a full drop in kit to folks. Price is £450 plus shipping to begin with. That includes everything you need i.e a new hardware board that is a direct replacement for your old cpu board (keep it somewhere safe) and a new full colour rgb led display to replace your old orange dmd. (keep it safe somewhere to ). I think its a pretty good price for a completely new game and colour display included.

Drop me a pm if you want a kit for your stern indy. I will build them to order.

Cheers

No problem. I’ll shoot some new game play videos and maybe stream some to now the new hardware is sorted.

To answer a few questions on the indy rules.

If you have a look at this doc it should explain what the 4th film modes are that i created and also how the williams game embeds into this alternative playfield layout.

https://www.mypinballs.com/files/indy-rules_v103.pdf

Shortish Game Play video (around 15 mins). Gives a flavour of what this is all about Running the latest code and from the new hardware etc. Wish I was a better player when videoing as I missed loads of shots ha ha ha, but should give an idea of what its like anyway. Will shoot more vids to and add to my youtube channel as I get time.