I'm going to resurrect this thread, mainly because I fell in love with the game again. I had one back when it had first came out, and was unimpressed - sold it fast. However, maybe because I'm older or more cynical, but I played a few versions on VP, and had a blast. Some things brought to mind -

How often do you get 'All Of The Above' for the Magic Bus? (Is there something that causes this to be awarded, like a flipper code, or is it just random?) Two games in a row I had this awarded - the FIRST time it was awarded, 'Lite Extra Ball' was listed THREE times. My EB adjuster must have been way low..

- Turn A.1 19 to 'Off'
- Look in the manual, several things are modified.. Likely jackpot values are evened out, as well as random awards.

Geeeez. Go for Red flipper rubber at least - better bounce and requires more skill to control and pass the ball!

Okay, that's good. (I'm still old-school.. back in my day, red was bouncy, black was dead. People had their preference.. Now, I see something with black flippers, and groan... forgetting that options are now available.. )

It would have been absolutely fantastic if some game they made in '99 actually had 'Night Mission', like the Time Machine references.

For the record, they're not #906 with twist sockets. You're lookin' for #86's then. (I think.. maybe #89.. I can't remember at the moment..)

I don't have a Junkyard, but plan on getting one. So I'd take one of those ramps.

I really, really like the one-slot doors. I actually will buy ones to replace the other doors I have. (I put electronic multi-aceptors in my games, and they'll only fit in the single-slot doors.)

I would have to agree - while I don't own this game (yet), I do want to get one. I play it a lot on my laptop when I'm commuting, and when the video mode starts - I just let the timer run down. The score awarded isn't worth the time.

I wouldn't mind cracking into the ROM and just skipping the mode altogether.

The earliers software I have, 0.3, did NOT support the magnet.

I believe v0.1 supported the Magnet - though I can't find a copy anywhere. The early sample game that was on display at Greater Southern Dist down in Atlanta when that game was released had a magnet, and it 'threw' the crane at some times.

You'd need to wire it up, of course.

Interesting -
What version is your game software? You have a magnet under the crane, and your sound ROM level is 0.3 - really early for sound.
Hopefully, if you have some early software, you could have an earleir sample ROM that utilizes the magnet.

That's it - Rev 1.2. Unfortunately, not even a pre-release code, so, no luck there. Thanks for checking though.

I'll be the odd one out and say that I hate ALL of the spike modes. At least with the 'Run' one, I can get it over with *sooner*.

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On an unrelated note - has anyone figured out the flipper code that 'counts down'?

In a virtual pin game, I was able to get it down to '3', but no further.

Okay, here's a stupid question then..

What'd the difference between a flashing 'Magic Bus' insert, and a solid one? If you get a Magic Bus award, and then re-light it in the same ball, the insert starts flashing. Then, if you drain, it relights solid.

I just figured it was a bug in the code..

You're gonna need a bigger game.

... Assuming it's not a matriox issue. (Bad diode, short, etc.)

Keep in mind, high-voltage interlock. The flasher won't work unless the coin door's closed. LED or not.

This would be fantastic if the Devil takes your coin and just does not give you any credits.
And the Angel gives you 2x the amount of credit per coin that's displayed.

I believe that Crazy Bob IS the Wizard Mode. After this? You start over and gotta do it again.

IMHO, aside from the part being upset about the lack of payment (really? that is surprising, but a real damn shame to hear ) - the lack of method should not be a showstopper - there's thousands of 'antique' audiophile geeks out there that likely has ALL the equipment necessary to pull the originals off.

Yeah, like Scared Stiff, it's not as deep as some other games (like MM comes to mind). I cannot recall if there's a special little mode when you get all the rewards on the backglass or not. I'm sure some of it has to do with the design team and WMS themselves, moving the team onto the next project.

IMHO, AudioKarma would probably be the best bet in this case. Assuming anything ever comes of it!