I've had the Jurassic pin for a week now and am really enjoying it. I'm surprised that I can't enter my name into the home version pin, and even playing as Player 1, it's not retaining my high score of 3 million plus. I asked Stern about it, and they said that I can't enter my name until I beat the scores preset in the machine for the folks who created the game. I'm new to pinball, this is my first machine, and I don't think I'll be matching those scores anytime soon. Is this just the way it is? Seems odd to me especially for a home game. Thanks, Tony

I contacted Stern's tech service about the game not saving player's high scores. On my machine when turning it back on, it only will show the score, or scores for the player, or players of the last game. I was messaging with someone named Chad, and he said that your scores will not be saved until you surpass those preset scores in the game. I'm going to be able to do that, well, probably never. I got into the Standard Adjustments and tried to lower all of those preset scores, and the only one that I could lower was #37, High Score #4. I reset it from 5 mill down to 1,000,000 (as low as it would go). I'm not even sure what that means exactly. I've had several 2-3 million score games since, and it is not saving the scores. I've had the game two weeks now, and am really enjoying my first machine, but it's a little annoying that it won't keep my high score. Maybe a software update in the future? Does Stern ever do that?

Saw the flipper “code” for this game in an earlier post. I just don’t know what code does.

Low-tech way to brighten the playing field.

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I’ve had the game for about two months, and also find it challenging. Haven’t really played pinball since I was a kid in the early 60’s at the Balboa Funzone in Southern California. My favorite games back then were Gottlieb’s Tropic Isle, which was a new game, and an older Williams baseball game. I think the baseball game cost two cents to play, and the newer ones were a nickel. And you got five balls to play per game as I recall. Got the Jurassic Park pin, my only game, after helping a friend pick up his repaired PinBot from a sales and repair business in the Bay Area, and catching the pinball bug again. I wasn’t a great player as a kid, and I’m still for sure not now. I’ve played a lot of games on it, but it can be very frustrating for me too. Right off I narrowed the side drains, and later opted to play 4 balls instead of just 3. I also recently “disabled” the 3 popups in front of the T-Rex. I now get more T-Rex multi balls, and get to hear the awesome roar which sounds even better since I installed the 8 inch cabinet speaker thanks to bigguybbr’s instructions. Yes, I’m not playing the game as it came from Stern, but I’m having more fun with it now. I’m still trying to learn the shots, but am basically just trying to keep the balls in play. I’ve cleaned and waxed the field a few times, and am blown away about how it so speeds the game up, at least for a while. If you’ve watched the 90 minute YouTube video of Jack Danger and friends playing the game just after waxing, you’ll see that even these guys, and girl, are challenged. I’m fiddling with the incline more than I want to, but the speed at which it plays seems to slow down with time after cleaning. Since this is the only game I’ve really played in over 60 years, I can’t compare it to any other “modern” game, but I certainly can sympathize with anyone who’s frustrated playing it.

Love the pin, but am continually frustrated by banging into the two rubber bumpers separating the three lanes on the left side of the game. Was wondering if there is a way to turn down the flipper speed? (Don't think so). Also, not quite sure what "slingshot power" does in the adjustments.
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I still can't identify which adjustment in Feature Adjustments is for flipper power.
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I played one game this morning. Kept making shots, and playing extra balls. I scored over 24,000,000, over twice as much as I ever have. But I don't know if I "escaped Nublar" or "restored power". There was a lot going on, and I'm not sure how I would know if I did escape, and /or restore power. Any way to tell after the fact?

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Thanks. Yes, at one point it stopped the game, and said it was collecting all balls.

My "toppers", Papo T-Rex and Spinosaurus.

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Yes, the left rail where my thumb sits kind of wore away and exposed an air pocket?. I called Pinball Pirate in California, sent him a picture of the rail, and he either ordered one, or had one in stock. In the meantime I switched the left rail to the right side until I pick up the new one.

I used a bit of thin piano wire to mount the pterodactyls. They bounce around as you play the game.

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