This switch should be always closed ( its an opto ) when ball pass's through it should be open. If its open all the time its most likely an opto or a bad solder joint on one. I had one that was bad from day 1 on my MMR.

Hoping that the speaker/larger DMD upgrade kit they have supplies the same speakers as AFMR a they are superb.

I already posted two fixes, only one of which was subsequently noted.

I am having the same issue out of the box with mine
My catapult also sometimes isn’t strong enough to get the ball up and around, sometimes it falls back in or barely makes it to the ramp
Any thoughts

Wanted to share with everyone that I figured out a solution. I adjusted the popper downward about 3/16", and now the ball is able to be seen by the optical switch. Photo attached. You can see from the marks the nuts left from the factory, it was originally set all the way up. Weird that it worked up until now, my game had about 500 plays on it before this problem started. Hope others find this useful.

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Thx I’ll try that

I receive a Medieval Madness topper from laseriffic and I don't know how to hook it up. I purchased it from Cointaker. I don't think they sent the cord to hook it up to the machine. There was nothing on the site that said I needed to purchase an additional cord. The picture shows the only cord that was attached to it. Any help would be appreciated!

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Me too buddy! Been following the thread since June or so, finally ready to pull the trigger next month. Can't wait!

Love the shoes

Did you disclose that you needed the topper for a MMr? The cable should be long enough to hook up to your power supply terminals in the bottom of the cabinet. I would call Chris Marquette at Cointaker and he probably can hook you up. I personally use a secondary power supply and splitter board for my mods but you should be able to hook up right to your power supply by hooking into the positive and ground terminals.

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They emailed me back and said that the cable should have been in the box. It wasn't. I will get them to send me one. Thanks for all the help!

I have my topper (12v) hooked up using the V+ and V- and it works great.

Hello all - loving my MMR and I’m about 200 games into it. Some minor issues that I’m in the middle of resolving, but one major one that I’m wondering if anyone has advice on.

In the video above, you can see that my machine is looping the “lost ball” flasher on the back glass and goes into search mode when it drains. This happens during the entire game play. As soon as I launch and put a ball into the castle trough, the lightening “cow” flasher starts flashing and making the pulsing sounds. This continues through the entire ball. When it drains, it sometimes takes awhile, awards the bonus, and ejects that next ball. Other times, it takes while, initiates a full ball search and then completes.

I’m wondering if anyone has had this issue and found a fix? My initial thought is that there is a sensor inside the trough that isn’t tripping and acknowledging a ball. I really appreciate any help that anyone can provide.

I picked up my MMr yesterday! Everything seems to be running in tip/top shape. However, I wanted to check to see if the emulator software needed an update: http://www.chicago-gaming.com/mmr_update.php is there a way to check to see what version the emulator software is running at? At startup I only see 'Ye Olde Medieval Madness' logo and 'LOADING'. (btw, I'm just assuming that it is an emulator please correct me if I am misunderstanding the architecture)

I just did this and I forgot hahah.

If you go to the menu I know you can find it. There are versions listed for software, dmd software etc.

The new version should be on a nib game.

Here is the manual
http://www.chicago-gaming.com/Brochures/MMR_Manual_Rev_1_2.pdf

Page 31
Hold escape for ~4 seconds and you will get a cgc menu and that should list the software versions

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Thank you! That was exactly what I was looking for. It looks like I'm running very 2.0.1, so it is time for an update.

I do the same and have a secondary power supply for mods etc.

Is it normal for the open drawbridge to sometimes briefly raise when the ball rolls over it? When it happens, gate hits don't register. It happens less than 10% of the time.

As far as I know, it should not. LTG replied to me about something similar within the last month or so, so you should be able to skip back a page or two and find it.

Quick question... I played a CGC build the other day, and I just felt like the game was slightly more solid than my LE. Maybe it's all in my head. Maybe it's because the game was new out of the box.

Is this all in my crazy head, or are they doing a better job putting these things together now that it's all under CGC's control?

Also, not sure if I heard this right, but I could bet that I heard the swearing in the game. It was not bleeped out.

Again, am I going mad, or did they add this recently?

I have an LE, but I got mine so late, I'm not sure if it was built at CGC or stern...but ugh...it feels so so good. The quality on this mmr, gives me no hesitation to buy any other game they remake or recommend them. My gosh is it gorgeous.

Does your game have the F word, or a bleep?

MMR's have a bleep.

LTG : )

Hmmmmmmmmm... I think I'm starting to hear things then! Do you know how I can fix that?

Also, do you know if there are any plans to add the F word, and maybe a parental on/off setting? Would definitely be awesome!

more booze will help.

I think CGC is using an improved melamine covered cabinet for MMr like they do for AFMr now that they are assembling it. Not sure if this could account for a slight difference in feel or not. Great game either way!

“The game's cabinetry has been greatly improved. Both the cabinet and backbox are manufactured with melamine clad plywood. Melamine is 10 times more scratch resistant than traditional lacquer finishes. The original fiberboard cabinet bottom has been replaced with a ½" plywood bottom - significantly improving the strength of the cabinet and providing added protection for the cashbox.”

http://www.chicago-gaming.com/afm.php

MMR has a plywood bottom for sure. CGC made the cabinets for all MMRs, Sterns assembly is an implementation detail...

All the parts still originated from CGC.

Yes, all the remakes have plywood bottoms but I don’t think the older MMRs have the melamine covered cabinet. If they did they probably would have touted it in the original product description like they are currently doing with AFMr. A few months back this came up and a member said that his older MMr had a standard cabinet without the melamine. Again, I don’t know if this could account for a perceived difference or not, just mentioning it as a possibility.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/mmr-owners-club-all-things-mmr-discussed/page/46#post-3948087

the cabinets for MMR and AFMR are different, my MMR made by Stern. I'll take some pictures of the differences tomorrow.

My MMR was made by CGC and has melamine

bleep/beep, however he gets the f and maybe part of a u out.

No.

LTG : )

Yeah, I asked about the swear rom before it was made and never heard a real answer from Rick, so I assumed no :/ Wish they would of put a adult mode in the code like stern.

I have MMR #1645 that was built by CGC and it also has a melamine cab

JMR

MMR doesn't have ROMs. And PPS/CGC can't add swear words into Williams code.

LTG : )

Sounds like a job for Pinball Browser..

Technically, it's in there already.
The unbleeped one and the bleeped one are in the sound ROMs. The game ROM points to one of the two. The 'hack' ROM was just changed by someone modifying the address to the sound call, to call the unedited one. (Amongst other changes, I believe..)

BUT - unless PPS/CGC had the original dev machines and source, and way to recompile it all, they couldn't get that ROM into the filesystem that this platform uses. Because of licensing, they likely can NOT use the hacked ROM out there.

I have both an original MMR and an AFMr. Not sure how to tell the cabinet differences to be honest.

Both the censored and uncensored callouts are in the MMr firmware. The game rom is simply pointing at the censored callout. If you open the firmware and rename the uncensored sample S044E_C6.wav to S044D_C6.wav, it will enable the callout.

Yes I’m not sure either. Running your hand over the decals on both does the AFMr feel smoother?

Why wreck my hopes and dreams! I just yell the f word any way

I think the bleep makes it funnier.

I saw your post about the drawbridge not sitting flush. I think mine sits flush. It only raises a quarter of an inch as the ball goes over it and falls back down. No gate hit registered.

I have #1641.

Pretty funny when you come home and your wife says "don't touch the game, I'm having a killer game and have one ball left that I'm going to play after kiddo goes to bed".

Hi guys tonight when playing MMR ( about 200 plays on it since bought new ) and after the ball falls in the moat, or enters it through the castle gate or ball lock it's not ejecting anymore. It will go into the ball search mode and eject it. New to owning machines what should I be looking for to adjust. It's a opto sensor correct? TROUGH EJECT 31 reports closed. Should that say open?

It should be open when a ball is present. Get under the playfield and take a look; make sure it’s plugged in firmly, etc.

Ok it looks fine from underneath. So interesting issue, If I turn the lights on in my basement and play it works. If I turn the lights off or really dim it seems to work 3 out of 10 times.

Sounds like your transmitter opto is flaky......