Quoted from Tuukka:

So these are not available for free download? I understand, lots of work have went into development and thanks for that!

Quoted from Meloyelo51:

This would not be possible without the investment of PPS and a handful of us authorized burners that stand behind Soren and what he does. We are so happy to see this finally become a reality. If you do not get the rom from an authorized source (listed in original post) such as myself, or turn around and distribute the one you bought, you won't be supporting the efforts to continue future updates and it may come to an end.

Quoted from PPS:

We had given soren a list of enhancements and modifications that we collected thru the years as well as input from Josh Sharpe, etc. Now the hard work is for Soren to figure out what can be done when (he most likely has other things to do in his life!), but we will try to get a cadence of new releases. Again, please don't bootleg them, as the monies are to help compensate Soren, it would be a shame to shut this down or having to figure out a different way so we are hoping the community supports this and will help put pressure if you see this going on ... thx

Quoted from Shapeshifter:

$15 - price of a round of coffee at Starbucks!
Wonder if any plans for the big three? MM, AF, MB?

Quoted from GPS:

For crying out loud, the pinball community has a huge asset in programmers who are continuing to lend their hands to make the games that we enjoy, very expensive games, even better many years after the original company that produced them cut ties. 15-20 bucks for a darn chip is no big deal for gods sake! Really??!

Quoted from Zitt:

no games to send money for...
Not sure we'll ever see a STNG update.
Monster Bash was clobbered by the remake.
So looks like I'm on the sidelines indefinately.

Quoted from Shapeshifter:

I know some games are more complete than others, but I was only thinking how cool it would be to have a champions table for MB -
Mosh Pit Champion
Full Moon Fever Champion
Ball and Chain Champion
Frankenstein Champion
Drac Champion
Mummy Mayhem Champion
Creature Champion
Only a small change but it would really add to the game.

Quoted from drgary:

soren: Just an idea:
If you can use the sourcecode, what about adding (optional) daily highscores? You could develop it once and then the deploy that code in all roms. And its not about adding or changing any rules, so WMS would most probably be okay with it.
It would be perfect to have these daily highscores for partys, small tournaments or kids while keeping the all time high scores.

Quoted from ReadyPO:

It could be treated like a software program update, with a discount for previous update buyers. Honestly though, at $15, I would be fine getting this update and another update at a future time, or two if there is something I want in the version. I will be getting the CFTBL v5, but I have had no issue with the VL-4 I have been using. Had this been $50, I might have thought twice, but at $15, no brainer. Its priced very fair IMO. Also looking forward to a Getaway update ...

Quoted from mbaumle:

WPC game updates are cool and all, but I’m really excited at the prospect of updating code on System 11 titles as well. So much potential! Earthshaker could use a code update to relight that jackpot (and make the jackpot value consistent, and lessen the ability to spam that center ramp to Max it out.
Whirlwind could use an update to finally make that 3-way combo worth shooting for. Or maybe a routine for 2-way combos?
Maybe an update to Taxi to equalize the jackpot between players and a tournament setting to normalize joyride awards between players as well.
What a time to be alive!! Thanks Soren for your hard work!

Quoted from Betelgeuse:

BSD has an issue where your bonus is lost if you get a tilt warning during a ball drain... which is when you would most often expect a tilt warning to occur.

Quoted from alveolus:

And an 18 hole wizard mode. But that is probably a pipe dream.

Quoted from schudel5:

BoP big wheel awards for tournament play. It would be nice to shut the 1B off and make it a 10M score each time you make two balls up to the 4th face.
There's other glitchy stuff in that game but it's mostly to do with attract mode stuff or music cutting out when a ball is locked when you drain your last ball.

Quoted from Fifty:

soren pps
Thank you for the updated CFTBL ROMs. A little disappointed that the NEW CAR award wasn't finally added to the prize giveaways from the Snackbar. Oh, well... Maybe next update.

Quoted from PinJim:

Since PPS has access to the source code, do you also have access to the original (uncompressed) sound recordings? I ask because I'm a purist. I love the idea of PinSound to improve the quality of sounds on older games like TZ, but I want the original sounds. It'd be awesome if PinSound could be utilized, using the original sound files, but uncompressed / higher quality.

Quoted from paynemic:

I love the idea of never taking away original gameplay, but any updated features like this, make it user selectable. Thanks for your work on all these classics.
If you do updated rules and bug fixes for games being remade by Cgc, is there an option to update the code for the remakes too?

Quoted from GrandFireball1:

Not sure if it’s been mentioned yet, but here’s 2 obvious ones.
Twilight zone: The lit 5M stand ups actually award 10M, which can be significant in some scenarios. Would be great if this was changed to 5M.
Shadow: The 2-way loop combo is a little too valuable. Currently, it’s a base of 10M that increases by 3M each time. I’ve gotten it over 100M a few times and as fun as it is, it scores quite a bit. I’d suggest base of 10M, increase by 1M, and cap at around 30M. Maybe even throw in having it reset every ball.

Quoted from metallik:

AFM: if a ballsearch occurs during the post-winning-RTU ball drain sequence, the ball handling logic gets hosed and upon resuming the game will stop recognizing any ball in any hole or trough. Impossible to end the game at that point.

Quoted from slochar:

Have a setting for Max number of shuttle runs. After that it doesn't light.

Quoted from mbeardsley:

This reminds me of a pet peeve of mine. I completely understand the reason for disabling extra balls for tournaments, but why do they (especially on B/W games) make the point "novelty" award for so low a value? It messes up the goal/reward structure.
If a shot/combination/sequence was worthy of an extra ball normally, then in a tournament it should be worth a significant number of points - at least something worth shooting for - not some barely noticeable amount.

Quoted from mbeardsley:

It depends upon what you mean by "ball save". Do you mean "plunged the ball and it drained in the first few seconds, so give it back" or do you mean "just started multi-ball and some of the balls drained right away, so keep giving me more"?
If you mean the first one, then yes, you can have ball save without an autoplunger. If you mean the second one, then no, you need an autoplunger.

Quoted from metallik:

You might be in luck, if the profanity sound ROMS replaced the original callout sound data, they should play with a newer revision. If the profanity callouts are additional data in the sound ROM and not replacement, you'd have to edit the new ROM to call the profanity sound effects. I remember the potty-mouth version would say both "be well" and "be f*cked" so it may be the letter setup...

Quoted from metallik:

I think that's T2? DM had more profanity added than that.

Quoted from Enver:

If geekmem serves me right -- Flight Insurance in F-14 was first. Of course, most likely not yet part of a general low-level ruleset for all machines building on the same OS.
/Enver

Quoted from Pahuffman:

Bingo. I think this may be the way to do it. Another alternative could just be to randomize and slow the mode down a bit.
For home play, you could simply award the artifact in addition to the 25 million option when selected. If you know the route, the only reason you play it at home is to go for the additional artifact. By just awarding it anyway, you cut down on the amount of times you have to play it, which would really only be when you want to. It's not as much fun to do it that way though. I'd rather earn it.
Maybe instead of having to take the correct route, you just have to make it through X number of caverns. That way it's really the bombs you're avoiding. However, this option isn't exactly in keeping with the spirit of the game.
Yet another option would be to program several fixed routes that are selectable in the settings. Maybe something a little harder than left left right right etc. like it is now. You could close your eyes and randomly select a route on the settings. That would provide some challenge until you figure out which one it is, then you could randomly change it again.
You could also have several passages (maybe 4) that lead to the end, but the awards are randomized at the end of each route. So going to the end of route A would result in 100M one game and then maybe an artifact next time. For multiplayer games, they would stay the same based on how many times each player has played the mode. If player 1 plays the mode and gets 100m at the end of route A, then player 2 will know 100m is there for their turn. They would still need to know the exit patterns for the other routes though, and even then they only have a 1/3 chance to get the artifact.
Finally, it could be fun to have an option of actually randomizing the video mode itself! Instead of shuttles, you randomly get the hidden Breakout game or Riker's poker.

Quoted from JediPimp:

free play only

Quoted from yellowghost:

You can increase the jack-pots. The inlanes increase them .

Quoted from Exgametrader:

I can only assume it is a licensing/legal issue why it hasn’t happened yet but would love to see a set of roms that allow the swearing on Demolition Man with coin drop.
The swearing actually fits the game really well and it would be on location next to a Rick & Morty with cursing set to 100% so it’s pretty tame in comparison.

Quoted from The_Pump_House:

Also a fix for the scoring display error over 9,999,999,999
From a play guide I found online

Quoted from horseflesh:

Getting the Shadow bug fixes alone would be fantastic. It's such a good game, it deserves to have that final polish.
If I had a software magic wand, the one feature I would like to add is a Hotel Monolith "second chance." If you lose a ball, you have a few seconds to make a shot to get it back. Say, light any ring or shoot Mode Start. If you lose a ball again, the second chance shot gets harder... maybe 2 rings, or the Khan saucer. Probably, you'd only get 1-2 such chances, you shouldn't extend the mode forever.
I cannot imagine how hard it is to modify this old code, wow. Thanks to Soren for whatever we can get. It's all awesome.

Quoted from radial_head:

I'll never forget watching a coil lock on and smoke on a pin at a FreePlay place in Providence. I told the door person, and then when they realized I had turned the machine off they proceeded to attempt to throw me out of the arcade for turning a game off.

Quoted from _Zaphod77_:

2) they can be included in digital recreations. for example, TOM 2.0 could be put in zen's pinball fx into theater of magic, because it's a licensed ROM, while the CV one with the copycat video mode and new stuff can't.

Quoted from Coyote:

IMHO, I think Rick would be better to answer that.. Interesting thought, though. The originals would have been recorded on what, magnetic tape? Maybe copied over to CD?

Quoted from _Zaphod77_:

Here's a general request.
Add Extra balls per game limit setting to standard WPC adjustments.
Extra balls per ball in play is really stupid, annoyoing, unintuitive, and only serves to confuse and screw players over.
Max extra balls stacked makes sense. When people stack up four extra balls, they don't feel cheated when they can't get a fifth. Eve a stack limit of 1 is understandable, though it is harsh (and Elvira and the Party Monsters needed that low limit).
Max extra balls per game, as implemented in earthshaker and whirlwind, also makes sense. Players understand "okay i've gotten a lot of extra balls, i'm not gonna get any more." They don't feel cheated. They feel good that they've gotten the game to say "no more extra balls".
Max per BIP only serves to screw people out of extra balls. If you have a bad ball 1, you've lost three balls. you can no longer collect the two extra balls you were allowed to, and now you only get a total of four extra balls, because you failed to get two of them on ball one. If it were balls per game six instead, like whirlwind does, then you could comeback and get all six of them.
I'd honestly prefer if max per b.i.p. was replaced by max per game throughout all of WPC, with defaults tripled (or 5xed for five ball play).
Many games need this setting, but b.i.p. 2 is too harsh, while 6 per game is fair, and works on existing tables. I've actually hit the extra ball cap on whirlwind in real life. if i didn't the game would have never ended.
Every other manufacturer offers max per game on anything remotely approaching current. Even pre sega data east offers this.

Quoted from The_Pump_House:

Please add an autolaunch feature to JD. I hate free pinball night when people walk away from a game in progress on JD and it doesn't clear the game on its own.

Quoted from slochar:

https://dotsandloopspinball.com/software/
It's been a while for sure.... last release group was 10-2021. I'd think the ones that never made it out officially would be an easier go at it unless there was something soren wanted to tweak on them.
vpinuniverse seems to have a lot of the patched roms available, sometimes ones that probably shouldn't really be there, like the interim versions of seawitch - there's no reason to keep buggy code there. All my code that I put on tsqmadness unless specifically marked is BETA code, i.e. test versions - at least you'd hope that someone would remove the older ones that are verified to not work properly. I think someone has a notification when I post something there because it gets u/l to vpu within minutes-hours.