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Have commissioned Tilttoppers to make a topper for PM. Any ideas to incorporate into the design would be appreciated ...

A big crystal ball that changes colour in sync with the little one on the playfield.

I wonder if a factory reset changes the time played? Looks great regardless! What's the story on this?

The guy I bought the game from is well known in the pinball community,but I won't mention his name without conferring with him first.He has had the game in his possession for 18 years of its 22 year life, and never really grew attached to the play of the game. Plus when you have a substantial collection of 80 + games, you can't play them all the time.He indicated that he probably put 100 games on it in that amount of time, and I believe him.

I paid top dollar for the game, and am extremely happy with the purchase, I was all over this ad like a hobo on a ham sandwich.These really don't come up for sale too often.

I am still debating if I should just leave the game as is with incandescent lamps- it really looks good the way it is. There is something very subtle about the fade in and out on the incandescents.I have heard of the LED OCD boards that emulate this effect, but i have not seen one to form an opinion yet.

Anyone know of a vendor that sells new apron decals for this game? I need the center "CAPCOM" one the most,
I can find the two triangular decals but not the centre decal

I'm sure I could upload a pic of what I'm after

So restore is done, have a problem that I need some help with.
My stage door is repeatingly firing. Assuming it's an opto issue, thinking its sensing a ball and kicking out.
Has anyone else had this issue?

yes, it's happened. Your opto is either out on one side or the other, or you have a loose connection, or a bad connection on one of the spider chip legs. First i'd disconnect the optos and connect them again. Also note how tight those plugs are.

I got mine from Mikonos ( [email protected]) from zonaarcade.forumcommunity.net forum

He also did some custom cards for me

I had searched and searched for that Capcom decal ... hard to find

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The LED OCD board is good product. Retains the dimming effect nicely..and is adjustable. Really brightens up the machine. PM looks like half the lights are out when in a group of modern machines without it, IMO.

How do you remove the white plastic linkage from the ball lift motor ... Need to have the white armature lined up, currently my lift sits at the top position instead of the bottom by the micro switch.

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have a brand new never used one for sale if anyone is interested pm me

Took 3 years....but found some Magic last Sunday at Pin a Go Go. Purchased the Steve Charland Pinball Magic, been folded up for 8 years. Needs a major major shop job before playing it. Afraid ball will scratch field there is so much dust.
Very Happy, cant wait to play it.

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Well my Dmd had 2 lines out near the bottom, so I temporarily installed a X-Pin Dmd!

Tilt toppers has now been paid to create a topper for this game , again any input would be greatly appreciated!
Happy Memorial Day to my US friends

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It needs to look like a stage. This machine is putting on a show we are apart of. Stage proscenium , needs depth. It also needs the butterfly ladies on the stage doors perhaps facing the other way flanking the sides.
Ill have more later.

you want the butter fly girls facing out, because they are pushing the curtain open. <----- ------->

My sister made me a topper for my birthday one year. You can't see that she painted some stars on the inside back wall. I need to try and dimly light up the inside somehow.

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looks awesome. If you want to dimmly light the inside. Take 45 lamp sockets. Put them in series on the front inside top. Use the UV LED's and run wires down inside the backbox along the back (in the vent holes if it has them (dont' remember) and tap into the 5V DC line. The black light will glow the stars especially if they are yellow or white.

I was thinking they would be on the sides, waiting to close the curtain.

That looks amazing, great idea with the frame.

Thanks guys. It has gotten some good complements at the Houston Arcade Expo as well. Yes the stars are yellow/gold on the inside. Thank you for the lightning ideas, CaptainNeo. Hope I can get something done later this year. I'll post updates once I get 'er done.

Topper looks great !

Nice job on the topper PinballManiac40!

I spent the better part of yesterday and finished this morning installing the plastic protectors I got from Pam at Pinbits. I still have a couple in the pop bumper area to do- but waiting for a replacement plastic from Australia. I 'll replace the mylar around the pop also, as it is lifting and filthy.
I also added 3 sets of spot reflectors to help illuminate the playfield. I think the last addition with be a SMD strip in the outhole area.

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Have ROM version 1.0.3 installed in this unit. Are there more updated versions done for this game? Is the updated ROM a major difference in the rule set?
Lastly usually use John Wart for this service, however he is not available, can somebody recommend an other vender?

v1.0.12 is the latest version. I worked on a PM in the past that had v1.0.3 that had a problem with the stage that didn't allow it to go all the way down and the ball would hang up there. Upgrading it to v1.0.6 fixed it. I had installed my old ROM in his game so he didn't need to upgrade.

I think there may even been a light show update to the game as well to v1.0.12. I didn't notice any game play differences between 6 and 12.

New game ROM can be bought here.
http://www.actionpinball.com/parts.php?item=ROMS242
You need to order both U1L and U1H for v1.0.12

Marco also has the U1L and U1H ROMs for v1.0.12.
http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/EPROM2080
http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/EPROM2079

Too funny ... Have been frustrating myself to no end trying to get the stage and elevator to work properly.
Thanks for the help!

I went through myself a few years ago. I was trying all types of adjustments and happened to swap my Game ROM and poof...it fixed the issue.

Did you check what ROM version you have in the game? I hope it is at least v1.0.6 so you don't have an issue with the ball getting stuck at the elevator/stage.

I was reading down the page and just got to your post.
I will check mine, been building a Marcos cart.
Ive been working like a mad dog. No time to work on machine, barely had time to look at.

I normally check what ROMs a game has, this one I completely forgot.... Big mistake cost me a lot of time trying to fix a update issue...
Ordered an on the way ....

On Capcom games where can I find the actual game number? My serial number is 1945 on the play field is number 765 ...

Importance?

Curiosity... and insurance....

I just wanted to give a shout of THANKS to TecumsehPlissken, The LEDOCD board you sent works perfectly with the game. I am extremely happy!

I need to get one of these boards!

Hey guys, odd question but are the backbox lights individual sockets or a giant pcb? I got my pm back together, but have numerous lights not working so get to track them down. Lights coming on when they shouldn't, lights not lighting at all, all fun stuff.

I received a replacement plastic today from PSPA, waxed the playfield got it installed- along with a plastic protector . Ever the tinkerer- I added a #555 socket in the body of the pop bumper and put in a Evo-BrightCap LED to help illuminate this dark area of the game.

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Giant PCB

That is what I thought, but mine has sockets like a williams/gottlieb/data east. Guess its just another issue of it being a sample.

If you could be so kind ... Photo please! If it's a "sample" what are the other differences?

You have a Color DMD in it? How is that working?

I have pin2dmd display in mine, set to a yellow/purple palette.

It is working well and I love it in Hi Res setting.

Yeah, but there is no official code for it, so is it in 1 color mode?

Correct and it is better than the orange. Have the choice of any colors that Sigma provides. Yellow and light purple work great in this game. Can also select between the other display settings such as Dots, DotsXL, tiles, 8bit, and HiRes.

I am currently looking into building a power tap for PM / Capcom. This will have at least 2 mod outputs if there is room for it. Check out my current prototype taps for other systems here: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/power-taps-any-interest

I will post there with any updates until they are ready for production.

Stainless rails, lock down bar, the metal lip right in front of the backbox is also stainless. The legs are stainless but mine were bent as someone moved it with the legs on. The texture for the black backbox hinges are different compared to breakshot and airborne. The text telling you how to get to matra is a decal instead of being silkscreened on. The sound board is different, I have not verified if the other boards are.

I will try and get a pic when I have the chance, but right now I am in the middle of buying a house and need to finish up pin projects before I close and prep to move.

I found these rare pictures of a Capcom factory tour while Pinball Magic was on the line. So great to see the origin of our games. Check it out at this link:

http://www.tilt.it/xfiles7.htm

My game just started to have some issues when there are 2 balls in the trunk lock.It is impossible to get past round 2 in the Triple Power Play mode .With 2 balls locked it will kick the last ball into the shooter lane and then the flipper stop working and it awards the bonus for tricks and Triple Power Play starts over as if there are no balls in the lock. I noticed that with 2 balls in the Lock going for Magic Mayen it does the same thing. I checked all the switches and OPTOs and everything is good.
I disconnected the OCD board and the game behaves the same. Then I lifted the playfield and noticed a lamp socket with a missing screw the was resting on one of the solenoid wires for the stage .I suspect this may have introduced some stray voltage into the game and corrupted an IC chip.Which chips are the most likely culprits to replace?

What game ROM version do you have installed?