Hello my fellow web-heads,

After digging through many threads looking for someone who had meshed the original 2007 callouts with the new Vault edition it appeared as though some people had started but never completed the project. I thought surely, it can't be that hard, right? Well.... after listening to hours of JK Simmons telling me "YOU'RE FIRED!", I can attest, it was not easy. But I did finally succeed.

First was tracking down the original code. More specifically, the code with the uncompressed audio. The Stern website was less than helpful as they only have the most recent code. So I turned to my friends in the virtual pin world and snagged a ton of code. From 1.2 through 2.0. After investigating, I discovered the compressed audio started sometime between 1.7 and 1.9. So I locked in on the 1.7 code and started pulling every audio file of any character saying anything out of the code using Pinball Browser (Big shout out to Olivier and his software). Then I stored them in folders based on the type of callout. Multiball, drain, hurry up, high score, etc.

Next was opening up the most recent vault edition code inside the browser. I went through every single audio file and made sure they were labeled. It was at this point that I had to decide what I was going to replace. Unlike a lot of people, I really like a lot of the cheesy voice acting on the Vault pin. It reminds me of the 90s cartoon or the ride at Universal. Except for the MJ callouts... good lord. But one thing I knew I wanted to pull from the old game was the JK Simmons callouts. They are just too good.

So I started replacing every single "new" J Jonah Jameson callout with the original JK Simmons versions. There were only a couple instances where I left the original voice actor in. The Daily Bugle mode... Because that mode was added to the old game AFTER 1.7 and therefor the audio callouts are compressed and sound terrible. And also on the jackpot callouts. As the JK Simmons version only had one jackpot callout and the new one has a ton of variation. So I mixed the jackpots half and half.

The final thing I did was replace the MJ callouts. Originally I was going to put the Kirsten Dunst lines in there. "Hey, Heeeey I'm talking to you". But I felt like even her voice could get brutal after a while. So I decided to put in some JK Simmons lines there. Because you are basically hitting shots when those lines are said anyway, why not have JK cheer you on with a "Nice Shot!".

In regards to the villain lines, I kept most of the vault ones except for when the actor recorded too many of the same line with different inflections. In those instances I put some of the classic JK callouts like "This guy has eight arms he should be playing" or "Why are these scientists always mad?", stuff like that as it related to the specific villain. Like for sandman I put the "Hope you brought a shovel" to replace the "sand castle" callout half the time.

Easter Eggs - I included one audio file from each of the original villains, I put them in villain callout spots that had a lot of variables so they shouldn't happen all that often, but it might make you smile when you hear them.

Below I am going to include a link to download the Vault JK Simmons code along with a separate link to download all the audio files I cataloged from the original game. If you see a duplicate audio file with the word FIXED at the end. That is an instance where I had to cut down the length in order to fit as a replacement. I am providing you these in case you want to make your own mix using Pinball Browser. I have found that importing them at 150% volume is the perfect level.

Finally, if you like the new code and you want to shoot me any beer money for my time, my paypal is below. If not, no worries at all. I wanted everyone to have access to this regardless.

Link to Spider-Man Vault JK Simmons Edition
https://www.mediafire.com/file/62vnl0vtd947ktx/Spiderman+Vault+JK+Simmons+Edition+.BIN/file

Link to 2007 Spider-Man 1.7 Uncompressed Audio Files
https://www.mediafire.com/file/mujdqsh6n46yumx/Spiderman_2007_1.7_Audio_Files.zip/file

Link to my beer money fund
https://paypal.me/shaunpurslow?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US

I used the USB update method. But it should work just the same if you have two SD cards and want to switch between them, absolutely.

Absolutely. Anytime you want the normal Vault code, you can just load it back on via usb. The code can be downloaded from Sterns site here.
https://sternpinball.com/support/game-code/

Thanks RC! You're 100% right. In addition to that, your game will ask you to switch the dip switch #8 after you put in the USB. The dip switches are located just below the Fluorescent Tube Light in the backbox. After the install. you pull out the USB and switch the dip switch back.

Thanks so much! Glad you're enjoying it.

Shaun

I did not! Perhaps it was in an earlier version and was removed or a later version that I didn't scrub to avoid compression. But I went through every single sound clip on 1.7 and I didn't find that one. But now I'm curious where it is.

Hahaha. Yep. He's in there. So is Alfred Molina. But they shouldn't come up all that often as I added them to sections with a bunch of variable lines.