I thought about doing the bat signal, but worried how well it would show. No luck here on ramps. Rampomatic had expressed interest, but is working on other ramps so not sure when or if he’ll get to it.

Spunky1562 how are your ramps? I think Mr. Ramp O Matic is looking for a donor pair but most of us aren't able to have a game out of commission for a month.

I haven’t begun the ramp restoration yet so I’m not sure how good I can get them. They have typical cracks at ramp flaps from what I remember. I’ll get some weld-on and try to reinforce. Going to attempt flame polishing after cleaning, but not sure how or if I need to remove decals from underside.

I was super excited when they said they might possibly start on new ramps late last year, but I reached out and it won’t happen for a while.

I have a donor for the left ramp that’s in pretty good condition but still chipped some near the screw holes. It’s mostly the right ramp of mine I worry about.

I'm trying to revive a Batman Forever that has major alkaline damage. The MPU has been replaced with a RD one... yea, I know...

However upon power up, it goes immediately into the service menu and starts scrolling the menus. So first thing I did was unplug the service buttons. No change. Then I unplugged CN14 from the MPU and that allows it to boot normally. So I started looking for a short on the ground CN14/2, but so far I am not finding anything.

Has anyone run into this issue before? There has to be something I am missing.

Did CN13 and CN14 connectors on the CPU get swapped accidentally? I’ve made this mistake recently and I got out of control scrolling.

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Yep! That was it!! Thank you so much! I can't believe I missed that!

Trust me. My brain was about to explode from this issue before I was helped out by another Pinsider.
Cheers

I can relate! For a week I have stabbed at it, for 10-15 minutes between other repair jobs. Again, Thank you!

Hi. Selling a DMD. Just took off from Baywatch. $100 plus shipping. If interested please pm me. Ty.

Does anyone still have the factory setup for lights? I’m repopulating my playfield and my tear down pictures show some lights by the u-turn ramp with red and white rubber covers. Can someone take a picture of this area with those lights? Would the factory do colors there?

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The red would line up with the right (purple) side of Lady Liberty.

I followed this thread for some pictures I didn’t have. Doesn’t show cooled lights but who know….

http://www.enteryourinitials.com/2018/12/06/batman-forever-repair-service-log-4/

@langless28’s tear down pictures show the same thing. Unfortunately, the manual just lists the rubber covers by not where they go. I’m curious how that looks with red but think I may prefer to have more light back there.

If anyone has their machine with those factory bulbs, I’d love to see a picture of them lit up.

Is there a PAPA tutorial on YouTube? I know they liked to keep games stock. Maybe you could tell if an area was red.

Yes, those lights with the red rubbers are factory and are shown in the advertisement flyers . They are supposed to be red .

Thanks, all. It does look red in the flyer but not in the PAPA video. I’m not sure if I’d like the red. May just have to put it all together and try it out.

Mock up the plastic? I’m curious now.

Wire harness isn’t attached yet. I’m still reassembling playfield so I can’t really do a trial test.

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Does anyone here have a PinSound successfully working in the game? The original sound package seems way screwed up. Music doesn’t change properly callouts are missed. Wrong callouts are being said.

I spent hundred of hours over the last two years pulling audio and trying to learn about pinsound, but even my new package (obviously just replacing the original files) is also screwed up.

If you do have pinsound, what version BF rom are you using? I was on 2.01 and upgraded to 4.01 with same issue.

Pinsound is running February ‘24 firmware.

Thanks for the help!

It not uncommon for the Pinsound package to be in error for what they call the "original" sound pack. I've seen more than one person make a similar comment. I have one.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/mary-shelleys-frankenstein-owners-club-ideas-and-info/page/19#post-8038734

I know that's a disappointment considering the cost but it's not the end of the world. I'm not sure why their conversion from the original ROM's can have error's. And it's usually picked up by people that really know the game.

Now the downside but all is not lost reality. Need people like you to take what they started and correct the lingering mistakes. Your time will be needed. Once done please post your correct sound file on their download site so that others may have the correct package as well.

It's going to take the community to get this type of sound package option as true to the original as possible. Components are going to age out on original sound boards and this type of sound board alternative will be the only option.

I’m happy to help and submit the completed sound file, but as I am not familiar with the game’s original sounds, I would need help determining what callouts go where.

Would anyone be willing to video tape their machine and hit each switch a few times so I can hear and see what callouts? I have a lot of custom stuff and am familiar with the individual sounds from the package, just not where they actually go.

What would cause there to be no sound changes? Like when the game starts and puts a ball in the lane, it is silent. Then when trigger is pulled the game music starts, but can be one of the random music selections, not always the main theme. Modes can change the music playing, but many times doesn’t. Example: when multiball starts, there is no Tommy lee Jones multiball callout and the music just continues to play whatever track was playing when it started. The different Forever modes don’t seem to affect music many times.

Any guidance I’d really appreciate.

I am looking at doing these in April/May if I can source a donor set. The donor gets a free set, I keep the old set. Turn around time is about a month from when we arrange a "go" time to be on the safe side. I have one surprise new release coming in a week or two, then I will be on to Batman if the hole opens up in my first weekend of May as it is currently looking. The donor ramps do not have to be perfect either, but I do ask that you are able to trial fit the new ones in your game within a couple weeks of receiving them. I do not anticipate these having much for fitment issues, so the dry fitting will be more of a formality.

Awesome!

Mine is not fully put back together so I may be able to help out. Mine are not in terrible shape.

My ramps are back in my game. I was able to make a few repairs to the entrances and it came out good. I’d still probably pick up a new set when you release them though.

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Did anyone reach out to you about getting ramps your way to get this started?

Spunky1562 was that your Batman forever at TPF? Looked amazing!

Yes! I got it finished last Tuesday and took it to TPF. Thanks!

Not officially. I probably will not be looking to take this on for a couple months yet now that I have DE JP in production.

What cycles the Gotham Events during game play? I know you can lock an event from changing by pulling the trigger so it won’t change, but I’ve never noticed what switches or combos change which Gotham event is up next.

Pop Bumper hits does change them.

Thank you!

I am repairing my Batman Forever I recently purchased along with a silver slugger. Both non working and my first pins. I have worked through my MBU issue's related to acid damage and have a few things left on the electrical side to hash out before the cosmetic work begins. Currently I am working through diagnosing F7 on PPB Blowing during game over song. I have a bunch of connectors and pins on order. Question for someone that has a working machine. Does the knocker Knock to the beat of the game over song with the Flasher show? I know the 4 target resets but trying to identify if the knocker should energize. Mine was two days ago but now does not (after harness inspection). Knocker does work in test. Currently have a 3 amp circuit breaker in F7. Ordered a bunch of fuses 3 and 2.5 amp to try and narrow things down. I do have a thread started separate from this.

slm4x4 I'm running Pinsound right now but will swap back for testing sometime this week. I don’t think the factory setup knocks during the final song except for a game match which happens right before. I’ll check it out.

Spunky1562 thank you. Standing by with your findings. I have a bunch of stuff on order should be in next week sometime.

slm4x4 the knocker doesn’t play with original soundboard during the flashing final sequence.

Spunky1562 Thank You. Must be where part of where my problem is. Knocker haven't done it since I went through wires under the playfield. Have about 40 play on it since. Might be headers and connectors which I have on the way, should be in tomorrow.