Hey all…anyone have this prob with TMNT? I play by myself and the game works fine, two players, still good…four player in league and all the balls get stuck in the ball lock. In ball search the pin will go up and down so fast it only releases on ball. So…when the player drains, it ends multi it pops out just one more ball. It’s really infuriating league players so much I’m thinking of just selling the game (which sucks cause I love it) Any help is appreciated

Did TMNT ship with balls that can become magnetized? I still have the stock stern balls in there.

Thanks! I’ll grab some. Figured they would ship with the appropriate balls. Guess not! Haha

But…can we buy the QR kit on the Stern site yet?

Yes, I posted about this in the Godzilla speculation thread the day I got my NIB TMNT haha

I tried the co-op mode for the first time with a regular at my location and I ended up getting to final battle on my first ball while explaining the game to him haha. Kid goes “wow…sooo, this is co-op mode huh?” Game usually kicks my f’n ass too

Buy carbon balls that don’t magnetize easily.

Shaker is very well integrated, definitely go for it.

It’s certainly not enough insensitive for me to drop the $300 per game on the IC. They’ll have to do much more than this to get operators to buy these things

GZ is getting a lot of play but the IC feature is old news already. I’ve even stopped loading my account when I play.

The modded code will need to be updated to include Sterns new features. I switched back to Sterns original code awhile ago as the cartoon code left a lot to be desired. Mostly the lack of an extra ball call out and a shoot again call out. Nearly impossible to play it in a league setting without players accidentally launching other players balls

So…all of the sudden my slingshots are very soft. I replaced the bands, bent the switches appropriately and turned up coil strength but they are still not as responsive as they were new. I’m avoiding replacing the switches themselves as it’s kind of a pain in the ass on this machine. Has anyone had this happen? Should I clean the contacts on the switches? Reflow solder? The lower right feels like it’s only getting an intermittent connection.

Thanks! I’ll give that a shot

The problem is the same with the old bands as well as the new (I only replaced them because I noticed they were starting to tear) It’s definitely the switches, when I activate them by hand in switch test two of them are clearly less responsive than when new.

So…the Turtle Power multiball reset bug still exists in this new code iteration? Was having a hot game, got TP…game freezes and goes dead. They ever gonna find this bug or what?

Glitch city today. Had another Turtle Power multi glitch AND the game glitched out immediately when I lit Final Battle. Center of animation screen went dark. Ball stuck in van. Ball search twice, comes out second time. I hit right ramp. Ball caught in diverter. Two ball searches and it comes out. I hit left ramp for final battle and no video / audio but it tallies my scores for FB. I get my ball back and I am technically in mode. Fought through it till eventually the animations and sounds came back. Super weird. Also this game is severely underrated. The end.

Games that are infuriating and impossible to master are the best games…. Unless you suck in an absolutely hopeless way. When people say that they hate TMNT I know what they are really saying. They are admitting they suck haha.

Sure, it’s a bit linear but I don’t mind that with tough shooters. I really love this in my lineup of JP DP GZ STH AIQ GOTG Rush and Mando AND it out earns nearly everything at my location. Kids just throw money into this thing. Already has paid for itself. Just another reason to love it. Personally I play GZ JP and TMNT the most.

I can’t argue that the code still needs attention seeing as how I can in here completing about bugs. But overall super happy with this game.

Had this same problem. Replace stock balls with non magnetizing carbon balls.

I would like to see the ability to change your turtle between balls in a future update. Could be a real game changer for strategy and for varieties sake. Especially with the IC held training feature.

I have had the game crash on me but I’ve never had a single complaint of a reset on location oddly enough. And I will also agree that it seems to happen more frequently after an update out when I switch between cartoon code and stock but then happen less frequently over time

So Stern is not producing TMNT AND LZ now? Dayum.

I put Titan comp bands on long players, low bounce Titan on straight fan layouts and keep stock bands on most Borg games.

Yup, the low bounce are amazing on Stranger Things or any game that feels overly bouncy

Try low bounce titans on TMNT. Plays amazing and with less black soot.

Are you sure your balls aren’t magnetized? That really messed with my lock until I replaced with carbon non magnetizing balls.

Yeah, your balls are magnetized together in the trough and the game is trying to “find” them by popping solenoids. Change your balls to carbon, prob solved. Just do it and thank me later haha

Haha I defend my TMNT on league nights too. Mediocre players just say it sucks…but…it ain’t the game that sucks haha. I have been able to convince a few by hanging back afterwards and just ripping Freeplay games with them until they agree with me haha. It fun and challenging…THATS pinball and TMNT is a perfect example of that simple dynamic.

As far as resets I’ve had DP STH and TMNT all reset on me at one time or another.

“I was just at a multi-tournament weekend and I feel I have to defend tmnt everytime I talk about it. So annoying. . There's not to many of them on location in the whole province of Ontario (here in 'canukastan'). So it's hard to show anyone the merits of it.
Oh, so at the tournament I found out that some other stern pins are having reset problems too”

Ball baron / Ninja carbon

Right, meant to say Polaris. My bad.