New to the Fang Club! My wife and I picked up this game recently, and we're falling in love with it. A real "players game" with nice rule set, etc. Our machine was a USA version with some backbox stickers showing that it was on route in Jacksonville, FL in 2000-2001. A few questions for more experienced members of FC:

1.) Was the game originally manufactured using "Black Beast" coils? We suspect that our game might be totally original. There is no evidence of repairs, operator rigging, or quick fixes. Virtually no wear on the PF, etc. It does need a lot of maintenance. We're shopping the game, rebuilding flippers and pop bumpers, and dropping in an LED kit.

2.) I'd love to install the ChadH ROM 4.0 but don't have the gear or expertise. Anyone who is available to do this for us? Please send me a PM if you can help.

3.) Has anyone made custom instruction cards for this game? If someone has a link, we'd love to add them to our machine.

Thanks for sharing the knowledge, Fright Fans!

Les & Abby Rayburn

Thanks Gord,

Pinballrom.com is helping me out--should have them in a few days. Can't wait.

Digging into the game tonight. First problem arose---we noticed that when we turned off the game (but did not disconnect AC) all the settings, high games, etc. reset to default. Realized that hadn't even opened the backbox yet. Suspecting dead batteries, we opened it up to have a look around.

Good news-- no evidence of battery leakage, or damage to the circuit boards. Battery were dead, but had not leaked. I replaced them with brand-new in the pack Duracells. Turned it back on, when through the adjustments to set things to free play--turned off power.

Game came back up, but still not nice. This time I removed the batteries and cleaned all contacts on battery holder with alcohol. Used a burnishing tool to rough up the battery contacts--and cleaned again with alcohol. Tried again--same result.

So we clearly have a problem.

I'm not sure how to proceed in troubleshooting this issue. Never really had this problem before. Where should I start to track this down? Game works great in other aspects. No problems noted after playing 20-25 games, so I suspect the MPU is fine.

Grateful for any help or advice.

Les & Abby Rayburn

GASP!!! What is this magic you speak of? What's next--flying cars!!?? This opens several new questions:

1.) How do I get it? Web link if you have it.
2.) Are they also available for my Creature from the Black Lagoon and South Park?

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH! Best news I've heard in a long time.