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The Simpsons Pinball Party
Stern, 2003
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My treehouse gets triggered with the garage shot sometimes. I checked the switch on the treehouse ramp and it does not seem stuck open. Anything else I should check for? Or is this normal.
Also quicky mart sometimes does not trigger. Usually during Wiggum mode which is annoying. Again when I test trigger it seems fine.
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Quoted from atrainn:I've owned this game close to a year now and never been able to crack 30mil. Occasionally by sheer luck I get up into the 20 mil range, but it's not consistent. I also seem to read a lot about how long the ball times are for people, yet I feel like I'm always draining (my balls last maybe a few minutes at best). Any ideas on how I can go about not sucking at this? As it stands this is probably my least played game now since I just drain constantly.
It can be a bit mean on ball launch. I put like a 13 second ball saver. I also have an extra ball on replay so I get one around 14 million. This is the only game I have with an extra ball reward. Check your itchy kickout (no pun) you may need to adjust the deflector if it’s draining. The drains from the pops are annoying. No solution. To me this game is a bit of a shooter. I catch the ball more in this one than my other games. Some games I suck like crazy making the garage.
We seem to be getting closer with our machines. Nice line up you have.
Quoted from Melhadmj:My understanding is the wider the gap between posts (I.e. A3) the easier. This allows more room to bump away from outlane and a wider path into the shooters lane, instead of the outlane...
Yep mine is B3 and some heading for the outlane go into the shooter.
Quoted from Pinkitten:You could add a new garage door decal too, or possibly clean off the ball marks if the decal isn’t worn thru. I tried using gel hand sanitizer on a Q-tip to clean the black off flippers and stand up targets. Worked great, and it evaporates without leaving any behind. You could use a cleaner or even Goo-Gone, but that’s much more harsh and has a strong odor. Looking good!
And put Mylar over it
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10 months later
I posted this a year ago and no responses. Will try again:
My treehouse gets triggered with the garage shot sometimes. I checked the switch on the treehouse ramp and it does not seem stuck open. Anything else I should check for? Or is this normal.
Also quicky mart sometimes does not trigger. Usually during Wiggum mode which is annoying. Again when I test trigger it seems fine.
Quoted from cjchand:Looking at the switch matrix (page 17 of the manual), the Left Ramon Enter switch is on the same column as the Garage switch (the one that opens the door, not the Garage Ramp Enter). Could be that the diode on the garage switch might be faulty (or anything in the same row/column as the Left Ramp Enter).
Try going into switch test mode and see if the garage switch is registering multiple hits.
Thanks will check again. So no one ever has treehouse triggering for a garage shot?
Found my problem with tree house registering from garage shot. My gate in garage was caught on one of the black wires. Fixed the wire out of the way with a cable tie. Also noticed the left guide on the ramp had been bent by previous owner which actually narrowed the garage ramp rather than widening. So actually got rid of bend and made it back to how it was. Lots of rejects. To actually widen it I also redrilled the hole where the metal guide meets the plastic ramp on the left. The current hole means the metal guide actually sits inside the plastic by a couple of millimetres. Drilling a hole closer to the guide means the guide can sit closer to the plastic ramp thus making the garage shot wider. Fixes this choke point. Sorry forgot to take pictures cos I’m stupid.
Much easier to hit garage now and no more switch issues.
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