Quoted from Palmer:

Yes we will see Kaneda.

Quoted from Palmer:

He’s lying about selling his game. It’s all a ruse. What number game is he by the way? I just looked at his pending ad and he doesn’t mention it. Hey look, he changed his profile pic to match SpookyLuke…that totally is not something Kaneda would do. I mean I guess it could not be him. All he has to do is say I’m not Kaneda. Pretty simple, no?

Quoted from CaptainHendry:

Just noticed this. I’ve got #258. Can you check your number again.

Quoted from wamonkey:

So how did Kaneda buy the last CE claiming #500 - wouldn’t that be a standard cab

Quoted from Rarehero:

Are we? I’m spending a lot on a game that’s unfinished and buggy. If I’m expected to “have faith” & be a beta tester, be compatible with computers that lots of people have.

Quoted from Thunderbird:

I’m afraid I’m in the same boat. If Spooky doesn’t make this Mac friendly, I’m sunk. Everyone I know only uses Mac and no one uses windows in my area. I think what Rarehero is discussing is a real world issue and not just complaining. I don’t want to do a dance around to upgrade my software, since I’ve tried that on other things and it does not reliably work. Apple is the biggest computer company in the world and its strange that people still act like windows is the only OS.

Quoted from TechnicalSteam:

Yeah no details on where to put it.. Usually it works out.. fine.
Seems like I would take the time to add the details for each game. Sorry trying to remain positive but hell.
Obviously the USB extender thing is not for updates..... What is it for then?

Quoted from SpookyCharlie:

In the last year we have doubled the production staff, including adding key talent... added an entire new building to house production (literally a couple months ago moved in), have a 2nd full time engineer / programmer in house for the first time in company history, and so much more behind the scenes.
Reminder: this is AFTER we bought a bigger facility what... 1.5 to 2 years ago??? Time flies...
We corrected and improved MOUNTAINS of electronics, assembly, ditched IDC's in favor of pneumatic Molex equipment, higher level no noise power supplies, and brought even more equipment in house for better controlled parts manufacturing in our own shop(s) to avoid supply chain issues that are hitting literally everyone.
We are pouring buckets of money, time, people, and talent into this company every week and intend to do more. We feel we have one of the best young companies out there, and yep... we know the code is not where you want it to be. Thank goodness its the 1 thing we can keep working on until we're all happy. Going forward, the goal is to have the game code MUCH farther along at launch. This wasn't the norm for any pinball company just a few years ago, but we know that's not the case today.
All of this takes time money and people. We just had our biggest year. That means you all expect more from us, and so do we... it doesn't happen overnight folks.
Peace & pinball ya'll. Spooky is only going up... enjoy the ride with us.

Quoted from mpdpvdpin:

This guy is so mad that he has now decided to start talking s#it in the ‘Next Stern thread’…da fuq? Like…why?
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Quoted from rotordave:

Shit happens. Springs stretch after hundreds of plays.
Ask Stern how many times they tested the Rush Scoop. Or the Metallica magnet grab mech. Or the XMen Nightcrawlers. Every release has some changes on the line.
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Quoted from Frax:

I've still got 4 pages to catch up on the HW thread, but holy crap the tone here vs there is night and day, literally. Like....I just don't get it. Must be something about the types of people these two themes attract. Oof.

Quoted from jwilson:

What’s the difference?

Quoted from spooky_dj:

Your intel is accurate; no manual or schematic is shipped with the game.
This is something I've really wanted to address, and absolutely will be addressing going forward. To be candid, we are a lean team, and all have a lot on our plates at the moment, but I believe we are bringing more engineering talent onboard in the near future to expand our bandwidth. I know it's not the answer you're looking for, but at the very least, we do have a *top* notch tech ready to help with anything you need if you give us a call during business hours. But I understand, you're a tech yourself, and so you need to be able to diagnose problems yourself in a timely manner.
That said, the wiring in our games is dead simple. We don't use a 'matrix' topology; everything is point to point, and coils have unique wire coloring. So you can look at a coil, identify the power wire (lower gauge, and branches at the coil lug instead of terminating there) and see the color of the signal/ground wire (they all have a base color and stripe color, and I believe are all unique). Then just find the same color wire on the pinotaur to see where it's connected. LEDs are all chained together, so you can just follow the chain to locate a problem area. Perhaps the more involved wiring is the switches. We have 8 switch banks, each on their own harness, wired point-to-point, but each harness does have the same set of colored wires. So troubleshooting switches, you do at least have to identify the switch bank it's on. If you can't trace it by eye, the switch test menu, or doing a continuity test should help identify the bank it's on. And again, optos are point-to-point, and a meter or the test menu will help identify where they plug into the pinotaur if you can't trace it by eye.
Unfortunately, the pinotaur schematic/layout is not publicly available (not even Spooky has access to it), so if there is a problem with the pinotaur, you can send it back to us, and depending on the circumstances, we can repair it or provide a new one. Same with LED boards, or any part for that matter; just let us know and we can send you more.

Quoted from spooky_dj:

You know, thinking about it more, a wiring pinout for the pinotaur is not too complicated. Let me check with the lead tech; if he doesn't have one made up already, I'll make one and throw it on our website next week. Won't ship with the games, but at least it'll always be available online.
Just don't let spooky luke know I'm doing this instead of programming the next game, which is *totally* not a courage the cowardly dog/powerpuff girls dual theme
:p
Cheers!

Quoted from spooky_dj:

Started on the pinout today. It's just going to be a spreadsheet with connector name, pin number, pin name / function, what mech/device it runs to, and the color of the wire.

Quoted from lpeters82:

#TheRealSpookyLuke

Quoted from mummite:

Day 2 of owning Ultraman CE and I love it even more. Played a good number of games last night and heard one of my favorite Ultraman theme songs. It was glorious and I sang along as it played. Oh pinside. . . . another great game that gets the hate. Well not from me this game is excellent! Keep up the good work on the code Spooky the science team appreciates it.

Quoted from Roostking:

What lesson did you learn? You already knew Spooky was a smaller co. You already knew code would continued to be refined. What are you surprised about?

Quoted from nogoodnames222:

Speculative pinball preordering isn't for the faint of heart I think we've seen all 5 stages of grief here, from denial (doubling down and holding 2 pre-order spots) to final acceptance.
Just a reminder that prior to the last 2 years it was expected that you would lose money on every new in box game and, at risk of being labeled a bubble-burst conspiracy theorist, I would suspect we return to that standard after inflation cools down and MSRP's adjust. You've done great work bringing some cool + unique titles to the people of Sioux Falls but I think you'll have to get into more of an operator-mindset if you want to continue rotating games out and not losing money on them.

Quoted from Betelgeuse:

Spooky is doing a great job banging these out, but I would guess they are also now skipping over the CE buyers that aren't completing their purchase.