I never have. I actually feel accomplished when I catch ONE.

Would have been a great wizard mode.

I´m working original "Who Dunnit" logo. I´m redrawing all in accuracy way because I will use it in my next "Free Play Card" sure!

Regards

It would be great if it were possible to turn off EBs from the slot machine only. I really like the reward of getting an EB when collecting all the clues. It's one of the more fun objectives of the game IMO, so it would be a shame to lose the incentive to do this.

I have a question about a machine currently in the US. The Model displays: Who Dunnit - Germany (3slot). Does this mean the machine went to Germany, then back to the States. The tag shows Waukeagan, IL. (I assume point of manufacture).

I just finished, Free Play Card is ready to print!

Logo is exact to original, illustration represent "Nick Space" private investigator character, text is inspirend in original flyer, All is at 300 dpi (hight definition) and both cards (rules and Free play) will be printed in chrome vinyl with gloss protective lamination.

Card was upload to my main thread "RESTORED AND CUSTOMIZED PINBALL ARTWORKS - Showroom thread by Mikonos".

Tell me your opinion and who is interested.

Best regards

Mik

Here I made an isnstruction card as well. FREE for you. The pricing card is german, feel free to adapt it.

card.pdf

Plenty of who dunnit parts still.
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I am looking for a NOS playfield for Who Dunnit, if anyone can help me in any way, please send me PM, thanks!!

Great restore and spare parts lot.

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Who Dunnit~Roulette Wheel~NEW Archived

New (selling multiple, business) - “Roulette wheel=18 FREE SHIPPING”

2020-03-09

Anaheim, CA

Ericpinballfan

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Archived after: 83 days

Viewed: 766 times

Status: Not sold

Joining the club soon...will pick up my WD? at Expo. Took a chance on owning this one before ever playing it, because I like what I've read. Several people who owned this game but later sold it, regretted it and missed playing it. I'm a big fan of murder mystery themes, and I love the classic board game, Clue. It's too bad they never obtained the rights to make that game, perhaps instead of Monopoly? I could see Clue being an excellent process-of-elimination game, where you visit different rooms of a mansion by making shots to turn left or right, or go up or downstairs. Collecting the various weapons to eliminate them, and hitting shots to eliminate the various suspects. Anyway, this one is the best murder mystery game available, and I'm looking forward to owning it!

You'll enjoy it , It's a pretty fun and unique. Especially if you are a fan of murder mysteries this game is a no brainer then. Have with the new game!

Welcome to the club Pinkitten! It's simple but different every time. Midnight Madness is great and while some don't like the randomness of the "betting aspect" of it, I am a gambler at heart and love it. A little hint for the crimes....the butler did it. lol

I played it for the first time at a show and decided it was so unique I wanted it in my small collection of 6 pins. It took me three years to find one close by and the guy I got it from genuinely seemed on the fence about selling. The entire detective theme (music etc) is so unique and everyone who plays in my game room notes it as being one of my “cooler” games despite being one of my older games.

I’ve owned it for a year now and I still feel I would have a hard time selling it...

So I picked up my Who Dunnit outside Chicago for a great price. So far we really like this game. There are more shots than you first realize, with the ramp that raises and the 5 scoops. Tricky skill shot too, which also serves as a ball lock. It's a clever pin, and the theme is really awesome for pinball. They did an excellent job on the music too! Very jazzy and genre-appropriate. The mysteries themselves aren't super hard to solve, but that's ok. It's more about the different ways to pursue a high score on this game. I like how you can focus on visiting each floor, collecting evidence or weapons for extra balls or simply going for multiballs or solving as many cases as you can in one game. Something about the way this game shoots is just very easy to play, but not easy to beat. Gambling points is clever too. For the money, this game has more to offer than many high-priced alternatives. Plus, you can play regular 3 ball games, or the 2 minute timed mode. I'm so impressed by this title I'm installing blades and a color DMD in it soon. This one may stay awhile.

I am glad to see you like it. It was the first pin I ever bought and it's still with me after 10 years. I still haven't been able to successfully solve all five cases and catch the killers in each case.

Enjoy the game!

See post 21 in this thread for accessing the SECRET MANIA mode that Dwight Sullivan put in the game.
I love the game. It's always been a must-own keeper to me. I just wish it had a wizard mode after solving all five cases.

How are you guys dealing with center ramp cracking issues? What's the best way to handle that? Apparently replacements are out of the question from what I gather.

The one i had on my machine had previously been repaired using some sort of resin epoxy, wasn't pretty but it was still holding together. Freeplay40 has mentioned in the past about possibly doing a run of these using a mold instead of how the originals were done, which was an injected molded piece. Not sure if he still plans to try doing that though, haven't seen anything mentioned about it for some time now.

Has anyone installed a color DMD in there Who Dunnit? What is this small board attached to j604? (Pics below) The original power cord from the old DMD is plugged into it, then this board is plugged into j604. I assume we unplug and remove the board and the cord, but the color DMD instructions only mention the cord.

I did get the new DMD to work 90%. But I’m not getting any image when the slot machine is spinning. My color DMD simply shows 3 empty boxes, with no awards spinning inside each box. Even when the award is decided, it barely flashes for a split second and then is gone. In the video example posted on the color DMD website, it shows the slot awards properly inside the 3 blue boxes. Anyone see this before? I downloaded the software twice, and checked all cables. No luck.

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I have a color dmd installed and I have not seen what you are describing with the missing awards. Looking at my setup I don't have anything extra plugged in. I can send you some pics of what my connections looks like. PM me if you want me to take some pics.

Agreed, whatever that small board is I didn't have it and you don't need to use that power supply anyway. No issues with my colour DMD but I did buy it specifically for W?D so it already had the software pre-loaded, plug and play.

I agree with the other posters. I also have a Color DMD and don't have the board with the caps on it. I do have the proper images off the slots. I have the LCD version and I simply downloaded the latest software from the web. I put the Color DMD in back in July. Sorry you're having issues.

I'm picking up my game on Saturday. Can't wait! Such a unique game...glad to add it to the collection.

Congrats! It's a great game!

Thanks for the replies. I was able to determine that the extra board on my WD power board at J604 was probably a filter board that prevents the game from rebooting during gameplay. Marco still sells boards like these for Bally and other pins from the mid 90s. They offer one for Scared Stiff. I assume a prior owner may have experienced rebooting during play, and added that little board. That's my best guess based on what I found online.

I did get a new ROM emailed to me from Color DMD, and it works fine now. Something was wrong with the ROM I downloaded. I believe Color DMD is fixing it.

And then, I was back on the case.

I set my personal best score and closed 3 cases. 4.2 billion. Great game, simple yet so satisfying to play. Oh, and I discovered that you can really rack up points fast in the penthouse party mode! All shots are worth progressively more, but just keep shooting the elevator, much safer and points come fast and furious! Of course, you still need the key and to reach the top!

Good to hear it's fixed. One of the best
/worst parts of the game is betting on the roulette wheel for major points. I have lost billions on that bet.lol

Thx!

One thing I noticed as I do a little research about the game is that there doesn't appear to be much in terms of mods. What's everyone doing?

I had my own self made topper, target decals and spinning roulette wheel, plus some bought mods like pop bumper Brite Caps, etc.

Congrats! I’ve had mine just 3 weeks. We have been very pleasantly surprised. It won’t make anyone forget TZ, but it’s a fun, simple game with some real strategy to scoring well. I love trying to work my way up the Pinside top 100 scores. If I can break into the top 10 or 20 scores on a game, it gives me something to shoot for. This game has a smooth attitude to it. Really captures the whole “down on his luck gumshoe” type detective theme. The music when you don’t get a high score is just fantastic. Piano banged out in a smoky, dimly-lit bar in some back alley in a rough part of town. It’s the same old story.

Sold my game earlier in year.
I have a Who Dunnit Slot machine topper that would also look great on a pinball machine.
Pm me if you want it.
$75 shipped.
Thanks
Eric

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I also still have this. OBO

Parts - For Sale

Who Dunnit~Roulette Wheel~NEW Archived

New (selling multiple, business) - “Roulette wheel=18 FREE SHIPPING”

2020-03-09

Anaheim, CA

Ericpinballfan

18

Archived after: 83 days

Viewed: 766 times

Status: Not sold

The only thing I'm a bit unhappy about is the amount of cracking on these ramps. I assume it's somewhat normal for this game but it bothers me. Just about every location with a screw has cracking..ugh!

I bet that’s common with plastic ramps and tight metal screws. Mine has minimal cracks around the screws, but adding washers and only tightening as much as necessary may help. I have one cracked plastic, but found a replacement for it.

W?D? is great cuz it is a pretty forgiving player, but you still lose balls enough in the slings it isn't dull. once you learn the game, big big scores are within reach for most. Great game!

I've played it way to much at my local spots, my quick hot tips are to work the left orbit nudge slots... that basically can amount to free EBs and multiballs. Grab the revolver asap, and focus on getting balls up top via that left orbit to increase the Mb jackpot value, maxes out at 251 million. Be careful as during multiplayer the jackpot increases for everyone.

Penthouse party is an easy billion. Get every extra ball possible. Plunge for super skill, often if missed you wont validate playfield. If you're ballsy you can lock, drain, and get another shot at it with ball save. Bet that roulette, normal settings it is friendly, and even losing ups your bonus multiplier.

I think my PB is 20 billion ish, but we just got a new one on location, and I'm gonna make a run at a biiiiig score soon I hope!

Great tips! I still don’t know where to locate the weapons or why they are important. I’m just scratching the surface. I think I have a 6B score now, good for like 39th or something. Long way to go. I will definitely try your ideas and try to learn the rules better! I will break into the top 20 someday.

So far I have......

Made the roulette wheel spin (at the moment on black as I only bet on black )

Train on the ramp
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taxi with headlights that light when TAXI is
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Original Bakelite phone with colour changing ? and clear cord to the handset that lights when the phone is ringing
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Currently under development, I have cut the receiver from the phone and put it on a pivot so it moves when the phone rings (with tiny shaker motors in the handset) but it still moves too fast, I will get there eventually

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Broke into the top 20! (#20). Scored over 9 billion. Gambled 2.2b and won. Still don’t have a map or know the best ways to score. Just trying to stay alive and solve cases. I like the old-time taxi. Gonna add one I think.

I just snagged a NOS main ramp and I'd like to try and prevent any cracking around the screw holes on this one. Is there anything I can do to reinforce the material around those holes?

Mylar strips, top and bottom, ad washers too.
Worked for me in past. Also, i have thin strips of blue steel used for ramp flaps. Cut into nice form shaped pieces and install top and bottom. Trick is to not over tighten, have just enough post to catch nut.

Awesome, thanks! I'll definitely try the mylar and washer.

That's quite a find!

Tell me about it. It was a total fluke. I was going nuts trying to figure out how to fix the issues with my main ramp in particular and just stumbled upon an ad selling a WHO dunnit with an extra NOS ramp included. I managed to make a deal for the ramp separately. Right place at the right time.

Anyone knows how to fix the bounce back from the elevator ramp? When the ball is coming too fast, the flap doesn't close fast enough and the ball will bounce back down.

Previous owner had a rubber installed on the falp, but I found that ugly so I removed it. Is there a better fix?

Crazy question. Whats your playfield pitch and do you have correct flipper coils installed? Just sounds like to much power.
I recently had to remove superbands from my flippers on Mousin Around. They were to bouncy/ strong for a correct feel.

Slot Backglass still available!
$75 was the Free Ship price if it sounds expensive. OBO.

I don't have superbands on flippers yet. Issue seems to be related to the 2 elevator posts bounce or the flap itself (Maybe a little oil). I was wondering if installing superbands on the posts would make them less bouncy. I thought superbands were absorbing speed compared to regular rubbers or Titans.

I'm at 6.5/6.7°.

The opposite will be the case. If you want them less bouncy, REMOVE the rubbers completely, but be sure the reinforce the posts with wahsers, because of the harder impact the posts will get.

Hello Who Dunnit Club...

I'm in Northern Calif (45 miles east of San Francisco). I'm looking for a Who Dunnit.

I have many titles I'd consider as trade (+/- cash what ever is fair).

Can drive up to ~400 miles each way.

Let me know.
Thank You!
Kerry

Good luck with your search. Such a great game!