Just joined yesterday after waiting three loooong years to purchase one! Love the game, but I already have one question:

My buddy and I played a few games on it yesterday, then decided we wanted to move it a little closer to the wall. So we turned it off, moved it, then went to turn it back on about a minute later. Nothing. Cue me having a heart attack. I decided to wait about five minutes and thankfully, the game turned back on.

Why did this happen? Does the game need a "shut down" period when it is turned off? Is something already wrong with my game?

Thanks!

Oh, and here she is being played by my son!

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Okay guys, I'm looking for a little advice. I'm really wanting to put a tornado mod in my machine, but I don't know which one to get. Should I go with the Mezel Mods one that lights up? Or the Back Alley one that if I'm not mistaken comes standard on all Ruby Red machines. Both look great, I'm just wondering if anyone here can give me some pros and cons of each. Or, if you know of a different one, let me know about that one as well.

Thanks in advance!

Replace all three. I had the same issue as you and that's what I did. Game works like a champ now. Just understand that all three fuses are different (10a, 6.3a and 5a). I ordered all of mine from Amazon. Sucks that I had to wait for them to ship, but it was worth it as now my game is working again.

Hope this helps!

Quick question everyone:

What exactly does "Monkey Magnet Sense" do? It's the only switch that is RED on my dedicated switch test, but everything seems to be working just fine (magnet works, ball is picked up, etc.)

Thanks!

Question about performing an update. It's probably been answered before but the "search forum" tool here is pretty archaic.

If I perform an update (6.06 to 6.50), will my high scores be reset? The manual says you can do a "Settings Backup/Restore", but it only says it saves your settings , audits, reports, replay info and custom message.

Anyone know if it saves your high scores as well? Thanks!

Gotcha. One more thing. Do I have to unzip the update before plugging the USB in? The manual doesn't say anything about that, but the website FAQ says you have to.

For me it was after the game went through a ball search. After it was done, both upper playfield flippers and all the slings were dead. I'm thinking the vibrations from the violent ball search made the cords disconnect, then the fuse blew once I hit the flippers.

Is your game working again?

I'm looking for a Pingulp (or any other beverage holding device) for my Emerald City machine. Does anyone know if there is anyone out there who sells one that will match the emerald green colored legs?

Thanks!

Pabst Blue Ribbon?

Personal preference, but I like the green better than the red. Also prefer the topper on the Emerald City over the one on the RR. I put all the mods from the RR in my ECLE, so I'm good to go!

Just wait until the first time you melt the witch. Man, that's an awesome feeling!

Have you tried turning up the power of that coil? You can do it in the settings.

Question about Rescue Multiball:

Is there a way to have the game save your progress from one Castle Multiball to the next? For instance, Emerald City multiball saves which characters you have completed (courage, brains and/or heart) so that you don't have to start over from scratch the next time you get ECMB. Castle MB starts over from scratch with the jackpots you need to get. This is the only emerald I cannot get in my quest for SOTR!

Anyone?

I've never thought to look at the Rescue letters once I start the multiball for the second time. I just look at the progress screen which shows how many jackpots of the 24 you've hit. That screen completely resets, but if your letters carry over, then I guess I don't technically need to hit all those jackpots to light the letters in RESCUE.

Ugh. I love this game.

You got about an hour? I'll try to explain them to you!

One of my castle doors was sticking, so I decided to remove the castle playfield and see what was going on. Was able to finally tighten it up and it works great now, but in the process of unplugging all the connectors I broke one tiny wire off on board #13. It's one of the five wires in J101, I believe which is the "IN" connector (if I'm reading it correctly).

Now about 80% of my playfield lights are out (all near the bottom portion of the playfield). Am I to believe that this is happening because all the boards are chained together, so if one has an issue, all of the boards beyond that one on the chain will no longer work? And if I fix the connection, the lights will work again?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

Got my light issue resolved, but now I have something new.

When playing a two player game, and a ball is already locked in the Witch's castle, when the other player has the ball grabbed by the monkey and it's going up to the castle, the single door won't open to allow the locked ball to be released.

But when I start castle multiball, the door opens just fine and let's the ball out. Anyone ever have this happen? What should I do?

It makes it all the way up and gets dropped off. Then I'm stuck with two balls behind the door. At first I thought it would drop the ball back onto the playfield once it got to the ball that was already there, but it actually crammed it up there. The door attempts to open, but won't. It's very bizarre.

The door motor is definitely attempting to fire when the monkey is 3/4 of the way up, but something is causing the door to stop!

I'll double check the switch even though during the switch test it is registering when I put a ball behind the door.

If this were the case, wouldn't the same thing happen at the beginning of rescue multiball?

I'll check it out. Thanks!

If taking off the upper playfield(s) is what's causing you to sway towards a "no" decision, I would say buy the game!

The other night I had to take my castle playfield off and was crapping bricks beforehand. But I took a few deep breaths, got my manual out, and followed each step slowly and confidently. It really wasn't that hard at all, just time consuming since I went so slow! I got the problem fixed, got to clean the playfield underneath, but unfortunately I disconnected a small wire which resulted in 80% of my playfield lights going out!

Got the light issued fixed with the help of my tech, so life is good now.

Buy the machine. You won't be disappointed.

Got my castle door situation figured out. Door was getting stuck on the castle wall mod, but only when a ball was already behind the door and another was trying to lock during a multiplayer game. Long story short, when the monkey was away from the castle, the door would get stuck, so when the monkey tried to drop the new ball off, the old one wouldn't release into the game. So I adjusted the castle wall mod a few millimeters and it works like a charm now.

I love it when it's the simplest of things!

I also have an ECWOZ (#294) and I think the emerald green trim looks better than the ruby red, but that's just my opinion. I was able to add all the Back Alley Creations mods to mine, picked up the insanely large instruction manual, and added the red smoke witch mod (amazing). I also think the EC topper is better than the RR.

Go with what you like. You're the one that's going to be playing it the most!

Those are Hobbit numbers!

Help needed!

I have a minor annoyance with my winged monkey. It has stopped releasing the ball completely behind the castle door. It goes down, picks it up, carries it to the top, then the ball just sits there attached to the monkey. When I hit the flippers a few times, it drops due to the vibration. When I first got the game, it would drop the ball on it's own about 75% of the time. Now it never does.

What should I do?

Seriously?!? That's all I've needed to do all this time?

Interesting.

It worked. Thank you!!

Okay, new issue with my winged monkey. Seems like the first one or two times he goes down, he goes down VERY slowly. Then after picking up the ball, there's this terrible screeching sound, then he heads back up even slower. He never makes it all the way up, and the ball drops down to the playfield. After that, he seems to work just fine (goes down quickly, picks ball up no problem, travels back up quickly and deposits the ball). Is this some sort of "warming up" I don't know about? Do I need to lubricate anything to stop the short screeching sound?

Thanks!

Tried upgrading to 6.60, followed the instructions 100%, but when I checked it still said 6.50.

Should I format my USB stick and try again? Use a different USB? What am I doing wrong?

I formatted my USB stick before downloading, so it was wiped clean. Maybe the stick is corrupt? I'm going to try a new one and see if that works...

Yep, this was the case! Tried a new stick and it worked on the first try.

Thanks! Now what are these sparkles everyone is talking about?

If it starts to "grind" on the way down/up, screeches after picking the ball up, doesn't make it all the way up to the castle, it's time for some lube. Mine was doing all of that, I put some white lithium grease on the threaded bar (after some great advice from a fellow Pinsider) and it works like a charm now. Smooth as butter.

The Red Smoke Witch mod is sold out, but if you can find someone who is willing to sell their's, get it. It's by far the best mod for the game.

Also get the Back Alley Creations tornado and castle walls mods.

Did you get the Ruby Red version? That's the only one that comes with the manual.

If JJP#5 is Toy Story, added to the fact it's a Lawlor machine, and plays like DI, I will be VERY tempted to sell my EC.

But everyone here is correct:

The game is a masterpiece.

Same here. I have a feeling that IF I were to get all the letters of RESCUE knocked out, I would get to the part where you need to do the "loop into the castle door" combo and totally fail! I remember my heart rate was through the roof the one and only time I had every emerald except the Rescue. It was insane!

My door is 29" wide. And as LTG said, the head is 28.75" wide, so I had a quarter inch to work with. It was tight, but we got it through.

You don't know how badly I want to widen my doorway, but to justify it to the wife by saying, "it's so I can fit pinball machines through it!" would be suicide!

Jeeeeeesuuuuus! I'd be dead before I hit the floor!

Nothing better than a first time player asking, "What the heck am I supposed to be doing?!?", and you whip out (*ahem*) the manual and say, "Start reading!"

Good bit.

Have you tinkered with pinball machines before? For being "new to pinball ownership", you sure do know a lot about them! Shoot, when I bought my first machine, I didn't even know there were batteries in the back box!

Welcome to the hobby.

Different topper as well. Hope he didn't cave at all this "2.0 or nothing" talk. Mine has the 7.5 system and runs like a champ.