Latest software version
V1.55 - January 25, 2019
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V1.55 - January 25, 2019
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- Correct instances of DMD display being blank.
V1.54 - January 19, 2019
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Game Updates
- Added back box flasher effects.
- Corrected coil firing for user-installed chime units.
- Corrected erroneous switch error tech alert messages.
- Actuate the flippers during a ball search that occurs after tilt in case a ball
is stuck between the flipper and a post.
System Updates
- Update to nodeboard firmware v0.28.0
- Added LIFETIME count to Standard Audit #16 "Total Plays".
- Added JAPAN_3 Coinage 1/YEN 200.
- Added UTIL->VOL adjustments for minimum and maximum master volume level and
minimum and maximum headphones volume level.
This will limit the selectable volume range from the service menu Plus and
Minus keys
- Added support for 6th coin switch.
- Added UTIL->VOL adjustments speaker balance, backbox speaker type, and cabinet
speaker type
- When entering UTIL->VOL, the first sub-menu adjustment is selected, previous
behavior would select the last displayed sub-menu adjustment.
- Added Standard Adjustment "START GAME ON CREDIT". Settings are:
"OFF" - Do not automatically start a game or add a player when inserted money registers a credit
"FIRST ONLY" - Automatically start a game when inserted money registers a credit
"ALL CREDITS" - Automatically start a game or add a player when inserted money registers a credit
Adding multiple credits simultaneously, via a bill acceptor, will only start a one player game or
add a single player.
Default setting is "OFF"
- Removed unused obsolete Standard Adjustments: "FLASH LAMP POWER", "COIL PULSE POWER",
"BILL VALIDATOR", "TEAM SCORES", and "CONSOLATION BALL".
- Removed Standard Adjustments: "COIN DOOR BALL SAVE", "COIN DOOR DISABLE TILT", "COIN DOOR OPEN NODE BUS POWER"
from games which do not have a coin door interlock switch.
- Added USA_13 Coinage 1/$1.00, 7/$5.00
- Added adjustment to scale GI, Insert, and Flasher LED brightness, range
is 25% to 100%.
- Added adjustment to limit GI, Insert, and Flasher LED Max brightness, range
is 64 to 255.
- Added adjustments for backbox and cabinet speaker types to the service menu
UTIL->VOL. Supported speaker types are "8 OHM" and "4 OHM".
The amplifier power curve is appropriately adjusted for the selected speaker type.
- DIAG->NODE->COMM test would occasionally falsely report address collisions,
this has been corrected.
- Extend TIMED PLUNGER adjustment range to DISABLED or 1 - 300 seconds
- Correct minimum firing time for flipper coil when an EOS switch is inconsistent or poorly gapped
- Improved LED refresh rate and blink consistency.
- Improved reporting of shorted General Illumination bulbs and sockets.
- Added AD_TILT_DEBOUNCE adjustment. Number of ms to debounce tilt bob.
Defaults 1000ms, consider using 750ms for tourneys.
- Added adjustments for backbox speaker bass/treble, cabinet speaker
bass/treble, and cabinet/backbox speaker balance to service menu
UTIL->VOL. Speaker balance allows lowering the volume level of
cabinet speaker or backbox speakers vs. the other.
- Added USA_12 Coinage 1/$0.25, 5/$1.00
- Added audit for total number of one, two, three, and four players games
that have been played.
- Interactively update the backbox brightness while changing Attract Mode,
Game Play, and Service Mode adjustments in the service menu
- Added Node Bus Communication test to diag menu
- Updated Norway coin door to 1/5/10/20 Kr for left/center/right/4th slot.
- Updated Sweden coin door to 1/5/10/2 Kr for left/center/right/4th slot.
- Added Sweden 3 credit pricing 1 credit for 10 Kr.
- Updated Sweden dip switch setting (0x0B) default to Sweden 3 pricing.
- At boot a LOCATING NODE BOARDS message will display if a required node
board is not discovered, previously it would incorrectly state UPDATING
NODE BOARD and UPDATE FAILED. The node board number(s) of missing boards
will be displayed and updated as boards are found.
- Added China Dip Switch setting (28 00111000) and currency, pricing,
overrides, redemption, tournement, novelty, etc setting.
- Update UK pricing table, make UK4 (1/2, 2/3, 4/5) default for UK dip
switch setting.
V1.52 - July 16, 2015
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- Spike System Kernel Update v1.1.0: improved system reliability by making the kernel software more tolerant to performance variables in SD cards from numerous manufacturers.
- Addresses a game system software bug that affected flipper performance under certain conditions.
v1.51 - July 2, 2015
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- All coils in game are now adjustable! Slow it down for a nice stroll through the fields. Crank it up and have those flippers hotter than a two dollar pistol!
- Melony has been studying hard and knows every player by name! Listen up for when it’s your turn to play! (Billy Bob, Bob Bob, Jim Bob, Shishkabob, and many more!)
- Scores tasting a little sour? Try the new lane carryover feature to ripen up those score reels!
- Once those scores are ready for high score harvest, we have brand new speech, music, and sounds (just don’t carve your initials in the wood)!
- Perked up the skill shot award. It's finer than frog hair. BAZOOOOOOMIEEEEEEE!
- Scores flying by too fast in a four player game? Game now waits for you to take a good look at your score before next player’s ball starts.
- Sounds now fully mute when their attenuation adjustment is set to 60.
- “Score reels show highscores†adjustment now works as advertised. You can track highscores without the score reels displaying them in attract mode.
