Are there any open-content pinball table "dot-mation" display graphics / animations available anywhere? The like 128x32 4-shades-of-red/yellow "middle era" ones.
Any of the fonts??
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Elvira's House of Horrors developed an odd issue. One of the most important shots in the game, the center ramp that leads into the house at the back of the playfield diverts to the wrong place at random.
There's a motor driven diverter, that either directs the ball to the left into left orbit, or right into a ramp behind the backboard, where the ball is kept by a post when the mode animations play. The game software was very confused at times when the ball ended up in a wrong place, making some modes like Gappa Angry impossible to play.
Tapping the playfield the problem was pretty obvious. The upper limit switch was firing like crazy from any vibration. When the game isn't sure where the diverter is, it just stops using it.
At first it seemed like a loose wire, but it was actually loose center leg of the switch! And here I had hoped for a one minute quick soldering fix.
I replaced the switch with a roller micro that I had plentiful. Saved me from bending the wire in the new one. This seems to have taken care of the issue, tapping would not freak out the switch any more and the test game went without issues.
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Elvira had this really weird rattle in all the menu button sounds. At first I thought it was the speaker or amp going bad but then...
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Just your friendly reminder that in the 90s 2 unlimited made a video where they're inside a huge pinball machine.
2 Unlimited - No Limit (Official Music Video)
YouTube
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