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Guide to set number of balls per game on non-DMD tables


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#1 ta2686

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Posted 24 August 2009 - 07:00 PM

This guide will help you set the number of balls per game on the older non-DMD Solid State tables that were produced from 1977 through 1991. Each post will detail one particular manufacturers Master Processing Unit and the tables associated with it.


Table types covered:

American manufacturers Pinball machines

1. Atari Generation 1
2. Atari Generation 2
3. Bally 17 and 35
4. Bally First Generation 6803
5. Bally Second Generation 6803
6. Bally Third Generation 6803
7. Bally/Midway System 11B and 11C
8. Data East First Generation Alpha
9. Data East Second Generation Alpha
10. Data East Third Generation Alpha
11. Gameplan MPU-2 First Generation
12. Gameplan MPU-2 Second Generation
13. Gottlieb System 1
14. Gottlieb System 80
15. Gottlieb System 80A
16. Gottlieb System 80B
17. Gottlieb System 3 Alpha
18. Stern MPU-100 and MPU-200
19. Williams System 3 and 4
20. Williams System 6
21. Williams System 6A
22. Williams System 7
23. Williams System 8
24. Williams System 9
25. Williams System 11 and 11A
26. Williams System 11B
27. Williams System 11C
28. Williams WPC Alpha

American manufacturers Cocktail tables

29. Allied Leisure and Fascination, Inc.
30. Gameplan MPU-1
31. Valley Spectra IV

Foreign Manufacturers

32. A. Hankin of Australia
33. Inder of Spain
34. Jac Van Ham of the Netherlands
35. Juegos Populares of Spain
36. Playmatic of Spain MPU-1
37. Playmatic of Spain MPU-2
38. Sonic and Peyper of Spain
39. Taito do Brasil
40. Zacarria Generation 1
41. Zacarria Generation 2

42. IDSA of Spain


Edited by ta2686, 25 July 2016 - 09:53 PM.

Need to set or reset replay levels on a particular table? These guides will help you:

For Non-DMD tables: Guide to reset replay levels on non-DMD tables

For DMD tables: Guide to set replay levels on DMD tables

Need to change the number of balls per game on a particular table? These guides will help you:

For Non-DMD tables: Guide to set number of balls per game on non-DMD tables

For DMD tables: Guide to set number of balls per game on DMD tables

Need to adjust the volume on DMD based tables? This guide will help you:

Guide to adjust volume on DMD tables

An alphabetical listing of VPM emulated tables with their MPU and links to their specific replay level, balls per game and volume adjustment procedures can be downloaded as an Excel spreadsheet from this link:

Excel Spreadsheet of VPM emulated tables

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Posted 08 November 2009 - 04:07 PM

QUOTE (ta2686 @ Aug 24 2009, 03:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>


This is how i do most.
VP9 needs a caching checked.Not all bit most work with this quick way.
This goes back many years of success.
Remove the tables vpcache,then load table
Be patient it works with most DMD tables.Like sound useing 8 and 9 for it.
(Print this out)
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Press the End key to open coin door.

Press the top 0 (zero) key twice to enter menu.

Press the top 9 key (not numpad keys) until you see
STANDARD ADJ

Press the 0 key to select STANDARD ADJ

Press the 0 key to highlight the number for BALLS PER GAME.
The number will blink when highlighted.

Press the 9 key to increase the number of balls, or the 8 key to decrease the number of balls. Then press the 0 key and wait for confirmation.

Then press the 7 key repeatedly until you are back in PLAY MODE. Press the End key to close the Coin Door.

I recommend printing this out.
Thanks for all the non dmd's though.

Edited by bluto, 08 November 2009 - 04:13 PM.

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Posted 08 November 2009 - 04:18 PM

Williams has a lot of versions.How do i find this info ?

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#4 ta2686

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Posted 08 November 2009 - 04:23 PM

Stan-

First of all, glad to see you back on here! You were missed!

Anyway, there is a seperate thread to adjust the DMD tables. I kept them seperate so that people would not be searching through a long list just to find what they are looking for. Look in my sig for the link for the DMD table thread.

Appreciate the info however.

QUOTE (bluto @ Nov 8 2009, 11:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Williams has a lot of versions.How do i find this info ?


Which table are you looking to adjust? Each link will bring you to the appropriate tutorial, with a list of tables that apply to that procedure.
Need to set or reset replay levels on a particular table? These guides will help you:

For Non-DMD tables: Guide to reset replay levels on non-DMD tables

For DMD tables: Guide to set replay levels on DMD tables

Need to change the number of balls per game on a particular table? These guides will help you:

For Non-DMD tables: Guide to set number of balls per game on non-DMD tables

For DMD tables: Guide to set number of balls per game on DMD tables

Need to adjust the volume on DMD based tables? This guide will help you:

Guide to adjust volume on DMD tables

An alphabetical listing of VPM emulated tables with their MPU and links to their specific replay level, balls per game and volume adjustment procedures can be downloaded as an Excel spreadsheet from this link:

Excel Spreadsheet of VPM emulated tables

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Posted 08 November 2009 - 04:32 PM

This is usually meant to change 3 balls to 5,
Not 99 . dblthumb.gif
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#6 ta2686

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Posted 08 November 2009 - 04:59 PM

QUOTE (bluto @ Nov 8 2009, 11:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
This is usually meant to change 3 balls to 5,
Not 99 . dblthumb.gif


This is true. However, System 6 and 7 tables can be set to a different number of balls than just 3 or 5 (and I believe the System 8 table Pennant Fever as well can be adjusted as such). In my testing of these tables, I have played 7 ball games, 2 ball games, 99 ball games, etc. I haven't tried this on my real life Flash machine yet. It is just a quirk in those systems I believe, and it is not documented anywhere that I know of.
Need to set or reset replay levels on a particular table? These guides will help you:

For Non-DMD tables: Guide to reset replay levels on non-DMD tables

For DMD tables: Guide to set replay levels on DMD tables

Need to change the number of balls per game on a particular table? These guides will help you:

For Non-DMD tables: Guide to set number of balls per game on non-DMD tables

For DMD tables: Guide to set number of balls per game on DMD tables

Need to adjust the volume on DMD based tables? This guide will help you:

Guide to adjust volume on DMD tables

An alphabetical listing of VPM emulated tables with their MPU and links to their specific replay level, balls per game and volume adjustment procedures can be downloaded as an Excel spreadsheet from this link:

Excel Spreadsheet of VPM emulated tables

#7 ta2686

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Posted 16 April 2013 - 08:24 PM

Links have now been fixed to point to newly restored tutorials
Need to set or reset replay levels on a particular table? These guides will help you:

For Non-DMD tables: Guide to reset replay levels on non-DMD tables

For DMD tables: Guide to set replay levels on DMD tables

Need to change the number of balls per game on a particular table? These guides will help you:

For Non-DMD tables: Guide to set number of balls per game on non-DMD tables

For DMD tables: Guide to set number of balls per game on DMD tables

Need to adjust the volume on DMD based tables? This guide will help you:

Guide to adjust volume on DMD tables

An alphabetical listing of VPM emulated tables with their MPU and links to their specific replay level, balls per game and volume adjustment procedures can be downloaded as an Excel spreadsheet from this link:

Excel Spreadsheet of VPM emulated tables

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Posted 11 July 2023 - 07:15 PM

Thanks! Took a while to crack that Black Knight but it finally worked after about 10 tries.