RollerCoaster Tycoon (CPU 7.02, display A7.01) - MAME machine

Pinball published 22 years ago:

RollerCoaster Tycoon © 2002 Stern Pinball, Incorporated.

Based on the best-selling PC game by Infogrames.

TECHNICAL
Stern Whitestar

Main CPU: Motorola M6809 (@ 2 MHz)
Sound CPU: Motorola M6809 (@ 2 MHz)
Display CPU: Motorola M6809 (@ 4 MHz)
Sound Chip: BSMT2000 (@ 24 MHz)

TRIVIA
RollerCoaster Tycoon was released in August 2002. Produced by Pat Lawlor Design for Stern Pinball.

UPDATES
Software Release: 1.00
Date: August 1, 2002

• Initial Release to Production

CPU Release: 1.01 (changes from CPU v1.00)
Date: August 2, 2002

• Added QUICK JACKPOT to kiosk random award.
• Made LIGHT SPECIAL from kiosk follow special percentaging adjustment.
• Added new choreography to handyman front hits.
• Multiball fixed to handle suprious lock arrivals in the 'Ball 2 Locked' state.
• Lamp improvements to dancing digits.
• Slight improvments to super jackpot effects.
• Some mini-led messages translated to french and german.

CPU Release: 2.02
Date: August 6, 2002

• Improved kicking from rocket to handle balls that don't make it out of the kicker.
• Improved driver for dummy and flashers during dunk modes
• Fixed ball search to not stop when a pop or sling fires
• Fixed Quick Multiball from Kiosk when a ball was locked
• Fixed multiball start when a ball lands in the shooter
• Improved "Replay at X,000,000" display in score sweep
• Set 'Special %' adjustment to default to 2%
• Added translations for Mini-LED for german and french
• Improved "Balls Missing" effect and subsquent searching
• Added speech for Quick Multiball and R&D completed
• Added some speech to bonus count for big bonuses
• Tilt handling greatly improved when cleaning up multiball and modes
• Changed starting value for guest extra ball award
• Fixed bug in tycoon were drop reset coils were fired too much during the reset phase
• Fixed tycoon reset when a lock was ready before the mode began.
• Some lamp and display choreography improvements.

CPU Release: 3.02
Date: August 20, 2002

• Tournament system introduced

CPU Release: 3.04
Date: August 21, 2002

• Fixed extraball & replay display effects appearing in tournament games.
• Fixed custom message icon.
• New ON time for rocket coil.

CPU Release: 3.05
Date: August 27, 2002

• Fixed tournamnet games from awarding 'match' credits.

DISPLAY Release: 4.00
Date: September 12, 2002

• support tickets/points in attract mode.
• support tickets/points in audits/adjustments.
• Player #'s added to Enter Initial Screens.
• Tournament start button messages added.
• fixed custom message that repeated letters of brief messages.
• new tournament terms added, i.e. Prize Pool, Big Winner.

CPU Release: 4.00
Date: September 12, 2002

• Fixed auditing for Specials
• Fixed a scoring bug on the lock in tilt
• Slight improvements to some speech to be less repetitive.
• Slight improvements to some lamp effects
• Fixed a skipped 3rd lock in the third multiball
• Removed incorrect "multiball ready" call in 3rd multiball on 3rd lock.
• Fixed a bug at the end of Tycoon that could crash the game.
• Tournament start button messages added
• tournament supports cash/tickets/points as awards
• fixed custom message that repeated letters of brief messages
• new tournament terms added, i.e. Prize Pool, Big Winner
• Player #'s added to Enter Initial Screens
• printer support for serial interface board
• new software support for latched UK solenoid driver board
• Door must be open to review Pin #'s
• fixed bug where multiple player game says 'player 2, enter initials' for all players

DISPLAY Release: 5.00
Date: October 08, 2002

• pre-ticket code.

CPU Release: 5.00
Date: October 08, 2002

• Fixed auditing for Current Tournament Earnings.
• pre-ticket code.

CPU Release: 5.01
Date: October 17, 2002

• Improved driver for left diverter to maximize longevity.
• Fixed a problem where stacked locks in multiball wave 2 and beyond would prevent a player from starting multiball.
• Fixed adjustment #61 to allow setting to hard and extra hard.
• Added compensation for a broken handyman opto.
• Added compensation for a broken ghost target switch.
• Added a ball saver for balls that fall off the rocket ramp and out the right drain.
• Fixed the start of Park Tycoon to keep going if the ball accidentally drains during the introduction.
• Fixed a display glitch at the start of Park Tycoon.

CPU Release: 5.02
Date: October 18, 2002

• Fixed driver for rocket kicker if a ball rearrives too quickly after being kicked.
• Fixed outlanes to show park guests added.

CPU Release: 5.03
Date: October 21, 2002

• fixed bug where upper right flipper switch (dedicated) would display incorrect info (unused switch) in switch tests.

CPU Release: 5.04
Dat: October 21, 2002

• changed the duty cycle time on the left diverter from 33% to 100% as the diverter wasn't able to handle impacts from the ball in some games.

DISPLAY Release: 6.00
Date: November 06, 2002

• Dynamic Replay adjustment (Chuck E. Cheese only).
• Ticket dispensing supported for crossing a replay threshold.
• Ticket Animation.

CPU Release: 6.00
Date: November 06, 2002

• Dynamic Replay adjustment (Chuck E. Cheese only).
• Ticket dispensing supported for crossing a replay threshold.

DISPLAY Release: 7.00
Date: Jan. 08, 2003

• current/start/stop date(s) adjustment added
• token adjustment added

CPU Release: 7.00
Date: January 08, 2003

• TimeKeeper clock code added to auto start/stop tournaments.
• replays can now award a token/coin.
• stopped left outlane switch from scoring during game over.
• progressive ads are not displayed during 'points' tournaments.

CPU Release: 7.01
Date: January 14, 2003

• changed post settings for U.K. tournament enabled games.

STAFF
Designer: Pat Lawlor (PML)
Artwork: John Youssi (J Y)
Software: Louis Koziarz (KOZ)
DMD Animation: Greg Dunlap
Mechanics: John Krutsch (JRK)
Music & Sounds: Chris Granner

CONTRIBUTE
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