Ripley's Believe It or Not! (CPU 3.20, display A3.20) - Gioco MAME

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Ripley's Believe it or Not! © 2004 Stern Pinball.

DATI TECNICI
Stern Whitestar II

CPU principale: Motorola M6809 (@ 2 MHz)
CPU sonora: Atmel AT91 (@ 40 MHz)
CPU display: Motorola M6809 (@ 4 MHz)
Chip sonoro: DAC DMA-basato

CURIOSITÀ
Rilasciato nel Marzo 2004. Prodotto da Pat Lawlor Design per Stern Pinball.

Michael Jackson used to own this game (Serial number 181018). È stato venduto all'asta ufficiale di Michael Jackson il 24 Apr. 2009.

AGGIORNAMENTI
CPU Release: 1.00

• Initial Release.

CPU Release: 1.01
Date: March 24, 2004

• Fixed diagnostics, especially sound and knocker test
• Improved game speech in many places.
• Fixed 'go backwards' in Australia and South America
• Left orbit now lights the temple gate
• Fixed lockup to handle balls that arrive during quick multiballs.
• Adjusted mode goals slightly.
• Fixed 'spinners at max' award from Bozo.
• Added DOUBLE JACKPOTS to some Believe It Or Not! awards
• Fixed status report
• Some improvments to display choreography and sequencing.

CPU Release: 2.00
Date: March 25, 2004

• Improved lamp displays, especially around temple awards.
• Added time-delayed clear kick from lock at game over.
• Major improvements to the final mode, Atlantis.
• Added some overload protection to the idol magnet.
• Made ramp rollunder switches more sensitive.
• Fixed some Believe It Or Not! award choreography.

CPU Release: 2.01
Date: April 02, 2004

• Changed points for EB/Special given in tournament.
• Fixed ticket dispenser operation.
• Fixed jackpot scoring in ripoff.
• Fixed locks to handle missing balls properly in tilt situations.
• Fixed ? award to correctly reset itself after award.
• Fixed million plus to avoid abuse in mulitball.
• Fixed choreography at multiball start to sync video/sound.
• Fixed eb/special calls for tournament play points.
• Fixed some main Multiball jackpot choreography.

CPU Release: 2.03
Date: April 07, 2004

• Improved compensation for broken Shrunken Head and Idol devices.
• Fixed glitch in score auditing table.
• Added broken device reporting for the scoop and VUK.
• Slight choreography improvements.
• Fixed outlane sounds in multiball.

CPU Release: 2.04
Date: April 08, 2004

• Fixed ticket dispensing for Chuck E. Cheese games.
• More improvement to broken magnet compensation.
• Made idol extra ball slightly easier to get.
• Lowered range of possible Bump 'n' Win scores.

CPU Release: 3.00
Date: April 16, 2004

• Modified Bump 'n' Win score computation to be in the correct range given current tournament scores. Also improved selection logic to make the game more appealing to casual players.
• Fixed pulse handling for $5 bill acceptors.
• Added more extended features for expert players.
• Fixed TEAM SCORES display for 4 players.
• Fixed extra ball scoring display for tournament play.
• Some improvements to display and sound choreography.
• More improvements to broken magnet and idol compensation.

CPU Release: 3.01
Date: May 03, 2004

• More improvements to Bump 'n' Win score selection.
• Fixed some Bozo choreography that was confusing.
• Fixed some screens in Instant Info to show proper information.
• Made some improvements to playfield lamp effects.
• Fixed Temple LEDs to show attract mode properly at game over.
• Made specials stack on outlanes when more than 2 are lit.

CPU Release: 3.02
Date: September 15, 2004

• New flipper drivers to increase flipper coil longevity. This was not a problem with Ripley but was done to be consistent with other Stern software releases.
• Fixed false broken switch reports on some switches.
• Improved compensation for a broken left ramp or left ramp make switch.
• Improved rules for Idol to keep the idol lit longer after pops.
• Added code to pop bumpers to prevent the looping ball situation on early production games.
• Fixed 'Idol worth 1 million' bug in South America mode.
• Fixed bug when Feature Adjustment #13 was set too high.
• Improved speech and lamp effects in some places.
• Fixed some speech conflicts at the end of continent modes.

CPU Release: 3.20
Date: February 22, 2005

• Fixed lock and eject devices to work properly with the Coil Power setting.

STAFF
Concept: Pat Lawlor (PML)
Designers: Pat Lawlor, Louis Koziarz (LNK)
Artwork: John Youssi (J Y)
Software: Louis Koziarz, Greg Dunlap
DMD Animation: Adam Rhine
Meccanismi: John Krutsch (JRK)
Musica e suoni: Chris Granner (C G)

CONVERSIONI

• CONSOLE:

Xbox Live (4 Apr. 2012) "The Pinball Arcade"
Sony PSN (10 Apr. 2012) "The Pinball Arcade"

• COMPUTER:

MAC OS [Mac App Store] (2012)

• ALTRE:

Apple Store (9 Feb. 2012) "The Pinball Arcade"
Android (10 Feb. 2012) "The Pinball Arcade"

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