Previous Site Updates


November 2004

Web site launch. Most content moved over, rearranged and reorganized, and some new stuff added.

9 March 2005

Added 1st Generation game information. It is not yet complete, there is much more to come.

28 March 2005

Added information for Future World, Fire Mountain, House of Diamonds, Locomotion, and Stargod. Added rulesheet for Magic Castle. Updated 1st Generation CPU guide to include information on the board test points.

20 April 2005

Added info on P2 and P4 volume adjustment pots on the 1B1170 sound board.

27 April 2005

Added "Projects" page. Added Winter Sports project pics and comments.

3 May 2005

Added Pinball Champ project pics and comments.

9 May 2005

Updated 1st Generation displays page. Added pictures of all three variations of the 1B1104 display board. Updated description text covering the differences between the three..

12 May 2005

Added stub documents to 1st Generation for Transformers and Repairs.

15 May 2005

Completed the rulesheet for Magic Castle.

31 May 2005

Added information on 8060 based games. Not much available on these yet, but it's a starting point. Added stub rulesheets for Strike, Ski Jump, and Space City. Added basic 8060 game information. Added Strike details, mostly from Frank G.'s work on the Strike emulation in VPinMAME.

Added ROM information for Hot Wheels and Star God. More to come...

Stubbed in Electromechanical (EM) section.

4 June 2005

Added information on MrGame games. Not much available here, yet, but some info from my Motor Show. Adding information on circuit boards used, rulesheets (stubs, for now), etc. for these games.

6 June 2005

Added playfield scan of MrGame Motor Show. Need to turn this in to a rubber rings list and location map some day.

Added playfield scan of Zaccaria Clown. Need to turn this in to a rubber rings list and location map some day.

Finally added the image of the Yellow drop target bank from Farfalla.

Added ROM images for Locomotion. Updated ROM pages for Star God and Hot Wheels.

Started adding ROM and PAL images for Farfalla, Magic Castle, Devil Riders, Time Machine, and Robot. Thanks to Frank G. for supplying the Robot sound board PAL, and to Ed @ Great Plains Electronics for reading the PAL images.

15 June 2005

Added pages dealing with information needed ("Please Help Us") and parts needed for restorations.

11 July 2005

Updated Links page. Added Mark Capps and Chris Koekoek as sources for 2650A processors. Removed link to Tom's page for reproduction flipper bats.

Added information to the Gen2 sound board page dealing with the 1B11178 sound boards. Updated Gen2 sound board information.

Added schematics error for 1st Generation driver board on Fire Mountain, Space Shuttle, Locomotion. May also apply to Earth Wind Fire, Star God, Shooting the Rapids, and House of Diamonds.

Added "Diagnostics and Repairs" page for 1st Generation games.

20 July 2005

Added publicity pic of MacAttack to MrGame introduction page.

Added publicity pic of Winter Sports to 1st Generation introduction page.

21 July 2005

Added info on the 1B11183 sound board (Stars Phoenix, New Stars Phoenix) to the 2nd generation sound board page. Corrected 1B11178 info (not used on Stars Phoenix or New Stars Phoenix). Added 1B11178/2 as a known revision, but unknown exactly what was changed from 1B11178/1 to 1B11178/2. Thanks Frank.

Added 1B1149 settings board to the boards overview page.

Added real 1st Generation Diagnostics page to replace the earlier stubbed in page.

Added real 1st Generation Transformers page to replace the earlier stubbed in page.

Added sound map for Pool Champion.

22 July 2005

Added rubber rings list and location maps for Zankor. Thanks Frank!

Added favicon.ico - doesn't seem to work for all browsers though. Works fine for Opera. Kinda works for Firefox. Doesn't work for Internet Destroyer 6.

Added game settings for Zankor. Thanks Frank.

23 July 2005

Added game settings for Robot. Thanks Frank.

Fixed the description of audits/self test for 1st Generation games.

Added Winter Sports rulesheet.

Updated 1st Gen repairs document with information on how to test the switch matrix with a diode and jumper wire.

24 July 2005

Added rubber rings list and location map for House Of Diamonds.

Added European/American rubber ring sizes conversion chart to the Misc. documents section. Thanks to Piero for posting the conversion data to the Zaccaria mailing list.

30 July 2005

Added rubber rings lists and playfield maps for Robot and Time Machine. Thanks Frank.

31 July 2005

Added information and image of 1b1149 flipper programming board to the 1st gen games CPU page.

7 August 2005

Added information for Cine Star to the EM and Rulesheets pages. (Thanks, Todd). More information needed on this game still.

8 August 2005

Added Zankor switch matrix. (Thanks Frank, Piero).

19 August 2005

Added note to 2nd Generation Driver board document on schematics error for Magic Castle.

Added notes to 1st Generation Driver board document on Sound section only used on WS/FW/HD.

Added description of "Power Down" circuit to 1st Generation Power Supply document.

24 August 2005

Updates to the 2nd generation sound board information for the 1B11178 and 1B11181 revisions on Spooky, Zankor. Thanks Frank!

25 August 2005

Added 1B1111/0 driver board revision to 1st generation pages.

6 September 2005

Added switch matrix page for Mac Attack. Thanks Steve!

7 September 2005

Added minor error in schematics to 2nd generation power supply document.

Added information on how the moving playfield on Time Machine works to the repairs document for 2nd generation games.

Added schematics error section to 1st generation CPU document.

9 September 2005

Added ROMs documents for Earth Wind Fire, Future World, House of Diamonds, Shooting The Rapids, Space Shuttle, and Winter Sports to Gen1 section. (Incomplete for now.)

Added ROMs documents for Time Machine, Pinball Champ, Farfalla, Soccer Kings, Devil Riders, Magic Castle, and Robot to Gen2 section. (Incomplete for now.)

11 September 2005

Added Switch Matrix page for Motor Show.

20 September 2005

Added detailed information on the 1B1146 and 1B1146/2 sound boards to the 1st Generation pages.

Added Settings and Switch Matrix pages for Mexico '86. Started to add rubber rings list and page, but need list and location map information still.

Added Settings page for Motor Show.

21 September 2005

Corrected minor error on Pinball Champ settings page.

Added rulesheet (not quite complete) for Pinball Champ. Includes both 8-digit and 7-digit games information.

24 September 2005

Added ROM images pages and ROM archives for Earth Wind Fire, Future World, House Of Diamonds, Shooting The Rapids, Space Shuttle, Winter Sports.

Added ROM images pages and ROM archives for Devil Riders, Farfalla, Magic Castle, Pinball Champ, Robot, Soccer Kings, Time Machine, Blackbelt Clown, Mexico '86, Mystic Star.

24 September 2005

Added ROM images pages and ROM archives for Pool Champion, Spooky, Zankor.

Added stub documents for sound maps for Blackbelt, Clown, Magic Castle, Mexico '86, Mystic Star, New Stars Phoenix, Stars Phoenix, Robot, Soccer Kings, Spooky, Zankor.

Added switch matrix and settings pages for Pool Champion.

28 September 2005

Added ROM images page and ROM archive for Stars Phoenix and New Stars Phoenix.

Added page to the EM section on the electronic sound board. Not much information available on these yet, but at least now there's a place to put it.

29 September 2005

Corrected ROM images page and ROM archive for Zankor. Corrected ROM images page for Stars Phoenix and New Stars Phoenix.

1 October 2005

Added Switch Matrix and Rings pages for Spooky. Thanks Frank.

3 October 2005

Added pics of the c8066 sound board and speaker used on some EM games. Thanks John.

6 October 2005

EM pages changed slightly from "Electronic Sounds" to "Electronics", to emcompas information on other early electronics used on the EM games.

18 October 2005

Removed the display bezels from the parts needed page. Got some.

22 October 2005

Started work on mapping the sounds for Robot.

Updates to the Pinball Champ rulesheet covering changes to the 7-digit games scoring values. Thanks Frank.

27 October 2005

Added rubber rings list and locations for Moon Flight. Thanks John.


29 October 2005

Updated the Power Supply information for MrGame. 1B11190 from Dakar is not the same as 1B11190 from Motor Show.

30 October 2005

Updated the Video and CPU information for MrGame. Updated the settings page for Motor Show.

16 November 2005

Added rubber ring list for Universe. Thanks Richard.

17 November 2005

Updated settings for Motor Show.

Updated switch matrix chart for Motor Show.

Added rubber rings list and playfield map for Motor Show.

Added switch matrix chart for Dakar.

25 November 2005

Updated settings for Motor Show.

Added ROMs for Motor Show.

Added rulesheet for Motor Show.

Added ROMs for Dakar.

Added settings for Dakar.

Added rubbers list and locations map for Dakar.

26 November 2005

Added Misc. Info page for MrGame. .

Added rulesheet for Dakar.

Added MrGame boards to the repairs price list page.

4 December 2005

Corrected the ROMs pages for Space Shuttle, Future World, and Shooting the Rapids.

Added some notes to the 1st Gen CPU page dealing with ROMs.

Added link to Don's Bulbs to the lamp info page.

Added information on the locks needed for MrGame cabinets to the Misc. info page. Thanks Aron.

Added information on running a Euro (220V) game with a step-up transformer to the MrGame pages. Thanks to TheKorn for the info on the step-up transformer.

Added Hantarex SMPS info to the MrGame transformers page.

Added the handles info on the MrGame Misc. info page.

4 December 2005

Updated the MrGame power supply page. Voltages for CN1 corrected/confirmed. Added info on the optional +5V section. Corrected/confirmed the voltage test points.

Updated the MrGame CPU page with info on the labled test points, LED, and bench testing the board outside of a game.

Started adding information to the Repairs page for MrGame. Is still a work in progress, but at least there's something there now.

Updated the 1st and 2nd Gen repair pages with more sources for ROM images.

6 December 2005

Updated ribbon cable info for Gen1, Gen2, and MrGame.

Added preliminary info to MrGame boards revisions page for 1b1166/0, and the sound and video boards used on Mac Attack and World Cup '90.

Misc. minor edits and corrections to MrGame pages.

Added preliminary info on the second sound board (World Cup '90) to the MrGame sound boards page. Thanks to Steve Ellenoff for the info on this sound board and video boards used on Mac Attack and World Cup '90.

Added preliminary info on the second video board (Mac Attack, World Cup '90), and EPROM/PROM info to the MrGame video boards page. Added the pinouts needed to build a 74S288 to 2716 adapter.

Added stubs for projects (Motor Show, Dakar, Soccer Kings) to be filled in later.


13 December 2005

Added sound map for Robot.

Added info on correct jumpers for 1B11136 and 1B11136/0 sound boards.


4 February 2006

Added custom score, price, and instruction cards for Pinball Champ and Soccer Kings.

Added all known scans of manuals and schematics for 2nd generation games.

Added all known scans of manuals and schematics for 1st generation games.

Added both known scans of schematics for EM games.

5 February 2006

Added new scan of manual for MrGame Motor Show.

Added new scan of manual for Winter Sports.

Added new scan of manual for Clown.

Added new scan of manual for Time Machine.

Minor updates to the "Help Us" page.

Added new "Mysteries" page as a place to put things I run in to that I cannot explain. Currently, this contains the 1B1166/0 driver board variation, and an unknown set of Star God ROM images.


8 February 2006

Added pic of a display to the 8060 games section.

Added new scan of manual for Future World.


14 February 2006

New ROM archive for Soccer Kings. This one has images of ROMs that work correctly!

Updated ROM archive for Zankor. Thanks to Frank and Oliver.

Added operator settings page for Stars Phoenix / New Stars Phoenix. Thanks Giancarlo.


26 February 2006

Updated EM sound board page. Also used the sound board on Combat.

Updated the 1st Gen CPU page with the error in the 1B1110 schematics.

Updated the 1st Gen Power Supply page with board revisions, GI and non-booting games information.

Minor title page updates to the Rulesheets, EM, and Mr. Game sections. No new content.

28 February 2006

Added scans of the playfield diagrams for Combat and Earth Wind Fire.


5 March 2006

Added note on the Farfalla Yellow drop target bank having a dedicated ground return.

16 March 2006

Added Farfalla factory service bulletin.

26 March 2006

Added Molex / Mouser part numbers for .156" KK series housings and pins used on the 2nd Gen wiring harnesses.

Added rulesheet for Soccer Kings.


27 March 2006

Updated settings page for Soccer Kings.

28 March 2006

Updated rings list and diagrams for Soccer Kings.

1 April 2006

Updated score cards archive for Soccer Kings.

Added score cards archive for Robot.

16 April 2006

Added Motor Show project page, pictures, Easter Eggs, etc..

19 April 2006

Added German (DE) sound ROM images for Farfalla. Thanks drzaccaria.


23 April 2006

Added Dakar project page, with text and pictures.

Updated the projects index page with pictures.


24 April 2006

Added stub project pages for Farfalla and Magic Castle. Added thumbnails of Soccer Kings, Magic Castle, and Farfalla.

28 April 2006

Added scan of schematics for Moon Flight to the EM games area. Thanks Henri.


28 April 2006

Added apron cards for Devil Riders. Thanks Josh.

29 April 2006

Replaced scan of schematics for Moon Flight to the EM games area. Thanks Henri.

Added AmpsLAB as a source for TDA1510 amplifiers to the Gen2 sound board page.


30 April 2006

Added better description of the game's self-test options and how to test the switch matrix with a clip lead and diode to the 2nd Gen Repairs page.

Working on the Soccer Kings project page. Still "Under Construction", but stay tuned for more.

1 May 2006

Replaced the Devil Riders cards with PDF versions.

More work on the Soccer Kings project page.

6 May 2006

More work on the Soccer Kings project page. The Before and During sections are done.

Added pictures of the completed 74S288 to 2716 adapter to the MrGame Video page.


10 May 2006

Added notes on the ROM bug to the Soccer Kings project page.


17 May 2006

Added coin door bezel rechroming project page.

7 June 2006

Added ROM images for MrGame World Cup '90 - from PinMAME.

Updated ROM images for MrGame Motor Show - Video IC66 image from PinMAME.

24 June 2006

Updated coin door bezel rechroming project page with "after" pictures and reassembly. Project completed.


1 July 2006

Updated lamps document.


10 July 2006

Added rules and pricing cards for Combat.

28 July 2006

Completed the Soccer Kings project page with "After" pictures.


29 July 2006

Added Nautilus instruction card.

Added IT sound ROM images for Spooky. Reworked ROM image page for Spooky. Move Aux sound board ROMs for Spooky from GB to their own Aux subdirectory, since they don't seem to be language specific.

26 August 2006

Added scans of all playfield plastics for Farfalla.

Added scans of all playfield plastics for Star God.

Added scans of (some?) playfield plastics for Space Shuttle.

Added Italian (IT) sound ROM images for Soccer Kings.


5 Septbember 2006

Fixed typo in 1st Gen games list for Future World manual link.

Added scans of plastics for Time Machine.

Added a new "How To..." section.


6 Septbember 2006

Updated the "How To..." guide for slingshot rebuilds.

Added "How To..." guide for pop bumper rebuilds. Has teardown and disassembly images, but still needs text and reassembly images.

8 September 2006

Completed the Pop Bumper Rebuild how-to.


10 Septbember 2006

Updated Lamps document.

Minor correction to Pop Bumper how-to document.

12 Septbember 2006

Reworked the Slingshot how-to document in to a better format.

17 Septbember 2006

Added scan of Hantarex power supply to the MrGame transformers page. Thanks Tom.

23 September 2006

Added "Old Man" pic from Time Machine backglass to 2nd Gen introduction page.

Added scan of Hot Wheels instruction card. Thanks Werner. Also added custom Hot Wheels card. Thanks to whoever made it...

Added scan of House Of Diamonds instruction card. Thanks Werner.

Added scan of Mac Attack schematics. Thanks to Steve Ellenoff.


15 October 2006

Added scan of Winter Sports instruction card. Thanks Werner.

Added Winter Sports score card.

26 October 2006

Added pictures and text to the Farfalla project page.

Added stub project page for Time Machine.

30 October 2006

Started adding pictures and text to the Time Machine project page.

31 October 2006

Time Machine project page 90% complete.

1 November 2006

Time Machine project page 95% complete. LED flicker stuff still to be done...


17 November 2006

Custom Time Machine cards added.

30 December 2006

Added note on the meaning of the "A" or "AQ" on the TDA1510 amplifier IC to the 2nd Generation sound boards page.

5 January 2007

Added Parts for Sale page - listing repro flipper bats and caps for sale.

Added Repro Artwork page - place to put stickers and other little bits of reproduced artwork useful for restorations.

6 January 2007

Added stub project page for Blackbelt.

12 January 2007

Added Fast Track to the MrGame games area. A previously unknown game that never made it past the prototype stage, it was later released as Motor Show.

17 January 2007

Still working on the parts for sale page. Updated with images (so far).

Added instruction cards for Pool Champion, and Spooky. Thanks Frank, and Leon.

18 January 2007

Added schematic for Combat. Thanks Frank.

20 January 2007

Added IT sound ROM images for Blackbelt.

Added schematic for Queen's Castle. Thanks Frank.

27 January 2007

Added rulesheet for Time Machine.

Added IC datasheets archive for Gen2 boards. Is almost complete.

Added IC datasheets archive for Gen1 boards. Needs work still.

2 February 2007

More updates to the parts for sale page. Added solenoid coils, with pics.

3 February 2007

Gen1 datasheet archive updated. CPU and Driver boards are complete now.


5 February 2007

Added Frank Gigliotti's backglass reprodution efforts to the links page.

6 February 2007

Gen1 and Gen2 datasheets pages updated. More datasheets added. Gen2 is now complete. Gen1 needs Sound Boards and Displays done still, but CPU, Power Supply, and Driver are done.

8 February 2007

Completed the rulesheet for Time Machine.

More updates to the Gen1 Datasheets page. 1B1125 sound board partially completed.

11 February 2007

Added Black Belt playfield plastics scans. Missing one plastic.

19 February 2007

Fixed broken link to Mac Attack schematics.

20 February 2007

Added Blue flipper bat pic to parts for sale page.


23 February 2007

Updated Black Belt playfield plastics scans with the missing one. Thanks Joe.

24 February 2007

New/updated sound maps for Pool Champion, Soccer Kings, Spooky, Zankor.

Minor update to the Gen1 sound boards page. Added Star God to the list of games that used the 1B1125.

Added partial manual scan for Spooky. Thanks Frank.

3 March 2007

Add pics of sets of red and blue flipper bats and caps to the parts for sale page.

9 March 2007

New "How To" article on testing driver board transistors.

15 March 2007

Added PayPal shopping cart and prices to the Parts For Sale page. Reworked Parts For Sale page to be in two parts, framed, to keep PayPal's "Show Cart" button in view. Testing with their Sandbox site seems to work ok. Just about ready to start selling repro parts, finally.

3 April 2007

Updated Gen1 and Gen2 Power Supply links to Mouser's web site for fuse clips.

Updated prices on the Parts For Sale page.

4 April 2007

Added instruction cards from http://www.inkochnito.nl for Blackbelt, Future World, Nautilus, Strike, Clown, Hot Wheels, Pinball Champ, Time Machine, Devil Riders, House of Diamonds, Robot, Winter Sports, Earth Wind Fire, Locomotion, Soccer Kings, Farfalla, Magic Castle, Spooky, Fire Mountian, Mexico '86, and Star God. Thanks to Inkochnito for making these available.

Added Cards column to games documentation table for the 8060 games.

7 April 2007

Added new "how to" article: how to test a power supply.

12 April 2007

Added switch matrix charts for Stars Phoenix and New Stars Phoenix. Thanks Frank.

17 April 2007

Added 2621 datasheet to 2nd Gen archive. Thanks Bob.

21 April 2007

Added pics of blue winged flipper bats to parts for sale page.

25 April 2007

Added link to Aeneas Verhe's web site for European pinball manufacturers.

Added 74174 and 74LS156 datasheets to 1st generation archive. Thanks Petrik.

Added manuals for New Stars Phoenix and Stars Phoenix. Thanks Frank.

27 April 2007

Added 2nd Gen. power cords to the parts page.

Added info on New Stars Phoenix to the 2nd Gen. power supply page.

28 April 2007

Added pics of right and left winged red flippers to the parts page.

2 May 2007

Minor fix to the parts page.


3 May 2007

Updated the parts wanted page.

7 May 2007

Corrected the datasheets pages (Gen1 and Gen2) for the RG1 regulator.

Added pic of D.71 / S.1700 coil to parts for sale page.

Added Devil Riders ball lifter assembly to parts for sale page.

12 May 2007

Added plastics scans for World Cup '90.

Added 1B11195 information and picture to MrGame pages. Thanks Peter.

13 May 2007

Added plastics scans for Combat. Thanks for the loan, Brian.

26 May 2007

Added scan of Ski Jump (EM) schematics. Thanks, Jon.

Minor update to the HowTo document on pop bumper rebuilding.

Added a document (incomplete) to the misc. section detailing what Zaccaria parts interchange with standard pinball parts that are commonly available.

28 May 2007

Updated the 2nd Gen transformers page with info on Mystic Star, Stars Phoenix, and Spooky.

30 May 2007

Added custom playfield apron cards for Farfalla.

31 May 2007

Added flipper shafts to the parts for sale page. Coming soon!

3 June 2007

Added scans of NOS Blackbelt rules cards.

5 June 2007

Added more to the parts for sale page.

Added reproduction cards for Combat. Thanks to Inkochnito.

7 June 2007

Started adding technical info on the 8060 games. Thanks to Jeff for providing this.

Corrected ROM information for World Cup '90.

16 June 2007

Minor fix for the Gen1 CPU page.

17 June 2007

More New Stars Phoenix power supply info added.


20 June 2007

Added 1B1144 sound board to the parts wanted page.

23 June 2007

Minor correction to the Devil Riders sound map.

27 June 2007

Added a How To document on restoring a coin door.


2 July 2007

Added datasheets for 4053 (IC4F) and LM3900 (IC5F) on 1B11136 sound board.

16 July 2007

Updated ROMs archive for House Of Diamonds. Confirmed good images now. Thanks Laszlo, Frank, and Michel.

21 July 2007

Added settings page for Spooky. Thanks to Frank and Errol.

26 July 2007

Added schematics and manual scans for Space City. Thanks to Jeff and Mike.

16 August 2007

Fixed the checksum for the GB sound ROM4 for Pinball Champ.

18 August 2007

Added flipper shafts to the parts-for-sale page. Thanks for the help Scott.

Added ROM dump for Space City (8060). Thanks to Jeff for providing these.

NOS Move Ramp targets sold out.

19 August 2007

Updated the Blackbelt rubber rings list and made the rings location map.


15 September 2007

Added reproduction red ball guides to the Parts For Sale page.

16 September 2007

Updated Blackbelt playfield rubbers list and map again.

25 September 2007

Parts for sale updated; Devil Riders ramp lifter assembly sold.

5 October 2007

Fixed broken link to TDA1510.pdf on the datasheets page (gen2).

7 October 2007

Added French language sound ROMs for Magic Castle, Robot, and Time Machine (incomplete). Thanks Michel.

16 October 2007

Added custom rules/info/centre apron cards for Blackbelt.

20 October 2007

Updated link to Frank's web site for backglass reproductions.

31 October 2007

Updated parts for sale page.

Updated Gen1 CPU page with additional information on J17/J18 jumpers on the 1B1110/0 and newer boards.

Updated Gen2 Sound board page with info on ROMs supported and jumpers for 1B1170 sound board.

The mystery of the 1B1166/0 driver board appears to be solved. Updated MrGame driver board page with information. Removed from the Unsolved Mysteries page.

Updated MrGame boards overview with info on 1B11195 (sound), 1B1166/0 (driver) and STS MG88M1 (Fast Track video) boards.

Updated MrGame video boards page with info on Fast Track STS MG88M1.


11 November 2007

Magic Castle apron cards updated. New custom cards added, and 600dpi scan of original rules card added to archive.

18 November 2007

Added some pics of Magic Castle and put together a small 'project' page for it.

23 November 2007

Added Blackbelt rulesheet.

Added new (better) scan of Earth Wind Fire schematics. Thanks Giuseppe.

27 November 2007

Removed the link to Doug Cope's web site.

Added link to Petrik László's web site.

Fixed an error on the ROMs page for Clown.

27 November 2007

Further corrected and clarified the jumper settings for the 1B11136 sound boards on Gen2 games. Thanks to Petrik for his comments on this.

Fixed minor typo on Robot's ROMs documentation page.

5 December 2007

Added the Blackbelt restoration project page.

Added artwork for Blackbelt targets and vacuum formed rototarget cover to the Repro Artwork page.

22 December 2007

Price increase on 2nd batch of flipper shafts.