Web site launch. Most content moved over, rearranged and reorganized, and some new stuff added.
Added 1st Generation game information. It is not yet complete, there is much more to come.
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.
Added info on P2 and P4 volume adjustment pots on the 1B1170 sound board.
Added "Projects" page. Added Winter Sports project pics and comments.
Added Pinball Champ project pics and comments.
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..
Added stub documents to 1st Generation for Transformers and Repairs.
Completed the rulesheet for Magic Castle.
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.
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.
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.
Added pages dealing with information needed ("Please Help Us") and parts needed for restorations.
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.
Added publicity pic of MacAttack to MrGame introduction page.
Added publicity pic of Winter Sports to 1st Generation introduction page.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Added rubber rings lists and playfield maps for Robot and Time Machine. Thanks Frank.
Added information and image of 1b1149 flipper programming board to the 1st gen games CPU page.
Added information for Cine Star to the EM and Rulesheets pages. (Thanks, Todd). More information needed on this game still.
Added Zankor switch matrix. (Thanks Frank, Piero).
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.
Updates to the 2nd generation sound board information for the 1B11178 and 1B11181 revisions on Spooky, Zankor. Thanks Frank!
Added 1B1111/0 driver board revision to 1st generation pages.
Added switch matrix page for Mac Attack. Thanks Steve!
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.
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.)
Added Switch Matrix page for Motor Show.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Corrected ROM images page and ROM archive for Zankor. Corrected ROM images page for Stars Phoenix and New Stars Phoenix.
Added Switch Matrix and Rings pages for Spooky. Thanks Frank.
Added pics of the c8066 sound board and speaker used on some EM games. Thanks John.
EM pages changed slightly from "Electronic Sounds" to "Electronics", to emcompas information on other early electronics used on the EM games.
Removed the display bezels from the parts needed page. Got some.
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.
Added rubber rings list and locations for Moon Flight. Thanks John.
Updated the Power Supply information for MrGame. 1B11190 from Dakar is not the same as 1B11190 from Motor Show.
Updated the Video and CPU information for MrGame. Updated the settings page for Motor Show.
Added rubber ring list for Universe. Thanks Richard.
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.
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.
Added Misc. Info page for MrGame. .
Added rulesheet for Dakar.
Added MrGame boards to the repairs price list page.
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.
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.
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.
Added sound map for Robot.
Added info on correct jumpers for 1B11136 and 1B11136/0 sound boards.
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.
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.
Added pic of a display to the 8060 games section.
Added new scan of manual for Future World.
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.
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.
Added scans of the playfield diagrams for Combat and Earth Wind Fire.
Added note on the Farfalla Yellow drop target bank having a dedicated ground return.
Added Farfalla factory service bulletin.
Added Molex / Mouser part numbers for .156" KK series housings and pins used on the 2nd Gen wiring harnesses.
Added rulesheet for Soccer Kings.
Updated settings page for Soccer Kings.
Updated rings list and diagrams for Soccer Kings.
Updated score cards archive for Soccer Kings.
Added score cards archive for Robot.
Added Motor Show project page, pictures, Easter Eggs, etc..
Added German (DE) sound ROM images for Farfalla. Thanks drzaccaria.
Added Dakar project page, with text and pictures.
Updated the projects index page with pictures.
Added stub project pages for Farfalla and Magic Castle. Added thumbnails of Soccer Kings, Magic Castle, and Farfalla.
Added scan of schematics for Moon Flight to the EM games area. Thanks Henri.
Added apron cards for Devil Riders. Thanks Josh.
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.
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.
Replaced the Devil Riders cards with PDF versions.
More work on the Soccer Kings project page.
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.
Added notes on the ROM bug to the Soccer Kings project page.
Added coin door bezel rechroming project page.
Added ROM images for MrGame World Cup '90 - from PinMAME.
Updated ROM images for MrGame Motor Show - Video IC66 image from PinMAME.
Updated coin door bezel rechroming project page with "after" pictures and reassembly. Project completed.
Updated lamps document.
Added rules and pricing cards for Combat.
Completed the Soccer Kings project page with "After" pictures.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Completed the Pop Bumper Rebuild how-to.
Updated Lamps document.
Minor correction to Pop Bumper how-to document.
Reworked the Slingshot how-to document in to a better format.
Added scan of Hantarex power supply to the MrGame transformers page. Thanks Tom.
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.
Added scan of Winter Sports instruction card. Thanks Werner.
Added Winter Sports score card.
Added pictures and text to the Farfalla project page.
Added stub project page for Time Machine.
Started adding pictures and text to the Time Machine project page.
Time Machine project page 90% complete.
Time Machine project page 95% complete. LED flicker stuff still to be done...
Custom Time Machine cards added.
Added note on the meaning of the "A" or "AQ" on the TDA1510 amplifier IC to the 2nd Generation sound boards page.
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.
Added stub project page for Blackbelt.
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.
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.
Added schematic for Combat. Thanks Frank.
Added IT sound ROM images for Blackbelt.
Added schematic for Queen's Castle. Thanks Frank.
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.
More updates to the parts for sale page. Added solenoid coils, with pics.
Gen1 datasheet archive updated. CPU and Driver boards are complete now.
Added Frank Gigliotti's backglass reprodution efforts to the links page.
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.
Completed the rulesheet for Time Machine.
More updates to the Gen1 Datasheets page. 1B1125 sound board partially completed.
Added Black Belt playfield plastics scans. Missing one plastic.
Fixed broken link to Mac Attack schematics.
Added Blue flipper bat pic to parts for sale page.
Updated Black Belt playfield plastics scans with the missing one. Thanks Joe.
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.
Add pics of sets of red and blue flipper bats and caps to the parts for sale page.
New "How To" article on testing driver board transistors.
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.
Updated Gen1 and Gen2 Power Supply links to Mouser's web site for fuse clips.
Updated prices on the Parts For Sale page.
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.
Added new "how to" article: how to test a power supply.
Added switch matrix charts for Stars Phoenix and New Stars Phoenix. Thanks Frank.
Added 2621 datasheet to 2nd Gen archive. Thanks Bob.
Added pics of blue winged flipper bats to parts for sale page.
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.
Added 2nd Gen. power cords to the parts page.
Added info on New Stars Phoenix to the 2nd Gen. power supply page.
Added pics of right and left winged red flippers to the parts page.
Minor fix to the parts page.
Updated the parts wanted page.
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.
Added plastics scans for World Cup '90.
Added 1B11195 information and picture to MrGame pages. Thanks Peter.
Added plastics scans for Combat. Thanks for the loan, Brian.
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.
Updated the 2nd Gen transformers page with info on Mystic Star, Stars Phoenix, and Spooky.
Added custom playfield apron cards for Farfalla.
Added flipper shafts to the parts for sale page. Coming soon!
Added scans of NOS Blackbelt rules cards.
Added more to the parts for sale page.
Added reproduction cards for Combat. Thanks to Inkochnito.
Started adding technical info on the 8060 games. Thanks to Jeff for providing this.
Corrected ROM information for World Cup '90.
Minor fix for the Gen1 CPU page.
More New Stars Phoenix power supply info added.
Added 1B1144 sound board to the parts wanted page.
Minor correction to the Devil Riders sound map.
Added a How To document on restoring a coin door.
Added datasheets for 4053 (IC4F) and LM3900 (IC5F) on 1B11136 sound board.
Updated ROMs archive for House Of Diamonds. Confirmed good images now. Thanks Laszlo, Frank, and Michel.
Added settings page for Spooky. Thanks to Frank and Errol.
Added schematics and manual scans for Space City. Thanks to Jeff and Mike.
Fixed the checksum for the GB sound ROM4 for Pinball Champ.
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.
Updated the Blackbelt rubber rings list and made the rings location map.
Added reproduction red ball guides to the Parts For Sale page.
Updated Blackbelt playfield rubbers list and map again.
Parts for sale updated; Devil Riders ramp lifter assembly sold.
Fixed broken link to TDA1510.pdf on the datasheets page (gen2).
Added French language sound ROMs for Magic Castle, Robot, and Time Machine (incomplete). Thanks Michel.
Added custom rules/info/centre apron cards for Blackbelt.
Updated link to Frank's web site for backglass reproductions.
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.
Magic Castle apron cards updated. New custom cards added, and 600dpi scan of original rules card added to archive.
Added some pics of Magic Castle and put together a small 'project' page for it.
Added Blackbelt rulesheet.
Added new (better) scan of Earth Wind Fire schematics. Thanks Giuseppe.
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.
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.
Added the Blackbelt restoration project page.
Added artwork for Blackbelt targets and vacuum formed rototarget cover to the Repro Artwork page.
Price increase on 2nd batch of flipper shafts.