************************************************************************** * * * STERN PINBALL, INC. * * (C) COPYRIGHT 2007 - 2019 STERN PINBALL, INC. * * * ************************************************************************** * * * THE BEATLES * * * ************************************************************************** HELP US, HELP YOU! If you have any suggestions, questions, need technical advice, find errors or have comments, contact us through our website: http://www.sternpinball.com/contact.shtml or call 1-800-542-5377. You can also email bug.report@sternpinball.com to report any software problems. This text file and all other documents relating to this product, playfield components, features, rules, programming and operation are subject to change without notice (Service Bulletins, if applicable, available through our website). Installation notice: This code release contains a single file ending in .spk Update instructions: Download the spk file. Copy the spk file to the root level of a FAT32 formatted USB stick. Remove the USB stick from your computer when it is finished writing. Power the game off. Insert the USB stick. Turn the game on. After the game boots up, there will be an option for software update. The volume buttons change options for full or quick update. The enter button selects the option and starts the update. Once the update is completed, turn the game off and remove the USB stick. Turn the game on and the game will be running the new code. V1.10 - February 6, 2019 ======================= - Added additional topper lamp effects. - Added adjustments to allow each drop target bank to be disabled (rules will compensate) - Added adjustment to allow more songs to play during mainplay. (default = NO) - Mystery Award will choose "Add Time" once per timed song. - Custom message is now displayed every pass through attract mode (was every 10 passes). - Increased Extra Ball points award to 200,000 and Special points award to 400,000. - Added flipper power adjustments for lower flippers. - Upper flipper power was not persisting across game power cycle. This has been corrected. - Slingshot power has been modified and the default slingshot power is now 20. - Super Skill Shot and Super Duper Skill Shot values are now increased with each successful shot. - Super Duper Skill audit was not being recorded correctly. - Reduced the window where a jackpot shot via the left orbit will not score if a ball is being auto-plunged as the result of a ball save or add-a-ball. - Removed the Bonus X Extra Ball award. This was not a part of Sea Witch rules. - Added new adjustment "LEFT OUTLANE COURTESY SAVE" (default: NO) which will activate a ball save if a shot which hits the super jackpot target (behind FAB) results in a quick left outlane drain. This is valid during single ball play only. - Increased Secret Skill shot value to 75,000 - Added additional display messages for Beatlemania Multiball/Hard Days Night - Added additional display messages when a song advances to the next scoring level - Mystery: Increased Light Extra Ball award percentage slightly - Mystery now progresses in a certain award order when in competition mode: 25K, ADV Bonus X, 2X POPS, 50K, 2X Left Spinner, Beatlemania Letter, 2X Right Spinner, Hold Bonus, 100K Add A Ball will always be awarded as the first award after All My Loving or Beatlemania Multiball Starts Add Time will always be awarded as the first award after a timed song starts - Added adjustment "Taxman Qualifying Difficulty" (Default = HARD) Setting this to EASY means that a single jackpot during All My Loving multiball and getting to level 3 on all other songs will qualify Taxman. - System Change (Version 2.21): Added Custom Coin Door Editor - See below: Added Custom Coin Door Editor. - You can specify the UNITS PER PULSE for the base coin and the number of PULSES generated by each coin switch (left, center, right, 4th, 5th, 6th). The UNITS have a range of 1 to 10000 and PULSES have a range of 0 to 100. For example the USA coin door has a UNIT of 25 and the left and right slots generate 1 PULSE and the center slot (the DBV) generates four PULSES. The coin mechanisms accept quarters and the DBV dollars. Therefore, the UNIT is 25 (for 25 cents) and the left and right generate 1 PULSE for a single quarter and the center slot generates 4 PULSES for a dollar bill being four quarters. - If Standard Adjustment "Game Pricing" is changed to a selection with different UNITS PER PULSE than the active CUSTOM coin door, the custom coin door will be reset to the factory default for that Game Pricing selection. V1.08 - December 13, 2018 ======================= - Song Super Jackpot shot now scores a sneak-in bonus if it is made while at least 1 of the FAB targets is still up. - Added display effect for secret skill shot - Added Taxman multiball - enabled when all songs have reached level 5 (All My Loving requires 3 jackpots) - Song selection is allowed from the flipper buttons as long as the ball is detected in the shooter lane. - Beatlemania multiball now defaults to 3 balls, Taxman multiball defaults to 4 balls. - Record stops spinning when entering test mode V1.06 - December 4, 2018 ======================= - Using latest system and pricing - Added grace period to All My Loving multiball - Implement Add-A-Ball award from Mystery for All My Loving Multiball and Beatlemania Multiball - Add 25k to Beatlemania Jackpot for each Song which has reached Level 5 - Added combo sound buildup. Score 5k for the first combo, an additional 10k for each additional loop. - Fixed "I Should Have Known Better" text to fit in high score enter initials screen - Display scores on match screen - Added loop buildup sounds and points for loop combos (5k, 10k, 20k... max 100k) - Bonus multiplier effects are no longer full screen - Changed mystery award sound - Added song transition speech V1.05 - November 14, 2018 ======================= - Beatlemania Multiball Champion was not being updated. This has been corrected. - Multiple attempts at the skill shot are no longer allowed once the ball enters the playfield. - Rework the score audits to be in line with the games lower scoring. - New system updates which add attract mode videos and improved motor driver code for Spinning Disc - Changed Game Diag messages for Spinning Disc (Record) to show when it should be spinning and how to stop the test V1.04 - November 9, 2018 ======================= - Added song countdown lamp and sound effects at 10 seconds - Specials lit less frequently from Mystery to stay close to Specials adjustment value - Extra ball awards points when maximum number of extra balls earned - Max bonus is now 75000 instead of 39000 - Record is now pulsed a bit at game power-up - Beatlemania Multiball total was sometimes incorrect - All My Loving jackpot value increased each time it is played up to a maximum - Reduced spinner flasher brightness - Ball trough shows 4 balls in diagnostics - HSTD font change V1.0 - November 5, 2018 ======================= - Initial release.