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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:
The code release is in SPK format.

Update instructions:
Download the spk file.
Copy the file to the root level of a FAT32 formatted USB
stick. 
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.


V1.02 - March 26, 2021
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- Added Electronic Coin Mech functionality.
- Modified pop bumper rule to disassociate Taarna hurry up with award for bonus time to Heavy Metal Meltdown. Now, pop levels only increase on successful Taarna Hurry Up Completions. Heavy     Metal Meltodown bonus time awards occur after every 50 pop hits.
- Fixed an issue caused by catching a ball in metal mayhem during stacked multiballs with Nelson and/or Taarna. This would allow the multiball to continue in 1-ball play. Now, a new ball is added to the playfield to continue play.
- Fixed an issue where some speech was not playing properly.
- Fixed an issue in Heavy Metal Meltdown start where it occasionally said player tilted.
- Fixed an issue in Heavy Metal Meltdown where some lights were out of sync.
- Fixed centering of mystery is lit text.
- Fixed some ambiguous text for Heavy Metal Meltdown bonus time.


V1.01 - January 18, 2021
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- Added Shaker Motor functionality.
- Fixed an issue where hitting Nelson Super Jackpot would advance the next Nelson Multiball as well.


V1.0 - November 23, 2020
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- Initial release.