************************************************************************** * * * STERN PINBALL, INC. * * (C) COPYRIGHT 2007, STERN PINBALL, INC. * * * ************************************************************************** * * * WHEEL OF FORTUNE * * * ************************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V 5.00 (SYS 1.38) - 19-Dec-2007 =============================== Files ----- wof0500a.bin - English speech wof0500g.bin - German speech wof0500f.bin - French speech wof0500l.bin - Spanish speech wof0500i.bin - Italian speech WOF Changes ----------- - More speech/choreography added. - Contestant introductions added. - About 1000 puzzles added (English only). - Added ticket dispenser test. - Jammed tickets are now reported in Tech Alert. - Coil drives used for ticket dispenser operation (AUX 1-3; coils #33-35) can no longer be activated in coil test. - Removed upper left and right GI LEDs from the Wheel LED tests as these are no longer populated on the board because they got covered by the shroud underneath the Wheel itself. - Fixed a situation that could arise where the player would be awarded a strange (and usually very high) number of points during end-of-ball bonus (in the "Winnings" category). - Fixed a problem where the wheel would stop between 55,000 and 500,000 when it wanted to be on 55,000. This would only happen during gameplay, not during Wheel Motor Test. - Super spin awards should now work properly (specifically, Extra Ball and Trip were not previously implemented). - Wheel Frenzy and Keep It Spinning no longer have their timers paused in the pop bumpers. - Keep It Spinning now counts switch activity towards increasing the wheel speed. - Ramp Rampage ramp multiplier now goes up with each successful ramp shot. - Risky Spinning now doesn't unlight shots when you make a jackpot collect. - Combos scoring reduced (now just a flat sum of the 3 score indicators). - Contestant Hurryup hurryup start values now start with higher multiplied values after making a successful hurryup collect. - Combos mode now displays correct next-shot multiplier. - Toss-Up puzzle now flashes "Solve Puzzle" lamps while it's running. System Changes -------------- - Coil wire message format changed. - USB backup now checks for sufficient free space and refuses to do it if there is not enough room. - Fixed problems with UK and Spain tournament prize pool messages. - Default pricing for Greece is now Euro8 (was Euro6). - Short month names in some languages were too long, this has been corrected. - Filename generation for USB backup has been changed so that the spoken languages in the image are included and the version number is a bit more readable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V 4.01 (SYS 1.35) - 20-Dec-2007 =============================== Files ----- wof0401l.bin - Spanish speech WOF Changes ----------- - None. System Changes -------------- - Default pricing for Spain is now Euro8 (1/e1.00, 3/e2.00). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V 4.00 (SYS 1.34) - 19-Dec-2007 =============================== Files ----- wof0400a.bin - English speech wof0400g.bin - German speech wof0400f.bin - French speech wof0400l.bin - Spanish speech wof0400i.bin - Italian speech WOF Changes ----------- - More speech/choreography added. - Super loops implemented. - Super pops implemented. - Wheel spins for mainplay are now weighted so bankrupt and lose-a-turn come up less often. - Flippers now fired for some time during ball search in case a ball is trapped under a flipper during tilt. System Changes -------------- - None. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V 3.00 (SYS 1.34) - 05-Dec-2007 =============================== Files ----- wof0300a.bin - English speech wof0300g.bin - German speech wof0300f.bin - French speech wof0300l.bin - Spanish speech wof0300i.bin - Italian speech WOF Changes ----------- - Display effects cleaned up for some translated languages. - Changed multiball target sounds. - Multiball lit sound added. - Wild card sound added. - Added Nashville trip. - Bumper rule scores lower now. - Added a rule for hitting contestants while puzzle choreography was occurring. - Left and right orbit rules added. - Ramp rule added. - Cleaned up sound effect presentation issues with sounds not happening or being cut off. - Ball lock extra ball now lights and awards. - Added events for completing all consonants and all vowels. - Fixed a problem where contestants would keep guessing letters after Wild Card awarded "Complete Puzzle". - Lots of speech added. - Lots of lamp effects added. - Lots of rule audits added. System Changes -------------- - Fixed games not properly installing the correct adjustment override after the dip switches were changed and the game was rebooted. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V 2.00 (SYS 1.33) - 16-Nov-2007 =============================== Files ----- wof0200a.bin - English speech wof0200g.bin - German speech wof0200f.bin - French speech wof0200l.bin - Spanish speech wof0200i.bin - Italian speech WOF Changes ----------- - Jackpot speech rebalanced. - Letter dings softer. - Ramp Rampage award sounds added. - Risky Spinning now properly pulses its light while running. - Added Bonus Wheel mode start animation. - Added flipper blow-off to many display effects. - Added bumper/wild card value display while ball is in the bumpers. - Trip multiball jackpots now have a sound effect. - WOF mulitball bonus jackpots now have a sound effect. - Time between multiple letters on the puzzle board reduced. - Changed random award "super spin" reference to "big money". - Wheel clacking sounds now check more forcefully to see if they are being played or not. - Foreign text fits better on the dot display now. System Changes -------------- - Added tournament settings for UK. - Added tournament settings for Spain. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V 1.00 (SYS 1.32) - 12-Nov-2007 =============================== Files ----- wof0100a.bin - English speech WOF Changes ----------- - Initial release to production.