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Konami BLADES OF STEEL
Program Change
By Jerry Korbecki. Technical Service Mgr
Konarni, Inc.
Wood Dale, Illinois
PROBLEM: Extra Bonus Time
SOLUTION: Program Change
If BLADES OF STEEL is played by one person
(vs corriputer), it is p:>ssible that a
player can shoot from a certain :r;x:>int on
the screen playfield, and have an
abnormally high percentage of goals
scored.
In this case the player can easily beat
the computer opp:>nent and gain extra bonus
time.
'Ihe Eprom in location 19C should be
replaced with a new version 797P 01 to
rectify the problem.
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February 1988 [3)
Contact your Konami distributor for
availability or more information.
PROBLEM:
Old nickel cadmium batteries of the 3.6vdc
type used in older Bally/Midway and Game
Plan pinballs have had a bad tendency to
leak fluid out onto the MPU board and
wreak extensive damage to traces by eating
the copper from the board and partially
shorting traces to the :r;x:>int that high
frequency microprocessor signals get
intermixed and crash the MPU!
SOLUTION:
The only way to fix a board with this type
of damage is to replace the battery and
remove all traces of battery fluid
wherever it may have reached.
This may involve removing chips, sockets,
and electronic parts to scrape clean the
traces with a fiberglass brush.
NOI'E: When all of the fluid is thought to
be removed and the board is functioning,
use clear fingernail polish to cover the
bare traces.
Cleaning Up
After Leaky Batteries
By Sam Cross
Godwin Distributing Co.
North Little Rock, Arkansas
3.6 VOC NICKEL CADMIUM BATTERIES
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