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<blockquote data-quote="norbert26" data-source="post: 73265" data-attributes="member: 2493"><p>this sounds akin to the college game room version i encountered in the real world except specials earn an extra ball which is more desirable in the TPA version. There were DIP switch settings if the targets would reset or not as i have encountered different versions set very liberal (5 ball mall version) to conservative the most conservative being the college game room version . I will be better able to compare the TPA version against the real world versions i encountered once i have it in my hands.</p><p></p><p>EDIT:</p><p>Centaur one (full height back box) was released nov '81 . Centaur 2 released in June '83 according to that video. The time i went to that college that had the game room was fall '82 ,winter-spring '83 and fall '83 (in spring '84 i transferred to a different branch of the college). This would put the time of arrival at the college game room fall '83 around beginning of october (centaur 2) when i first seen it. I had previously thought i first encountered the table fall '82 however i was one year off early. I also studied that video very carefully and it may be normal for most of the targets to reset at end of ball. There were recommended settings for a 3 ball game in the factory manual. Even though the targets may reset at end of ball the orbs that are lit captive (4 yellow lights near the ORBS targets center playfield) may hold over to next ball (DIP switch settings). In this case you just have to knock the targets down again no biggie. Another hopeful thing i seen in the screen shots of the TPA version one screen shot showed a freshly started ball with 500 points. the blue light was lit in just up from the center of the flippers which is a good sign. It is starting to look as if TPA will give us the 3 ball recommended settings except instead of replays we will get extra balls for completed specials. In other words this is looking very good based on what i have studied between the screen shots of TPA and the real world videos.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="norbert26, post: 73265, member: 2493"] this sounds akin to the college game room version i encountered in the real world except specials earn an extra ball which is more desirable in the TPA version. There were DIP switch settings if the targets would reset or not as i have encountered different versions set very liberal (5 ball mall version) to conservative the most conservative being the college game room version . I will be better able to compare the TPA version against the real world versions i encountered once i have it in my hands. EDIT: Centaur one (full height back box) was released nov '81 . Centaur 2 released in June '83 according to that video. The time i went to that college that had the game room was fall '82 ,winter-spring '83 and fall '83 (in spring '84 i transferred to a different branch of the college). This would put the time of arrival at the college game room fall '83 around beginning of october (centaur 2) when i first seen it. I had previously thought i first encountered the table fall '82 however i was one year off early. I also studied that video very carefully and it may be normal for most of the targets to reset at end of ball. There were recommended settings for a 3 ball game in the factory manual. Even though the targets may reset at end of ball the orbs that are lit captive (4 yellow lights near the ORBS targets center playfield) may hold over to next ball (DIP switch settings). In this case you just have to knock the targets down again no biggie. Another hopeful thing i seen in the screen shots of the TPA version one screen shot showed a freshly started ball with 500 points. the blue light was lit in just up from the center of the flippers which is a good sign. It is starting to look as if TPA will give us the 3 ball recommended settings except instead of replays we will get extra balls for completed specials. In other words this is looking very good based on what i have studied between the screen shots of TPA and the real world videos. [/QUOTE]
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