Game Locked on Free Play Can't Make Changes
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 5:58 pm
Hello
We recently bought a RFM and over the past week I've brought it up to near 100% operational play BUT when we bought it it was in a Free Play only mode. Using the usual coin door buttons I can access the “utilities” menu but it won’t let me make changes. I read online that in earlier models if someone invoked the “disable updates” then the utilities menu would not allow you to change that status.
After a little online research, I got a keyboard, plugged it in and the game splashed the shell command page with the “command prompt” which is %. When I type in the recommended command “fenable updates” the command seems to be recognized but the shell closes and the game boots back in the same, unchanged status.
The System info shown on the shell is:
Game {Bally-Revenge From Mars – 50070-0.1
Type {Production Build Free_Play_Only
Software Version shows 0.1
While the game boots and the game goes through the diagnostics is does show one error: “Bad Update Game Code Checksum”
I decided to try a software version update and I’ve downloaded the Software Updater program and version 1.5 of the game software onto a compatible PC BUT I can’t get the game to allow me to activate COMM1 or COMM2 communication ports so I don’t think it will allow me to load the new software into Prism memory.
Maybe I should just be happy that I can restore the game to 100% play/functions but I think the disability is causing me to miss bug fixes and other improvements in the 1.5 software load (plus I want the doggone problem fixed!!).
Any and all help and suggestions very much appreciated.
Thank You
Jim
We recently bought a RFM and over the past week I've brought it up to near 100% operational play BUT when we bought it it was in a Free Play only mode. Using the usual coin door buttons I can access the “utilities” menu but it won’t let me make changes. I read online that in earlier models if someone invoked the “disable updates” then the utilities menu would not allow you to change that status.
After a little online research, I got a keyboard, plugged it in and the game splashed the shell command page with the “command prompt” which is %. When I type in the recommended command “fenable updates” the command seems to be recognized but the shell closes and the game boots back in the same, unchanged status.
The System info shown on the shell is:
Game {Bally-Revenge From Mars – 50070-0.1
Type {Production Build Free_Play_Only
Software Version shows 0.1
While the game boots and the game goes through the diagnostics is does show one error: “Bad Update Game Code Checksum”
I decided to try a software version update and I’ve downloaded the Software Updater program and version 1.5 of the game software onto a compatible PC BUT I can’t get the game to allow me to activate COMM1 or COMM2 communication ports so I don’t think it will allow me to load the new software into Prism memory.
Maybe I should just be happy that I can restore the game to 100% play/functions but I think the disability is causing me to miss bug fixes and other improvements in the 1.5 software load (plus I want the doggone problem fixed!!).
Any and all help and suggestions very much appreciated.
Thank You
Jim