Stern 'The Sopranos' ROM Revision History NOTES: - This file contains information published by Stern Pinball regarding ROM release versions, dates, and changes that were made. - Stern did not publish any details on changes that were made to sound ROMs- only game ROMs and display ROMs. - We have no information on what changes were made to sound ROMs. - Sound ROM versions should be identified by release date (check date printed on the label on your existing ROM chips for comparison to dates listed below). Stern typically did not assign software version numbers to sound ROM chips, but instead noted them by release date. Some version numbers are in fact listed for some sound ROMs below, but they should not be considered reliable/accurate. Please go by release date for sound ROMs instead of version number. Provided by Action Pinball & Amusement, LLC www.actionpinball.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CPU Release 5.00 Date October 26, 2005 Display Release 5.00 Date October 26, 2005 Changes from last release: - added Russian coinage & tournament settings ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CPU Release 4.00 Date October 11, 2005 Display Release 4.00 Date October 11, 2005 Changes from last release: - ToPS improvements for South Africa - Fixed UK1 pricing table settings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOUND Release Date April 19, 2005 sopsnda.u7 checksum $9B5A - ENGLISH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CPU Release 3.02 Date April 7, 2005 sopcpua.302 checksum $A1FF - ENGLISH sopcpui.302 checksum $ABFF - ITALIAN Changes from last release: - Fixed swearing accounting if adult mode is set to YES. - Increased how often the game swears. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CPU Release 3.01 Date April 4, 2005 sopcpua.301 checksum $A2FF - ENGLISH Changes from last release: - Increased the amount of swearing the game will do if set to Adult ON. - Increased the frequency of Secret Mania from the Pork Store. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CPU Release 3.00 Date March 18, 2005 Display Release 3.00 Date March 18, 2005 Sound Release 3.00 Date March 18, 2005 Changes from last release: - Added display efect blow-off. Some display effects can now be ended by pressing both flippers. - Changed the display art for Bing if set to adult mode off. - Added Middle East dip switch setting. If set to Middle east Pork Store is changed to "The Deli" and all pig refferences are removed. Also, the Bing girl silhouette is changed. - Adjusted the percent that Pork Store chooses award Hold Spinner. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CPU Release 1.07 Date March 8, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CPU Release 2.04 Date March 8, 2005 Changes from last release: - Restored Secret Mania back to Ampersand Mania. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CPU Release 2.03 Date March 8, 2005 Changes from last release: - Fixed "Give me your f-ing Money" could come up in Adult Mode "PARTIAL" or Adult Mode "OFF". This was introduced in V2.02 - Fixed the frequncy of swears in a game. The game will now more acurately track how much swering it does. - Fixed Secret Mania from Pork Store. It was not awarding this and now it will. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CPU Release 2.02 Date March 7, 2005 Changes from last release: - Changed the F-ing Big Points display effect to use the "Big Points" art work. - Increased the frequncy of the swearing if the game is set to Adult mode "ON" - Added "Give me the Money" (an its derivitives) to the start button if pressed when there are no credits. - Increased the Replay factory setting to 35 million. - Increased the frequnecy of Ampersand Mania from the Pork Store. - Reduced the amount of time that Ampersand Mania runs to 20 "seconds". - Removed the girls in the Bing mode display effects changing them to more generic effects if the game is set to Adult Mode "OFF". - Changed the Bump N Win factory setting. - Changed the Ampersand Mania display effect to be more generic and Changing the mode to Secret Mania. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CPU Release 2.01 Date March 3, 2005 Changes from last release: - Fixed Flashers effects so when all black during Executive Game or Pork Store The Fish lamps will be muted. - Moved the "Shit" speech call from Adult mode "PARTIAL" to Adult mode "ON". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CPU Release 2.00 Display Release 2.00 Date March 2, 2005 Changes from last release: - Fixed Advance Boss Audits - Fixed Advance Boss lamps turning off when they should not. - Fixed Horse Race back ground lamp effect so it flashes the correct lamp. - Fixed Flashers effects so when all black during Executive Game or Pork Store The Safe flashers will be muted. - Added F-ing Big Point to Pork Store in Adult mode only. - Added Ampersand Mania if you hit the flippers 3 times during F-ing Big points comes up in the Pork Store. [ONLY IN ENGLISH ROMS] - Adjusted the Big Points percent from Pork Store to be more fun. - Adjusted the Extra Ball percent from Pork Store to not come up as often if you are high in rank. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CPU Release 1.04 Date February 24, 2005 Sound Release 1.04 Date February 22, 2005 Changes from last release: - Fixed Food Fight background display effect to show the correct value. - Fixed the ocasional 3-Ball Stugots. It should only be 2 balls. - Fixed Add-A-Ball from the fish if balls are locked in Underboss. It will not try to Add-A-Ball if there are none to add. - Changed start episode to use the HBO SFX - Restart underboss from the fish during grace now works. - The Advance Boss lamps are now not re-initalized untill the end of boss. - Jackpot will not grow from the drop target unless you are in Stugots. - Orbit power gates will now only open during episodes if the player is shooting an orbit and the episode is giving an award. - Increased the pause slightly of the dancers' motor before starting them again in an effort to make sure they are stopped before restarting in potentialy a new direction. - Underboss now ends if you are down to 1 ball during the timer and you have no balls locked. - Changed Pork Store to give away Extra Ball less often if the player is high on the rank ladder. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CPU Release 1.03 Sound Release 1.00 Display Release 1.00 Date February 22, 2005 Changes from last release: - Fixed stugots from ending when underboss goes to 1 ball. - Fixed the satisfaction background lamp effect. It was going too slow. - The powered gates will now open in test when the orbits are activated. - Reduced the time that super skill shot is active to be more challenging. - Increased the display priority for start party at the Bing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CPU Release 1.02 Sound Release 1.02 Date February 21, 2005 Changes from last release: - The G.I. will no longer turn off during episode lamp effects. - The super skill shot: safe will no longer award a full safe explosion. - Bump-N-Win value is based on 10M now. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CPU Release 1.01 Sound Release 1.01 Date February 19, 2005 Changes from last release: - Fixed Ball search. It was restarting because the safe would sometimes score. - Changed The Main play tune and how the tune sounds comming back from other tunes or on balls other than ball one. - Changed Ball saver to 8 seconds for all countries except France. Changed France ball saver time to zero seconds. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CPU Release 1.00 Display Release 1.00 Sound Release 1.00 Date February 18, 2005 Initial release into production. -- Provided by Action Pinball & Amusement, LLC www.actionpinball.com End of Document