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Hardware info

• Main CPU: Motorola 6809 at 2 MHz, 8KB of RAM, and between 128KB and 1MB of EPROM for the game program.
• Sound CPU: Motorola 6809 (Pre-DCS), Analog Devices ADSP2105 (DCS)
• Sound chips (Pre-DCS): Yamaha YM2151, DAC, Harris HC55536 CVSD
• Operating system: APPLE OS (created by Williams, not related to the company Apple, but “Advanced Pinball Programming Logic Executive”)

Variations

There are six vari­a­tions of the WPC hard­ware. The orig­i­nal ver­sion is some­times re­ferred to as WPC-89. The WPC MPU re­mained the same through all gen­er­a­tion up to the ad­di­tion of the se­cu­rity chip in WPC-S, and then the sub­se­quent WPC-95 board. The vari­a­tions are as fol­lows:

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WPC (Alphanumeric)

• FunHouse – September 1990
• Harley-Davidson – February 1991
• The Machine: Bride of Pin·Bot – February 1991

Some Dr. Dude ma­chines were also made using this WPC gen­er­a­tion, al­though most were made using the later Sys­tem 11 board.

WPC (Dot Matrix)

• Gilligan’s Island – May 1991
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day – July 1991
• Hurricane – August 1991
• The Party Zone – August 1991

Ter­mi­na­tor 2: Judg­ment Day was the first to be de­signed with a dot ma­trix dis­play, but was re­leased after Gilli­gan’s Island, due to Ter­mi­na­tor 2 hav­ing a longer de­vel­op­ment time than Gilli­gan’s Island.  Hot Shot Basketball) as well as in the first Shuf­fle Alley Game Strike Mas­ter Shuf­fle Alley – 1991.

Twilight Zone was designed to be the first pinball machine to use the new DCS system, but due to delays of the new hardware design it was decided to release it on the old hardware (using downsampled sound effects) instead. The redemption game Addams Family Values also used the DCS Sound System.

This pinball machine comes with a 1 year parts warranty. All parts that are faulty will be replaced. Often we can solve any problems over the phone and supply any necessary components for the customer to fit. If necessary our specialist repairer can visit your home to inspect and repair your machine on-site, but this would be chargeable. Please call us for a call-out quotation. If parts are required which are not carried at the time these will need to be ordered for you.

After our 1 year warranty has expired we will continue to offer you complete support for any problems you have, either over the phone or by email,therefore we can provide a chargeable engineer call out should it be required. Whatever happens, we will be able to look after you and your pinball machine.

Availability:

Our pinball machines are available from stock and usually take 2 to 4 weeks to be reconditioned and to be taken through our 26-point check. Sometimes this can be turned around in a quicker time frame; at other times it can take a little longer, especially if any parts are needed. You should then allow 7 to 10 working days for your pinball machine to be delivered, depending upon location and customer availability.

Please note that our classic pinballs tend to sell very quickly, so please call us before visiting the showroom to check we still have this particular model available.