Ripley's Believe it or Not!

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Stern Whitestar II

Main CPU : Motorola M6809 (@ 2 MHz)
Sound CPU : Atmel AT91 (@ 40 MHz)
Display CPU : Motorola M6809 (@ 4 MHz)
Sound chip : DMA-driven DAC

CPU Release : 1.00
- Initial Release.

CPU Release : 1.01
Date : March 24, 2004
- Fixed diagnostics, especially sound and knocker test
- Improved game speech in many places.
- Fixed 'go backwards' in Australia and South America
- Left orbit now lights the temple gate
- Fixed lockup to handle balls that arrive during quick multiballs.
- Adjusted mode goals slightly.
- Fixed 'spinners at max' award from Bozo.
- Added DOUBLE JACKPOTS to some Believe It Or Not! awards
- Fixed status report
- Some improvments to display choreography and sequencing.

CPU Release : 2.00
Date : March 25, 2004
- Improved lamp displays, especially around temple awards.
- Added time-delayed clear kick from lock at game over.
- Major improvements to the final mode, Atlantis.
- Added some overload protection to the idol magnet.
- Made ramp rollunder switches more sensitive.
- Fixed some Believe It Or Not! award choreography.

CPU Release : 2.01
Date : April 02, 2004
- Changed points for EB/Special given in tournament.
- Fixed ticket dispenser operation.
- Fixed jackpot scoring in ripoff.
- Fixed locks to handle missing balls properly in tilt situations.
- Fixed ? award to correctly reset itself after award.
- Fixed million plus to avoid abuse in mulitball.
- Fixed choreography at multiball start to sync video/sound.
- Fixed eb/special calls for tournament play points.
- Fixed some main Multiball jackpot choreography.

CPU Release : 2.03
Date : April 07, 2004
- Improved compensation for broken Shrunken Head and Idol devices.
- Fixed glitch in score auditing table.
- Added broken device reporting for the scoop and VUK.
- Slight choreography improvements.
- Fixed outlane sounds in multiball.

CPU Release : 2.04
Date : April 08, 2004
- Fixed ticket dispensing for Chuck E. Cheese games.
- More improvement to broken magnet compensation.
- Made idol extra ball slightly easier to get.
- Lowered range of possible Bump 'n' Win scores.

CPU Release : 3.00
Date : April 16, 2004
- Modified Bump 'n' Win score computation to be in the correct range given current tournament scores. Also improved selection logic to make the game more appealing to casual players.
- Fixed pulse handling for $5 bill acceptors.
- Added more extended features for expert players.
- Fixed TEAM SCORES display for 4 players.
- Fixed extra ball scoring display for tournament play.
- Some improvements to display and sound choreography.
- More improvements to broken magnet and idol compensation.

CPU Release : 3.01
Date : May 03, 2004
- More improvements to Bump 'n' Win score selection.
- Fixed some Bozo choreography that was confusing.
- Fixed some screens in Instant Info to show proper information.
- Made some improvements to playfield lamp effects.
- Fixed Temple LEDs to show attract mode properly at game over.
- Made specials stack on outlanes when more than 2 are lit.

CPU Release : 3.02
Date : September 15, 2004
- New flipper drivers to increase flipper coil longevity. This was not a problem with Ripley but was done to be consistent with other Stern software releases.
- Fixed false broken switch reports on some switches.
- Improved compensation for a broken left ramp or left ramp make switch.
- Improved rules for Idol to keep the idol lit longer after pops.
- Added code to pop bumpers to prevent the looping ball situation on early production games.
- Fixed 'Idol worth 1 million' bug in South America mode.
- Fixed bug when Feature Adjustment #13 was set too high.
- Improved speech and lamp effects in some places.
- Fixed some speech conflicts at the end of continent modes.

CPU Release : 3.20
Date : February 22, 2005
- Fixed lock and eject devices to work properly with the Coil Power setting.

Game's ROM.