Bubbles locks up kind of!

jerryme

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I am having a problem with my Williams Bubbles machine, it usually happens on some fairly high boards Last 2 times was screen 68 and 89. What happen both times is that I cleared all the brushes from the screen, right as the last one is going in the drain everything else freezes. At this point I can then wipe the entire screen clean with my bubble, I can erase the drain and the razor blades, I can erase everything in the sink! Any idea what can cause this!! Please help me out!! PEACE
 
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I am having a problem with my Williams Bubbles machine, it usually happens on some fairly high boards Last 2 times was screen 69 and 89. What happen both times is that I cleared all the brushes from the screen, right as the last one is going in the drain everything else freezes. At this point I can then wipe the entire screen clean with my bubble, I can erase the drain and the razor blades, I can erase everything in the sink! Any idea what can cause this!! Please help me out!! PEACE

Could be a bug in the game, not many people can get anywhere near that level.

You know anyone else with a Bubbles machine you can test it on? Maybe try it in MAME?

EDIT: How many extra lives do you have at that point, and what is your score?
 
My Clay Cowgill Multiwilliams does the same thing at super high levels!!

At level 68 score was around 680,000 at level 89 score was around 890,000
 
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That sounds like the stack overflow bug. Tim was working on it when Williams decided that they needed to downsize in order to sell out to Midway (The Great AMOA Massacre of 1983). He never finished it, so lurking in the Bubbles code is at least one significant unresolved bug that will cause Mayhem. Normally though it just usually resets in the middle of a game. :(

ken
 
That sucks if it is a bug in the game!! It only happens when I am really kickin' ass!!Probably not a problem many get to experience since they never make it to these screens!! My high score since I got my machine working again is 1.2 million+. I will record a game an put it on youtube! PEACE
 
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