Cyclone Problems - Auto Adding Players

neilhuse

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I'm a newb to Pinballs and bought a Cyclone for myself for Christmas. We have been having a great time playing the game today. I am noticing that under 'Free Play' the game will automatically add a 2nd and 3rd player even though we clearly start the game with only 1 player. In addition if we are playing 3 players, at the start of ball 2 the game will reset the game back to the start (0 score and act like it is the first ball). Any thoughts on what could be causing this? Thanks for your help!
 
It sounds like your start button is misaligned. It keeps starting the game over because it thinks you are still pressing the start button and after you get to ball 2, williams games normally will restart games. Check the switch and make sure the contacts are far enough away so that they aren't touching when the button isn't pressed.
 
Make sure the start button contacts aren't sticking closed, no metal shavings or anything shorting the points in that switch stack.

Then if there is a capacitor on those points, see if it is shorted.

Otherwise start digging for a short to the switch matrix causing the start button to fire. Could be a switch not wired right, reversed diode, or short to switch wiring.
LTG
 
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