Joust unable to input initials for high score

mjenison

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Hi all,

Just recording this issue for posterity since I ran across it this evening.

Just got my sound board back from repair and was testing a Joust set and, while I was able to play and hear the game just fine, when I got a high score, I was unable to enter the initials. Which, I thought was weird, since left, right and flap for both players worked fine during the game.

Putting it in test mode, I found that the left coin was stuck on. All other inputs worked as expected. Fixing the stuck switch allowed the initials entry to work again. Must be something in the code that jumps past the joystick input checks if the coin inputs are triggered.
 
I just had this exact issue, it ended up being a bad 6821 PIA on the widget board. worked fine in game mode, but wouldn't let you enter initials.
 
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