ColorDMD - The Doctor is in!

[mwong168]

The Doctor Is In... and an Update on ColorDMD!

ColorDMD Displays is excited to announce multicolor support for Doctor Who pinball machines! Doctor Who is the 12th supported title for the ColorDMD platform*, and second game colored through community involvement!

Doctor Who was colored by Mark Jarzewiak, a member of the Northern Georgia Pinball League, and an active member of the Pinside and P-ROC forums. Mark joined the ColorDMD Developer Group in late 2013, and has done an outstanding job to bring the Doctor to life. We're excited to share his work with you!

Just as the Doctor's appearance changed with his 12th incarnation this year, Game 12 is a fitting position to alter the look of the game! A video trailer for the new ColorDMD display will be released on Monday, August 4th and the multicolor ROM will be available for download from our website by Friday, August 8th.

The ColorDMD Developer Group was formed to encourage participation by the pinball community, increase the rate at which games are colored, and extend the effort to color titles that might not otherwise be reached. The Developer Group has grown to seven developers and there are currently nine active projects at various stages of completion!

While support of the Developer Group does draw some time away from our own projects, we believe this is the right investment, both for the success of ColorDMD and for the benefit of the pinball community. If you're still wondering "Where's [insert game of choice]!?!"... Rest assured, "we have top men working on it."

Thanks for your continued support, and please join us in congratulating Mark on a job well done!

Randy and Chris, ColorDMD Displays

*Due to the size of the LCD panel, installation of a ColorDMD display in Doctor Who will require removal (or modification) of the lamp board that lights the Doctors faces on the speaker panel.

 

[Vengeance]

Wonder what that modification is.

The doctors on the speaker panel are kind of a big deal, and yea you can select them via the PF as well as on the DMD, but it's nice to have that easy visual up on the speaker panel to know exactly which ones are currently selected.

 

[mwong168]

Wonder what that modification is.

The doctors on the speaker panel are kind of a big deal, and yea you can select them via the PF as well as on the DMD, but it's nice to have that easy visual up on the speaker panel to know exactly which ones are currently selected.

You can not fit the factory light board on TAF or DW once you install the LCD screen because of the #555 wedge sockets and IDC board connector. You can do away with the light board as I believe the ColorDMD software will still light up the inserts on the speaker panel except it will not be as bright or intense as an incandescent or LED bulb.

Here is the write up on the modification:
http://www.colordmd.com/Light%20Board%2 ... d%20DW.pdf

 

[Menace]

Yep, TAF has the exact same issue. The ColorDMD does a piss poor job of lighting these up as it just doesn't have the output to do it, so the DIY LED conversion Mike posted works great.

D

 

[Chris Bardon]

Seems like an odd choice, but if they have more people colorizing games, then that could very well accelerate the pace. Really surprised that we haven't seen IJ or TZ yet.

 

[Grauwulf]

It's probably going to be a lot like how CPR works. If someone does the art, they will produce it. That's why we've seen some uncommon stuff from CPR, it's been whatever the artist's pet project has been. The same thing is likely at play here.

 

[dos.reboot]

Really surprised that we haven't seen IJ or TZ yet.

Me too! But if you read the press release they hint at what the next machine is. Wonder if the IJ jackpot light mod could be incorporated the same way the doctors are here.

 

[mwong168]

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