Lightning

1 Introduction

Date Of Manufacture: March, 1981

Production: 2,350 units (confirmed)

Theme: Fantasy - Norse God of Lightning

Notable Features: Flippers (4), Slingshots (4), Standup targets (9), 3-bank drop targets (3), Kick-out holes (2), Spinning target (1), Rollunder (1), Horseshoe lane. Has speech. Split-level playfield with 2 ramps. 2 and 3 ball multi-ball. Up to 4x all playfield values after achieving multi-ball. Has a timed ball when a certain score is reached. No pop bumpers. A one-way gate at the top of each ramp prevents balls in upper playfield from draining back down the ramps. Digital display on playfield counts down bonus time and alternately displays bonus earned (up to 99,000 points).

2 Technical Info

Type: Solid State Electronic (SS)

A1 Displays: 1x DA-100 (6-digits) and 4x DA-300 (7-digits)

A2 Power Module: TA-100

A3 Solenoid Driver Module: SDU-100

A4 MPU Module: M-200

A5 Lamp Driver Module: LDU-100

A6 Sound Board: SB-300

3 Charts

3.1 Fuse Listing

Rectifier Board TA-100
F1	6.5V Switched illumination	10A, 250V
F2	230V Display power input	0.75A, 250V
F3	5V Unregulated input	4A, 250V
F4	43V Solenoids	7A, 250V
F5	6.5V General illumination	20A, 250V
F6	Main fuse	3A, 250V, SB
Sol. Dr./Volt. Reg. SDU-100
F1 (if present)	190V Display power output	0.25A, 250V
Under the Playfield fuses
F1	Playfield Solenoids	1A, 250V, SB

3.2 Lamp Chart

SCR	conn.	lamp description	wire color	tr type
Q15	A5J2-23	Advance Bonus Multiplier	Orn-Blu	MCR-106
Q40	A5J2-9/J3-22	Advance Playfield Multiplier (Left)	Grn-Orn	MCR-106
Q23	A5J2-8/J1-4	Advance Playfield Multiplier (Right)	Blk-Red	MCR-106
Q51	A5J3-15	Bonus Multiplier 1X	Wht-Blu	2N5060
Q08	A5J1-23	Bonus Multiplier 2X	Blu-Wht	MCR-106
Q35	A5J1-3	Bonus Multiplier 3X	Red-Grn	MCR-106
Q49	A5J3-17	Bonus Multiplier 4X	Yel-Blu	MCR-106
Q54	A5J3-11	Bonus Multiplier 5X	Wht	MCR-106
Q33	A5J2-11	Game Over	Gry-Wht	MCR-106
Q16	A5J2-22	High Score to Date	Gry-Orn	MCR-106
Q46	A5J3-18	Left Drop Target Bank Complete	Red-Blu	2N5060
Q24	A5J1-5	Left Drop Target Bank Extra Ball	Pur-Wht	MCR-106
Q02	A5J1-25	Left Drop Target Bank Lamp	Blk-Blu	MCR-106
Q20	A5J1-13	Left Drop Target Bank Special	Wht-Blu	2N5060
Q45	A5J2-1	Match	Gry-Yel	2N5060
Q41	A5J3-20	Middle Drop Target Bank Complete	Wht-Orn	MCR-106
Q01	A5J1-24	Middle Drop Target Bank Extra Ball	Brn-Blu	MCR-106
Q56	A5J3-10	Middle Drop Target Bank Lamp	Gry-Blk	MCR-106
Q25	A5J1-6	Middle Drop Target Bank Special	Brn-Red	2N5060
Q05	A5J2-16	Play Multiplier 1X	Blk	2N5060
Q18	A5J2-20	Play Multiplier 2X	Orn	2N5060
Q30	A5J2-6	Play Multiplier 3X	Yel	2N5060
Q43	A5J2-7	Play Multiplier 4X	Blu-Wht	2N5060
Q21	A5J1-12/J2-12	Return Lane Left Bottom	Wht-Red	2N5060
Q53	A5J2-3	Return Lane Left Top	Blk-Wht	2N5060
Q07	A5J1-27/J2-13	Return Lane Right Bottom	Gry-Grn	2N5060
Q39	A5J2-4/J3-24	Return Lane Right Top	Pur-Blu	2N5060
Q03	A5J1-26/J2-21	Shoot Again (Playfield / Backglass)	Gry-Red	MCR-106
Q52	A5J2-5/J3-13	Spinner	Blk-Yel	2N5060
Q55	A5J3-9	Target 1	Blk-Red	MCR-106
Q10	A5J1-15	Target 2	Gry-Yel	MCR-106
Q22	A5J1-10	Target 3	Gry-Blu	MCR-106
Q37	A5J3-23	Target 4	Gry-Wht	2N5060
Q60	A5J3-3	Target 5	Wht-Blu	2N5060
Q11	A5J1-16	Target 6	Blk	2N5060
Q26	A5J1-7	Target 7	Yel-Grn	2N5060
Q32	A5J3-27	Target 8	Orn-Wht	2N5060
Q59	A5J3-4	Target 9	Red-Wht	2N5060
Q47	A5J2-10	Tilt	Gry-Blu	MCR-106
Q17	A5J1-11	Top Drop Target Bank Complete	Blk-Orn	MCR-106
Q58	A5J3-2	Top Drop Target Bank Extra Ball	Blu-Orn	2N5060
Q42	A5J3-21	Top Drop Target Bank Lamp	Grn-Blk	MCR-106
Q04	A5J1-28	Top Drop Target Bank Special	Blk-Wht	2N5060
Q29	A5J1-1			2N5060
Q09	A5J1-14			MCR-106
Q13	A5J1-17			2N5060
Q14	A5J1-18			2N5060
Q12	A5J1-19			2N5060
Q34	A5J1-2			MCR-106
Q28	A5J1-8			2N5060
Q27	A5J1-9			2N5060
Q06	A5J2-14			2N5060
Q19	A5J2-15			2N5060
Q31	A5J2-2			2N5060
Q57	A5J3-1			2N5060
Q50	A5J3-12			2N5060
Q48	A5J3-16			MCR-106
Q44	A5J3-19			2N5060
Q38	A5J3-25			2N5060
Q36	A5J3-26			2N5060

3.3 Solenoids

Sol. No	Solenoid description	Solenoid Type	Wire Color	Connector	Driver Transistor	Solenoid Coil Type
1	Right Slingshot (Bottom)	Momentary	Grn-Blk	A3J2-9, J1-2	Q1	J-26-1500
2	Right Slingshot (Top)	Momentary	Grn-Blu	A3J2-4, J1-3	Q2	J-26-1600
3	Knocker	Momentary	Grn-Blk	A3J2-5, J3-4	Q3	N-26-1200
4	Outhole Reflex	Momentary	Blk-Blu	A3J1-5	Q4	J-28-2300
5	Left Slingshot (Top)	Momentary	Grn-Yel	A3J2-10	Q5	J-26-1600
6	Left Slingshot (Bottom)	Momentary	Grn-Red	A3J2-11	Q6	J-26-1500
7	Top Drop Target Bank Reset	Momentary	Grn-Yel	A3J2-12	Q7	B-27-2300
8	Turn Style (Ball Release)	Momentary	Blk-Orn	A3J5-10	Q8	J-28-2300
9	Trap Left	Momentary	Red-Blk	A3J5-9	Q9	J-28-2300
10	Trap Right	Momentary	Orn-Wht	A3J5-15	Q10	J-28-2300
11		Momentary	Orn-Blk	A3J5-14	Q11
12		Momentary	Orn-Grn	A3J5-13	Q12
13	Middle Drop Target Bank Reset	Momentary	Blk-Yel	A3J5-12	Q13	B-27-2300
14	Left Drop Target Bank Reset	Momentary	Blk-Grn	A3J5-11	Q14	B-27-2300
15	Flipper enabling relay	Continuous	--	--	Q15	48V Relay
16		Momentary	Grn-Wht	A3J5-8, J2-6, J3-7,	Q16
17	Bonus/Timer Board	Continuous	Orn-Red	A3J5-7	Q17	Playfield Display
18		Continuous	Red-Wht	A3J2-15, J5-3, J3-9	Q18
19		Continuous	Yel-Wht	A3J2-8	Q19
	Flipper Circuits	Power Wire	Flipper Coil Wire	Flipper Button Wire		Coil
	Lower Left Flipper	Blu-Wht	Grn A3J1-8	Blu A3J2-2		J-25-475/34-4500
	Lower Right Flipper	Blu-Wht	Orn A3J1-9	Red A3J2-1		J-25-475/34-4500
	Upper Left Flipper	Blu-Wht	Grn A3J1-8	via lower flipper EOS		J-25-475/34-4500
	Upper Right Flipper	Blu-Wht	Orn A3J1-9	via lower flipper EOS		J-25-475/34-4500

3.4 Switch Matrix

			Strobe 0	Strobe 1	Strobe 2	Strobe 3	Strobe 4
	to Playfield	--	A4J2-1 Wht-Red	A4J2-2 Brn-Wht	A4J2-3 Wht-Blu	A4J2-4 Wht-Yel	A4J2-5 Yel-Red
	--	to Cabinet	A4J3-2 Red-Yel	A4J3-3 (not used)
Return I-0	A4J2-8 Brn	A4J3-9 Red-Wht	1 Coin Chute I (Left)	9 Right Return Lane Bottom	17 Right Return Lane Top	25 Target #8	33 Out 3 (Closest to Lane)
Return I-1	A4J2-9 Gry	A4J3-10 Brn-Wht	2 Coin Chute II (Center)	10 Left Return Lane Bottom	18 Left Return Lane Top	26 Target #7	34 Out 2 (Middle)
Return I-2	A4J2-10 Wht-Orn	A4J3-11 Blu	3 Coin Chute III (Right)	11 Loop	19 Middle Drop Target Bank (Right)	27 Target #6	35 Out 3 (Left)
Return I-3	A4J2-11 Wht-Blk		4 Outhole Reflex	12 Left & Right Outlanes Bottom	20 Middle Drop Target Bank (Middle)	28 Target #5	36 Trap 2 (Right)
Return I-4	A4J2-12 Wht-Grn		5 Spinner	13 Bottom Left Slingshot	21 Middle Drop Target Bank (Left)	29 Target #4	37 Trap 1 (Left)
Return I-5	A4J2-13 Wht-Brn	A4J3-14 Blu-Wht	6 Credit Button	14 Top Left Slingshot	22 Top Drop Target Bank (Right)	30 Target #3	38 Left Drop Target Bank (Right)
Return I-6	A4J2-14 Brn-Yel	A4J3-15 Blu-Orn	7 Tilt	15 Bottom Right Slingshot	23 Top Drop Target Bank (Middle)	31 Target #2	39 Left Drop Target Bank (Middle)
Return I-7	A4J2-15 Orn	A4J3-16 Yel	8 Target #9	16 Top Right Slingshot	24 Top Drop Target Bank (Left)	32 Target #1	40 Left Drop Target Bank (Left)

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