Bally 6803

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1 Introduction

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Bally 6803 Board Set


2 Games

Game Title Game Number Sound Displays Keypad Used Notes
Eight Ball Champ 0B38 Squawk & Talk 4 7-Digit / 1 6-Digit Yes
Beat the Clock 0C70 Squawk & Talk 4 7-Digit / 1 6-Digit Assumed Yes
Lady Luck 0E34 Cheap Squeak 4 7-Digit / 1 6-Digit Assumed Yes
Motordome 0E14 T. C. S. 2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric Yes
Black Belt 0E52 T. C. S. 2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric Assumed Yes
Special Force 0E47 Sounds Deluxe 2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric Yes
Strange Science 0E35 T. C. S. 2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric Yes
City Slicker 0E79 T. C. S. 2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric Yes
Hardbody 0E94 T. C. S. 2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric Yes
Party Animal 0H01 Sounds Deluxe 2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric Assumed Yes
Heavy Metal Meltdown OH03 Sounds Deluxe 2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric Assumed Yes
Dungeons & Dragons 0H06 Sounds Deluxe 2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric Yes
Escape from the Lost World 0H05 Sounds Deluxe 2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric No
Blackwater 100 0H07 Sounds Deluxe 2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric Assumed No
Truck Stop 2001 D-11581-2001 2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric No Uses a sound interface board to process signals for sound board
Atlantis 2006 D-11581-2006 2 "Special" 14-Alphnumeric No Uses a sound interface board to process signals for sound board

Game model numbers provided by the Internet Pinball Database - http://www.ipdb.org

3 Technical Info

3.1 CPU Board

3.1.1 CPU Board ROM Info and Jumper Settings

Game U2 U3 Jumpers
Eight Ball Champ Not Used 0838-00803-0005 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
Beat the Clock Not Used 0C70-00803-0005 2, 4, 6, 9, 10
Lady Luck Not Used 0E34-00803-0005 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
Motor Dome E14A-42AAE-BX40 E14A-42AAE-CX4D 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
Black Belt 0E52-00803-0001 0E52-00803-0002 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
Special Force 0E47-00803-0004 0E47-00803-0005 2, 4, 6, 9, 10
Strange Science 0E35-00803-0001 0E35-00803-0002 2, 4, 6, 9, 10
City Slicker 0E79-00803-0002 0E79-00803-0003 2, 4, 6, 9, 10
Hard Body E94A-12601-0000 E94A-12602-0000 2, 4, 6, 9, 10
Party Animal H01A-12601-0000 H01A-12602-0000 2, 4, 6, 9, 10
Heavy Metal Meltdown H03A-12601-0000 H03A-12602-0000 2, 4, 6, 9, 10
Dungeons & Dragons H06A-12601-0000 H06A-12602-0000 2, 4, 6, 9, 10
Escape from the Lost World H05A-12601-0000 H05A-12602-0000 2, 4, 6, 8, 10
Blackwater 100 H07A-12601-0000 H07A-12602-0000 2, 4, 6, 9, 10
Truck Stop H08A-12601-0000 H08A-12602-0000 2, 4, 6, 9, 10
Atlantis 2006-12601-0000 2006-12602-0000 2, 4, 6, 9, 10

3.2 Sound Boards

3.2.1 Squawk & Talk

Bally Squawk & Talk Sound Board


3.2.2 Cheap Squeak

Bally Cheap Squeak Sound Board


3.2.3 Turbo Cheap Squeak (T.C.S.)

Placeholder for Bally Turbo Cheap Squeak (T.C.S.) Sound Board


3.2.4 Sounds Deluxe

Place holder for Bally Sounds Deluxe Sound Board




This sound board has a common problem with DAC failure. AD7533 chip is easy and inexpensive to replace. You can prevent failure by removing C12 (47 uf) capacitor. It seems to have no adverse affect but prevents a voltage condition on power down that can destroy the DAC.

The LED with flash a check sequence on power up. 6 Flashes ROMS and RAM are OK.

3.3 Accessing Bookkeeping, Settings, and Diagnostics

Placeholder for 6803 coin door test button


3.3.1 6803 Keypad

Placeholder for the beloved 6803 keypad


4 Problems and Fixes

4.1 Power Driver Issues

This may not apply to some, as MPU might have been part of it.

4.2 MPU Issues

4.3 Power Supply Issues

4.4 Display Driver Board

Possibly doesn't apply to some, can't think of an example.

4.5 Coins Register But Don't Credit Up

This is commonly seen on VPinMAME emulation, but applies to real life as well.

Coins drop OK, switch is good, game makes noise, but it remains on "Credits 0" and doesn't credit up.

Symptom is corrupted/blank NVRAM.

To fix, open coin door (make sure coin door switch is working, otherwise the keypad won't work), then do these steps:

Hit "Test", to enter operator mode.

Hit "A" until "Feature Options" is displayed.

Hit Enter.

It will say "Reset Factory Is".

Hit 6, then 5, then Enter.

Hit "Game" to return to attract mode. You'll know it worked because it will take longer than usual to reach attract mode, and the display will flicker slightly as the computer clears the memory (this is normal).

Intuitive and easy to remember, right? And Bally had the nerve to advertise "manual-free testing"....

5 Game Specific Problems and Fixes

Example would be servo controller on Independence Day pinball

6 Repair Logs

Did you do a repair? Log it here as a possible solution for others.