Mephisto
 |
1 Introduction
This pinball machine was manufactured in 1987 by a Spanish company, Universal de Desarrollos Electronics, S.A. Their various trade names were Unidesa/Cirsa/Stargame.
It is horror-themed and has both 2 and 3-ball multiball.
The boardset is unique and the playfield parts are as well.
The manual for the game is in Spanish. The available scans of the manual available on the internet (see the manual on IPDB) are not good quality and there are some mistakes (to be pointed out below).
2 Technical Info
There are 4 major boards that are used in this game:
- Power Feed Board (Carta Alimentacion)
- Solenoid Driver Board (Carta Potencia)
- CPU Board (Carta Control)
- Sound Board (Carta Sonido)
The game used LED displays and there are 4 displays for the players and a credit/match display. As a result, there is not high voltage generation in the machine.
3 Charts
3.1 Lamp Chart
3.2 Solenoids
| Sol. No | Solenoid description | Connector | Wire Color | Coil/Flasher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not used | |||
| 2 | Top Pop Bumper | J11-3 | Yel-Vio | Coil 1000/45 |
| 3 | Right Pop Bumper | J11-2 | Yel-Vio | Coil 1000/45 |
| 4 | Bottom Pop Bumper | J11-5 | Yel-Vio | Coil 1000/45 |
| 5 | not used | |||
| 6 | not used | |||
| 7 | not used | |||
| 8 | Left Eject Hole | J12-7 | Wht-Gry | Coil 1300/26 |
| 9 | Center Eject Hole | J12-6 | Red-Grn | Coil 1300/26 |
| 10 | Diverter Release | J12-3 | Yel-Blk | Coil 1400/20 |
| 11 | Ramp Diverter | J12-2 | Brn-Vio | Coil 1300/26 |
| 12 | 3-bank Drop Target Reset | J12-4 | Brn-Yel | Coil 1450/50 |
| 13 | Single Drop Target Reset | J12-5 | Grn-Blk | Coil 1200/40 |
| 14 | Trough Eject | J12-10 | Red-Blk | Coil 1300/26 |
| 15 | Right Eject Hole | J12-9 | Brn-Grn | Coil 1300/26 |
| 16 | Flasher (skull) | J13-8 | Brn-Red | Flasher 12v 3w (2x) |
| 17 | Flasher (top left) | J13-6 | Red-Yel | Flasher 12v 15w (1x) |
| 18 | Flasher (eyes on BG) | J13-3 | Vio-Blu | Flasher 12v 15w (2x) |
| 19 | Flasher (bat) | J13-2 | Red-Blu | Flasher 12v 15w (3x) |
| 20 | Flasher (sun on BG) | J13-4 | Grn-Red | Flasher 12v 15w (2x) |
| 21 | Flasher (top right) | J13-5 | Wht-Blu | Flasher 12v 15w (1x) |
| 22 | Knocker | J13-10 | Wht-Grn | Coil 1000/35 |
| 23 | Gate | J13-9 | Yel-Red | Coil 4000/16 |
3.3 Switch Matrix
3.4 Connection Charts
The following charts show the connections on each of the boards.
3.4.1 Power Feed Board
| Conn-Pin | Purpose | Wire Color | To/From |
|---|---|---|---|
| J25-1 | GND 9.3VAC | Wht | From Transformer |
| J25-2 | |||
| J25-3 | 9.3VAC | Wht-Blk | From Transformer |
| J25-4 | |||
| J25-5 | |||
| J25-6 | 9.3VAC | Wht-Blk | From Transformer |
| J25-7 | |||
| J25-8 | 16VAC | Grn-Wht | From Transformer |
| J25-9 | |||
| J25-10 | GND 16VAC | Yel-Red | From Transformer |
| Conn-Pin | Purpose | Wire Color | To/From |
|---|---|---|---|
| J26-1 | 16VAC (audio) | Wht-Vio | From Transformer |
| J26-2 | GND 16VAC (audio) | Gry | From Transformer |
| J26-3 | Earth GND | Yel-Grn | From Transformer |
| J26-4 | GND 50VAC (coils) | Blk-Wht | From Transformer |
| J26-5 | |||
| J26-6 | 50VAC | Red | From Transformer |
| J26-7 | |||
| J26-8 | KEY | ||
| J26-9 | 50VAC (flippers | Yel | From Transformer |
| J26-10 |
more t.b.s.
3.4.2 Solenoid Driver Board
t.b.s.
3.4.3 CPU Board
t.b.s.
3.4.4 Sound Board
t.b.s.
Return to Unidesa/Cirsa/Stargame page.