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Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice

Latest Version: v2026.10.28
  • FEATURE – Added Spooky Specters player profiles. Press the action button during attract mode to open Spooky Specters, then press it at ball start to Summon your Specter.
  • FEATURE – Added profile achievements with unlockable avatars, frames, score bars, badges, and rank titles. Completed achievements display a popup and fire the knocker.
  • FEATURE – Added badges for games played, time played, lifetime points, completed Beetlejuice, Sandworm, and Juno modes, multiplayer wins, Now Serving advances, and lost souls returned. Each badge has five tiers: flat, bronze, silver, gold, and holographic.
  • FEATURE – New rank titles can be awarded every 10 levels.
  • FEATURE – Added a Specter inspect screen with profile stats, badge pages, and a scrolling achievement list. Locked rewards show their required achievement. Press the action button to change achievement sorting.
  • FEATURE – High scores now display profile avatars. Players using a Specter skip initials entry.
  • MENU – Added SYSTEM SETTINGS > SPOOKY SPECTERS with ENABLED, DISABLED, and FREEPLAY ONLY options. ENABLED is the default.
  • MENU – Added PROFILE MENU MUSIC and PROFILE MENU SFX settings.
  • MENU – Added a PROFILES service menu page to delete Specters or save them to USB.
  • FEATURE – Fly Swat now ends with a spider gobbling up the fly when time expires.
  • FEATURE – Updated tilt warning text.
  • FEATURE – Tournament Mode disables extra balls and reduces randomness.
  • FEATURE – Minor improvements to Inferno Room.
  • BUG FIX – Improved coin door button handling.
  • BUG FIX – Improved save reliability for scores, settings, and audits.
  • BUG FIX – Adjusted mystery scoop eject power.
  • BUG FIX – Fixed an issue when canceling a game at ball end.
  • BUG FIX – Other minor fixes.

Previous Versions

v2026.09.15
  • NEW MODE – Hungry Hungry Sandworms.
  • FEATURE – Multiple improvements to Strange & Unusual.
  • BUG FIX – Improved trough behavior after a failed eject.
  • BUG FIX – Improved recovery from a drop target knockdown failure.

v2026.07.20
  • NEW MODE – Inferno Room.
  • FEATURE – Added Vanity Awards to the game.
  • FEATURE – Added many new Spooky Speak features.
  • FEATURE – Added many new lightshows, including support for the Deadring.
  • FEATURE – Skillshot difficulty now only advances after successfully completing the previous Skillshot. Successfully completing future Skillshots now also awards a +1x score multiplier.
  • FEATURE – Increased Sandworm Battle scoring.
  • FEATURE – Removed the upper limit on the number of hits allowed during Head Shrink Phase 2.
  • FEATURE – Increased the Lost Soul playfield multiplier timer.
  • MENU – Added Spooky Speak voice training to the menu.

v2026.06.11
  • FEATURE – New Mode: Head Shrink.
  • FEATURE – Added new instructional callouts from four different voice actors. These are enabled by default, with menu settings available for adjustment.
  • FEATURE – Sandworm health now resumes from its previous level after a failed attempt.
  • FEATURE – Added an optional Sandworm “stunned” movement animation. This feature is disabled by default and can be enabled in the menu.
  • FEATURE – Added a new ending video for Beetlesnake.
  • FEATURE – Added new speaker and topper lighting patterns throughout the game.
  • FEATURE – Mystery Scoop now advances progress toward the Mystery Award.
  • MENU – Sandworm and target bank now move to the raised position during Switch Test.
  • MENU – Added a setting to clear credits after a reset.
  • MENU – Added a setting to cap the maximum number of Magnet Saves.
  • MENU – Added options to disable select gameplay features.
  • BUG FIX – Bridge servo now cycles at the start of each ball to prevent it from becoming stuck in the raised position.
  • BUG FIX – Fixed an issue where the game would not credit up properly on the “Say My Name” screen.
  • BUG FIX – Fixed an issue where Spooky Speak could remain active during Attract Mode.
  • BUG FIX – Fixed an issue where Showtime Multiball could remain permanently qualified.
  • BUG FIX – Fixed an issue where text could overlap when multiple features were qualified in rapid succession.

v2026.04.10
  • FEATURE – New Mode: Singing In The Stairwell. Complete two modes or start four modes to light this new sub-wizard mode.
  • FEATURE – Selected modes can now be locked or unlocked using the Launch Button.
  • FEATURE – “Jump In The Line” added to Attract Mode.
  • FEATURE – General illumination and lightshow adjustments.
  • MENU – Clearing audits now refreshes the menu page immediately.
  • MENU – Credit cap increased.
  • MENU – Maximum extra balls setting added to System Settings.

v2026.03.16
  • FEATURE – New Beetlejuice Mode: Grave Dig
  • FEATURE – New Beetlejuice Mode: ‘Til Death
  • FEATURE – Right outlane switch now raises the diverter. This is a menu setting.
  • FEATURE – Catherine O’Hare tribute added to attract mode. This is a menu setting.
  • FEATURE – Scoop ejects increase power after failed attempts
  • FEATURE – Charades mode made easier by allowing multiple attempts to find a “match”.
  • FEATURE – Added new video assets to the Soul Scoops
  • FEATURE – Changed end of ball sound effects.
  • MENU – Some ball save settings turned off by default.
  • MENU – Menu setting to allow maximum settings per game.
  • MENU – Added additional characters to the Network Password
  • MENU – Network password interface improved.
  • SPOOKY SPEAK – Added the ability to play actions multiple times.
  • BUG FIX – Tweaked debounce settings to better handle pulses from Dollar Bill Validators.
  • BUG FIX – Spooky Speak activation for “Take My Picture” could cause a loop.
  • BUG FIX – Fixed some audio overlap with Ghosts In Sheets
  • BUG FIX – Gameplay audits were not tallying correctly
  • BUG FIX – Slingshot debounce settings tweaked.

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