Michael Jordan

Partial

Data East1992DATAEASTdata-east.michael-jordan.1992

OPDB IPDB data-east/michael-jordan-1992.mddata-east/michael-jordan-1992.json

Wire it up

what an authoring tool needs first
Bind this ROM
mj_130

1 ROM set resolve to this machine. Clones share the definition unless a hardware difference is listed.

Controller platform
pinmame.dataeast

PinMAME already reports logical active state. Do not invert again in the table — normally-closed is a physical fact recorded per switch, not a runtime transform.

Displays

No display inventory recorded yet.

Address space
Switches
17–55 (24)
Solenoids
8–32 (16)
Lamps
9–64 (51)

Coverage

Partial

Real evidence exists, but authoring requirements are still missing or in conflict. Verify before shipping a table.

Completion19%

Progress is derived from the fixed author-readiness requirements. It helps rank unfinished work, but only a 100% author-ready definition passes the publication gate.

Catalog Identity
validated
Address Enumeration
unknown
Semantic Naming
unknown
Physical Wiring
unknown
Mechanisms
unknown
Variant Coverage
candidate
Recreation Knowledge
unknown
Still missing · 13
Driver MappingInput EnumerationInput SemanticsOutput EnumerationOutput SemanticsDisplay InventoryMechanism InventoryMechanism BehaviorPolarityVariant DifferencesRecreation NotesProvenanceSpatial Placement

Switches

The addresses PinMAME reports as closed. Numbers are the public API values, not matrix hardware pins.

24 addresses

Switch map

Sequential addresses, grouped in columns of eight.

used unused
 
+0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7
1–8
9–16
17–24
25–32
33–40
41–48
49–56
Hover or tap an address to identify it.
24 shown
# Name Device ID Evidence
17
Sw17
switch.sw17 candidate
18
Sw18
switch.sw18 candidate
19
Sw19
switch.sw19 candidate
20
Sw20
switch.sw20 candidate
21
Sw21
switch.sw21 candidate
22
Sw22
switch.sw22 candidate
28
Sw28
switch.sw28 candidate
29
Sw29
switch.sw29 candidate
36
Left Sling Shot
switch.left-sling-shot candidate
37
Right Sling Shot
switch.right-sling-shot candidate
39
Sw39
switch.sw39 candidate
41
Sw41
switch.sw41 candidate
42
Sw42
switch.sw42 candidate
43
Sw43
switch.sw43 candidate
44
LBumper
switch.lbumper candidate
45
BBumper
switch.bbumper candidate
46
RBumper
switch.rbumper candidate
47
Sw47
switch.sw47 candidate
48
Sw48
switch.sw48 candidate
49
Sw49
switch.sw49 candidate
50
Sw50
switch.sw50 candidate
52
Sw52
switch.sw52 candidate
54
Sw54
switch.sw54 candidate
55
Sw55
switch.sw55 candidate

Controlled devices

Everything the ROM can energise, grouped the way a table author builds it.

Coils, magnets & motors

16
16 shown
# Name Device ID Evidence
8
Sol Knocker
coil.sol-knocker candidate
9
Sol Flasher9
coil.sol-flasher9 candidate
10
Sol Gi
coil.sol-gi candidate
11
Sol Flasher11
coil.sol-flasher11 candidate
12
Sol Auto Plunger IM
coil.sol-auto-plunger-im candidate
14
Sol Rotate Beacons
coil.sol-rotate-beacons candidate
16
Sol Flasher16
coil.sol-flasher16 candidate
22
Sol Kick Back
coil.sol-kick-back candidate
25
Sol Flasher25
coil.sol-flasher25 candidate
26
Sol Flasher26
coil.sol-flasher26 candidate
27
Sol Flasher27
coil.sol-flasher27 candidate
28
Sol Flasher28
coil.sol-flasher28 candidate
29
Sol Flasher29
coil.sol-flasher29 candidate
30
Sol Flasher30
coil.sol-flasher30 candidate
31
Sol Flasher31
coil.sol-flasher31 candidate
32
Sol Flasher32
coil.sol-flasher32 candidate

Lamps

51

Lamp map

Sequential addresses, grouped in columns of eight.

used unused
 
+0
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7
1–8
9–16
17–24
25–32
33–40
41–48
49–56
57–64
Hover or tap an address to identify it.
51 shown
# Name Device ID Evidence
9
L9c
lamp.l9c candidate
10
L10
lamp.l10 candidate
11
L11
lamp.l11 candidate
12
L12
lamp.l12 candidate
13
L13
lamp.l13 candidate
14
L14
lamp.l14 candidate
15
L15
lamp.l15 candidate
16
L16
lamp.l16 candidate
17
L17
lamp.l17 candidate
18
L18
lamp.l18 candidate
19
L19
lamp.l19 candidate
20
L20
lamp.l20 candidate
21
L21
lamp.l21 candidate
22
L22
lamp.l22 candidate
23
L23
lamp.l23 candidate
24
L24
lamp.l24 candidate
25
L25
lamp.l25 candidate
26
L26
lamp.l26 candidate
28
L28
lamp.l28 candidate
29
L29
lamp.l29 candidate
30
L30
lamp.l30 candidate
31
L31
lamp.l31 candidate
32
L32
lamp.l32 candidate
33
L33
lamp.l33 candidate
34
Bumper B Flasher
lamp.bumper-b-flasher candidate
35
L35
lamp.l35 candidate
36
L36
lamp.l36 candidate
37
L37
lamp.l37 candidate
38
L38
lamp.l38 candidate
39
L39
lamp.l39 candidate
40
L40
lamp.l40 candidate
45
L45
lamp.l45 candidate
46
L46
lamp.l46 candidate
47
L47
lamp.l47 candidate
48
L48
lamp.l48 candidate
49
L49
lamp.l49 candidate
50
L50
lamp.l50 candidate
51
L51
lamp.l51 candidate
52
L52
lamp.l52 candidate
53
L53
lamp.l53 candidate
54
L54
lamp.l54 candidate
55
L55
lamp.l55 candidate
56
L56
lamp.l56 candidate
57
L57
lamp.l57 candidate
58
L58
lamp.l58 candidate
59
L59
lamp.l59 candidate
60
Bumper L Flasher
lamp.bumper-l-flasher candidate
61
Bumper R Flasher
lamp.bumper-r-flasher candidate
62
L62
lamp.l62 candidate
63
L63
lamp.l63 candidate
64
L64
lamp.l64 candidate

Recreation notes

Working knowledge that has no schema field yet — edition differences, tuning values, pitfalls.

Coverage: partial - machine identity plus candidate-only I/O attachments. Playfield devices, wiring, mechanisms, and behavior are evidenced only as unverified candidates.

This record was promoted from the generated catalog stub stub.pinmame.mj_130 by the catalog-wide identity pass of 2026-08-29. The promotion resolves machine identity and carries the catalog's residual driver grouping over unchanged, the platform and device attachments below were added by the 2026-08-29/30 candidate passes and assert nothing beyond candidate provenance. Every requirement in the definition's coverage.missing is genuinely outstanding.

Identity

  • PinMAME catalog: root driver mj_130, description "Michael Jordan (1.30)", manufacturer "Data East", catalog year "1992".
  • OPDB record G57EJ-MLWB9 (IPDB 3425) names this machine "Michael Jordan" (Data East, manufacture date 1992-01-01); the resolved identity rests on the agreement of the PinMAME catalog and this reviewed mapping.
  • The definition's driver list is exactly the clone tree PinMAME declares under mj_130; whether every listed driver really runs on this physical machine is unverified.

Drivers this record holds

  • mj_130 (1992, Data East).

PinMAME source contract (candidate)

  • The pinned PinMAME source declares mj_130 at src/wpc/degames.c:819 with machine module de_mDEDMD32S2A; the definition declares controller platform pinmame.dataeast from it.

VPX script candidates (candidate)

  • 1 retained community table script(s) declare this machine's driver; their extracted switch/lamp/solenoid/GI candidates are carried as 91 candidate devices. When curator work weighs sources, a retained script outranks emulator-derived candidates for runtime semantics, but every device here is still a candidate until a known-working table is verified against this exact physical machine.

What a curator must establish next

Full input, output, and display enumeration with semantic names; physical wiring and polarity; mechanism inventory and behavior; variant differences across the clone tree; recreation knowledge from a manual, schematic, or known-working table; runtime provenance; and a normalized spatial placement for every physical device. No manual, schematic, or runtime-harness evidence is retained for this machine yet; the candidate sections above are the only retained I/O evidence so far.

ROM sets

Every driver that resolves to this physical machine.

ROM set Description Year Parent Hardware
mj_130Michael Jordan (1.30) 1992——

Parent set: mj_130 — clones share this definition unless a hardware difference is noted.

Pinball memory maps

External source LGPL-3.0-only1 map

RAM layouts published by an independent project and mirrored here at a pinned commit. They are not part of this machine’s definition: nothing below was used as evidence for the definition, and none of it counts towards coverage. Check claims against the upstream project.

Upstream
tomlogic/pinball-memory-maps
Commit
d8693b9

This program makes use of content from the Pinball Memory Maps project.

lw3_208.map.json

dataeastv8format 0.8

maps/dataeast/version3/lw3_208.map.json

Applies to ROMs
mj_130
Also covers
aar_101lw3_208lw3_208plw3_300lw3_301
Sections
game_statehigh_scores
Map JSONMap sourcePlatform JSONPlatform source

dataeast defines the RAM layout this map’s offsets are read against — the map is not interpretable without it.

Evidence

Every claim above traces to one of these. When they disagree: a known-working VPX script wins on controller addresses and causality, the manual wins on wiring and construction, pinned PinMAME wins on emulator routing and display layout.

  • PinMAME catalog

    BSD-3-Clause

    pinmame.catalog.8371478a7640

    PinmameGetGames

    8371478a7640
    by
    PinMAME contributors
    rev
    8371478a7640

  • PinMAME source

    BSD-3-Clause

    pinmame.core.8371478a7640

    src/wpc/degames.c:819 (machine module de_mDEDMD32S2A)

    src/wpc/degames.c
    by
    PinMAME contributors
    rev
    8371478a7640

  • VPX script

    vpx-script.3e5df86c945f6421

    vpxtable-scripts: Michael Jordan (Data East 1992)2.0.4.vbs

    0c036bb61b4b
    by
    Authors credited in Michael Jordan (Data East 1992)2.0.4.vbs and repository contributors
    rev
    0c036bb61b4b
    sha256
    3e5df86c945f…

Something wrong or missing?

This definition still has 13 unmet requirements, listed under Coverage above. Fixes belong in the definition itself — editing on GitHub forks it for you and opens the pull request.

Cite a source for anything you change — a manual page, a line in a working VPX script, PinMAME source, or a reading from the machine's own service menu. Claims without provenance cannot be validated.

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