Wheel of Fortune

Partial
Completion19%

Stern2007SAMstern.wheel-of-fortune.2007 Updated 2026-08-30

OPDB IPDB stern/wheel-of-fortune-2007.mdstern/wheel-of-fortune-2007.json

Wire it up

what an authoring tool needs first
Bind this ROM
wof_500

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

Controller platform
pinmame.sam

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
Solenoids
33–33 (1)

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

Controlled devices

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

Virtual & other outputs

1
1 shown
# Name Device ID Evidence
33
PinMAME SAM game-on state
solenoid.33 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.wof_500 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 wof_500, description "Wheel of Fortune (V5.0)", manufacturer "Stern", catalog year "2007".
  • OPDB record G417d-MJkXV (IPDB 5254) names this machine "Wheel of Fortune" (Stern, manufacture date 2007-10-01); 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 wof_500; whether every listed driver really runs on this physical machine is unverified.

Drivers this record holds

  • wof_100 (2007, Stern, clone of wof_500).
  • wof_200 (2007, Stern, clone of wof_500).
  • wof_200f (2007, Stern, clone of wof_500).
  • wof_200g (2007, Stern, clone of wof_500).
  • wof_200i (2007, Stern, clone of wof_500).
  • wof_300 (2007, Stern, clone of wof_500).
  • wof_300f (2007, Stern, clone of wof_500).
  • wof_300g (2007, Stern, clone of wof_500).
  • wof_300i (2007, Stern, clone of wof_500).
  • wof_300l (2007, Stern, clone of wof_500).
  • wof_400 (2007, Stern, clone of wof_500).
  • wof_400f (2007, Stern, clone of wof_500).
  • wof_400g (2007, Stern, clone of wof_500).
  • wof_400i (2007, Stern, clone of wof_500).
  • wof_401l (2007, Stern, clone of wof_500).
  • wof_500 (2007, Stern).
  • wof_500f (2007, Stern, clone of wof_500).
  • wof_500g (2007, Stern, clone of wof_500).
  • wof_500i (2007, Stern, clone of wof_500).
  • wof_500l (2007, Stern, clone of wof_500).
  • wof_602h (2009, Stern, clone of wof_500).

PinMAME source contract (candidate)

  • The pinned PinMAME source declares wof_500 at src/wpc/sam.c:2878 with machine module sam1; the definition declares controller platform pinmame.sam from it.

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
wof_602hWheel of Fortune (V6.02 Home Rom) 2009wof_500—
wof_500lWheel of Fortune (V5.0 Spanish) 2007wof_500—
wof_500iWheel of Fortune (V5.0 Italian) 2007wof_500—
wof_500gWheel of Fortune (V5.0 German) 2007wof_500—
wof_500fWheel of Fortune (V5.0 French) 2007wof_500—
wof_500Wheel of Fortune (V5.0) 2007——
wof_401lWheel of Fortune (V4.01 Spanish) 2007wof_500—
wof_400iWheel of Fortune (V4.0 Italian) 2007wof_500—

Parent set: wof_500 — clones share this definition unless a hardware difference is noted.

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/sam.c:2878 (machine module sam1)

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

Something wrong or missing?

This definition still has 13 unmet requirements, listed under Missing data below. 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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Missing data

What this game definition still needs to reach 100% and become author-ready.

  • ROM compatibility

    Verify which PinMAME drivers and firmware variants belong to this physical machine.

  • Complete input inventory

    Account for every switch, service input and diagnostic address, including unused positions.

  • Input functions

    Validate which physical sensor or cabinet control each input represents and when it activates.

  • Complete output inventory

    Account for every coil, motor, lamp, flasher and general-illumination circuit, including unused addresses.

  • Output functions

    Validate the physical device, function and fitted quantity behind each output binding.

  • Displays

    Verify every display, its layout and its controller bindings.

  • Mechanism inventory

    Document every mechanism, its moving parts, actuators, sensors and connections.

  • Mechanism behavior

    Validate mechanism operation, ball paths, home positions, startup and reset behavior.

  • Switch construction and polarity

    Verify normally open or closed contacts and how PinMAME delivers their active states.

  • Edition and firmware differences

    Document supported hardware and firmware differences without combining incompatible editions.

  • Recreation knowledge

    Complete the source-backed behavior and assembly notes needed to recreate the machine.

  • Evidence and sources

    Back the remaining claims with attributable sources, exact locators, retained excerpts and verified hashes.

  • Physical device locations

    Establish validated playfield locations for every physical sensor, actuator and light emitter, including bulb counts and justified projections.