IGT PE+ "Treasure Chest Bonus" Poker from Boyd casinos

[knagl]

I just got back from the Cal Club and hit a 4 of a kind, drum roll..... i picked 140 coin chest

You had a 78% chance of getting that -- it shouldn't be too much of a surprise!

That appears to be the norm. Heading back this weekend to give some back as I feel guilty taking that $1000. 
Maybe this time I'll hit the 500 or even the $1199.

Go get 'em!  Hit that $1199!

[jay]

The one in 400 chance of  5000 sounds better than 1199.
5000 with a W2G will be >2500 and it gives you an excuse to write off your other gambling losses.

[rapidroy]

I've been playing the MAME of Treasure Chest Bonus and can't get a 4 of a kind to see if it will go to the bonus   Is there someone that knows how to read the rom to see if the bonus will happen?

[BrianT]

The various pics in this thread from Stolistic starting with reply #5 (May 26th, 2014) show MAME snaps during the bonus rounds using his custom modified graphics.  Currently the official IGT CG roms are known to be CG2283 and have not been archived.  Also read his detailed post (reply #12) on how the bonus round works.  This is information Stolistic gathered while using MAME's debug mode and running the Treasure Chest Bonus game rom.

The actual game rom was pointed out to me by a MAME user in a random collection of IGT game roms posted on a Brazilian electronics site.  The archive contained a few other game files but no graphics roms for the Treasure Chest Bonus game.

You need to realize that this was most likely a custom game designed for a specific casino (or chain of casinos) and it's a complete fluke that this rom got "out"  We may never locate the correct CG rom set or see an alternate version with different payout tables / bonus.

There are well over 3000 game sets that run on the PE+ platform and less then 10% have got to the hands of MAME friendly devs.  This platform is and has been in the process of being fazed out for quite some time.  Some of those machines ended up in wild and in the hands of collectors / hobbyists. So the more that's been archived the better chance one of those machines can be restored if needed.  Still almost 30 years later people hold on to sets and horde them like gold. I on the other hand believe the more information that's "out" there the better for everyone. That's why I compiled and released my PE+ Master List database to everyone for everyone.

BrianT

[rapidroy]

I'm new at this so I really don't know what a CG rom is, I did'nt know if Stolistic had fixed the TCB MAME game (I was hopping he did) by looking at his post's, but I can tell you it was easier to get a 4 of a kind at the Cal Club then free on my computer   I know there are a lot of MAME rom's for PE+ that don't work. I have 2 PE+ boards with different games for my machine (I would like more to keep it fun) but I think its more fun on the game machine then the computer but fooling around with MAME is fun also.

[BrianT]

Actually as of MAME 155 all PE+ sets work as I (with the help of Stolistic) have made several changes to source files to get them to run.

The CG roms are the 4 graphics (character program) roms which are labeled like CG2005 MR0 (MB0, MG0 & MX0).  Turning the Jackpot reset key until you come to the screen as shown in the attached picture.  What games you do you have on your boards?

BrianT

[rapidroy]

I like having the mother boards it make it so much easier to change games (I've had to repair broken chip legs)
Games I have
XM0004p = DD Bonus poker, Nevada Poker, Joker Poker, D Bonus, D Deuce Poker
XM0007p = Bonus Poker 4 of a kind, DD Bonus Poker, Deuces Wild, Jacks or Better, D Bonus Poker
I do like MAME and would like to learn how to dig into the programs but I'm more of a hardware guy so my brain has a hard time getting it.
The TCB (mame)game I have is missing 1 of the payouts it has a blue square where the amount should go and at the start of the game it says its not a complete game.

[BrianT]

That's 100% for the MAME version because it's using the wrong graphics rom chips.  Currently the official IGT graphics roms for this version of Treasure Chest Bonus is CG2283 and is undumped.  Stolistic created his own version by modifying set of graphics roms and adding some of the missing graphics.

BrianT

[BrianT]

Well after some digging around it has been determined that the correct CG graphics set for this program PP0816 is actually CG2283 + CAP2283 however it is known that CG2204 + CG2204 is also a Treasure Chest graphics set.....

Sooo.........

If anyone has them in any form please PM me here.  Thanks!

BrianT

[videoporker]

I've been playing the MAME of Treasure Chest Bonus and can't get a 4 of a kind to see if it will go to the bonus   Is there someone that knows how to read the rom to see if the bonus will happen?

I know this is an old topic and this rom is incomplete, but I've recently started loading my new IGT MAME machine with roms.
Played the treasure chest game and when I hit 4K it stopped for 10 seconds or so, then went into the bonus round screen.
No chest graphics but there were instructions to pick one chest.
I made a choice, hit the second hold button and after another 10 seconds of it doing nothing, it went back to the regular game and payed me 180 credits.
So the bonus sorta happens without all the fanfare and graphic treats.
I'm using the ROM off of that famous french site and MAME build 0.154.0.0.
I wonder if updating my version would help any? Last I knew 155 was the one to have for the IGT roms.
Are there ever newer updated roms of the old IGT PE+ stuff out on the interweb??