Gottlieb's "Rescue 911": DMD not displaying "Location:" and "Responding unit:" info during gameplay

[Mopple]

I have just installed Gottlieb's "Rescue 911" and am encountering a strange problem: 

 

When the 911 call is made and the helicopter is about to take off the text on the DMD just says: 

---------------
911 call: 
Location:
Responding unit: 
---------------

But nothing more! Just a couple days ago I played the real machine and of course the information for all that should be displayed. 

Can it be a rom thing? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

Addendum: The more I play and look at the display the more I think more is missing from the DMD animations, for example when the heli flies away he has an empty rope and I'm sure something should be at the end of that rope. 

 

I know Gottlieb is said to be a little bitchy about their ROMs so maybe there are only faulty rooms available for Rescue 911?

Edited June 1 by Mopple

[zero35]

I'm not entirely sure. You can compare it with the version in TPA. If you feel something's off, try running the ROM directly in PinMAME. If the issue persists, feel free to submit an issue report to the VPinMAME GitHub, and be sure to describe the problem clearly.

[Rappelbox]

On 6/1/2026 at 5:25 PM, Mopple said:

I have just installed Gottlieb's "Rescue 911" and am encountering a strange problem: 

 

When the 911 call is made and the helicopter is about to take off the text on the DMD just says: 

---------------
911 call: 
Location:
Responding unit: 
---------------

But nothing more! Just a couple days ago I played the real machine and of course the information for all that should be displayed. 

Can it be a rom thing? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

Addendum: The more I play and look at the display the more I think more is missing from the DMD animations, for example when the heli flies away he has an empty rope and I'm sure something should be at the end of that rope. 

 

I know Gottlieb is said to be a little bitchy about their ROMs so maybe there are only faulty rooms available for Rescue 911?

 

 

whats your pinmame version and you have matching ROMs? Updating is a constant progress and if you have mismatched versions things can break.

[Mopple]

VPM 3.6.6.1227

 

And I've tried every rom source, it's always the (a?) 929kB version "rescu911.zip".

 

[Rappelbox]

try this 3.7.0-274 vpinmame version:
https://github.com/vpinball/pinmame/actions/runs/27008494852/artifacts/7433973588

 

you'll need a github account

[Mopple]

Holy Moly, it works!!!

 

is this a somehow "secret" version, since it's not visible on the "normal" versions page? 🙂

 

Anyway, thank you so much! (und ganz arg danke!)

[Cliffy]

1 minute ago, Mopple said:

Holy Moly, it works!!!

 

is this a somehow "secret" version, since it's not visible on the "normal" versions page? 🙂

 

Anyway, thank you so much! (und ganz arg danke!)

Not secret. The actions page is akin to nightly builds