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Check Mate (Taito do Brasil 1977)
Taito do Brasil's first table, rebuilt from photos after the original ROM was lost.
0 playing nowFor Visual Pinball X
What it changes
Adds Check Mate (Taito do Brasil 1977), a VPX table by JP Salas: an electromechanical Taito do Brasil machine from 1977. No ROM needed; Play opens it straight in Visual Pinball X.
About Check Mate (Taito do Brasil 1977)
Check Mate was Taito do Brasil's first table: an electromechanical version with reel scoring in 1974, then this 1977 version, whose ROM has been lost. JP rebuilt it with scripted rules so it plays without one. All graphics by editoy from Carlos Guizzo's source images, rules and translation by Tio Italo, and a backglass fixed up by STAT.
This is an electromechanical table: the original machine had no computer, so JP scripted its rules himself and it needs no ROM. It plays as soon as it is installed.
The table downloads from JP's own page on VPForums, as he asked, so you always get his latest version, and that is where to report bugs or ask questions. The first time you install a table, PlayBound asks you to sign in to VPForums with a free account; after that, every table is one click.
Compatibility: Visual Pinball X 10.8 (installed by PlayBound). No ROM required.
Install with the PlayBound Launcher
The launcher installs this into tables/jp-check-mate-taito-do-brasil-1977/ for Visual Pinball X. If the base game is missing, it will install that first.