Kiddie Ride Controller Boards

Every kiddie rides need a controller board to work. The controller board uses a lot of things. the motor, sound effect buttons, and sometimes the speed control of the audio.

## Stamar Electronics

Stamar makes a lot of kiddie ride timers. mostly for Jolly Roger Amusement Rides Ltd. But sometimes these timers they make can be used for different rides from different manufacturers.

### Controller Boards they made

* System 2+
* System 2000
* System 2001
* System 2002
* Tiny Tunes System 4000
* System 4001 Plug n Play Timer
* Timer/Video Control Unit
* System 2005-RGM

### Features

* Volume knob control.
* Dip switches for the price of play and announcements on/off

### Announcements (or as they call it, "Speech prompts")

#### 1993-1995

* Please insert another coin.
* Insert another coin or press the start button to go.
* Press the start button to go.
* You have 4/3/2/1 ride(s) available. Press the start button to go.

#### 1995-1996

Note that they say the same announcements. They just rerecord the voice.

* Please insert another coin.
* Insert another coin or press the start button to go.
* Press the start button to go.
* You have 4/3/2/1 ride(s) available. Press the start button to go.

#### 1996-2001

These announcements are rerecorded again.

* Please insert another coin.
* Press the start button to go or insert another coin.
* Press the start button to go.
* You have 4/3/2/1 ride(s) available. Press the start button to go.

#### 2001-Present

* Thank you!
* Please insert another coin.
* Please insert another coin, or press the start button to go.
* Press the start button to go.
* Hold on tight. Here we go!
* You have 4/3/2/1 ride(s) available. Press the start button to go.
* Have another ride soon!

## RGM Boards

R.G. Mitchell used a variety of control boards over its time

### Boards They Made (or at least used)

* The **Stamar System 2000** PCBs were the first to be used by RGM, from when the company opened until acquisition of better technology. RGM did not use prompt messages with these PCBs. These timers were often reused by Jolly Roger Amusement Rides Limited when required throughout their refurbishment and rebuilding of RGM's rides.
* **PCM-001** and **PCM-002** PCBs were first introduced in the early 1990s and primarily used on rides released up until 1994, such as the Sports Racer, early releases of Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends, Budgie The Little Helicopter, Jimbo & The Jet-Set, Thunderbird 1 and 2, early releases of the NASA Rocket, and several others. These PCBs are generally characterised by their ability to hold up to eight basic-type EEPROM data chips and their obnoxious prompt messages voiced by Robin Mitchell, Jr.
* **PCM-Version 3** PCBs were first introduced in 1995 and primarily used on rides released up until the year 2000, such as Alpha-Ted, 4-Track, Mr. Softy's Ice Cream Van, The Story Teller, early releases of Postman Pat and Fireman Sam, and most releases of Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends. These PCBs are generally characterised by their abilities to hold up to 16 EEPROM data chips and the capacity for interactive games, such as those featured on the Alpha-Ted ride, along with two variants of prompt messages voiced by Barbara Mitchell.
* **BOT-1** PCBs were first introduced in 2000 and used on all rides released up until the company's acquisition by Jolly Roger Amusement Rides. These PCBs are aesthetically similar to **PCM-Version 3** PCBs, but are able to hold more data for higher-level interactive games, such as featured on the Fred's Fire Truck ride, and external peripherals such as video screens and cameras, as featured on the Dodgem and Captain Nemo rides. The prompt messages featured on these PCBs are voiced by an unknown voiceover.

### Features

* Volume knob control.
* Dip switches for the price of play

### Announcements

#### Robin Mitchell Jr.

* Please add more coins now.
* Press start now.
* Bye for now. I Hope to hear from you again soon!

#### Barbera Mitchell

* Please add another coin.
* Please push the start button
* Thank you for riding with us. Come back soon.

#### 2000s Announcements

* You have to add more coins.
* When you're ready, press the start button!
* Thanks for riding with us. Come back soon!

#### Custom

##### Budgie the Little Helicopter

* Please add another coin.
* Please push the start button
* Thank you for flying with me. Come back soon!

##### Thunderbirds

* 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... Press start now.

##### Sooty & Co.

* Please add more money.
* Hello, I'm Matthew Corbett. Please push the... Start Button.
* Thank you for riding with Sooty & Co. Come back soon.

##### Hank's Hot Dog Van

* Hey kids! Welcome to Hank's Hot Dog Van! If you're feeling hungry, press the start button.

##### Hank's Ice Cream Van

* Hey kids! Welcome to my cool ice cream van! If you're feeling hungry, push the start button.

##### Noddy

* Oh well, Goodbye for now. Do come back soon.

##### Huggy Bear

* When you're ready, push my start button!
* Hey, that was a cool ride. Come back soon.

##### Teddy Bears Picnic

* It's picnic time! When you're ready, press the start button.
* Thanks for riding with us. Come back soon.

## PMP/FMS Control board

OMC Electronics Ltd is the only company that use PMP and FMS Control Boards. Only Postman Pat (PMP) & Fireman Sam (FMS) use that controller board.

### Features

* Speed adjuster for the volume. Speed adjuster for the motor, Speed adjuster for the audio, And speed adjuster for the sound effect push buttons.

## ROSie Control Boards

Only 3 companies (Them being OMC Electronics of Tewkesbury, Kidzstuff of Australia, and Northern Leisure of Leeds) Use ROSie control boards. Every single ride they done in the past (Until The Magic Roundabout Train Ride) use the control board.

### Features

Speed adjuster for the volume. Speed adjuster for the motor, Speed adjuster for the audio, Speed adjuster for the sound effect push buttons, And speed adjuster for the announcements.

### Announcements

#### Bootup

* ROSie version X
* \*Big Ben Chiming\*
* Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening. It's (Name of Day)
* (Hours & Minutes) AM/PM.
* Normal operating mode.

* Please contact the operator.

#### Attract

* Hello! What's your name? Would you like to have a go?
* For further information about our rides, Call, OMC Electronics on, 0(1)684 298004
* For further information about our rides, Call, KidzStuff on, 01242 232521
* For further information about our rides, Call, Northern Leisure on, 0113 239 3803
* Look out for other rides from Northern Leisure. (Some NL rereleased OMC rides only)
* This ride will accept 10p, 20p, 50p, and £1 coin. In any order. Change is not given.
* Go on, Have a go!
* Children using this ride, should be supervised by a parent or a guardian.

#### Main

* Thank you!
* Press the START Button on the dashboard to start the ride.
* Turn the key to start the ride. (Tractor Tom (with start key) only)
* The ride is about to begin in 5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1.. (Northern Leisure Rides Only)
* Are you ready? Hold tight. Here we go!
* Don't forget, You have more/8/7/6/5/4/3/2/1 ride(s) left.
* Hope to see you again soon. Have a nice day!

## Soundmaster

Only Bafco, Amutec and Jolly Roger used Soundmaster timers

### Announcements

#### Bafco

Note: These announcements can be heard on some Amutec rides.

* Please insert another coin.
* Please press the start button.
* The ride is about to begin!
* Have another ride soon!

#### Amutec

##### 1997-2000

* The self test is complete. (Startup only)
* Please insert another coin.
* When you're ready to ride, please press the start button.
* Please ride again!

##### 2001-2009

Note: These announcements are the same as when it was used by Jolly Roger between 1998-2000. Amutec used these after Jolly Roger switched back to Stamar Electronics which began in 2001.

* The self test is complete. (Startup only)
* Another coin please.
* Press start.
* Hold tight, Here we go.
* Have another ride soon.
* There is a hardware error. (Rare, Only used when the components in the ride goes bad during operation)

#### Jolly Roger (1998-2000)

* The self test is complete. (Startup only)
* Another coin please.
* Press start.
* Hold tight, Here we go.
* 4/3/2/1 ride(s) to go. Press start.
* Have another ride soon.
* There is a hardware error. (Rare, Only used when the components in the ride goes bad during operation)

## Falgas

### Musical Horse

Back in 1960, Joaquin released its first ride, Musical Horse, then in 1972, it was reused for Moto Police and it’s used by the first few rides by Joaquin.

### Micro-87

Joaquin’s first timer known as Micro-87, it was used for rides between 1987 to 1989. Such as Fantastic Car. Micro-87 was recycled by Musical horse V2 back in 1990.

### M89

In 1989, Joaquin decided to make a M89, it was used to either the same as Micro-87, wild western theme, the V1 1900 Carousel theme, or the basic Looney Tunes theme, used in 1989 to 1997, Such as Taxi Baby. The announcements were voiced by some baby.

### M95

In 1995, Joaquin decided to make a new board called M95, used for lower end rides. Taxi baby was an exclusion, used in M89. Used in 1995-2011, such as the horses.

### M97

In 1997, Joaquin decided to make a new board with announcements, the M97, with them, it was able to change languages providing by the country’s main language, if the board isn’t on main language, set the ride to English. City Taxi used the same tune as the M89-4 rides. The 4x4 off road car variant is across 3 different rides (Magnum, Striker, Daniel's Car), and using the same theme tune in Goldwing bike. This was used in 1997-2011.

Announcements:

* Attention/Right, Get Ready We're Setting Off!
* Come Back Soon! (Extractor, NY fire truck, Fire truck 4S, London bus and School bus)
* Very good! We're already there! (Magnum, Striker, Daniel's Car, 4x4 Off Road Car, Airplane Wheel, and City Taxi)
* What do you wanna go? (City Taxi)
* Get ready for here's some Dallas road!
* Very good end of journey!
* Get ready to go!
* Welcome to Superstone!
* Passenger to the train!

### M11

Joaquin decided to retire the 14 year old ding and start sound and replace with the new ones, and the ending announcement was replaced by short tune following by some effects. They kept the start announcement.