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The following tables provide information on the major changes that have been implemented with each software release.

Ion 2012 (Version 36.01)

Release Date: 9/1/11

Released the games Wordy Birds, Play 4 Crossword, Monster Madness 2, Rock Mahjong, Dino Whiz, Photo Hunt Expedition, Photo Hunt
Expedition II, Brain Quest, and Casino Cats Final Table Hold ‘Em (released for non-widescreen games).

Updated Photo Hunt and Penthouse Photo Hunt databases.

Ion 2011.5 (Version 35.00)

Release Date: 4/5/11

Added new content to Trivia Whiz 2 for English, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Spanish, and Thai.

Trivia Whiz 2 now supports Japanese.

Added new picture content to: Penthouse Photo Hunt HD, Penthouse Photo Pop, Penthouse Look Out, Penthouse Boxxi, Penthouse Pix
Mix, Penthouse Super Boxxi, and Penthouse Panty Bandits.

Ion 2011 (Version 34.10)

Release Date: 11/4/10

Implemented international language support for the following games: Little Shop Road Trip, Word Dojo 2, Flick & Kick Football, Boxxi Blitz,
Zombie Cats, Space Farmer, Casino Cats Final Table Hold ‘Em, Trix, Mystery Phraze HD, Penthouse Photo Hunt HD, Penthouse Super
Boxxi, Panty Bandits, Penthouse Castle Bandits.

Trivia Whiz 2 now supports Spanish.

Added new content to Trivia Whiz 2 for Arabic, simplified Chinese, French, German, Greek, and Finnish.

Ion 2011 (Version 34.01)

Release Date: 9/2/10

Released the games Little Shop Road Trip, Word Dojo 2, Flick & Kick Football, Boxxi Blitz, Zombie Cats, Space Farmer, Casino Cats Final
Table Hold ‘Em, Trix, Mystery Phraze HD, Trivia Whiz Jr., Penthouse Photo Hunt HD, Penthouse Super Boxxi, Panty Bandits, Penthouse
Castle Bandits.

Added 2 categories to Trivia Whiz 2.

Implemented new erotic content rating system.

Added new content to: general Photo Hunt and Photo Pop; Thunder from Down Under Photo Hunt and Photo Pop; Penthouse Photo Hunt,
Look Out, Boxxi, Photo Pop, and Pix Mix.

Text Twist modified to guarantee two rounds.

Hints are now easier to select in Little Shop of Treasures.

Ion 2010.5 (Version 33.00)

Release Date: 4/7/10

Updated Trivia Whiz, Mystery Phraze, Photo Hunt, Pix Mix, Look Out, Photo Pop, and Foxy Boxxi databases.

Added international language support to Trivia Whiz for Arabic, German, Finnish, Hungarian, Greek, Thai, and simplified Chinese.

Enabled all languages in widescreen Photo Hunt.

TournaMaxx screens are now translated into Arabic.

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Ion 2010 (Version 32.11)

Release Date: 12/10/09

Released the games Fight the Landlord, Touchdown Poker, Stunt Squirrel, Philly’s Hottest Photo Hunt, Megatouch Memory, Little Shop of
Treasures, Jackpot Corner, Funkier Monkey, and Brain in Gear for international markets.

Updated French Trivia Whiz 2 content.

Added Trix game for Arabic Market

South African socket modem has been re-added.

Fixed 101 error that appears with the 705 wireless device.

Thai Rental Mode support added.

Ion 2010 (Version 32.03)

Release Date: 9/30/09

Added the new games Tug of Words, Brain in Gear, Funkier Monkey, Touchdown Poker, Jackpot Corner, Stunt Squirrel, Text Twist
Lightning, Little Shop of Treasures, Megatouch Memory, and Philly’s Hottest Photo Hunt.

Updated Trivia Whiz, Photo Hunt, Photo Pop, Boxxi, Look Out and Pix Mix databases.

Added new wireless device drivers.

Ion 2009.5 (Version 31.06/V31.07)

Release Date: 10/20/09

Fixed a game slowdown issue in Super Boxxi and Jackpot Corner that affected machines with 512 MB of memory (see Field Bulletin 71).

Added a wireless device driver which will improve the ability to connect to wireless “N” routers. (Router must be set to “mixed mode”.)

Ion 2009.5 (Version 31.02)

Release Date: 6/22/09

Added the new game Fight the Landlord.

Added the new game HD Photo Hunt for widescreen platforms.

Added a new credit card feature, the Vault, for games with credit card readers.

Updated Trivia Whiz, Photo Hunt, Photo Pop, Boxxi, Look Out and Pix Mix databases.

Added a network wizard to simplify network connections.

Implemented 24-bit color depth.

Implemented Bookend Ad support.

Implemented Operator Card functionality for games with credit card readers.

Implemented support for Credit Card Demo Mode for games with credit card readers.

Implemented the ability to save/transfer settings from a previously installed version of software when installing by disc.

Ion 2009.23 (Version 30.23)

Release Date: 2/19/09

Corrected a problem with the UK Card Bandits logo not displaying.

Corrected a problem with the Chinese translation of the Erotic category name.

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Ion 2009.22 (Version 30.22)

Release Date: 2/13/09

Implemented support for disc-installed software upgrades.

Corrected an issue with the display of Arabic text in certain help screens.

Ion 2009.05 (Version 30.05)

Release Date: 12/12/08

This software release is for Aurora Widescreen games only.

Support was added for the Intel Little Falls motherboard, new wireless device and credit card reader.

Ion 2009.02 (Version 29.11 and 29.12)

Release Date: 12/4/08

This software fixes an issue found in V29.10 software with the games Luxor and Luxor Survival.

Ion 2009.02 (Version 29.10)

Release Date: 11/20/08

Triple Crown Boxing game now supports linked play.

Implemented the “Disable Exit from AMI During Music Playback” option.

Updated French Word Safari, Mystery Phraze, Quiz Show, Pharaoh’s Fortune, Power Trivia, Trivia Whiz and Tic Tac Trivia databases.

Updated Tick Tac Trivia, Pharaoh’s Fortune and Quiz Show databases for Japanese and Greek.

Translated various games into Latvian and Thai.

Ion 2009 (Version 29.00)

Release Date: 9/26/08

Added the new games Lucky 11’s, Avalanche Jack, Super Boxxi, My-Ex, Deflection, Super Cell Chaos, Triple Crown Boxing, Trivia Whiz 2,
Skee Ball, Spider Kings, 13 spiders, Chainz2 Puzzler and single-player Battle Command.

Updated Mystery Phraze, Word Safari, TV Guide Crossword, Hollywood Match, Photo Hunt, Photo Pop Penthouse Photo Hunt, Penthouse
Boxxi, Penthouse Pix Mix and Penthouse Look Out databases.

Added “Thunder from Down Under” Boxxi and Photo Hunt games.

Ion 2008.5 (Version 25.02)

Release Date: 5/12/08

Corrects the bonus replay value for the 2008.5 "Spider Kings" Sneak Peek game.

Ion 2008.5 (Version 25.01)

Release Date: 4/24/08

NOTES: Free spring upgrade from V23.XX. Recommended installation: All Ion games. Available as a utility disc.

Corrected an auto recall bug where machines would call-in back to back and not wait for 15-minute interval.

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Ion 2008.5 (Version 25.00)

Release Date: 3/24/08

Luxor 2 and Beer Pong 21 are now available on all Ion systems.

Updated Trivia, Mystery Phrase, Jumble Safari, Photo Hunt, Photo Pop, Hollywood Match, Chippendales & Penthouse Photo Hunt,
Lookout, Pix Mix, Boxxi and Photo Pop.

Ion 2008 (Version 24.20)

Release Date: 2008

This software supports the Megatouch Entertainer system.

Ion 2008 (Version 24.11)

Release Date: 1/7/08

NOTES: This release is for download to V24.10 connected machines only.

Added Luxor 2 game - available for download to connected machines.

Ion 2008 (Version 24.10)

Release Date: 11/5/07

Added Albanian language support to various games.

Updated Trivia, Quiz Show and Pharaoh’s Fortune databases for Australian, French, German, British, Greek and Arabic.

11 Ball, Draggle Drop, Sudoku 6, Card Pirates, Pack Rabbit, Tuxedo Run & Texas Hold ‘Em 4 now support Championship Mode.

Ion 2008 (Version 24.05)

Release Date: 1/7/08

NOTES: This release is for download to V24.04 connected machines only.

Added Luxor 2 game - available for download to connected machines.

Ion 2008 (Version 24.04)

Release Date: 9/24/07

Added new games: Card Pirates, Jolly Pirates, Tricky Fish, Kids PhotoPop, Penthouse PhotoPop, Penthouse Video Mix, Beer Pong,
Chainz 2, Luxor Survival, Ink Rally, Photo Pop, Zen Word, and Dodge Bull.

Updated Mystery Phraze, Boxxi, Look Out, Pix Mix, Word Safari, Quiz Show, Pharaoh’s Fortune, Trivia Whiz, Photo Hunt, Tic Tac Trivia,
and Power Trivia databases.

Implemented an auto-continue game feature for players.

Updated the operator ad screen graphics.

Ion 2007.5 (Version 23.50)

Release Date: 12/10/07

Added wireless connection enhancements. See Tech Note 98 for more information.

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Ion 2007.5 (Version 23.03)

Release Date: 8/2/07

NOTES: This release is for download to V23.02 connected machines only.

Added Dodge Bull game - available for download to connected machines.

Ion 2007.5 (Version 23.02)

Release Date: 6/28/07

NOTES: This release is for download to V23.01 connected machines only.

Added Zen Word game - available for download to connected machines.

Ion 2007.5 (Version 23.01)

Release Date: 6/6/07

NOTES: This release is for download to V23 connected machines only.

Added Photo Pop game - available for download to connected machines.

Ion 2007.5 (Version 23.00)

Release Date: 5/16/07

NOTES: Free spring upgrade from V20.XX. Recommended installation: All Ion games. Available as a utility disc.

Two new games have been added - Outlaw Poker and Cattle Drive.

Updated Trivia, Mystery Phrase, Word Safari, Pharaoh’s Fortune, Quiz Show and Hollywood match databases and
Photo Hunt, Look Out, Boxxi and Pix Mix picture content.

Operator setup and various games have been translated into Chinese.

Ion 2007 (Version 22.10)

Release Date: 1/30/07

Updated Tic Tac Trivia, Pharaoh’s Fortune & Quiz Show databases for Arabic, British, French, German, Irish and Japanese. Updated
Trivia Whiz, Head-to-Head Trivia & Power Trivia databases for British, French, German and Irish.
Added Japanese Snapshot database.

Players can select to play a game in one of the other available languages if the game is not supported in the active language.

Implemented automatic linking to wireless AMI routers, enabling the game to automatically link to the router.

Added support for RoHS-compliant wireless adapter.

TournaMAXX instructions are now translated into Hungarian.

Setup is now translated into Greek.

Added additional currencies to the coin-in menu.

The current prize pool now scrolls at the bottom of the tournament icon for TournaCHAMP and Local Tournament Mode.

Ion 2007 (Version 22.03)

Release Date: 12/19/06

Added software support for a new security key component.

Corrected a slowness issue that can occur in operator setup with games linked to AMI jukeboxes.

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Ion 2007 (Version 22.02)

Release Date: 11/9/06

Added new games: Uno®, Draggle Drop, Chug Monkey, Pack Rabbit, Tuxedo Run, Office Bash, Coco Loco, Penthouse Strip Club Poker,
Hollywood Match and Luxor.

Updated Mystery Phraze, Boxxi, Look Out, Pix Mix, Word Safari, Quiz Show, Pharaoh’s Fortune, Trivia Whiz, Photo Hunt, TV Guide®
Crossword, Tic Tac Trivia, Power Trivia databases.

Added joystick functionality to Chip Away, Breakin’ Bricks, Look Out and Vinci Ball.

Enabled Dual Tournament Mode - the ability to run either Local Tournaments or TournaMAXX on one game (key-dependant).

Improved joystick functionality.

Added the ability to import/export system settings and configuration from/to a Merit-approved USB pen.

Added S.M.A.R.T. hard drive failure detection functionality to detect hard drive errors.

Coin-In, currency, and money management functionality has been improved.

Improved the system logging functionality for use in troubleshooting the game.

Added in-game advertising support to some games on connected machines.

Ion 2006.5 (Version 21.50)

Release Date: 8/9/06

Added support for RoHS-compliant motherboard (V21.50 required for use with SA10070-04 motherboard.

Improved the album jacket download for games connected to AMI jukeboxes.

Modified the procedure for activation of the second and third ISP accounts if primary account is unavailable.

Ion 2006.5 (Version 21.07)

Release Date: 6/9/06

NOTES: This release is for download to V20.06 connected machines only.

Added Draggle Drop game available for download to connected machines.

Ion 2006.5 (Version 21.06)

Release Date: 5/26/06

NOTES: This release is for download to V20.05 connected machines only.

Added UNO® game available for download to connected machines.

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Ion 2006.5 (Version 21.05)

Release Date: 5/15/06

NOTES: Free spring upgrade from V20.XX. Recommended installation: All Ion games. Available as a utility disc.

Added Sudoku6 game.

Updated Trivia, Mystery Phrase, Word Safari, Pharaoh’s Fortune, and Quiz Show databases and Video Whiz, Photo Hunt, Look Out,
Boxxi, Pix Mix, and Sticker Book picture content.

The link between Megatouch games and AMI-powered jukeboxes is now supported.

Touchscreen responsiveness has been improved.

Various Japanese translations have been added.

Corrected a Mega-Link issue where the game would crash if a player tried to pay for their opponent’s game without having enough credits.

Modified CPU voltage to optimize performance and address ‘no video signal’ issue in some games.

“Borne Internet” mode has been implemented for France.

Addressed an issue where a qualifying game score may not have received a Megatouch Nation contest entry code.

Ion 2006.5 (Version 21.00)

Release Date: 4/26/06

NOTES: Free spring upgrade from V20.XX for France. Recommended installation: All French Ion games.

“Borne Internet” mode has been implemented for France.

Added Sudoku6 game.

Updated Trivia, Mystery Phrase, Word Safari, Pharaoh’s Fortune, and Quiz Show databases and Video Whiz, Photo Hunt, Look Out,
Boxxi, Pix Mix, and Sticker Book picture content.

Touchscreen responsiveness has been improved.

Various Japanese translations have been added.

Corrected a Mega-Link issue where the game would crash if a player tried to pay for their opponent’s game without having enough credits.

Modified CPU voltage to optimize performance and address ‘no video signal’ issue in some games.

Ion 2006 (Version 20.27)

Release Date: 2/2/06

German Mini-Drucker printer printout has been corrected.

Ion 2006 (Version 20.26)

Release Date: 1/23/06

The software can now detect a RoHS-compliant touchscreen controller.

Ion 2006 (Version 20.25)

Release Date: 1/16/06

Various Japanese games are now enabled

Megatouch Nation is now available with British, Irish, or Australian keys.

Corrected an issue that could zero the Total Coins books data when the machine was powered down.

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Ion 2006 (Version 20.21)

Release Date: 12/27/05

Corrected a coin jam issue that could occur when the first coin or bill is inserted following a power cycle.

Ion 2006 (Version 20.20)

Release Date: 12/12/05

Support was added for the new I/O board.

Improved database integrity especially for TournaMAXX databases.

Corrected an issue that could corrupt Championship Edition player data, pricing and books after a power cycle.

Ion 2006 (Version 20.11)

Release Date: 12/22/05

NOTES: This release is for download to V20.10 connected machines only.

This release fixed the loading time of the player-ranking screen.

Ion 2006 (Version 20.10)

Release Date: 11/7/05

Updated Mystery Phrase database for British, French, and German. Updated Trivia and Quiz Show databases for British, Dutch, Finnish,
French, and German.

Card Bandits has been added as a Champ Ed game.

Implemented Korean language.

Added Korean, Japanese, and Arabic support to Tic A Tac Trivia, Pharaoh's Fortune, and Quiz Show.

Added support for UAE dedicated Prize Mode.

Ion 2006 (Version 20.00)

Release Date: 9/22/05

Added new Ion games: Conga Fish, Fast Traxx, Video Whiz, Space Crusader, Full Motion Video Boxxi, Sticker Book, Uno Poker, Monkey
Bash, Feeding Frosty, Card Raiders, Crypt Raiders, Sports Merit-thon, Hometown Boxxi, Trilogy Merit-thon, Breakin' Bricks, ATW Mini-
Golf, Space Mini-Golf

Refreshed Jumble and Jumble Crossword content.

Texas Hold ‘Em replaced by improved Texas Hold ‘Em 2.

Updated TV Guide, Word Safari, Trivia, Mystery Phrase, Quiz Show, Pharaoh’s Fortune databases and Photo Hunt, Boxxi, Look Out and
Pix Mix picture content.

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Implemented Operator Key functionality.

Support was added for the new motherboard.

Implemented wireless support.