The Pinball Thread

[thrillerman1Can you see the donkey in my toast?]

Just saw this RCT pinball posted on Craigslist and figured it might as well go to one of us: http://nashville.craigslist.org/tag/1748999272.html

Wish I could afford it!

[Angry_GumballIt's All About Quality!]

Just finished one of my final projects, based on pinball. Seriously, you guys should check this out, I think it came out real nice.

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This is based on myself and my crazy cat (who was shown earlier in this thread on our Taxi machine). My cartoon character also was shown in my cartoon "High Dive" many of you saw in the past. So yea, enjoy the show, feedback is a huge plus! I spent all quarter on this cartoon!

[IBtacoDaveCan I park my donkey here?]

^Any cat owning pinball collector (a narrow demographic to be sure) can surely identify with this. I loved it! Taxi is one of my all time favorite pinball machines, a true classic.

My cat never misses a chance to see the flashing lights and bouncing pinballs. Here he is resting after a frantic game of World Cup Soccer '94. Timely I know.

[CameronDon't make me kick you in the donkey!]

^ World Cup Soccer is one of my all-time favorite games .. And definitely in the top-10 Williams/Bally games ever produced. I have room for another game at my place, and World Cup is at the top of my list.

Cameron.

[IBtacoDaveCan I park my donkey here?]

^ World Cup Soccer is one of my all-time favorite games .. And definitely in the top-10 Williams/Bally games ever produced. I have room for another game at my place, and World Cup is at the top of my list.

Cameron.

You have excellent taste, luckily for you it's a very affordable game. I was fortunate to find mine, It's in great condition and I've never had a significant problem with it. I don't have space for a large collection myself, so far I have just have the World Cup and a beat up Cyclone.

Since it seems like there are a few pinball fans out there, I'd like to share some of the pinball related places and events I've visited over the past year. The first is a place familiar to everyone here, Indiana Beach.

Photo TR: Indiana Beach Pinball

Along with its great coasters and delicious taco's, Indiana beach also features not one but two open-air pinball arcades. Skyroom arcade is located on the North end of the park, underneath Skyroom bar & restaurant. Inside you'll find eight pinball machines that are excellently maintained. Among them are some of the most popular and highly rated games ever made.

The Machine: Bride of Pinbot
Theatre of Magic
Star Trek: The Next Generation
The Twilight Zone
Funhouse
South Park
The Addams Family
The Simpsons Pinball Party

Indiana Beach's other arcade is located in the campground across from Schafer Drive. These games aren't nearly as well maintained as the ones inside the park, but still worth checking out for any pinball lover. The campground arcade also has a decent selection of retro arcade-games , skeeball, and redemption machines. Behind the arcade you'll also find an International themed mini-golf course and a hand powered train ride. The campground games include:

Rollergames
Jokerz
No Fear
The Twilight Zone
Cyclone
Party Animals
Funhouse
The Addams Family
The Getaway: High Speed 2

Enjoy the pictures!

[Angry_GumballIt's All About Quality!]

^And what would your Funhouse score be? In real life, my high was maybe 15,000,000 on our Funhouse machine. On the Wii Pinball Hall of Fame game, I had like 30,000,000. Now, I need to work on Rudy's eyes as they won't close...like the solenoid is froze that controls his eyelids.

[IBtacoDaveCan I park my donkey here?]

^Early last season I set the grand champion score at 26mil, my best game ever, and it stayed there all season. Unfortunately, the scores were erased over the winter and I could only come up with 13mil my last visit, good for 3rd place. My high score initials are DJS. I like the Funhouse machines at IB because they are slow (I prefer stop and shoot style games), and the mystery mirror kickouts are generally predictable.

Photo TR: Chicago Pinball Expo 2009

Chicago has long been regarded as the center of the pinball universe. At one time there were well over 100 pinball machine/parts factories in and around the Chicago area. Now only one in the world remains, and fortunately, it is still located right here outside Chicago. So while the Chicago Expo is not the biggest or highest attended pinball show, it nevertheless possesses an inherent importance among pinball enthusiasts.

[Angry_GumballIt's All About Quality!]

The previous owner of our Funhouse has like 25 million on it. None of us in my house have been able to top those off though. The absolute highest I've seen a Funhouse score was up at 95 million when we went to SCBB last summer.

Those of you who have played Taxi, what's your high score on that? Anything higher than close to 7 million? (No one's been able to top my score in the house regardless how hard they try )

[brilinjo150 posts and I just get a crappy title!]

^^ I know this is the pinball thread, but you know waaay too much about pinball

[CameronDon't make me kick you in the donkey!]

That Cirqus whitewood is actually mine