Don’t plunge too hard! You’ll want the ball to fall through one of the Joker lanes at the top of the playfield. These lanes will spot valuable scoring opportunities elsewhere on the playfield, which can be earned repeatedly on that ball each time the ball crosses the corresponding switch. Mike Remembers: This game was a […]
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Mike Remembers: Surf Champ is a beautiful game that I remember enjoying as a kid. Though I can not remember the specific locations where I played it, with its drop targets, spinner, roll-over, and kick out hole, it possesses most of my preferred features found in pinball machines. Combined with its awesome art work,
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After revealing the awards on the flags (middle right), shoot up the spinner lane (left) and hope to land in the top saucer. The awards listed on the flags are the secret to high scores, but will only be collected if the ball rolls down the flag lane. The saucer will always eject the ball
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There is a nasty, unprotected gap between the two flippers on the left side. Resist the temptation to cradle the ball using the lower left flipper, you’ll be sure to lose it through this gap. Mike Remembers: I was barely 10 years old when I first played the Captain and it was the game that
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Mike Remembers: Fire! is another game I remember playing at multiple locations but can’t put my finger on one specific location that stands out in my memory. I do remember the incredibly steep ramps and fast looping shots that would soon become the norm with Williams pinball machines.
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Mike Remembers: I have always enjoyed Space Station for its fantastic sound track, sound effects, and speech. When the multi-ball mode is achieved, the entire playfield illumination changes from the standard white to green to amazing effect. I don’t remember exactly where I played it, perhaps someone can remind me of some of the
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Mike Remembers: I used to play this machine at the Midway at their first location on St. Laurent Boulevard. It was one of the last games that to me still retains some of the classic feel of the pinball machine of my youth. This Elvira was the first game to grace the floor of the
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Mike Remembers: This is a game I don’t have many memories of playing in the arcades. I have owned a couple and the animated skull is a novel toy and the jumping ramp with the magnetic assist is a great test of hand eye coordination and timing. It is a great “newer” game, and
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Mike Remembers: Comet was one of those games that you had to line your quarters on and wait to play. My most vivid memories of it were at the Mister Arcade at Bank and AltaVista. The first ever one million shot in pinball combined with the plastic ramps, which were a novelty at the
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Chalk up! After knocking down all 7 drop targets + the 8 ball target, you will have the rest of the current ball to try for the red stand-up targets behind the 7-target bank. Complete them all to spell D-E-L-U-X-E for 50,000 points or a free game! Mike Remembers: One of my all time favorite
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Mike Remembers: My first memories of Flash Gordon were at the Hampton Park Bowling Alley. The incredible sound effects, two level playfield and strobe light combined with inline drop targets made it a very attractive game to play. It was a very challenging game as well and very difficult to obtain a free game
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Mike Remembers: My fondest memories of Star Trek were at the Lincoln Fields shopping centre where it was in residence for some time in the four-pinball line-up at the top of the escalator from the old Woolco Department Store. I remember loving the early electronic sounds reminiscent of some of the theme music from
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