Being in the extremely privileged position of having a Gottlieb E.M. machine at home, I can reveal that the last digit is a curved piece of plastic with a zero painted on, screwed into place behind the backglass to look like a score reel.
The actual score reels are huge and weigh a ton, and...
One of the simple things that make a huge difference on real machines is how the feet on the bottom of the legs are set.
It is quite common to find the levelling feet at the back set really high, while the front ones are wound right in low, or even removed. This makes the ball run really fast...
I seem to remember the ball always making a bee line for the out lanes on the real table too.
Enough to stop me putting coins in and go and do something else.
It think it's a pretty accurate representation.
I don't know why everyone is so down on Xenon.
I can remember feeding coins into this back when it was a new machine.
The sound alone was incredible, better than any thing else in the arcade, and then there was that incredible artwork, and a the woman going ooohhh!
Very impressive to a young...
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