Pinball Wizard Arcade 1/4/15

[Captain B. Zarre]

Yep, I'm heading to Pelham... again...

For anyone from the forums who is visiting on the same day, I'm going to wear a beige Pinball Arcade T-shirt.

This time, there are several machines I want to play:

- Transformers (what can I say, I love fan layouts and I think this game has some cool gimmicks)
- America's Most Haunted (get hype! been following this project for a while and can't wait to play it)
- NBA Fastbreak (read up on the rules of this table and will try my best to play it)
- Jurassic Park (please tell me it's working now, it is one of the best tables made by Data East)
- Simpsons Pinball Party (if it's shop out has been finished)

 

[Captain B. Zarre]

Heading there today! I'll report back with pictures later.

 

[Captain B. Zarre]

I'm back! Couldn't get the pictures but there were many fun times to be had:

- I got my first high score - 45 million points on America's Most Haunted! I was so surprised I even did that well. The game played well and I can see the game becoming more popular.
- Transformers played really well, my score on it was around 38m. I love the flow of this game, and the toys integrate well into the theme.
- Walking Dead LE played a lot better than the machine at Lanes and Games. One of the most satisfying shots in pinball is shooting the right ramp followed by the right orbit and so forth. I managed to complete this combo 3 times in a row.
- Hook also joined the arcade's lineup. The multiball in this table is really confusing and I am waiting for someone to write a Rulesheet for this interesting table.
- I also broke Popeye... one of my locked balls wouldn't come back out and thus I couldn't play. Ugh.
- Party Zone was turned off...
- I tried a bit better on NBA Fastbreak. Like Transformers I love the flow of this table. Interesting ruleset and I want to try and find this game closer to me.

 

[IGoFirstIndy]

I'm back! Couldn't get the pictures but there were many fun times to be had:

- I got my first high score - 45 million points on America's Most Haunted! I was so surprised I even did that well. The game played well and I can see the game becoming more popular.
- Transformers played really well, my score on it was around 38m. I love the flow of this game, and the toys integrate well into the theme.
- Walking Dead LE played a lot better than the machine at Lanes and Games. One of the most satisfying shots in pinball is shooting the right ramp followed by the right orbit and so forth. I managed to complete this combo 3 times in a row.
- Hook also joined the arcade's lineup. The multiball in this table is really confusing and I am waiting for someone to write a Rulesheet for this interesting table.
- I also broke Popeye... one of my locked balls wouldn't come back out and thus I couldn't play. Ugh.
- Party Zone was turned off...
- I tried a bit better on NBA Fastbreak. Like Transformers I love the flow of this table. Interesting ruleset and I want to try and find this game closer to me.

Did they have Hercules up and running?

 

[Captain B. Zarre]

Did they have Hercules up and running?

No, it was in the back and powered off.

 

[Fungi]

No, it was in the back and powered off.

They did you a favor.

 

[Bowflex]

No, it was in the back and powered off.

I think it always is. The first time I went it was powered on but the coin mechanism was broken so it wouldn't accept any payment to start a game.

 

[IGoFirstIndy]

They did you a favor.

I know. But I gotta play it at least once.

 

[Reagan Dow]

I gotta get up there soon. Unfortunately I spent the overnight and day cleaning slop from driveways that was essentially like moving concrete. Snow blower did little good and my s**thead employee never showed up until 10 am. At least I just beat my high score in earth shaker (not so hard to do). I'm very curious. How did you like Americas most haunted? What's with the hellevator? Dumb toy or useful?

 

[Captain B. Zarre]

I gotta get up there soon. Unfortunately I spent the overnight and day cleaning slop from driveways that was essentially like moving concrete. Snow blower did little good and my s**thead employee never showed up until 10 am. At least I just beat my high score in earth shaker (not so hard to do). I'm very curious. How did you like Americas most haunted? What's with the hellevator? Dumb toy or useful?

America's Most Haunted impressions:

- It appears the humor can split some people apart. I personally enjoyed it but it looks like after a ton of plays the comedic quotes can get on people's nerves.
- Great flow makes almost every shot enjoyable to make.
- Hellavator is a pretty cool toy. It's neat how it can divert balls and act as a major shot.
- It's overall a really cool game that deserves to have much more than 250 made.

 

[Reagan Dow]

America's Most Haunted impressions:

- It appears the humor can split some people apart. I personally enjoyed it but it looks like after a ton of plays the comedic quotes can get on people's nerves.
- Great flow makes almost every shot enjoyable to make.
- Hellavator is a pretty cool toy. It's neat how it can divert balls and act as a major shot.
- It's overall a really cool game that deserves to have much more than 250 made.

Didn't I read it had over 200 quotes or lines? How can that get repetitive etc?

 

[Nightwing]

I know. But I gotta play it at least once.

I did,when it was running. Don't need to play it again.

Gotta get back up to Pelham soon!

 

[Reagan Dow]

Perhaps we can meet up there and have a great day of pinball?

 

[Potrzebie]

Didn't know they had a Simpsons Pinball Party. I made my first trip there this past October and played the Simpsons Data East table. My only gripe was there wasn't a single EM game in the room. Minor issue, but it would have been nice to play one. Also, Black Knight was in need of a trip to the shop for a flipper rebuild. I'll be making another trip this coming Spring.

 

[Captain B. Zarre]

Didn't know they had a Simpsons Pinball Party. I made my first trip there this past October and played the Simpsons Data East table. My only gripe was there wasn't a single EM game in the room. Minor issue, but it would have been nice to play one. Also, Black Knight was in need of a trip to the shop for a flipper rebuild. I'll be making another trip this coming Spring.

Nightwing told me they were shopping out TSPP but I didn't see it this visit.