Captain B. Zarre
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- Apr 16, 2013
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After 7 months of waiting, I was finally able to head back to the suburban town of Pelham to play some pinball. This time, instead of focusing on pinballs I've loved, I decided to focus on some other, more obscure games that I have seen videos of and liked. It definitely led me to some awesome discoveries.
There were a boatload of Williams games on my trip. I first played some No Fear, the machine was in good condition but not great like many of the other machines there. I couldn't get the jumps to properly work, the ball kept sliding down onto the right habitrail. It's still cool when it does occur though. I also discovered that World Cup Soccer 94 just came in shopped condition to the arcade, and I loved it! Making goals with the kicker is pretty neat, I love the multiball, and it's just a great game overall. I then played some Mousin' Around... it might as well be THE underrated alphanumeric game. Cheese ball locks, the mouse hole, an awesome multiball with a tough-to-reach jackpot... it all blends together perfectly. Just wonder how I got that Special from collecting the million. I furthered onto Cyclone & Bad Cats: Cyclone was in very good shape, and I hilariously failed: I got the Jackpot Bonus lit, but I never got it because I drained flat out of nowhere. Bad Cats was extremely fast - that Tiger Ramp shot is very aggressive. Junkyard was in beautiful shape: I also witnessed a great incident where I activated Mamushka from the Time Machine, keep in mind that TAF was right next to the machine I was playing.
I decided to head into the back room, and it looks like Gilligan's Island and BBBB are on the way out. I gave the former a play through, and it was meh... I love the ramp, particularly getting into a groove onto it, and the music has to be heard, it is THAT catchy... but I got a replay a little too easily. Terminator 2 and Taxi were still in the back room, and there I learned that T2 is much harder in real life (and has a much louder knocker). Taxi had an extremely weak plunger, but the game acted just like on TPA, which was helpful for me. I decided to spend the rest of my time playing Data East & Stern machines. Tales from the Crypt was a major success, I managed to activate Tri-Ball manually and chainsaw someone's head off. Tommy I didn't like as much, but it was still pretty good. Guns N Roses is awesome when you begin to loop the two ramps for millions, it's very satisfying.
The major highlight of my trip was, wait for it, Black Rose. Even though I had never played it, I did hilariously good at it. I just barely managed to begin Hidden Treasure and also sunk 2 ships and lit the outlane Specials. No wonder this is the #1 pick on the Bally poll!
It was certainly a fun trip, and I can't wait to head there again.
There were a boatload of Williams games on my trip. I first played some No Fear, the machine was in good condition but not great like many of the other machines there. I couldn't get the jumps to properly work, the ball kept sliding down onto the right habitrail. It's still cool when it does occur though. I also discovered that World Cup Soccer 94 just came in shopped condition to the arcade, and I loved it! Making goals with the kicker is pretty neat, I love the multiball, and it's just a great game overall. I then played some Mousin' Around... it might as well be THE underrated alphanumeric game. Cheese ball locks, the mouse hole, an awesome multiball with a tough-to-reach jackpot... it all blends together perfectly. Just wonder how I got that Special from collecting the million. I furthered onto Cyclone & Bad Cats: Cyclone was in very good shape, and I hilariously failed: I got the Jackpot Bonus lit, but I never got it because I drained flat out of nowhere. Bad Cats was extremely fast - that Tiger Ramp shot is very aggressive. Junkyard was in beautiful shape: I also witnessed a great incident where I activated Mamushka from the Time Machine, keep in mind that TAF was right next to the machine I was playing.
I decided to head into the back room, and it looks like Gilligan's Island and BBBB are on the way out. I gave the former a play through, and it was meh... I love the ramp, particularly getting into a groove onto it, and the music has to be heard, it is THAT catchy... but I got a replay a little too easily. Terminator 2 and Taxi were still in the back room, and there I learned that T2 is much harder in real life (and has a much louder knocker). Taxi had an extremely weak plunger, but the game acted just like on TPA, which was helpful for me. I decided to spend the rest of my time playing Data East & Stern machines. Tales from the Crypt was a major success, I managed to activate Tri-Ball manually and chainsaw someone's head off. Tommy I didn't like as much, but it was still pretty good. Guns N Roses is awesome when you begin to loop the two ramps for millions, it's very satisfying.
The major highlight of my trip was, wait for it, Black Rose. Even though I had never played it, I did hilariously good at it. I just barely managed to begin Hidden Treasure and also sunk 2 ships and lit the outlane Specials. No wonder this is the #1 pick on the Bally poll!
It was certainly a fun trip, and I can't wait to head there again.
