Here’s another in our “first look” series.. a game comes in and I have no idea what condition it’s in and we begin to diagnose and take a look… so feel free to join me on this journey….
First Look: Bally/Midway World Cup Soccer ’94
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First Look: Game Plan Sharp Shooter II pinball
Lately I have been adhering to a self-imposed moratorium on picking up any more pinball machines. Honestly, I’ve really been doing my best to avoid it, and the fact that so few show up in my area makes that easy, so when a friend-of-a-friend said they knew someone with a game in their garage they wanted to get rid of, it was worth a look… here’s the video and info on my acquisition of a relatively rare game, albeit in questionable condition…
Game Plan’s Sharp Shooter II is an interesting game… I have never owned a Game Plan game before so this is all new to me and the technology is different. Watch along with me as I fumble around seeing what the deal is with this crazy garage pickup…
Stern Ghostbusters Pro Pinball – One Shot Pinball Review
One of our awesome members, Paul, decided to have his new Ghostbusters machine shipped to the PinChurch to share with everybody so it’s been hanging around here for the last week. I put a bunch of games on it and am posting my first impression of the game and how it works for you all to enjoy.
First Look: Williams Skylab pinball and gameplay – PinballHelp.com
Here is another video on a recent pickup: Williams Skylab – a very cool theme featuring a classic real-life space station that was in orbit from 1973 to 1979, and at the time was a huge point of pride for America and the field of science. In this game I take a quick look at the game before I’ve done any work on it, what condition it’s in. What I see wrong. And try to get the game to play a little bit.
“Hey Professor!” First Look: Gilligan’s Island
Here’s the first of another multi-part series of stories on some recent game pick ups. Come look with me as I discover new pinball machines in the wild and take them back to the lair to examine and restore! This was from a lot of about five games I picked up from a company that was going out of business. This was the main game I wanted but I had to get the entire package. Boo hoo. 😉
First Look: Bally “Future Spa”
Here’s a video of another game, a really fun and challenging game from 1979 called, “Future Spa” by Bally. Now quite a hit in the competitive pinball circuit too.
First Look: 1968 Gottlieb Target Pool – looking over a new game before turning it on
This is a first look at a 1968 Gottlieb wedgehead electro-mechanical pinball machine “Target Pool”. I unloaded it and what you see is what I see in real time as I take a look at the machine and what needs to be done with it. This video goes over a few things that I typically do before I even try to turn a game on.