centaur is the Best pinball of all ages

Easily one of the best pinball tables of all time, the sound effects alone are just spectacular!!!

Ah, back in the day, the sound effects of this machine were awesome!

@mrgiskard

3 жыл бұрын

Anyone know what sound chip they used?

@baldguywithbeard

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrgiskard I did some searching around and found out that it's a Texas Instruments "TMS5200NL Speech Synthesizer chip". Apparently Bally used it in all of it's 4th generation games that had speech in them. How the synthesis is done I can't really say, but I'm sure it's documented somewhere.

@mrgiskard

2 жыл бұрын

@@baldguywithbeard Thanks!

@douro20

2 жыл бұрын

@@baldguywithbeard There is also an AY-3-8910 which generates the sound effects, and a digital delay for the echo (quite an expensive thing in 1981).

Sounds and lights way ahead of it's time!!!

This is my A #1 pinball machine. I am purchasing one that’s been fully restored next month and I like a kid waiting for Christmas. 🙂🙂

@VisiblyJacked

Жыл бұрын

how's it been holding up?

@253jacksonrhoads1

5 ай бұрын

Still as stunning as when I first picked it up. I recently did a Squak and Talk board upgrade. With an added reverb board. It’s sinister. 🤘

@maslacak9487

5 ай бұрын

@@253jacksonrhoads1 Please make a video with that upgrade. It could interest lots of us.

Easily the most unforgiving pinball machine I've ever played. But it has such a unique rule set, and if you can get into the rhythm of its unusual difficulty conditions, it's so much fun to play.

Remember playing this as a kid and was the best pinball machine ever made,after watching this I really need to get one

@andrewdonohue1853

8 ай бұрын

it's impossible to label the "best table ever" there are so many great games. no question centuar is a great game.

Wow people weren't kidding about that Multi-ball. 5 balls is insane especially with such an open lower playfield and blocked off upper field.

Wow I remember being a child just staring and listening to this pinball machine ,enchanted

GREATEST. PINBALL. EVER!

I have owned 2 Centaur machines. I bought the last one in 2001, and kept it about 5 years. At the time I bought it, I also bought a Gottlieb/Premier Rock, and 16 years later, I still have it and won't sell it.

I played this pinball regularly in the early to mid 80's while in High School. (Melbourne, Australia)

I loved this one. Unique sound and arts, a lot of multiball chances and so much fun to play it. For sure a member of the Hall of Fame of Pinball Machines.

Destroy Centaur. Best sound. Best voice.

I loved that machine so much! One hell of awesome gameplay.

The art and sounds in this game is so disturbing. I love it.

Probably my favorite pinball deck of all time.

omg...take me back to when i was 15 yrs old...this machine is the #1 machine i ever played...orgasm !

my favorite pinball machine. I fixed it many times.

Beautiful! This is number one on my list to get.

Wow ... Memories of my youth ..... I played in the same machine and filled with credits ... great evenings. ....

Fine work on one of the greatest machines made.

This Table has such an incredible design. It's like Sin City meets Mad Max.

@jjlmnop5226

Ай бұрын

except it predates both

This was the best Bally pin of the time!

I remember playing this awesome Bally Pinball Machine down at Southend, way back in the year of 1981. Awesome table

6:48 "bad move human"

Amazing play!

very good pin ball machines, I used to fix them many years ago

Wow. Never saw anyone beat up on a machine like that before. I'd bet my paycheck that wasn't the first time you played it. Good lord.

Wow!

Nice controlled play You have, flipper bounce is the key for a high score, love playing it sometimes on the pinball arcade, great soundtrack and cool black and white artwork. A real Bally classic, that's for sure.

Nicely done. Classic pinball.

This game is quite intimidating in appearance and difficulty, I like it.

The absolute best game from 1981 !

This pin is so amazing - one of my favorites for sure. I hope to own one someday, but it seems like finding one for sale in good working order is tough.

Impressive accuracy at those orb targets!

Is the Best

I Had one too, great game! Spookiest table ever made!

Good player. You should be in a competition.

Finally, one with a cranked echo. :)

Epic ball one sir!

BEST PAC,PAC,PAC,PAC,PAC¡¡¡,MASTER¡¡

Mesmerizing

Man you killed it nice game

Damn you got the tilt down perfectly

Had this in my garage as a kid along with robotron

amazing!!one of the best multyball i ever see in my life.i have got at least 25-26years of expiriens stay good and enjoj.OLD SCHOOL PLAY very good for wachyng p.s.sory for my bad english

@BiggestLittleArcadeReno

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. I think I'm better now! I have a new Centaur with new playfield and new everything. I love working/playing on pinball.

Love this table

My Top 15 Pinball Machines 15. Doctor Who 14. The Simpsons Party Pinball 13. Eight Ball Deluxe 12. Galaxy 11. Space Invaders 10. Black Knight 9. Fish Tales 8. The Wizard Of Oz 7. Austin Powers 6. Avengers 5. Batman The Dark Knight 4. Silver Ball Mania 3. Centaur 2. Jurassic Park 1. Gorgar

@GuntPulp

6 жыл бұрын

I like seeing the Ballys on that list but Eight Ball Deluxe is a top 5 ALL DAY

Play this on my Xbox One. The Pinball Arcade.

Awesome.

That playfield must take a beating.

Ein klasse flipper,echt schön.

For some that didn’t catch the phrase it said: “Challenge the ORB feature, sequence feature, chamber feature, guardian feature, bonus feature" I googled it.

I would love to know how many times you rolled the score on that first ball.

they have one on display at the Alameda Pinball Museum on free play

Geiler Sound , das wäre mein Gerät gewesen !

Is the best

well played

I'm looking for one now.

New Gemini 2000!!!

Centaur is the dark souls of pinball.

Copacabana take away. Memories

i have a 1980 firepower from the same era. id say it's a tie for the best early solid state. williams firepower, bally centaur, or gotlieb black hole.

I would like this table at some point. Though I think my next pin I want to get is a DMD type as I already have a Alpha-Numeric display type of pin. I am trying to collect at least one of each type of pin. From pre-war lighted up backbox on up to the present day display pins. I am more of the non-licenesed cheaper pins I like those the most so mainly 80s and 90s era pins.

@ChipHazard007

9 жыл бұрын

Most of the machines I want are mainly manufactured by Bally and William's but I wouldn't mind a couple Gottlieb or Data East ones

@PinBallReviewerRepairs

9 жыл бұрын

ChipHazard007 Samer here. I would like Gottliebs Victory! I like the race theme and having to get the check points on various parts of the playfield.

@ChipHazard007

9 жыл бұрын

Gottlieb ones I'd like would be both Black Hole and Haunted House Williams machines No Fear, Gorgar, Fish Tales and T2 Bally machines Elvira and the party monsters, Centaur, Twilight Zone and The Addams Family and Hook by Data East

Game of my youth!!! I was one of the best player in the caffe bar :)))) Dammn those beautiful memories! You need to be little more agressive ;))) Dont TILT it :-DDD

Nice played and beautiful machine! It looks soo easy bouncing the balls back into play from the outlanes... like 9 out of 10 times. I have a 1981 Centaur too, but it seems like 9 out of 10 times, the ball just run direct out without hitting the white rubberbands on the red cones, like if the balls were too small or the lanes too wide!?! What is the trick? Timing of course... but do you push the machine forward or from side to side? Thanks

@BiggestLittleArcadeReno

7 жыл бұрын

jwenneberg Forward shake. The posts should stick out into the outlane. There are fatter post rubbers in the world too.

@jwenneberg

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I believe the posts are placed where they ought to be (center of posts are placed in line of the inside of the black sideguard). Fatter post rubbers? Your doesn't look much fatter than mine. Aren't they Centaur rubbers yours?

Do you have deactivated your Tilt function? Great Game!

@BiggestLittleArcadeReno

3 жыл бұрын

No. I should have shown proof by getting a warning. 1st Bally with a Tilt warning!

6:58 what made the 2nd Power orb add? ...oh I noticed later... there's some bad connections... it was already 'lit'.

@BiggestLittleArcadeReno

3 жыл бұрын

It's a dip switch option. You can choose if it just awards 1 or unlimited per per ball.

Only aware of this from the PS4 Ultimate pinball game. But. I want to play this at the circus.

@kcwhabbit

6 жыл бұрын

I suddnly feel jilted.

This is the creepiest pinball I have ever seen.

How do you make those lights flash when you release a ball

@neilkrenos3609

Жыл бұрын

Is it in the switch setting

É a gemini 2000,aqui no Brasil, da Taito!

Pinball Done Quick: First orb in 20 seconds (1:08)

@BiggestLittleArcadeReno

3 жыл бұрын

I never noticed!

6:37 How did you aktivate here the release Target? I think there was a loose contact! It is impossible to aktivate a 5 Ball Multiball without hitting the final Target on the Queens Chamber or the Release Target Lane.

@endotherm

Жыл бұрын

He made the Guardian feature on the right outlane 6:37, getting a single multiball. The Queen's chamber shot was made just after that multiball was released, making it look like it was releasing all 5 multiballs at once.

@Jellocheck

Жыл бұрын

@@endotherm Jeah, now i realize :-). Thx!

I have heard Facebook notification sound in the background @ 6:11

This. Xenon. Space invader. And pinbot. Thats it.

Did you put this on 5 balls?

@Jellocheck

7 жыл бұрын

Yes he did. 13:48

@253jacksonrhoads1

4 жыл бұрын

This game had a 5 ball multi ball feature in its normal gameplay. This is the holy grail of pinball, IMO.

@BiggestLittleArcadeReno

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jellocheck I did mention what my 3 ball score was. I'm surprised I uploaded a 5 ball game. Makes me want to upload a better 3 ball game on my new bitchin' Centaur! I think I will!!!!!

@BiggestLittleArcadeReno

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jellocheck In 4K!

Did you purchase it at the Arcade Expo?

@BiggestLittleArcadeReno

6 жыл бұрын

No. I got it in Los Osos CA about 2 days before the first Arcade Expo.

I used to eat this game alive.

how much are these worth i have one :)

Only for bad-asses

Thanks for the video but it's the wrong perspective. Please show the game from the front.

Bad move, human,....

centaur is the Best pinball of all ages