The SFX and lighting package on this game is so unreal for the year it was made.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah they took it to the next level!

@deborahchesser7375

3 жыл бұрын

@@LyonsArcade this one, Gorgar and Black Night were really good ones too wow I miss those games.

@Unclefire

9 ай бұрын

@@deborahchesser7375 I played this and Gorgar a lot years ago. That's another really well designed game.

@zdmacstudios

8 ай бұрын

It's aged beautifully as well! Pinbot is just as mesmerising as when it first came into this world decades ago

When I was 10 they built a bowling alley next door to our neighborhood. My friends and I would scrounge quarters, sometimes dipping in to my parents change stashes. We would ride our bikes to the bowling alley, ditching our bikes in a nearby storm drain, and spend hours deciding which games to use our ill-gotten quarters on. I preferred the beat 'em up like double dragon, turtles, or bad dudes. Pinbot was on of the few pinball machines that kept my attention. I loved how you never knew what might happen next, and having two balls at once was so cool. If a pinball game had multiple levels and wire chutes it got my money. Good times.

@pinball541

3 жыл бұрын

Same, that is why Pin-Bot & High Speed are two of my favorite machines of all time!👍 Hello from Phoenix Arizona!🔥

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Those were the golden days of Pinball Machines, the next 10 years or so of them were so cool and they were all over the place! Thanks for watching as always Trey, we appreciate it!

I spent many many hours playing this in my grandparents basement. I had an uncle that sold pinball jukebox and other such arcade equipment so there was always at least one pinball machine and a jukebox in their basement "for the kids" even though the adults spent about as much time down there as we did. I remember the summer I spent there when this happened to be the machine he had there. This has and will always be one of my favorite machines ever! These videos have brought back so many memories! Thanks for the awesome videos!

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

That's very cool your uncle kept games around like that, i'll bet that was awesome as a kid!

@godmonkeyjr

3 жыл бұрын

@@LyonsArcade It was epic. My grandparents lived in a very small town in north eastern Iowa so there wasn't exactly a lot to do especially if we visited in the winter months. We would spend hours between us (there were a lot of us grandchildren) trying to beat each other's high scores. I think half of the reason I watch these videos is for the memories it brings back of going into the shop he worked out of and working with the two guys that did the repair work. I learned more from them than I ever did out of any books or classes. Keep up the amazing videos!

Some games like pin, bot, bride of pin bot, and even Jack bot those games are literally my favorite out of all the Williams pinball games and they deserve some extra love to them

Much like with video games, it feels like Pin Bot's impact comes with weird artistic expression and fun Pinball machines could have. Electromechanical sculptures that are enjoyable in play, sight and sound. Man; I wrote that before finishing but it sounds really good, like a great unreleased mega drive game. Probably some of the same Yamaha family inside that bot.

They had this game just down the block from me at a small grocery in the early 90's. I played it a TON.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Very cool, did they keep it running well?

Never knew one of my favorite NES games was an actual machine, now I need to play the real thing. What a beautiful piece of art!

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Yup, it's pretty awesome!

@speedshark2911

3 жыл бұрын

I played this more than any other pinball in my life 30 years ago and my favorite of all-time. Spent a lot on that one.

@jay_playzzz6339

Жыл бұрын

dudeeee same here been playin the nes since i was 6 lol, then went to ps2 then to phone then to pc then to real life

One of my Favorite Pins 👍👍

Awesome finished product Ron. I still play Pin-Bot in the wild. I play it at Starfighters Arcade in Mesa Arizona. I have the Arcade's high score for Pin-Bot of 6,292,910. I first played High Speed, & Pin-Bot at Flakey Jakes Restaurant in Costa Mesa California in the mid 80's. Dad would sit me on a bar stool in the game room, & give me a handful of quarters to go to town. I would score free games on both machines, & go home with a pocket of quarters. Dad never knew! That is one of my personal favorite memories of all time. That was my first exposure to these machines, & explains why I bought my High Speed in 1990 when I was 13.👍 Hello from Phoenix Arizona!🔥

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pinball 541 we appreciate you watching... that's pretty cool you were so good at getting replays even way back then, awesome! Times have changed a lot, but what a cool memory...

Excellent to see this up and running again. I think Python did the art work on Bad Cats as well from memory. That one had same quite out there artwork as well. Thanks for all your work. You put so much more into these machines than most would.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

He most certainly did, that was a unique one to say the least! We did a video on it awhile back, not sure if you were with us yet then... thanks for watching Brendan we're filming much more stuff right now :)

@EsotericArctos

3 жыл бұрын

@@LyonsArcade I wasn't with you back then, but I will look for it. Bad Cats was quite the table. Would love to see one of them pop up somewhere

Great video. Played this at a Putt Putt golf place that also had as gameroom. Enjoyed it lots, although it wasn't very well cared for. Wish it would have looked and worked as good as this one. Also played it at Pinball Museum in Las Vegas. They have a couple hundred machines in there and they can be played. Thanks Ron.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

The Pinball Museum has expanded, did you hear about that? He's building a HUGE building that's going to have FOUR TIMES as many games as the last one. It's going to be amazing, the building is almost done.

@tcb8295

3 жыл бұрын

@@LyonsArcade cool, it's been a while since I was out there. It's like the only place where you need rolls of quarters since most casinos don't take coins in their slots any longer. I'd rather spent $50 here than at casinos anyways, LoL.

By far the most exciting pinball machine I've seen you restore. Congratulations on a fine job ‼️

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Papa Smurf! See you on the next video...

3:17 now Christopher Greener was a really really good music designer especially for this game. He actually done absolutely amazing job for music when it comes to this game, high score music, especially it sounded amazing. Sound like something you hear out of a sci-fi movie or album.

I used to play Pin Bot at the local gambling spot, here in northern Netherlands, which was just a building full of gambling machines. There was a section of arcade games and pinball machines. When this one arrived as the newest/latest pinball machine, everyone, i mean everyone loved it! At the age of 15 apparently i was allowed in there and had a lot of fun with PB! And about the age-thing, even earlier, a friend of mine his parents owned a local bar, and they had a KISS pinball machine, which was cool too, and yes, we were allowed in there too haha. We were about 10, so that would make that machine roughly from 1983. Cool stuff...

Thank you so much for this video. This took me back to when I played this game in Crete, Nebraska at W.C. Franks back in the late 1980's. My favorite game in the joint, and of all time. I'm building a small arcade in my basement, and this is pinball machine I've always wanted to have. Loved this game!

I used to see this pinball table at my local roller skating rink. I rarely played it then because I was too short to see the entire field but I used to watch all the teenagers play and I'd remember cheering them on whenever they got the visor open. But this game is special to me. This was the game that got me interested in pinball... and I would love love love to find a copy of this table to have in my house one day. ;)

Seeing you rebuild and refurbish this machine is really getting me wanting to go play some pinball. We have a pinball hall of fame here in Las Vegas, and holy cow, just went to go see what they have, and the owner has almost a thousand machines with 200 always in and out of rotation. I can't wait to play pin bot, it's currently in rotation right now and I might be making my first trip there. Love the videos! Thank you for 'em, I know how much of a pain it can be recording them. Always get excited when you post another one!

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

That place is very cool, did you know he's expanding? They just built a new building that's like 4 times the size of the old one! It's going to be even more amazing....

This certainly is a more intense game play experience than the EM's you've been fixing lately. It's cool to see the evolution of Pinball games.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

It's definitely different!

@gorillaau

3 жыл бұрын

@@LyonsArcade The visor multi ball is a nice element. I think this machine has to rank as one of my favorites, along with Haunted House, for being three levels of playfield.

The good old days when Pluto was a planet. A lot of thought went into that machine. Funny I had just got through watching a video about Styxs Mr Roboto.. Weird how things tie in like that. Great job!

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Pluto's still a planet to me :) I don't let them change the rules on me down the road, haha. Nobody ever talks about Robots anymore though! It was more of an 80's thing....

I like it when you show the playfield in the dark, similar to the way you'd see it in an arcade.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

That's how I like them too!

@gorillaau

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, it depends on the arcade venue. In Australia, they seemed to have been lit up like a office building. Probably easier to keep an eye on everyone if they can't hide in the darkened corners. No smoking around the machines, and later in the building. No drinking either.

Vista Lanes bowling alley/karaoke bar. In my home town. Me and a good friend would play PIN BOT all the time. Definitely one of my favorites. If I had the money one I would own. Next to. GORGAR F 14 TOMCAT BLACK KNIGHT and SILVERBALL MANIA.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Five fantastic games! I've never had any of the other four though, but eventually I will do videos on them :)

@memyopinionsche6610

3 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to it.

This is one of my all-time favorites, and it's actually my spouse's single favorite pinball too--she's not a huge pinball fan, but when we went to a couple of arcades that had it, the goal of opening Pinbot's visor and getting to multiball really hooked her. We've played it most often at the now-defunct Pinball Wizard Arcade in Pelham, NH, and at Funspot in Weirs Beach, NH. What often happens to me is that I get multiball, get the one eyeball locked, then have an attack of nerves that makes my game go to pieces and I can't make that not-very-hard left ramp shot to collect the Solar Value. The goal of advancing the planets is really challenging. I keep forgetting that you can do it by completing the targets on the left--and the green one on the right is pretty hard to hit, it's a tricky tip shot.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

It's such a great game and I can see why she would enjoy it even if she's not a pinball person. They did a great job balancing out the rules and making it have that 'one more game' factor. Thanks for watching Matt!

@MattMcIrvin

3 жыл бұрын

@@LyonsArcade While I certainly saw it around in its heyday, I think I first became really familiar with it in a simulation--not the NES Pinbot many likely remember, but its appearance in "Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection" for the Wii. In hindsight, it wasn't the most super-faithful rendition, but it was pretty good for the available technology. "The Pinball Arcade" also had it until they lost the Williams license.

Such a great machine, and so much better playing it with the lights off! Reminds me of all the times i used to play this gem back in the day.. Fantastic job fixing it btw!

Awesome! Just listening to this brings back memories. Got to know a tech who serviced pinball and other coin op stuff. Showed me a few tricks to do basic repair and maintenance for some of the pinball games at the places I frequented. Pinbot was a pain in the ass but a total blast to play! I couldn't fix crap on this other than basic coin slot and bumper issues. But had the high scores usually.

@LyonsArcade

2 жыл бұрын

It's a real classic, what a game! Thanks for watching Buzz!

I havenèt seen this game in decades. Forgotten about it.

Also I agree these games are better played in the dark especially ones with nice aesthetics like this one

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

They're definitely more fun in the dark!

Coincidentally, thanks for the extra information on how to make sure the plunger and ramp are properly aligned. If I ever have room for a home arcade, this is one of the games I'd want in it, so that's the kind of useful info that I watch this channel for. (Also, this video reminded me of why I dropped so many quarters into this machine back in the day, LOL!) EDIT: To answer the question at the end of the video... I played this at the _Silverball_ Arcade in Central Mall. The arcade was one of the first nine storefronts to open when they built the mall.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

"Silverball Arcade" sounds fun :) I wish they were still around, you'd think they could figure out a way to make it viable...

I'm 100 percent certain Pin Bot is my favorite pinball machine you've fixed and done videos on. Keep up the great work!

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

It's a pretty cool one :) By the way we shouted you out in our "Stern Stars" pinball machine video we're working on coming up in a few weeks, if you see that one you'll see what we were talking about :) Thanks for watching man we appreciate it!

I think what i am most enjoying these days is the passion and love for what you do that comes through your voice and makes every video awesome. If you’re hiring when the borders open i’m there man! 😁

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks FreezerBurn, I enjoy working on them, I like all the little engineering and artistic touches they put in the games. See you on the next one!

That series of videos was great. I absolutely loved Pinbot. Played it a bunch years ago. Some of those sound FX were burned into by brain given I'm having flashbacks while you were playing it. That game has really good features, playability and visuals.

I’m not one of the viewers that asked for the lights on because it’s your channel and you can do what you want. With that being said the viewing experience is 100 times better with the lights one and you had the best game Ive seen you play with them on! Either way thanks for the lights on game play I really enjoyed being able to see the play field!

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, we appreciate you hanging out with us!

In the basement from my parents is one of them. had played so many hours on it. someday i will repair the top screen : ) punch the plunger! the sound effects still gives my chills! high score with my dad was 6.3 millions.

@pinball541

3 жыл бұрын

I have been playing this game since the first release. I own High Speed, & Pin-Bot machines currently. I also have the longest lasting record for this machine at Starfighters Arcade in Mesa Arizona. The record is 6,292,910, I have not been able to get close to this score on my personal machine. Hello from Phoenix Arizona!🔥

@psydemekum

3 жыл бұрын

@@pinball541 yea nice : ) if i remember correctly we farmed bonus balls for hours and played till 2 in the morning ^^ greetings from switzerland

@psydemekum

3 жыл бұрын

i remember pressing a button inside the coin door to access configuration mode. than u could select different options with the triggers. we had no manual and only very cryptic hints on the top display. maybe we changed stuff there for more points *hehe

@pinball541

3 жыл бұрын

@@psydemekum- The buttons inside the coin door get you to the service mode. You can change the game settings, game difficulty, & access the bookkeeping menus. Pin-Bot can be a big drain monster. I have my High Speed, & Pin-Bot set for 5 balls per game.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

That's pretty cool Sir Stab-A-Lot, that must have been awesome having one back in the day in the house!

Man watching you play brings back great memories of this game. I keep telling my wife I want to buy one and she keeps saying we can't afford it . LOL

@pinball541

3 жыл бұрын

Just keep your eyes open. I have owned my High Speed machine for 30 years now. In April of 2019, I found a Pin-Bot machine locally in Phoenix Arizona. I got it for $700, but cosmetically was not in the great shape as Ron's. I was not looking for it, but it found me. It was about to be scrapped if I didn't buy it. The playfield was partially stripped, but all of the pieces were included. The playfield was NASTY dirty, & was played partially without rubbers. I installed LED bulbs, but replaced them back to normal bulbs. It cleaned up great, & plays great, it is a solid 6 out of 10. There are deals out there, you just have to look for them. Yes, the cheaper you get the machine, the more work has to be done to it. The finished machine will mean more to you than a plug & play machine you can find. Now, go out there & find it!👍 Hello from Phoenix Arizona!🔥

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Like Pinball 541 said you can definitely find them... the secret though to getting her to let you have one, is to get her to think it's her idea, and then buy HER one.

@Mdrailer1

3 жыл бұрын

@@LyonsArcade Absolutely. I am lucky she lets me buy my model train stuff

That is a really fun, well thought out game. I don't know anything about it's history but I would be surprised if it wasn't a very popular game. I never really 'got' pinball machines, but this looks a lot of fun.

@TheGramophoneGirl

3 жыл бұрын

Can you imagine what a revelation this machine was in 1986!?! It must have been out of this world.

@envisionelectronics

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGramophoneGirl I was 10 and played it every weekend. Wish I could get one today but I ended up with a High Speed (still pretty nice!)

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

It was a VERY popular one, probably the biggest one that year, but it came out in a time when there were about 5 in a row that were pretty amazing. It was designed by a guy named Python Anghelo who was very creative, kind of a mad genius of pinball. At this point pinball machines were growing by leaps and bounds, each one was much different from the previous and had all kinds of new stuff in it! Thanks for watching, see you on the next video!

Wish I could have played this as a kid. I love pinball machines that talk :D. One particular is wwe rumble.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

I've never had one of those WWE Royal Rumbles but I've seen pictures that Hulk Hogan actually has one in his house!

I really enjoyed this series...have only been able to "play" Pin-Bot on the Wii so it was cool seeing one for real. And thanks for playing a game with the lights on...at least for me I like being able to see the playfield during the game

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Chris we appreciate it like always!

The satellite at the flippers is supposed to be reminiscent of the Voyager Probe Launched in '77. Also around Uranus, the moon, if it has a crescent it is an early run machine. The later runs the moon is blue only. Yours is an early model (as is mine). Yours is in fantastic shape!

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Netropolis, it's such a great game, very fun!

That looks great, looks very addictive. Never have come across a pin bot though, wish I had. :)

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

It's pretty awesome, maybe one day they'll remake some of these classics so they'll be more of them out there!

A pub near my workplace had this as well as Cyclone, both new at the time. Gave them both a good workout, Cyclone probably got more of my money (I think by that stage it was a buck a game or 3 credits for $2) - was glad in the modern day to be able to find both in emulation though of course it doesn't match the real thing. Looking back though it's obvious that Williams made most of the best pinball games.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

They did make quite a few memorable ones :) Thanks for watching Rybagz....

What an amazing machine..thanks again Ron.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew, we appreciate you hanging out with us!

Really awesome pin, the artwork on the sides kind of has a Defender vibe to it with those colors which I like a lot, nice vid:)

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

It may actually be the same colors, same company of course made it in the same factory so maybe they really liked those specific paints :)

I remember thinking about "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath and the cover art for that one Queen album, with the blood dripping from the robot's finger.... whenever I'd play this one. The sound for the mask opening was the best.

I think I played this one mostly at the bowling alley, where they usually had the lights on. :-P

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

What a crappy bowling alley!

Played at The Gold Mine in Norman, OK. Now own one and will never sell it.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

It's a keeper!

Very cool pinball machine

Here we are entering into the Christmas season again. So what's that mean for you? I shop on AMAZON! Toys, TOYs, TOYS! I purchase some for adults too and then for the grandkids, more TOYS! THANK YOU for your videos, tips, and how to's! My benefits from your vid's, are your proceeds thru your Amazon link! Thanks again!

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin, I really appreciate that but more importantly your positive attitude. Thanks man!

Awesome pinball machine !!!

best game play ever with lights on, You can compete with the elite. Voice card & sound was out there ...

Awesome series! Didn't expect to watch the whole thing but I did. Btw I tried to leave a comment over the video but KZread shot that down. 😥

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you found the bottom!

Very cool. First time I have ever seen one of these. It would attract people

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

It definitely would, imagine it in a crowded arcade and it says "I SEE YOU".... as you walk by....

Great job! Congratulations and Happy Thanksgiving.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Guy, we appreciate you watching, and have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Another great video Ron, hoping one day you will have the other two in the collection, bride of and Jack bot.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

I hope so too!

This table is about as old as I am and it's still impressive to this day! If the rumored leak about Williams Vol.7 is true, then it'll be interesting to see how Zen Studios pulls this off. And even if it isn't true, it's still bound to become available on Pinball FX 3 in the future.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

The ruleset helps it a lot too, it's a great game for sure!

Good series of videos. "We're going to pretend that game didn't happen", yeah, I've had more than a few games end that way. Thanks for making these videos.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

It happens, ha!

Saw a couple of those ramps on Ebay, both look like they have the same problem as this one.. in fact this one looked like it was in the best shape.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

You can get them new but they're like 100 bucks if you can even find them, plus the decals... and to be honest I think they'd probably break again.

Goodness no wonder that customer bought it at first sight id toss down my debit card and tell u to load it onto the truck too after seeing this video very very talented designers who made it play the way it does

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Yup it's really one of the masterpieces of 80's pinball... they did a great job all around.

I do like EM games, but a good SS game is neat.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

I'm the same way, I think I prefer the EM's, but I like the Solid State ones too... the DMD's have a little too much going on for me to be honest...

Pin BOT sounds like a Cylon (Not the crappy newer Cylon's) from Battlestar Galactica.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

I never watched Battlestar Galactica unfortunately!

You do great “dzzzz dzzz dzzzza” Electric impression!

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Ha, thanks LobsterMan we appreciate that :)

That is a cool machine.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

It's pretty epic!

Brilliant! love this one...the sound is so good....and the light show....wow...i would love this machine! ...lol....out of my budget and the wife would probably divorce me....(i have too many toys and not enough room) lol.....all the best ..Cheers

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

You have to talk her into thinking it's HER IDEA, that's the trick. Then you just buy it for her.

@TurnFullCircle

3 жыл бұрын

@@LyonsArcade lol..... you dont know my Mrs!

Very cool indeed, great content as always 👍

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lee, we appreciate you watching!

Nice “deep” look at the artwork. I wonder if there are any “Da Vinci Code” clues hidden in the pinball machine art 😊.

@LyonsArcade

Жыл бұрын

Maybe, these guys were crazy!

That...is amazing.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

It's pretty awesome!

Pinball machines are better with the glass on. Just don't tell Todd Tuckey from TNT Amusements. That is how he gets his super mega high scores. Oh well, too each his own!🤣😁

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

I saw Steve Richie talk about that once, he said they all play better with the glass on, and also if you were to actually screw the playfield down to the rails it would play better too. The very old EM's did have the playfield screwed down....

@pinball541

3 жыл бұрын

@@LyonsArcade- Exactly Ron, the games play better when the playfield doesn't have give in them when the game is being played. As far as the trolls go, they can play their machine anyway they want when they move out of mommy's basement. They can use their accrued allowance money to actually buy a machine of their own.👍

That's one good looking pinball

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

It's a classic!

That is my favorite game still looking to buy one

Looks good, man!

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

It came out pretty nice! Thanks for watching Thomas!

This is a really cool game :) at first i did not notice that if you shoot the ramp that the ball can "plinko" it's way into the shooter lane... and it fires it back into the game... This seems to get them middle of the spiral quite good :D i think i found my era of pinball games.... when i think of a pinball machine this is the sort i think about.... mind you i like the older ones too..... but if could draw and someone asked me to draw the inside of a pinball machine... this would be my drawing :) Also because i like the segmented displays over dot matrix and the TFT screen types :-) i mean... what do you look at on the back box.... Your score... nothing more really.... you don't have much time to look at them during play anyhow :)

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

I feel the same way about DMD's, they're about useless because you can't look at them....

Nice game plays great😎👍

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Danijel, we appreciate it as always!

Love it.

@LyonsArcade

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching Dale!

#sensacional 👏👏👏👏🍻😎

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Marcelo!

Well ill be damned. I had no idea the nes game was a port of an actual pinball machine.

Longer game play vids please. With the lights off? Otherwise it kills the immersion. Bad ass table for sure though. 👍 Never had a chance to play this one sadly.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

You realize I get half the people saying my videos are too long, half the people saying they're too short, half the people saying lights on, and half the people saying lights off, right? :)

@orcmansoso9970

3 жыл бұрын

@@LyonsArcade I do indeed. 😁

You now what would be awesome? A second camera on the backbox with a picture-in-picture. Very easy to do with OBS Studio.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

You definitely should try that!

@AndyMarsh

3 жыл бұрын

@@LyonsArcade Haha... If I'd need a Pinball machine before I could do that! OBS Studio really is easy to run and setup for things like that. Hey, you could livestream your gameplay! I'm betting you'd get loads of views.

We’ve had ours for about 20 years. Only repair I had to do was replace a burned out flipper solenoid. And idea where I could find replacement bumpers/bands? I also could use a new alphanumeric display for player 1. It works but parts of it are hard to read.

Is that the evolution of man reflected on his visor?

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

I believe it may be... .

Re: Eccentric side art: His fingers look like flippers on the side art, too. Considering PinBot came out not too long after the original StarWars Trilogy I'm not surprised a lot of pinball machines went for the sci fi space battle aesthetic... but one can't help but wonder: What IS a PinBot? What does it do? What is the function of a PinBot? Why does it have no eyes? Did they pop off ogling his bride? Why does he have a bride? Does this imply Android Rights are a thing in this hypothetical universe and they are free to get married? Or did the poor humans build him a bride as a placative measure to stop him from electrifying the planets? Maybe I'm reading too much into this and need to take some cold meds and go to bed. That multiball was a lot easier than FirePower was, hahaha

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

All of your questions can be answered by two words : Python Anghelo.

What an awesome Machine. I had to unlike to like it again (not really) cause it's that freak'n cool! I've never played pinbot, but I have played others, mostly in bowling alleys when mom and dad use to have tournaments.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

That's cool, I used to go to the bowling alley back in the day, my dad was the manager at one and he'd let us bowl for free, like once a week or something. The owner told him not to do that and he cussed the guy out for being so cheap he wouldn't let him let his kids bowl for free, and quit on the spot. My dad was the MAN, lol.

we controll the universe

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Yes we do!

Best game!!

Is the small logo underneath not a half Williams logo upside down? Villiams :) idk... The Williams logo always confuses me with the Motorola logo too :P i mean... they are stencils...

@pinball541

3 жыл бұрын

The logos were the same depending on who's product you were looking at between Williams & Motorola!

@Jeroen_a

3 жыл бұрын

@@pinball541 i don't know if Williams used Motorola chips... but that would make it even more confusing :-)

@pinball541

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jeroen_a- Yes they did! Williams used Motorola chips for the CPU Rom & Ram chips, & Yamaha Chips for the sound. There are Motorola chips on my High Speed & Pin-Bot machines.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

I think you could argue though... that Motorola ripped off Williams, Motorola is more famous but it wasn't named Motorola until 1947... whereas Williams Pinball was around in 1944. I don't know who had the logo first though, but Williams technically pre-dates Motorola....

Mankato state university…Mn 1991….Gage Hall dorms!!!!!!

Plus I don't think PIN BOT is dangerous. He would be a chill robot that has to catch a taxi every once in a while.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

He does seem pretty cool but he appears to be electrocuting planets on the side, so I dunno man... .

I SEE YOU!!!

Oh yeah! Vintage. 👍 Great SFX. Can you say why people regard it as one of the best machines of all time? I'm thinking because of its unique features and very classic pinball essence. 😁 There was a Pinbot machine in my shitty little college town at the pool hall. Of course, I dropped by just to play it. Also, can I (or should I) get more powerful solenoids for my flippers? I was thinking it might be too hard on the playfield elements. And one last thing, I watched a video on The Slow-mo Guys of pinball in slow motion... That was quite fascinating. You should check it out. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gJ6EsaOlqKyqpdo.html

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

I personally don't like to change the solenoids, they designed these things and measured all that, I leave them stock :) The main reason people played this one was because... it was fun, lol thanks for watching!

@808zhu

3 жыл бұрын

@@LyonsArcade makes perfect sense. 👍

joe your videos are awesome, but can you please leave the lights on when you start game play it so dark and honestly you lose the motivation to watch the whole game play which is always the best part, tripod check!, lights on please !

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry Franky I just don't enjoy playing them with the lights on, I enjoy playing them with the lights off. There are a lot of other people filming videos on youtube though that do it with the lights on, you could check those out if you want. Just so you know half the people want the lights off and half the people want the lights on, I can't accommodate everybody, I've got to just do it the way I want to do it personally.

@YNGBLD80

3 жыл бұрын

@@LyonsArcade Hi Joe no stress, appreciate the reply, just keep doing your thang mate...!

Did you fix the knocker?

@pinball541

3 жыл бұрын

Yes he did! You can hear it when Ron got the high score when he entered his initials.

@LyonsArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Does it matter? :)

@MarshallGates

3 жыл бұрын

@@LyonsArcade I guess not. But you did talk about doing it and I didn't remember it getting done.

Hey Joe, i've got an option on a Pin Bot, 100% working at $3000. In your professional opinion, is this a good buy? and if so, what to be aware of... thanks!

@LyonsArcade

2 жыл бұрын

I can't really say one way or another, they're all crazy overpriced to me, LOL There's nothing really to look for, about anything can be repaired, it just comes down to are you happy with the cosmetics and are you willing to pay that for it. I don't really keep up with the prices that well, they're on a rocketship though it seems and never come down so 3 grand is probably in line...

@graphicalsolutions1899

2 жыл бұрын

@@LyonsArcade Thanks. I guess anything can be fixed IF you have the knowledge to do so (which I don't). Anyway, they're hard to find, so it would be great to get this one in this state. On the other hand, 3 grand is a lot of money... I'll think about it..