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Noticed this today on my newly acquired Lightning which has Bally displays. Never too late to say thank you, you’ve saved me lots of reading, great clear vid 😊
@greg949716 күн бұрын
Looks more frustrating than fun, tb.
@Japz8016 күн бұрын
That's what she said.
@greg949716 күн бұрын
@@Japz80 NOT FUNNY JAPZ!!!
@acidgougewaltzАй бұрын
i love this era.... Haunted House, Xenon, Orbitor 1, Q*Bert' Quest, Embryon, Centaur, Spirit, Black Hole, Solar Fire, Punk, Paragon, Genie, Future Spa, and on and on very great very underrated games
@jeromecabral192Ай бұрын
Best pinball game ever made by Data East
@Xhadp3 ай бұрын
Saw this game at Next Level Pinball and this was probably the most unique game/one that caught my eye the most out of all of them they had there. Sadly the novelty of it wears off extremely fast. Shame that it was produced in the '80s, could have made for an interesting play if it had more elements to it. The table was also not in super good condition.
@OilBaron1003 ай бұрын
Does you machine play the music that is played at the end of your video? What settings do I need to change to get my machine to play that music?
@BallenvanStaal3 ай бұрын
The music in the beginning and ending of the video was edited into the video in post production. The original Bally Cheap Squeek sound card is not able to produce that sound quality. You would have to add an after market sound board to pull that off.
@OilBaron1003 ай бұрын
@@BallenvanStaal thanks for that. Where did you get the music audio from then? Where could I get a sound card that could play that tune?
@BallenvanStaal3 ай бұрын
@@OilBaron100 It's called Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod. You should be able to find it through Google.
@OilBaron1004 ай бұрын
My game has stopped playing the music which is played at the start and the end of this video. The game still plays the sound effects, but no longer plays the music. I think that I might have accidentally changed a setting in the game when I pushed the test button. Do you know which setting I have to adjust or what I have to do to get the music to play again? It's the best part of the game.
@viccamppinball4 ай бұрын
Interesting and educational video. Thanks for posting!
@OilBaron1004 ай бұрын
I just purchased one of these machines. Loved your video, thanks for posting. Very informative.
@PeterParker-st9ps4 ай бұрын
The rubber flippers in your video are yellow; is this the standard colour from the factory? I have seen other videos/photos online with other colours, such as pink. My flipper rubbers are black. Would like to get factory colours for everything on my machine where possible.
@BallenvanStaal4 ай бұрын
@@PeterParker-st9ps The factory flyer shows yellow rubbers, which is why I went with those.
@PeterParker-st9ps4 ай бұрын
@@BallenvanStaal thanks. Will try to get some in that colour.
@OilBaron1004 ай бұрын
Great video! Informative
@ToxicKlay5 ай бұрын
love that slick bloodhound gang/frank black reference in there there....great video
@BallenvanStaal5 ай бұрын
Hahaha thanks for picking that up! 😂
@Riz23365 ай бұрын
What a trippy looking pin
@viccamppinball5 ай бұрын
This is a very good educational video the Gottlieb wedge head pinball machine. I grew up playing these wonderful wedge heads on location during the the 1960's and 70's and today in 20204, I have 25 wedge heads in my pinball machine collection today and enjoying playing just like "back in the day". Thanks for sharing.
@BallenvanStaal5 ай бұрын
Thank you for the kind words, good Sir!
@synthquery22265 ай бұрын
In the lower playing field… under the center graphic of the blackhole… is there a magnet on the underside? It seems that the pinballs get slightly distorted in their travel when crossing that area. Thanks for the gameplay! This was a favorite of mine. I played it in 1982 as an 8 year old.
@goopah5 ай бұрын
5:39 I LOVED the games that had the save-ball gate you could open! I always looked at like the game was playing more fair than most in that it not only took away your ball, but also gave you the goal to save it when other games would simply take it away. These simpler games are much more appealing to me. You can figure them out on the fly, rather than be confused by overly-complicated rules and games that have nothing but ramps everywhere, like most modern games. That's right, I'm old. 🙂
@Shipwright19186 ай бұрын
The chimebox is an awesome retro touch, wish more modern machines would have them.
@grumpysgarage43876 ай бұрын
I've got one but can't get it started help needed
@BallenvanStaal6 ай бұрын
Very cool! Are you on Pinside.com? You should be able to find people who can help you fix your game over there.
@GammaQuadrantStudio7 ай бұрын
Hell yeah Artie Shaw ❤
@fernandomessias42767 ай бұрын
In 1933 ABT Autocount counted the score ;)
@BallenvanStaal7 ай бұрын
Amazing! I'd love to see a cool video about how it did that.
@acidgougewaltz8 ай бұрын
A lot of people consider this a novelty that loses it's luster after a single play. I firmly disagree. I believe orbitor 1 should randomly be thrown into competition. and i eagerly await Stern's Orbitor 2
@elphive42Ай бұрын
From experience with the table, the game is pretty much chaos. I was very good at it, but that kind of felt like luck.
@devonboulden24969 ай бұрын
How do you play Bad Girls? 1st you need to learn how to shoot ramps--no you can't. I would have been completely embarrassed if I shot ramps/targets this poorly. The 1st thing I would have done was to learn the timing of the ramps (without hitting the bumper posts over and over and over and over and over again). This was not good game play at all. I wish I would have seen this machine with a skilled player. Maybe then I would have got an idea if it was a good or bad pinger.
@BallenvanStaal8 ай бұрын
Awww such a cute troll. Maybe get your facts straight before you start jumping those small feet onto that big keyboard, sweet little warrior. There's no ramps on Bad Girls. Try again! 😘
@gujip9611 ай бұрын
Si puedes controlar la fuerza del con la que sale la bola sigue considerándose azar? If you can control the force with which the ball comes out, is it still considered chance?
@BallenvanStaal7 ай бұрын
The force with which you plunge definitely has an element of skill. However it's relatively small.
@gujip967 ай бұрын
@@BallenvanStaal thanks
@lucky666611 ай бұрын
This and your last video of centaur are art! Please let us know how to do the same want to make my own sweet ass slow mo vid of my pins!
@BallenvanStaal11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the compliment, much appreciated! The key to a quality slow motion video is to have a stellar lighting setup. You're dealing with very fast shutter speeds. If you don't have good lighting, you could contemplate dragging your pin outside on a sunny day for a nice result. I use a Sony A7s III camera for my videos, which is an amazing cam for 4k slomo, but a modern phone camera with a slomo setting can give nice results as well. Davinci Resolve software goes a long way for editing and color grading. Good luck! Please do send me an update once you've created your own video!
@chadlunders4898 Жыл бұрын
Great tutorial!
@BallenvanStaal11 ай бұрын
Thank you! 😀
@RecallEvents Жыл бұрын
Dit is mijn droomkast. Ik houd niet van fantasie themas en irritante geluiden houd ik ook niet van. Deze kast heeft naar mijn mening de meest uitdagende gameplay in een thema die er gewoon heel goed bij past en zelfs de geluiden passen gewoon top bij het geheel. En de kleuren zijn ook niet zo schreeuwerig wat het geheel nog fijner maakt. Mooiste backglass van allemaal.. ik kan niet stoppen met het prijzen van deze kast. Bedankt voor het levend houden van deze kast. Het is een waar kunstwerk! ❤
@BallenvanStaal Жыл бұрын
Ik kan me hier alleen maar bij aansluiten. Black Hole is in alle opzichten een fantastische machine. De mijne is inmiddels voorzien van kwaliteitsleds, wat hem nog mooier maakt.
@penguincamp Жыл бұрын
I really want to visit this place someday. Your exhibits look to be the most interesting and thought-out!
@jwenneberg Жыл бұрын
A cool add to the early 80s pinball machines was speech.
@BallenvanStaal11 ай бұрын
Absolutely. In this day and age it may not sound like much, but a pinball machine that could speak to you was revolutionary at the time. Gotta love those robotic voices, and how every brand of pinball machine had its own unique voice.
@kyle5574 Жыл бұрын
That last mechanism that you show, how is it triggered and how is it used? Looks like some kind of time delay to do several things in sequence? This video is so well done, such a great tribute to the machine.
@BallenvanStaal Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Kyle! That mechanism (located in the cabinet) is an early adaptation of a score motor. Together with 5 relays, it controls the logic on the amount of points the player gets for scoring a flag rollover switch (0 / 1000 / 2000 / 3000 / 4000 / 5000). There's more info on the ipdb page of the machine.
@asd36f Жыл бұрын
These old 'mechanical' games have a certain charm, don't they?
@tylerlynch1476 Жыл бұрын
Where did you find replacement parts? I have one that needs some love and would love to restore it
@BallenvanStaal Жыл бұрын
It's my friends machine, so I'm not completely sure. But I think it didn't need any new parts. Only cleaning and adjusting of existing parts.
@S.J.C._Entertainment Жыл бұрын
does the blue ball detect score or anything anything? If it does, I’ve Been curious about how it would.
@BallenvanStaal Жыл бұрын
It doesn't. It's just in the way of the target behind it you want to hit with the steel ball.
@S.J.C._Entertainment Жыл бұрын
@@BallenvanStaal ah ok. I assumed it was something like that but just wasn’t too sure. Thank you.
@S.J.C._Entertainment Жыл бұрын
Probably my favorite em. Honestly insane how much stuff this game has considering how old it is.
@rayxtwo Жыл бұрын
I used to play a helicopter version of this game
@rayxtwo Жыл бұрын
I loved playing this machine.😀😀😀😀 The way the balls change direction in a split second really tested your skill
@rexhavens4931 Жыл бұрын
This is the last pinball machine I played back in the 80s the longer you play it the more noise it makes ,I got the high score and made that machine make noises no one had heard yet ,at one point my girlfriend told me everyone in the place was looking at me because no one had heard the sounds the machine was making yet.
@computerjantje Жыл бұрын
the real crime here is vertical video which should be forbidden
@BallenvanStaal Жыл бұрын
Gelieve uw negatieve scheten elders te laten. Vriendelijk dank.
@LarryActionGlass Жыл бұрын
You explained fuck all, sir :(
@bobmac1970 Жыл бұрын
Nice video! Great explanation of the 'why' they made the backbox wedgehead.
@BallenvanStaal Жыл бұрын
Thank you! :)
@kyle5574 Жыл бұрын
The crazy ball collision double-drain at 07:06 immediately followed by the ball magically kicking past the closed flippers?! If I weren't watching it in slow motion, I would have been wondering WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
@BallenvanStaal Жыл бұрын
This game is savage.
@coten Жыл бұрын
i really like seeing those zipper-flippers clap together in slow-motion!
@brunchmonster69 Жыл бұрын
Matt- I love you!!!
@lucasb1688 Жыл бұрын
Salut depuis 3 où 4 ans mon grand père à se flipper exactement le même et il ne marche pas c'est triste de le voir dans cette état. Juste les lumières s'allume. Après il est à l'abri dans une pièce un jour je vais essayer de voir se qu'il à.
@BallenvanStaal Жыл бұрын
C'est une très belle machine. J'espère que vous le ferez fonctionner. sinon : vendez-le moi ! ;)
@riversarcadereview385 Жыл бұрын
LOVED this game
@slob5041 Жыл бұрын
g' day mate
@ThomasMuller-jb5lh Жыл бұрын
I don't like this machine. But thanks for this video.
Nope. This is a game you watch play itself. Not much control with the flippers. And honestly, this thing was always breaking down. It spent more time turned off than actually getting played. It didn't spend much time in my local arcade.
@BallenvanStaal2 жыл бұрын
Of course Teddy. Did you even watch the video?
@teddyl70062 жыл бұрын
@@BallenvanStaal I played it with it came out in the arcade and I watched your video completely through. I play pinball. This thing you mostly stand and watch. It's kind of a novelty and the 3D effect is cool, but it wasn't a great play.
@dhfdbdf2 жыл бұрын
Actually please do talk about how it works on the inside in a future video
@BallenvanStaal2 жыл бұрын
If I make a part 2 of this video, I certainly will! :)
@Ralphs-House Жыл бұрын
@@BallenvanStaal Yep, keep going 🙂
@PMuis2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. It looks very nice and is very clear. Thank you
@TwiPrime2 жыл бұрын
So cool!! I was also thrilled to see Hot Tip being played by the Police at the beginning. Younger brother and I made just a few quarters go a *really* long way on that, one summer. ❤️
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Noticed this today on my newly acquired Lightning which has Bally displays. Never too late to say thank you, you’ve saved me lots of reading, great clear vid 😊
Looks more frustrating than fun, tb.
That's what she said.
@@Japz80 NOT FUNNY JAPZ!!!
i love this era.... Haunted House, Xenon, Orbitor 1, Q*Bert' Quest, Embryon, Centaur, Spirit, Black Hole, Solar Fire, Punk, Paragon, Genie, Future Spa, and on and on very great very underrated games
Best pinball game ever made by Data East
Saw this game at Next Level Pinball and this was probably the most unique game/one that caught my eye the most out of all of them they had there. Sadly the novelty of it wears off extremely fast. Shame that it was produced in the '80s, could have made for an interesting play if it had more elements to it. The table was also not in super good condition.
Does you machine play the music that is played at the end of your video? What settings do I need to change to get my machine to play that music?
The music in the beginning and ending of the video was edited into the video in post production. The original Bally Cheap Squeek sound card is not able to produce that sound quality. You would have to add an after market sound board to pull that off.
@@BallenvanStaal thanks for that. Where did you get the music audio from then? Where could I get a sound card that could play that tune?
@@OilBaron100 It's called Take a Chance by Kevin MacLeod. You should be able to find it through Google.
My game has stopped playing the music which is played at the start and the end of this video. The game still plays the sound effects, but no longer plays the music. I think that I might have accidentally changed a setting in the game when I pushed the test button. Do you know which setting I have to adjust or what I have to do to get the music to play again? It's the best part of the game.
Interesting and educational video. Thanks for posting!
I just purchased one of these machines. Loved your video, thanks for posting. Very informative.
The rubber flippers in your video are yellow; is this the standard colour from the factory? I have seen other videos/photos online with other colours, such as pink. My flipper rubbers are black. Would like to get factory colours for everything on my machine where possible.
@@PeterParker-st9ps The factory flyer shows yellow rubbers, which is why I went with those.
@@BallenvanStaal thanks. Will try to get some in that colour.
Great video! Informative
love that slick bloodhound gang/frank black reference in there there....great video
Hahaha thanks for picking that up! 😂
What a trippy looking pin
This is a very good educational video the Gottlieb wedge head pinball machine. I grew up playing these wonderful wedge heads on location during the the 1960's and 70's and today in 20204, I have 25 wedge heads in my pinball machine collection today and enjoying playing just like "back in the day". Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for the kind words, good Sir!
In the lower playing field… under the center graphic of the blackhole… is there a magnet on the underside? It seems that the pinballs get slightly distorted in their travel when crossing that area. Thanks for the gameplay! This was a favorite of mine. I played it in 1982 as an 8 year old.
5:39 I LOVED the games that had the save-ball gate you could open! I always looked at like the game was playing more fair than most in that it not only took away your ball, but also gave you the goal to save it when other games would simply take it away. These simpler games are much more appealing to me. You can figure them out on the fly, rather than be confused by overly-complicated rules and games that have nothing but ramps everywhere, like most modern games. That's right, I'm old. 🙂
The chimebox is an awesome retro touch, wish more modern machines would have them.
I've got one but can't get it started help needed
Very cool! Are you on Pinside.com? You should be able to find people who can help you fix your game over there.
Hell yeah Artie Shaw ❤
In 1933 ABT Autocount counted the score ;)
Amazing! I'd love to see a cool video about how it did that.
A lot of people consider this a novelty that loses it's luster after a single play. I firmly disagree. I believe orbitor 1 should randomly be thrown into competition. and i eagerly await Stern's Orbitor 2
From experience with the table, the game is pretty much chaos. I was very good at it, but that kind of felt like luck.
How do you play Bad Girls? 1st you need to learn how to shoot ramps--no you can't. I would have been completely embarrassed if I shot ramps/targets this poorly. The 1st thing I would have done was to learn the timing of the ramps (without hitting the bumper posts over and over and over and over and over again). This was not good game play at all. I wish I would have seen this machine with a skilled player. Maybe then I would have got an idea if it was a good or bad pinger.
Awww such a cute troll. Maybe get your facts straight before you start jumping those small feet onto that big keyboard, sweet little warrior. There's no ramps on Bad Girls. Try again! 😘
Si puedes controlar la fuerza del con la que sale la bola sigue considerándose azar? If you can control the force with which the ball comes out, is it still considered chance?
The force with which you plunge definitely has an element of skill. However it's relatively small.
@@BallenvanStaal thanks
This and your last video of centaur are art! Please let us know how to do the same want to make my own sweet ass slow mo vid of my pins!
Thanks for the compliment, much appreciated! The key to a quality slow motion video is to have a stellar lighting setup. You're dealing with very fast shutter speeds. If you don't have good lighting, you could contemplate dragging your pin outside on a sunny day for a nice result. I use a Sony A7s III camera for my videos, which is an amazing cam for 4k slomo, but a modern phone camera with a slomo setting can give nice results as well. Davinci Resolve software goes a long way for editing and color grading. Good luck! Please do send me an update once you've created your own video!
Great tutorial!
Thank you! 😀
Dit is mijn droomkast. Ik houd niet van fantasie themas en irritante geluiden houd ik ook niet van. Deze kast heeft naar mijn mening de meest uitdagende gameplay in een thema die er gewoon heel goed bij past en zelfs de geluiden passen gewoon top bij het geheel. En de kleuren zijn ook niet zo schreeuwerig wat het geheel nog fijner maakt. Mooiste backglass van allemaal.. ik kan niet stoppen met het prijzen van deze kast. Bedankt voor het levend houden van deze kast. Het is een waar kunstwerk! ❤
Ik kan me hier alleen maar bij aansluiten. Black Hole is in alle opzichten een fantastische machine. De mijne is inmiddels voorzien van kwaliteitsleds, wat hem nog mooier maakt.
I really want to visit this place someday. Your exhibits look to be the most interesting and thought-out!
A cool add to the early 80s pinball machines was speech.
Absolutely. In this day and age it may not sound like much, but a pinball machine that could speak to you was revolutionary at the time. Gotta love those robotic voices, and how every brand of pinball machine had its own unique voice.
That last mechanism that you show, how is it triggered and how is it used? Looks like some kind of time delay to do several things in sequence? This video is so well done, such a great tribute to the machine.
Thank you so much Kyle! That mechanism (located in the cabinet) is an early adaptation of a score motor. Together with 5 relays, it controls the logic on the amount of points the player gets for scoring a flag rollover switch (0 / 1000 / 2000 / 3000 / 4000 / 5000). There's more info on the ipdb page of the machine.
These old 'mechanical' games have a certain charm, don't they?
Where did you find replacement parts? I have one that needs some love and would love to restore it
It's my friends machine, so I'm not completely sure. But I think it didn't need any new parts. Only cleaning and adjusting of existing parts.
does the blue ball detect score or anything anything? If it does, I’ve Been curious about how it would.
It doesn't. It's just in the way of the target behind it you want to hit with the steel ball.
@@BallenvanStaal ah ok. I assumed it was something like that but just wasn’t too sure. Thank you.
Probably my favorite em. Honestly insane how much stuff this game has considering how old it is.
I used to play a helicopter version of this game
I loved playing this machine.😀😀😀😀 The way the balls change direction in a split second really tested your skill
This is the last pinball machine I played back in the 80s the longer you play it the more noise it makes ,I got the high score and made that machine make noises no one had heard yet ,at one point my girlfriend told me everyone in the place was looking at me because no one had heard the sounds the machine was making yet.
the real crime here is vertical video which should be forbidden
Gelieve uw negatieve scheten elders te laten. Vriendelijk dank.
You explained fuck all, sir :(
Nice video! Great explanation of the 'why' they made the backbox wedgehead.
Thank you! :)
The crazy ball collision double-drain at 07:06 immediately followed by the ball magically kicking past the closed flippers?! If I weren't watching it in slow motion, I would have been wondering WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
This game is savage.
i really like seeing those zipper-flippers clap together in slow-motion!
Matt- I love you!!!
Salut depuis 3 où 4 ans mon grand père à se flipper exactement le même et il ne marche pas c'est triste de le voir dans cette état. Juste les lumières s'allume. Après il est à l'abri dans une pièce un jour je vais essayer de voir se qu'il à.
C'est une très belle machine. J'espère que vous le ferez fonctionner. sinon : vendez-le moi ! ;)
LOVED this game
g' day mate
I don't like this machine. But thanks for this video.
タイムマシン大好きです。現在も高田馬場ナツゲーミカドというゲームコーナーでプレイしてます。時々タイムマシンが何を喋ってるのか分からなくてずっと悩んでました。 おかげさまで喋ってる言葉が分かりました。感謝します(*'ω'*)
Nope. This is a game you watch play itself. Not much control with the flippers. And honestly, this thing was always breaking down. It spent more time turned off than actually getting played. It didn't spend much time in my local arcade.
Of course Teddy. Did you even watch the video?
@@BallenvanStaal I played it with it came out in the arcade and I watched your video completely through. I play pinball. This thing you mostly stand and watch. It's kind of a novelty and the 3D effect is cool, but it wasn't a great play.
Actually please do talk about how it works on the inside in a future video
If I make a part 2 of this video, I certainly will! :)
@@BallenvanStaal Yep, keep going 🙂
Awesome video. It looks very nice and is very clear. Thank you
So cool!! I was also thrilled to see Hot Tip being played by the Police at the beginning. Younger brother and I made just a few quarters go a *really* long way on that, one summer. ❤️