Photo: robin

(Topic ID: 243523)

Playboy Pinball 2000 prototype

By Ahoernchen

4 years ago

Topic Heartbeat

Topic Stats

39 posts
16 Pinsiders participating
Latest reply 3 years ago by NevadaNutJob
Topic is favorited by 6 Pinsiders

You

You are not signed in!

Find in topic

Linked Games

Playboy Williams, 1999

Topic Gallery

View topic image gallery

D81C80E6-4B28-40DF-ACC3-47799D35D85F (resized).jpeg

A4211718-F5B7-4B94-BF16-13948BC3FF4A (resized).jpeg

1AACFC14-F326-482C-8FC4-0DAEA8AE3BB7 (resized).jpeg

C33F3820-0639-430C-A21B-E9C81D0C6B3C (resized).jpeg

7DFDB692-C30E-42F1-92E3-D0B4F9FBCBD5 (resized).jpeg

803D93DF-FF76-46C2-B7E5-6099E379EE0D (resized).jpeg

2769B84F-5A5B-4752-AFC3-EFE9F46D915A (resized).jpeg

Photo-2019-06-03-19-23-29_2258 (resized).JPG (© @Ahoernchen)

#1 4 years ago

???

Ahoernchen

Pinside member

10y 35,400 206 4

Hi guys,

I would like to see some further videos or photos of the legendary #Playboy Pin2000 prototype.

I have seen the "Tilt" bonus video thousands of times but the quality is really bad and you can't see much from playfield.

There were a few events in the past where this prototype was for free play. Maybe someone shots some photos or video?

For the lucky persons who had the chance to play:
How well does it play?
How can be the magnets activated?
Where goes the ball on launchramp if you plunge to hard?
What happened with the subwayramp/ why are the both holes blocked with paper?
Are there 2 skillshots on launchramp?
There are some diverter in the back of the game when do they act?
What happened if you shot the 3 Playboybunny Dropdowntargets?

Thanks

#2 4 years ago

LXL

Isochronic_Frost

Saratoga Silverball

7y 219K 8,602 106 1

You can reference some of these old threads, these folks had a lot more info, and I know a few folks have tried their hand at completing Playboy and Wizard Blocks.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/wizard-blocks-2

#3 4 years ago

???

Ahoernchen

Pinside member

10y 35,400 206 4

The Tilt bonus video:

1 week later

#4 4 years ago

???

Ahoernchen

Pinside member

10y 35,400 206 4

Photo from launchramp version 3.

But is it really used on the prototype game???

Photo-2019-06-03-19-23-29_2258 (resized).JPG

#5 4 years ago

???

Ahoernchen

Pinside member

10y 35,400 206 4

Launchramp v2 a little difference to v3. But it is further on not clear which ramp was used...

image (resized).jpeg

1 week later

#6 4 years ago

???

Ahoernchen

Pinside member

10y 35,400 206 4

Launchramp v1:

image (resized).jpeg

#7 4 years ago

???

Ahoernchen

Pinside member

10y 35,400 206 4

Anyone who played the Playboy remember which launchramp is installed?

#8 4 years ago

???

vec-tor

Pinside+ Addict

Unknown

6y 89,400 4,251 83

OP
Quoted from Ahoernchen:
Anyone who played the Playboy remember which launchramp is installed?

No, but the ball does gets stuck in a few places...
Eg, behind the entrance ramp from the right drain.
The game does not have finished programming...
That is why the trap hole is stuffed with paper.

#9 4 years ago

???

Ahoernchen

Pinside member

10y 35,400 206 4

Thanks for the information.

So I think there were 2 skillshots?

Interesting that the 2 outholes in playfield are blocked with paper but if I remember right I have seen a photo that these holes weren‘t blocked anymore?

10 months later

#10 3 years ago

???

Ahoernchen

Pinside member

10y 35,400 206 4

Maybe someone knows a bit more?

#11 3 years ago

SPM

NevadaNutJob

Pinside+ Frequent

Silver Springs, NV

8y 62,300 702 11

I have heard of wizard blocks but didn’t know about this one . I’m a pin2k fan ( I know a lot of guys don’t care for them ) and can only imagine how awesome a video interactive playboy would or could have been !

#12 3 years ago

USA

SilverballSleuth

Inactive member

6y 58,800 1,205

I’d love to see one built/completed.

#13 3 years ago

LTG

Pinside member

Hopkins, MN

12y 176K 54,908 23 7

Quoted from NevadaNutJob:
and can only imagine how awesome a video interactive playboy would or could have been !

Especially if they did like their Touchscreen game. No nudity, partial nudity, full nudity. Depending on time and settings.

LTG : )

1 week later

#14 3 years ago

CON

pinballfan2000

Inactive member

Kruševac

3y 28,650 340

I found another video of Williams Playboy pinball machine. It's 53 seconds long, and it was uploaded at 3.5.2020; five days ago

#15 3 years ago

BAD

Brtlkat

Pinside member

Fort Pierce, FL

11y 52,050 1,477 14

Quoted from pinballfan2000:
I found another video of Williams Playboy pinball machine. It's 53 seconds long, and it was uploaded at 3.5.2020; five days ago

This is the same video as above post #3

#16 3 years ago

CON

pinballfan2000

Inactive member

Kruševac

3y 28,650 340

Quoted from Brtlkat:
This is the same video as above post #3

Okay

#17 3 years ago

LEV

CrazyLevi

Pinside+ Pro!

New York, NY

10y 144K 31,153

Quoted from pinballfan2000:
I found another video of Williams Playboy pinball machine. It's 53 seconds long, and it was uploaded at 3.5.2020; five days ago

I'm gonna assume that terrible music is just generic background stuff the video maker put in and wasn't actually going to be in the game?

#18 3 years ago

CON

pinballfan2000

Inactive member

Kruševac

3y 28,650 340

Quoted from CrazyLevi:
I'm gonna assume that terrible music is just generic background stuff the video maker put in and wasn't actually going to be in the game?

You are probably right

#19 3 years ago

PGH

Pbpins

Pinside+ Frequent

Pittsburgh, PA

10y 88,800 2,161 1 3

Played one years ago but simply cannot remember anything about and sadly did not have the foresight to take any video of it!!!

#20 3 years ago

PGL

northvibe

Pinside+ Frequent

12y 116K 13,679 7

Quoted from Pbpins:
Played one years ago but simply cannot remember anything about and sadly did not have the foresight to take any video of it!!!

So if people played one. Is this a prototype in someones basement or now long lost?

#21 3 years ago

???

vec-tor

Pinside+ Addict

Unknown

6y 89,400 4,251 83

Quoted from northvibe:
So if people played one. Is this a prototype in someones basement or now long lost?

The game is in a private collection.
Along with other one-of-a-kind games.

#22 3 years ago

PGL

northvibe

Pinside+ Frequent

12y 116K 13,679 7

Quoted from vec-tor:
The game is in a private collection.
Along with other one-of-a-kind games.

Does that owner allow visitors to play, or is it pretty private.....? It would be cool for the OP to get pictures/video so a recreation could be done, like wizard blocks etc.

#23 3 years ago

???

vec-tor

Pinside+ Addict

Unknown

6y 89,400 4,251 83

Quoted from northvibe:
Does that owner allow visitors to play, or is it pretty private.....? It would be cool for the OP to get pictures/video so a recreation could be done, like wizard blocks etc.

I believe it is pretty private.

#24 3 years ago

VIC

vicjw66

Pinside member

San Pedro/port Of Los Angeles, CA

12y 87,550 5,141 4 6

Quoted from vec-tor:
I believe it is pretty private.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/socal-play-wizard-blocks-kingpin-krull-loch-ness-king-kong-and-more-on-322

1 month later

#25 3 years ago

???

Ahoernchen

Pinside member

10y 35,400 206 4

Maybe some news?

The sounds are the real game sounds. There were only these orogrammed.

2 weeks later

#26 3 years ago

???

Ahoernchen

Pinside member

10y 35,400 206 4

2769B84F-5A5B-4752-AFC3-EFE9F46D915A (resized).jpeg

#27 3 years ago

???

Ahoernchen

Pinside member

10y 35,400 206 4

7DFDB692-C30E-42F1-92E3-D0B4F9FBCBD5 (resized).jpeg

803D93DF-FF76-46C2-B7E5-6099E379EE0D (resized).jpeg

#28 3 years ago

???

Ahoernchen

Pinside member

10y 35,400 206 4

C33F3820-0639-430C-A21B-E9C81D0C6B3C (resized).jpeg

#29 3 years ago

???

Ahoernchen

Pinside member

10y 35,400 206 4

#30 3 years ago

???

Ahoernchen

Pinside member

10y 35,400 206 4

The upper loop diverter:

1AACFC14-F326-482C-8FC4-0DAEA8AE3BB7 (resized).jpeg

A4211718-F5B7-4B94-BF16-13948BC3FF4A (resized).jpeg

#31 3 years ago

???

Ahoernchen

Pinside member

10y 35,400 206 4

D81C80E6-4B28-40DF-ACC3-47799D35D85F (resized).jpeg

1 week later

#32 3 years ago

???

Ahoernchen

Pinside member

10y 35,400 206 4

#33 3 years ago

JTH

JTreds

Pinside member

Melbourne

8y 22,800 27

Why aren't more people talking about this???? This is amazing work!!! Really cool to see some light shed on this for the first time in a long time.

#34 3 years ago

GTX

gdonovan

Pinside member

6y 184K 12,552 70 2

Very cool up and running- Is this old video or new?

#35 3 years ago

???

stuckey_t

Pinside+ Frequent

Minneapolis, MN

5y 62,800 156 10

Wow! This looks like it would have been a cool machine. Lots of modern type presentation.

#36 3 years ago

???

Ahoernchen

Pinside member

10y 35,400 206 4

Quoted from JTreds:
Why aren't more people talking about this???? This is amazing work!!! Really cool to see some light shed on this for the first time in a long time.

Thanks a lot. Maybe most people didn’t know about the 4th Pinball 2000 game?

Lots of work and lots of hours are in this playfield.

#37 3 years ago

MXZ

truemagoo102

Kickback Arcade AirBnB

4y 126K 1,063

That magnet catch feature is freaking sweet. Honestly the whole playfield looks pretty unique and different (especially for a Pin2K!) Such a shame that Williams called it quits when it did, they were continually pushing the envelope all the way to the end.

#38 3 years ago

???

Ahoernchen

Pinside member

10y 35,400 206 4

Quoted from gdonovan:
Very cool up and running- Is this old video or new?

This is just only a few days old.

1 week later

#39 3 years ago

SPM

NevadaNutJob

Pinside+ Frequent

Silver Springs, NV

8y 62,300 702 11

It’s too bad the powers that be ( rights owner , game designers , new manufacturer , etc... ) can’t bring this and wizard blocks across the finish line for production . I know the moneys not there for such an endeavor , plus whatever other logistic roadblocks , but a man can dream .

Promoted items from the Pinside Marketplace

$ 95.00

Cabinet - Sound/Speakers

The Pop Eliminator v2 - Bally/Williams

Pinball Mod Co.

Sound/Speakers

$ 13.49

Electronics

WILLIAMS SYSTEM 3-11C HIGH VOLTAGE REPAIR KIT

Troxel Repair

Electronics

From: $ 2.50

Playfield - Plastics

PETG Fender Washers

Gameroom Mods

Plastics

Great pinball charity

Utilizing pinball for the education of kids!

Pinball Edu

Reply

Wanna join the discussion? Please sign in to reply to this topic.

Hey there! Welcome to Pinside!

Donate to Pinside

Great to see you're enjoying Pinside! Did you know Pinside is able to run without any 3rd-party banners or ads, thanks to the support from our visitors? Please consider a donation to Pinside and get anext to your username to show for it! Or better yet, subscribe to Pinside+!

This page was printed from https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/-playboy-pinball-2000-prototype?hl=pinballfan2000 and we tried optimising it for printing. Some page elements may have been deliberately hidden.

Scan the QR code on the left to jump to the URL this document was printed from.