I'm always amazed at the attract mode on my F-14. The music and lights, especially those beacons. It definitely crabs your attention and lights up the room. Growing up in arcades I love the sounds. It's a shame my Sterns just sit there all quite secretly wishing they were made like they used to be. What are some of your favorites that you are impressed with?
The light show on TNA is amazing in attract mode. That’s the first one I’ve really noticed to be honest. Pinball Magic attract mode is cool too.
Least favorite?
“Quit talking and start chalking”. Yeah I turned that off.
I prefer sounds only if you hit the flipper button. If you’ve just played a game and it has sound for a bit, that’s cool. Just not constantly if not being played.
I think there's a great charm and fun with random attract noises. Well said Buzz about modern games that just sit there, quiet, just lite up.
Addams will yell at you every once in awhile.
Gilligan's plays the whole song every 30 min. But its the Bally twinkle noise i like about every 15 min.
Black Rose does the whole pirate song every hour.
Totan will randomly have a call out.
I had to turn the Indy music off, not good and to often.
Fire, love random siren, clicking, horse noises.
Wish Fish tales had one, it doesn't.
AFM when it darkens the playfield and fires the strobe under the mothership.
Most annoying as hell: Centaur when it kicks 5 balls out onto the playfield every 5 minutes...besides being annoying it's bad for the playfield. Luckily it can be shut off.
Quoted from chuckwurt:I prefer sounds only if you hit the flipper button. If you’ve just played a game and it has sound for a bit, that’s cool. Just not constantly if not being played.
I have two games I can't turn off sounds in attract mode, T2 and Zac Time Machine. On T2 there is an option to turn it off but it does nothing.
So many have great light shows for sure. I'm a weirdo for sure, but love a bunch of sounds to go with my light show. My wife can only take so much of F-14 it will do little attracts but then will go into a 10 min come play me.
Quoted from Buzz:So many have great light shows for sure. I'm a weirdo for sure, but love a bunch of sounds to go with my light show. My wife can only take so much of F-14 it will do little attracts but then will go into a 10 min come play me.
I love the game over show on f14. Makes me want to hit start over and over again.
Quoted from chuckwurt:The light show on TNA is amazing in attract mode. That’s the first one I’ve really noticed to be honest. Pinball Magic attract mode is cool too.
Least favorite?
“Quit talking and start chalking”. Yeah I turned that off.
I prefer sounds only if you hit the flipper button. If you’ve just played a game and it has sound for a bit, that’s cool. Just not constantly if not being played.
I second TNA. Initially, I thought WOZ had a better light show than TNA, but looking at it more, I think TNA tops it.
Centaur plays by itself and makes a hell of a lot of noise -- while you are in another room and you forget about that feature.
I just tell visitors when we are upstairs having drinks later that "We have ghosts, and not to worry."
You can't top Centaur.
(robin where's the icon for #micdrop ?)
-mof
I still remember in the late 80's when we first heard Pinbot say: "I...See...You!"
The arcade was dead quiet when it happened...which made this extra creepy - Almost sent us running the other way! 
Quoted from mof:Centaur plays by itself and makes a hell of a lot of noise -- while you are in another room and you forget about that feature.
I just tell visitors when we are upstairs having drinks later that "We have ghosts, and not to worry."
You can't top Centaur.
(robin where's the icon for #micdrop ?)
-mof
Does anyone know of anymore games that kick out balls in attract modes?
Quoted from Pinballlew:Does anyone know of anymore games that kick out balls in attract modes?
Doesn't Rollergames do this? Maybe I'm thinking after they are locked and MB is ready.
Quoted from schudel5:Most annoying as hell: Centaur when it kicks 5 balls out onto the playfield every 5 minutes...besides being annoying it's bad for the playfield. Luckily it can be shut off.
Centaur has the coolest attract mode ever, IMO. No game at the time could have done an attract mode like that. And pressing the flipper button to hear him go through the features was also unprecedented.
Seeing the autoplay feature every 15 minutes catch guests off guard is very satisfying. That said, it can be annoying when you're trying to watch tv or have your head under the playfield of a game when it goes off. Centaur is uber cool though so I can't see myself ever turning it off.
Cool topic!
I've always thought that games with controllable GI had fun attract modes. BSD fades the entire game's GI during attract mode from left to right. I always thought it was interesting how you could turn that feature off.
Earthshaker clicks off all the game's GI, and does a cool "collapsing" light show every couple minutes. Neat effect.
The old Data East Jurassic Park had a great attract mode ... loud exciting music with the T-Rex looking right at you
Gilligans Island was a classic attract mode .... had the show song with the graphics of the crew
Going with newer games, Star Wars and the random movie clips and scrolling words never gets old
Quoted from schudel5:Doesn't Rollergames do this? Maybe I'm thinking after they are locked and MB is ready.
I am unsure if it does it in attract mode...I know it does the lock loop randomly during game play...which I think is way cool and plays with your mind.
Quoted from Pinballlew:Does anyone know of anymore games that kick out balls in attract modes?
Yes, Check Point also kicks out it's three balls for attract . It too can be changed in settings
-David Doney
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Bride of Pinbot is my favorite 
“PLAY ME”
Machines I don’t own with amazing attract modes- Tales from the Crypt, Haunted House, Freddy, and Centaur 
Creature from the Black Lagoon by a mile. The countdown is awesome, and then you get the “movie trailer.” So cool!
Quoted from o-din:Some of my games from the 60s with blinking lights behind the backglass are very attractive.
Speaking of, did any EM games use stepper units creatively to give some fancy blinking lights like a pseudo-attract mode? I know Gottlieb's Flying Carpet did that cool thing with the upper rollovers when the score motor was running, but that's all I can think of.
This thread reminds me of the saddest part about Spider-Man: It's boot ROM has a better attract mode than the game does....true 
Creature from the Black Lagoon for sure! I love the whole "The movie starts in two minutes!" sequence and it really sold me on the game when I first saw it.
Quoted from mbaumle:Speaking of, did any EM games use stepper units creatively to give some fancy blinking lights like a pseudo-attract mode?
Not in attract mode, but you have games like Fireball with it's roving odin value using a motor to one I just picked up Wms Stop N Go that uses a stepper to constantly change the center target value.
Quoted from lpeters82:TNA was the only game that came to mind, but it's not something I really pay all that much attention too. The patterns in TNA really stand out when you're looking at a monitor that's capturing the whole playfield.
Especially the rotating star. That is so cool.
I want to throw in a vote for Cactus Jack's! Almost forgot about that one. At the time, I believe that no other game had more lamp inserts in the playfield, and the entire face of the banjo was nothing more than a huge light show. It wasn't even a bonus counter. Just tons of colored lights doing all sorts of neat little patterns and effects!
My first thought was CFTBL but I have to give Stern credit on the Batman 66 (LE and SLE) attract mode. Classic TV running, batmobile spinning topper strobe and antennas lit, and the icing on the cake a bat signal projected on the ceiling from the back box while playing the ever classic Batman soundtrack. Love it.
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