4X4
Atari, 1983
Blackwater 100
Bally, 1988
Elektra
Bally, 1981
F-14 Tomcat
Williams, 1987
Gold Wings
Gottlieb, 1986
Orbitor 1
Stern Electronics, 1982
Q*Bert's Quest
Gottlieb, 1983I was browsing through some photos of older games today and saw quite a few interesting layouts, like asymmetrical flippers, that you don't really see anymore - all modern games use the same lower layout.
So, I thought it would be interesting to post examples of cool and different layouts from the past that people like.
For example, Atari had some really creative ideas going on - 4X4 is kinda cool.
4x4 does have some neat ideas.
I love that the derp on eBay that sells "fuse kits" has one for 4x4 - a machine with a production run of 2. And that he has 10 kits available.
I know it gets bashed a lot for its cheesy translite, but Gold Wings has an interesting layout - offset flippers, pop bumper near the bottom of the playfield, no traditional outlanes, and a 360-degree loop.
For modern Sterns, Wheel of Fortune is the one that I think deviates from the norm the most.
Blackwater 100, definitely different.
Quoted from o-din:I find Bally's Bon Voyage to be a great layout and very different from most games of it's time.
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nudging for that 3000 shot looks like fun!
Quoted from Robotoes:nudging for that 3000 shot looks like fun!
It's a fun game! That 3000 shot takes just the right amount of power from the left flipper to drop it in that shot and back to the shooter. Hitting it to the top of that lane to get the BON,VOY, and AGE when lit 5000 shot is very challenging as well. But the spinner is the "fun" shot. The captive ball special is the money shot.
Quoted from Robotoes:So the spinner cycles through the lit value for the saucer? looks like a blast...
Yep and when it lands on 5000 it lights one of the targets up that right lane. Ripping the spinner can also send the ball thru the upper right rollover lane. Completing all the letters on the center of the playfield lights special. Hitting the captive ball special then resets everything. Everybody that comes over loves this game.
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