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Quoted from Electrocute:Wizard! was the game I could play all day long off one quarter.
Wizard was pretty easy too. But I think Captain Fantastic might have been the easiest to win a special on. Between those two and Joker Poker I could stretch my pocket change pretty well back then when it wasn't that easy to come by. That's what we did. We played the games that were easy to win on.
Quoted from ZNET:I rarely complete all of the drop targets
It was getting so on almost every ball I was completing all the drop targets. Of course I had had a lot of practice. On the SS version I could do it two or three times a ball. That doesn't leave much of a challenge.
When my Big Daddy arrived. I found it to be a much better and challenging game, and better looking too, so I decided it would go in the spot where EM Joker Poker resided and it remains to this day. And the guy that wanted that JP so badly now has his treasure. Everything happens for a reason, and I have no regrets at all.
All those other machines in the background are now history too, but Big Daddy remains. Ready to take on all comers. 
That Saratoga and Shoot The Moon are both beautiful machines. I've never had the pleasure of playing either one.
Interesting bit of history from IPDB-
'Saratoga' was the first machine to feature an active bumper, referred to in the manufacturer's flyer as a thumper bumper.
A nice feature that found it's way into quite a few machines after that.
Quoted from boilerman:i have never owned one but always wanted one. not very common
Well then, here ya go! You might even know this guy.
ebay.com link: Just 21 Gottlieb 1950 woodrail Pinball Machine Beautiful
Quoted from boilerman:i only played it once at a show so i don't know how the long term game play would be. but the art is killer
It sucks when the gameplay is nowhere as good as the artwork. I couldn't tell you, I didn't play it.
I'm of the opinion that Harry Mabs was one of the true innovators in pinball. And the design and layouts of both Bank-A-Ball and Just 21 showed he was willing to think outside the box (well, he pretty much built the box) and try different things.
For those that don't follow the all pinball section on pinside, the EM and woodrail superstore I mentioned many times is now closed for good. I'm happy I got to visit there and spend as much time with the caretaker as I did. Don was a good guy and turned into a real good friend. He will be missed. RIP.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/rip-donald-margolis-terapin99
Quoted from jrpinball:Thanks to "cantbfrank", I nabbed this Gottlieb "Poker Face".
Sweet! Makes me proud to be an American.
I'm glad my collection looks nothing like the pinside EM top 50. I have only two of them.
I guess I'd rather be a player than a rater.
Quoted from Electrocute:Is "The Wiggler" one of them? I think you also mentioned at one time that you had a "Dodge City".
I have never found a Wiggler and kind of gave up looking. Dodge City was a decent game, but went away when I got something else.
The only two from the top 50 I still own are River Boat and Heat Wave. But I've had several of the others. If they are not getting played, they hit the road.
Quoted from Electrocute:I thought you loved Dodge City, I'll never sell mine!
Dodge City was a good multiplayer but I can only have so many where only one player gets the jackpot after the big build up. And I kept two of them. Fashion Show turned out to be more popular with the players that come here. So it stayed.
Quoted from Electrocute:Can't sell the game I remember playing as a kid and seeing it destroyed by vandals.
I hear that! Most of the games I played as a kid in the 70s I find much too easy now. None of them left in my collection either.
Quoted from pinwiztom:I played O-din's a few weeks ago, and grew to appreciate it more than before, but still think
it a bit limited in gameplay, basically a one shot game.
For a 60s Gottlieb multiplayer, it's holding it's own pretty well here. It's got good overall geometry, and if you get it back up thru the pops it will go back thru the upper rollovers, and the plunge shot is always a challenge.
Quoted from jrpinball:Picked this up today.
Quoted from DaveBuckholts:Here's the first video of my "Pretty Baby" during it's pf cleanup.
Between the two of you I see six metal 2 inch flipper bats. Very impressive!
Quoted from DaveBuckholts:I was skeptical if I would like the play on "Pretty Baby", but after all the rubbers being replaced and the pf being cleaned and waxed, it's actually a fun game.
I've found most 60s Williams games to be fun players. And their multiplayer games from that era are as good or better than any with a large variety of different features and good scoring rules. I'm always on the lookout for another.
I've not played Pretty Baby, but it looks to have a decent layout and those drop targets in front of the kickout holes look interesting. Flipper placement makes for some short ball times I'm sure.
Quoted from jrpinball:I don't think any other SS or DMD game even had six.
Ripley's has six as well. And a vari-target. Gottlieb's Goin' Nuts has seven pop bumpers.
As much as I like a lot of Art Stenholm's work I am not crazy about that one. Same with MIBS. I went to look at one for sale and walked...
Now Surf Side, Heat Wave, and Eager Beaver are another story.
Quoted from Otaku:I love them, the little flippers especially add more "flavor" in that department and I would assume that era of multiplayers would appeal more to the picky collector than the early 70's (pre-drop-target) ones, although I very much love both. Obviously & unfortunately multiplayer titles don't hold up to the hype
It's probably pretty obvious by now most of my multiplayer games are Williams from the 60s. And I get drop targets and short flippers on several of those. Surf Side just adds a little variety and is very nice to look at.
Quoted from Otaku:Yes. Although I am a big fan and collector myself, sometimes you deserve the Williams icon more than I do!
I just go after the games I feel play and look the best no matter who made them. And the ones that get the most play by myself and others stay.
Quoted from boilerman:art plays a big part
Art plays a big part on several of my machines. Stenholm that is....
Quoted from jrpinball:Never saw that game before.
With only 10 made, Goin' Nuts is highly collectible and priced accordingly.
I finally got this Darts near where I want it to be. Tore it all apart and gave it a good tune-up. Re-glued all the inserts and touched up the playfield in several spots to the best of my ability. And a new backglass tops it all off. I'd say it's a keeper. It plays snappy and is a whole lot of fun.
Quoted from stashyboy:Had to look at that up close, thinking there's no way the original artwork included an areola!
No, that's original. But the hands were a pain to get right.
Quoted from Otaku:And has a shelf!
Quoted from dasvis:I need an old Williams with a drink shelf. Nice!
Yep! The only thing missing is an ashtray, but I'm getting close to figuring that one out.
Quoted from hoov:1st Williams
Uh oh... let's hope it's not like some kind of illness and starts to spread. Just kidding.
Congrats!
Quoted from hoov:Really like the Norm Clark design and flow of the playfield. I also like your Skill Pool
I had them both at the same time, but a lot of people were interested in getting the King Pin so I sold it and kept Skill Pool. I like having at least one of those games with the big cluster of rollover buttons that you need to complete to advance in my collection.
Quoted from hoov:Norm did a great job on his 1st game.
Yes he did. He did a lot of good stuff after that too. I probably have five or six of his now and they are some of my most played games. But no King Pin anymore. Anyway, enjoy them!
Quoted from jrpinball:I don't think that's an accurate production number. While it is a very desirable Williams woodrail, I've seen quite a few of them around.
Satellite seems to be much scarcer. Don had Satellite, Gusher, and Sea Wolf, of which I thought Satellite was the better player so I bought it.
In the end though, I sold it back as it was too valuable and kept Arrow Head as it was a better player than all the other three. It might be pretty rare as well.
That's an old picture rat. About 8 months old. I have less now than I did then. But I've still got my Struggle Buggies!
In the spirit of the new tobacco tax that went into effect today that now raises the price of a pack of cigarettes to over $8 in the fair state of California, I started a thread to post picks of all pinball art related to smoking and the use of tobacco.
Feel free to join in!
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/smoking-pinball-games
Quoted from Rat_Tomago:To me Ro Go is the BIGGEST pile of firewood to ever be produced by Bally.
So there is a chance?
Quoted from embryonjohn:The plastics depicting exploration in covered wagon to Apollo moon rockets also fills me with pride. That's a hellava lot of progress in 200 years.
I agree. From wagons that had an occasional wheel fall of to spacecraft that only had one that caught fire on the launch pad makes me proud to be an American
I promised I wouldn't give it away but here's a hint. There was one sitting next to the Pit Stop when I purchased it a few years ago.
I just got back from having dinner downtown and there is a new arcade with an Expressway there that I played. So I'm guessing Expressway.
Quoted from dasvis:Love the artwork on this vintage of Bally. Wizard, Captain fantastic, & Old Chicago in a row would be the bomb!
They kept it going well into the SS era. You should see my Skateball!
As someone that grew up playing in the 70s I can tell you each new Bally stood out from the crowd.
Quoted from presqueisle:I have to give Bigdaddy1 (Robert) a big thank you here. Just picked this up and plugged her in. 100% out of the box, and it was literally packed in a box. Had to take out about a hundred screws, but it survived perfectly intact from Utah.
History is repeating itself. Congrats! On a beautiful, butt kicking game.
Quoted from presqueisle:The 3 ball is new for me. All mine are set to 5. But my apron card says 3, and only 3 balls were included...so..I better step up my game. It usually takes that many for me to warm up
Mine came on 3 ball and I just left it there. You play it over and over and over again like that and it makes getting 1000 a real challenge.
I've never played one, but when I saw that episode of Kolchak a few weeks ago I knew I had to have one. We all have our own reasons for wanting to get certain pinball games.
I like the look of 4 Square better than Astro myself and it looks like a real fun game to play. This one should clean up nicely and I won't have any problem bringing it back to life. It's all but a done deal but I'm still waiting for pics of the other game I'm getting with it before we finalize it.
I like short flipper games, and besides Bally's zipper flippers, this appears to be one of the last ones.
This one may not be collector quality, but it is good enough for me. Nice original condition and the real nice price. It will give me something to do.
Yeah well, I don't see Star Treks popping up left and right for sale. Except the newer ones the modern collectors are trying to get rid of.
Quoted from presqueisle:I came here for the reveal! Why must you torture us so?
It comes with the territory.
Quoted from boilerman:they said a lot of people looked at it but really had no interest in it.
It takes a special kind of buyer to see gold where nobody else can.
I might give that a try after it gets here. Or maybe the week after that. May take some 2000 grit to this one's playfield in the morning and finish it up. As nice a condition it was in when it got here, it suffered from what most games this old do.
This was one serious insert re-glue project. Got them as good as can be.
Quoted from Mopar:2,000 grit is fine, but you do use it on playfields?
So far so good. It is only one step though. A light, wet step.
Quoted from pinballbrian:Hey Odin ,like your skill pool glass,would like to see your machine when finished
Thanks! I was really on the fence about getting a second (or third) Skill Pool until I saw the pics especially of that original backglass. Once I saw pics of the back, I knew it had to be one of the nicest original survivors as we all know what most Skill Pool backglasses look like now.
It should be en route pretty soon along with 4 Square and a Stern Stars. Gotta treat yourself once in a while.
Quoted from ZNET:I can already imagine her response: "Seriously, Dad? Good serve, but no."
That's funny. If it was themed after girls volley ball instead of tennis, even I might be interested in one.
Quoted from Electrocute:Actually, I'm the dumbass. Sent him $40 and didn't even get a thank you!
Dumas!
Quoted from pinwiztom:O-din where you been.
Hope your mom is doing OK.
Just been laying low on the interwebs and working on my projects trying to get things done. Getting lots of things done. Mom's hanging in there, ornery as ever.
It didn't take me 100 hours, but then again I'm not looking for a trophy. That era Williams score reels are much easier and faster to go thru than some of the others I've worked on. The roulette wheel was a little tedious to take apart and clean up, but it was worth the effort.
It is a much better playing game than the other roulette game I played when I was young (can't remember what title). Norm liked to incorporate casino games into his pinball designs and this one may have to go next to his blackjack game, Lady Luck. It's a lot of fun.
Yeah, it didn't take 100 hours, but at least I positioned the flippers correctly. You might want to check the left side ones on yours. They look off.
Quoted from Arcade:We just picked up two EM's last week.
Turns out one of them is an A-Go-Go like Odin just aquired.
It was such a cool EM we decided to live stream it last Sunday on our twitch channel.
You can check it out if you like at http://www.twitch.tv/thepinballmafia
Here are a couple of photos of the games as we got them.
I watched your A Go Go video and what is interesting is from the factory the flippers are wired to flip three at a time. The three right ones with the right button, and the three left ones with the left button. Looks as if yours has been re-wired to only flip two at a time. Something I had originally considered doing, but now I think I find it unnecessary.
Either way, congrats on picking up a real fun game. Kind of underated, but numbers don't lie. It was one of the highest produced games of the 60s.
Something you mentioned in the video I think about how it's kind of confusing with the flippers laid out the way they are. I don't think having three go at the same time makes it any easier though. May even make it harder. I'm just going to leave it the way it is. Fun game for sure especially with more than one player. Every time that roulette wheel spins we all look at it.
A Go Go may be the first game with a ball search feature as well, with that timer unit that will count up and spin the roulette wheel again if the ball doesn't drop in one of the holes. It is set at 15 clicks from the factory but I moved the pin on the stepper so now it's at 9 which is still plenty.
Quoted from illawarra92:finished gottlieb fashion show
I just got mine finished up and now it is back in the corner where it belongs. Honestly I haven't found many 60s Gottlieb multiplayers that turn out to be keepers, let alone fun to play repeatedly, but this one is especially when two players are involved. It's in top tune now and taken off high tap and plays quite snappy.
"Trust the post", is our motto.
I've wondered about that as the post has the same aging and patina as all the other posts. At least it's not that two post jobby. I was going to remove it during the shop job and decided to wait and see. If the game gets too easy, which it's not, the post is gone.
Quoted from Darcy:"Nobody puts baby in the Corner!"
Looks like it has some interesting shots. That risky center roto value. Then there are those two roll through lanes with the same roto value. Could be challenging to compete, indeed!
The corner is prime real estate under the light, and Fashion Show has an art package that deserves it. If it was only I that played it, it might be gone, but sometimes I let the patrons decide what stays. And it gets played.
Quoted from Mcshaney:liking the Williams reverse wedgehead's art packages a lot.
Game play on the ones I have aren't too shabby either. Still haven't come across a Friendship 7 yet though. Congrats!
Quoted from AlexF:Seriously though I don't think anyone would be offended by some custom instruction cards.
Some of us wouldn't be offended if we could even find original or reproduction cards for some of our machines. For ones without, I have to guess what I'm supposed to do. 
Art, I wouldn't mind some custom cards for Trade Winds that would fit the theme. My game has none and I get totally lost when playing it. Lost at sea.
Quoted from OLDPINGUY:Nice Game....
Im guessing you think I have more time than you, O-din...??
Well, your right! HA!
I have plenty of time and play these games till all hours of the night.
Speaking of Trade Winds, it probably has the most on field specials of any game I own, but the object always seemed to be to get to Tahiti, which I haven't done in well over a year. It's a real tough game. But the other night, I was riding the current and got to Tahiti and more. 
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Anytime. As soon as it cools off this evening, I'm back out in the garage for more fun and games. And it's about that time. I never know who's going to come straggling up the driveway.
Quoted from wayner:I made no offer for the machine & am incensed by the inference suggested.
To be clear, you were not the buyer I was dealing with and I don't recall ever discussing the sale of my Surf Side with you.
Goony Golf went out of business here in the early or mid 70s, especially after Camelot went up with it's five world class miniature golf courses and a castle full of pinball machines.
A little souvenir from my last visit there.
Quoted from pinballbrian:Hey guys.seen the post about pretty baby.theres one on st.louis craiglist.$200.00.bg looks decent.thought i would pass tip.
I'd be all over it if I was closer. I am yet to meet a multiplayer Williams from the 60s that couldn't find a spot in the old lineup.
Quoted from Darcy:Took the, 'How Heavy is it Test', it is heavier than most pins, strong and thick plywood construction.
From the internet somewhere that Williams cabinet is described as having an anti-vandalism design. It was impossible to kick the coin door, or the bottom of the game in the front. With an up swung kick.
The styling of the 60s cabinets are solid as can be including the entire bottom panel. I can see how they would be hard to break into, or break period.
Quoted from gdonovan:One day I too will own a Williams wood rail.
It wasn't that long ago I said one day I will own a woodrail, just happens that the first one that became available to me that I didn't have to ship was a Williams. That Rocket on the right and I still own it.
Quoted from gdonovan:Not something you see every day.
I do.
Darts is a great single player game and can be pretty tough to light one of the three specials if set up correctly. Fast and fun.
There's no where to fit it at the moment and I never thought of myself as a hoarder, but I see no reason to let that empty space in mom's garage go to waste. So that's where the overflow has been going as of late. But not this one.
Beat The Clock is the only single player EM with multiball that I know of. That, the backbox animation, and the terrific art package make it a very special game indeed.
That's beautiful. I could tell long ago it would be a fantastic, fun playing machine, even before I had the chance to do so. They just aren't around here that I know of, and I never saw one on location.
I have a schematic, but could really use the instruction cards. No hurry at all though.
When you get that back together and get to Tahiti and win 8 replays on three ball play, then you will be in o-din territory. 
Quoted from mbaumle:ho-hum predictable designs from William's
Yeah, Harry was just one of those ho hum kind of guys.
This one? Yeah, it's a great machine.
I've had a lot of them come and go but the lineup has been pretty stable for a while, meaning I've found a collection of great games with good variety that are all great players with great art. And this is truly one of them. Old pics, but I'm at work.
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Quoted from mbaumle:I love the fact that he used that same wireform ramp situation on FreeFall some 30+ years later
I'd never noticed that but you are correct.
As much credit as Ted Zale gets for his asymmetrical layouts of the 60s, I believe Harry Williams was the pioneer in this department with flipper games as he designed many many games in the 50s that were that way when none of the other big manufacturers were trying anything like that.
Quoted from DCRand:Until you have played this one, don't judge taking the tilt off.
I set the tilt on 4 Roses tite when I had it so it would take real skill to succeed. Pretty much the way I have all my games.
It is called an anti cheat device for a reason, and being able to cheat at pinball takes all the fun out of it IMO.
It's your game so do whatever makes you happy.
At my place we compete on single player as well as multi player games so be warned, you shake too hard, you lose.
Quoted from presqueisle:I never minded the art with Team One, but I did contemplate making 'long hair decals' for the players on the bg and pf. Might've looked good. Yes/no?
You could have put some longer, looser pants on those dudes and that might have helped.
Quoted from NicoVolta:this classic has Norm Clark's whimsical inventiveness written all over it.
Nice.
My 60s lineup seems to have been taken over by Norm as well. With Stop N Go on the way...
I've worked on quite a few Gottliebs myself now, along with all the others and from what I can tell in many instances they were able to save on materials by over-engineering some of the parts like score reels for example.
I mean you get a lot more plastic and thin copper where others didn't. And the size of some of these components tend to be smaller.
Domino and Stop N Go arrived yesterday and I am very happy. Backglass on Stop N Go is about as perfect as a 50 year old glass gets and Domino is so clean inside and out, it is verging on collector quality.
And you just never know what you will find inside of these machines...
So far so good on Domino. I completed the pattern and got a special last night. The roto target is a little sticky but I will fix that this weekend. What's the star for? I haven't looked into that yet. I'm guessing it might give you the next domino.
No, I'm saving it for the weekend. It was the usual Jack and Coke night and make it into work the next day. My buddy Bob did come over and we initiated Stop N Go, and he beat me! After I beat him on a couple other games. Some times I am real hot out of the gate..
Stop N Go looks to be a shoe in in the multiplayer lineup, with unique features and rules, flippers in the correct direction, and that beautiful Stenholm art package.
No extra ball that I can see. It might be too easy a way to earn a credit as well. I'll look into it later to see what it does unless somebody else her knows. I hope it's not the wrong decal but they all look original.
Quoted from MikeO:From the instruction card set on Inkotchnito's web site.
HITTING STAR ROTO TARGET SCORES DOMINO ADVANCE AND
500 POINTS.
I looked at my score card but I must be blind in one eye and can't see out the other. Thanks!
And Trade Winds is looking good!
Funny part is it took me a while to figure out there is only one insert on each Domino. I actually had to lift the playfield to figure out why it wasn't resetting all the way to the first one and tried to adjust the stepper. lol. The playfield is that clean.
I was noticing how Trade Winds and Domino are similar in goals as you have a map on the playfield that you have to follow and complete to get where you need to go. But that's about where the similarities end.
Quoted from Rat_Tomago:All 3 games are sold. Thank you to that person.
Congrats Dan. That didn't take long at all. Thanks for offering me the opportunity to get my old games back.
If there's one thing I've learned in this hobby, it's you have to be patient. It's not like some antique car where you can just go down to the local AutoZone and get whatever parts you need.
A year or so later and I finally have a new backglass in 21. The rest is as it came. Quite a great playing game.
Quoted from bek1966:How's work on Beat The Clock coming along?
No replacement backglass in sight. It now holds the position 21 did.
I missed that Beat The Clock by about a day and i know you got it at a very fair price. But driving as far as you did to get it, I'm glad you ended up with it.
The one I got is a bit of a project and if no backglass becomes available, I'll probably just set it up and fix it up so it's playable and then decide if I want to look for a better one. Either way it's a very unique machine and a good looker too.
Well, if anybody ever comes across a decent backglass, original or screen printed repro, please let me know and I'll start the restoration process to the best of my ability. It doesn't have to be perfect, but mine's faded into oblivion. Otherwise it will sit for a while, while I finish up some other projects.
I'm not counting on another repro being made as I already asked and got no answer.
Quoted from gdonovan:That is why I decided to sell Darts (Lucky Strike and Bust Stop sold this weekend past) I only have so much space.. you know how it goes.
I sold my Darts too. 
Thought I only needed one game with a shelf. Boy was I wrong about that!
Quoted from EM-PINMAN:There is no reason whatsoever to use WD-40 in a pinball machine.
Well you go ahead and drill out that perfectly good rusty lock cylinder, and I'll give it a little spritz of WD40 and keep on using the original key!
Quoted from goldenboy232:Looks great! O-Din, how many games in your collection now?
Thanks! Too many. But I've been working on that.
Quoted from MikeO:More progress on Big Daddy.
Main relay board serviced plus new power cord.
Head relay board and steppers and score reels serviced.
Nice! I guess more good news is Shay recently posted on RGP he is doing a Big Daddy backglass. I don't need one, but others might!
I'm pretty sure you will be done fixing it and well into playing it by the time that backglass is ready to ship.And I'll get you those score card scans long before that.
Quoted from AlexF:Sending a new guy to PBR without a Part #.
Quoted from AlexF:Like restoring an old car or a kitchen, if you follow current trends in 10 years it will look dated.
Hardest part of talking to Steve is ending the conversation.
"Steve, I know you're a busy man and as much as I'd like to sit and talk to you all day, I know you probably have orders to fill and other customers to attend to"
usually does the trick.
Quoted from PinballFever:Btw, the name (Utah) reportedly came from one of the USS battleships which was named after the state.
I have it on good authority Johnny Utah from the movie Point Break was named after this pinball machine.
I always thought the station wagon on the upper left hand corner of the backglass on Blue Chip looked pretty cool.
Quoted from Darcy:Part 2.
Sat with just 2 wood screws holding the back box for 20 years. First thing done at home, get some bolts into the cabinet.
Two screws on that triangle better than just a couple spots of glue like I found on my Fashion Show when I dug into it. Lucky the head didn't just break apart there and fall forward.
How deceiving it is when you look at the game from the front with that big trim on the head and you open it up and find how shoddy and cheap the construction really was.
Edit- mine had bolts but head was falling apart.
Quoted from Dee-Bow:I now understand your EM guys addiction..they are frikkin great! So cool a local pinhead brought this out for our next tourney! Plays so good!!
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Golden Bells. I bet it plays fast and snappy with those 50 volt coils.
Quoted from Inkochnito:I've got a nice set on my website http://www.inkochnito.nl.
Look in the Williams section.
Check if your card is in the file.
Peter
www.inkochnito.nl
I see you have WMS Trade Winds as well. Any chance you have one for a 3 ball game as all I see is 5 ball?
Quoted from Inkochnito:I don't see any number of ball mentioned on the instruction cards.
If you mean the smaller balls per game card, there are more cards in the ASC cards file.
http://www.pinballrebel.com/pinball/cards/Williams/Williams_ASC_Balls_per_Game_cards.zip
Peter
www.inkochnito.nl
Oh yeah, you're right. What I was looking for is score cards more applicable to a three ball game. Although I can use the one you have on there, 1300 points doesn't happen very often, but I appreciate that you do at least have one as there doesn't seem to be any other source.
Quoted from xTheBlackKnightx:rotating spinning "bumper"
Similar to what Chicago Coin used on Spinball and Crazy Ball in 1948.
Quoted from singlezero:Picked this up a couple of weeks ago my girlfriend is always hounding me for a multi ball well this way I feed my early 60s Williams appetite and. Give in just a little
Looks like you got a nice backglass with that one. I spent almost a year looking for one for mine, then I gave up.
Congrats!
It's been two, maybe three years since Alex sent me this lovely 1960 two player Serenade. Since I am all caught up on other projects, I figured I'd freshen it up a bit and shop it out. Won't need much, because beside a few minor bugs, it has always worked like a champ.
Of the woodrail multiplayers I have owned and played, this is the best of them. Not just because of the look, but great rules and gameplay as well. One that has really earned it's stay, and it will be staying for as long as I can tell.
Thanks! I play em all when they get here, as do the people that come over. Some have lost their luster quicker than others for sure. Whatever people including myself do keep playing, are the ones that stick around. And the ones that are here now, never seem to get old. That's the ins and outs of collecting pinball machines, I guess. For some anyway.
Quoted from DropTarget:PF looks a little sparse
I got the jet bumpers back on there yesterday. lol
18 innings of baseball on the garage TV was plenty of time to get the rest of Serenade back together last night, with a few innings to spare.
And here I thought you could only get LA's Totally Awesome near LA.
Which of their products are you using?
Quoted from MikeO:Is this that "new math" they talk about?
Yeah, I screwed up. It is actually seven.
Quoted from pinwiztom:Is that six (EMs) in the garage?
Did you part with Big Daddy?
I would never part with Big Daddy. It takes on all comers and takes no prisoners. Nothing's changed. The Fun Park in the background left a month or two ago.
It is seven including my yet to be finished Arrow Head project.
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Jumping' Jacks looks cool with those drop targets hiding those gobble holes. There is only one other game I can think of that had both features.
Quoted from Playdium:Gotta love card themed drop target games.
This is certainly a good one.
cbfcc45c0da70b32e108426ba83e130e32b70cdc (resized).jpgd6a6035452bd11a2e1f02cce96aae62a53e69c2d (resized).jpgQuoted from Murphdom:Nice looking machine. It has great artwork. I’ve never played it though. It looks like a lot of fun. 1960’s games are my favorites.
It's a great game. If it has one negative, which isn't that big a deal, is the light up cards on the backglass are a carry over feature from game to game.
The artwork is beautiful with several pretty ladies. And the progressive rules that go along with the 4 drop targets makes each one important.
Quoted from Playdium:Ug, so many score reels....
Fortunately, these are the well designed kind that are super easy and quick to work on. With strong switches that rarely break or go out of adjustment.
Quoted from jrpinball:Anything is better than Gottlieb score reels. Especially the first decagon type. Those three switches can make you swear and scream.
Their early ones which are basically a clone of Williams early ones, which they may have borrowed from other arcade games of the time, aren't so bad.
Quoted from bob_e:it is my 1st Williams game. I found a few solder joint failed, popped off the lug, when I pulled thew reel out to clean it. looks like the lug was never tinned before the wire was soldered to it.
I guess it depends on who was doing the soldering that day. Williams would not be alone there, as I had a Big Casino and a 4-Square where almost every solder joint I touched popped off because there was just enough there to make the wire stick, but not enough to make it through the hole on the switch blade.
I see the decagon as something they spent a lot of time engineering, over engineering, but added the switch drive as an afterthought. Those cheap thin switch blades sure didn't help the cause.
What the decagon does give you when working properly and the plastic slide mounts aren't busted, is perfect alignment of the score reel numbers visible through the backglass. That is if they haven't flaked off or been washed off yet.
Quoted from jrpinball:The best pinhauler around! I've schlepped many a pin in my Chrysler minivans.
Quoted from stavio:Honda one's nice too[quoted image]
download (resized).pngI hope you didn't pay too much for that EK. They have been known to go for as little as $5k-$10k.
Of all the crossover games, I think it's probably the most desirable.
Quoted from Nikrox2:That’s the one that was causing me problems (or pointing me in the right direction. Dang tilt!)
A couple of the Williams I owned from that era are so hard to complete or win a special on, I believe they came up with that to give the player a fighting chance.
Myself, I don't like easy games to win on.
Quoted from stavio:Doesn't look too bad for a 60s game that just came off route 22 days ago
After 50+ years hard work and good earnings, it deserves to retire into a part time gig.
Quoted from MrFisty:Already posted a 188,000 plus score on it..
Too bad it didn't come with enough score reels.
Quoted from John_I:I didn't feel like doing a full cab restoration and stencil, so I did a quick repaint using masking tape and a circle cutter. I took the liberty of changing a few things around including making the apples red instead of green.
You did a super nice job. Looks way better than the all orange painted one I had.
I had a nice Dodge City. It was fun for awhile.
Scoring can be a little imbalanced on a multiplayer game, but the dancing cowboy was kind of cool.
Quoted from bcarter1234:Pit Stop!
Both Jolly Roger and A-Go-Go have similar lanes back to the top if that is what you are referring to. Both designed by Norm Clark and not that common on pre 70s short flipper games.
Pit Stop has the bonus of the pops knocking the ball back up though any of the upper lanes and was the keeper out of the three for me. Must play some tonight.
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What's that stuff used to remove paint but leave the original cabinet art called?
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