Just something that for some reason has been rolling around my head for a while. There seem to be a wackload of games out there that have more than two flippers. And it always seems that these games have an additional flipper on the right. I have a WhiteWater; third flipper is on the upper playfield on the right. Flash? Same thing. The Shadow? You better believe it's on the right. Roller Coaster Tycoon. Simpsons Pinball Party. High Speed and High Speed 2. Twilight Zone. Addams Family. All of these games have a third full sized in a VERY similar location.

Long story short: I won't say I have a huge amount of experience with pinball; I've only been at this for a couple of years. But other than Tommy, I can't think of any machines where that flipper was dropped on the left of the playfield. What gives? Maybe it's because I'm left handed; maybe it's because I seem to be getting a collection of games where I shoot the left orbit with the right flipper, then bang out another shot with the upper right flipper. I don't know. Just me rambling. Thoughts?

Luke

#2 12 years ago

TDA

The_Dude_Abides

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Tron, Congo, and funhouse have an left upper flipper. I know what your saying though upper left flippers are pretty rare.

#3 12 years ago

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cowman57

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Clintonville, WI

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8BD....Flipper on left.

#4 12 years ago

DNH

dnhayden

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Las Vegas, NV

12y 42,150 936 4 13

Baywatch has full size upper left flipper.

#5 12 years ago

FED

hassanchop

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GNR, roadshow, JD, Dr Who, Elvis...

#6 12 years ago

BCB

the96stang

Bushey Bro's

Enfield, CT

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cheetah

#17 12 years ago

WRD

way2wyrd

History Of Pinball

Fort Worth, TX

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Captain Fantastic

#18 12 years ago

BKB

the96stang

Bushey Bro's

Enfield, CT

12y 122K 2,943 16 13

Globetrotters too

#19 12 years ago

ROB

RobT

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Nobody has mentioned Tommy!

#20 12 years ago

SCH

Schusler

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Sycamore, IL

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TX-Sector

#21 12 years ago

ESA

stangbat

KC Pins

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Shrek! I know, that doesn't really count since FGY has been mentioned, but I figured I'd throw it out there anyway.

#22 12 years ago

JJS

GoneFishinLvMsg

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Edenton, NC

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"Nobody has mentioned Tommy!"

The OP did.

#23 12 years ago

LRP

lukerp

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Regina, SK

12y 42,650 1,320

Hey,

Well, leave it to the interwebs to prove me wrong . And oddly enough, I looked at some pictures of GNR for some reason right before I posted this. Not sure how I missed it. Well, now there are a few machines I can put in to throw some variety into the thing...

Luke

#24 12 years ago

ROB

RobT

Pinside member

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Quoted from GoneFishinLvMsg:
"Nobody has mentioned Tommy!"
The OP did.

Crap!

#25 12 years ago

DMV

vster23

Pinside member

Kansas City, MO

13y 58,700 799 5 13

SOF

#26 12 years ago

ESA

stangbat

KC Pins

13y 86,900 3,111 19

Quoted from vster23:
SOF

Forgot about that, and I even owned the game.

#27 12 years ago

BEE

Finrod

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Atlanta, GA

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The left third-flipper games I've played the most are Earthshaker, Funhouse, and Doctor Who. The only game I know of that has a left third flipper, a left fourth flipper, and no other flippers is Road Show.

I'm not sure if I would count games like Twilight Zone and Swords of Fury that have a left third flipper and a right fourth flipper.

#28 12 years ago

NAM

kwiKimart

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San Diego, CA

12y 90,650 10,693 3 71

Quoted from Finrod:
The only game I know of that has a left third flipper, a left fourth flipper, and no other flippers is Road Show.

+1 Can't even think of another pin that has the flipper placement like it.

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