For a few years now, I've wanted to do a custom pin, with the following parameters:
It had to be a machine that has decent or good gameplay, but severely lacks in art, and possibly in sound. My criteria also included getting a machine that is in rough shape, so I'm not taking apart a nice conditioned example of the game. I wanted to utilize CPRs custom services, so what I do has a professional finish. Finally my target had to be a SS pin, but nothing with alpha-numeric or DMDs, since that adds a level of complexity I don't want. I wanted to limit the scope of my project to be comfortable and reasonable. This is going to take awhile, so it has to be something I'm going to enjoy. Finally, it has to be a pin I can get cheaply, since I'll be investing a bit into the changes I will need to make.
Now, I have a list of about 6 games that fit those parameters. But for this documented effort, it was Gottlieb's "The Games" that fell into my hands. To start, this is how it came to me. I got it dirt cheap, no legs. The MPU was pretty pristine, but the pin had evidence everywhere it had been horribly treated. The story it told was that as things failed, the owner didn't know how to fix it, or used whatever was at hand to patch the issue.
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