Don't do it if it isn't your machine, and the owner of the game asks you not to. Same as placing a drink on the glass. Respect the wishes of the game's owner. Do what you want with your own games.
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Balls-A-Poppin
Bally, 1956-
Beat the Clock
Williams, 1963
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Quoted from CrazyLevi:How would I know what the wishes of the game's owner is?
I've never once seen a sign on an old school game asking people not to do this. I've never heard anybody in person say not to do this.
If you bring an old game like this to a show probably a good idea to put a sign on it asking people not to do that, since I doubt most people would even think it was an issue (drinks on a machine are more in the "common sense" family). Even then good luck...cause kids!
Exactly what I did, and exactly what happened. No one apparently read the note on my "Sky Line". Next time, auto serve single ball games only, especially at Pintastic.
My buddy once had a woman change her baby's diaper on his freshly restored "Bank A Ball".
I can understand the mentality of the GP, especially kids when attending this type of event, but it still makes me cringe when I've spent so much time and energy bringing a quality game to the show.
Quoted from CrazyLevi:How would I know what the wishes of the game's owner is?
I've never once seen a sign on an old school game asking people not to do this. I've never heard anybody in person say not to do this.
If you bring an old game like this to a show probably a good idea to put a sign on it asking people not to do that, since I doubt most people would even think it was an issue (drinks on a machine are more in the "common sense" family). Even then good luck...cause kids!
Exactly what I did, and exactly what happened. No one apparently read the note on my "Sky Line". Next time, auto serve single ball games only, especially at Pintastic.
My buddy once had a woman change her baby's diaper on his freshly restored "Bank A Ball".
I can understand the mentality of the GP, especially kids when attending this type of event, but it still makes me cringe when I've spent so much time and energy bringing a quality game to the show.
Quoted from o-din:When playing for money, I smile when the competitor decides to try his luck with multiball.
Hey. No prizes, no gambling!
Quoted from Darcy:Launching 2 balls would be controllable all 5, not so much.
Especially when you have all five in the shooter lane and try plunging them all at the same time. I haven't yet gone over my "Sky Line", but I did notice that the push up lever was a little balky toward the end of the show.
Quoted from o-din:I get the occasional extra ball in the shooter lane. It just happens. I send them halfway up and then use the lower ball to knock the upper ball into play. Then I usually forget and get two in the shooter lane once again. Shit happens.
Hey, why the blank avatar? You must be an impostor!
Quoted from o-din:For those the voted the second option, how would you suggest playing Bally ems that from the factory would have up to three balls in play at the same time? Or games like Balls A Poppin that would have up to 9 balls in play?
Or did Bally just make such a superior product, that you don't have to worry about it?
And what about Williams Beat The Clock?
Totally different story if the game was designed to be played that way. If you notice, games such as "Star Jet" have predominately 1's, and 10's scoring on the playfield. I'm not saying that having multiple balls on the playfield is necessarily harmful, and if you want to do this on your own game, go ahead (even though it's really pointless), but to me having someone jam five balls into the shooter lane and try to smash them all into play at the same time is abusing the machine. It's not something you like to see a stranger do to your game when you've spent a lot of time and energy restoring it and bringing it to a show.
OK, got it. It's just silly to do it on a game that isn't designed for multi-ball play. It usually results in a quicker game and a lower score.
Quoted from o-din:1 player replay games with backglass ball count that lights up goes back as far as at least 1957.
Just picked up one of these from Shay. It's missing the replay unit. Going to PBR tomorrow to see what Steve has.
Quoted from o-din:Good job! You are going to find it is a great player and has that one more game appeal again and again. I may have an extra replay unit for it but I'll have to check when I get home.
I appreciate that, but if Steve Young doesn't have something, Shay is going to get me one. He actually included a parts "Crossword" head, and said I could use whatever I need from it, but the replay unit from that game, or at least the mounting bracket is different. Can you shed any light on this? I'm thinking they used different brackets because they are removable from the replay unit. Also, if you could, please post a photo of your bumper caps. I think I have the correct ones. The photo on IPDB (Larry W) shows blue caps. They look cool, but I think they are wrong. No notation on IPDB. I'll have to send them a note if the picture shows the wrong caps. Thanks.
Quoted from o-din:JR, if you have them, I could use copies of the score card(s) for that thing.^^^^
Sure thing.
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