Good day, curious how many of you god of war heads are still out there. I've had my machine for close to 20 years, 15 of those it's been in storage. Rode hard and put up wet. This whole CV thing May leave me with time to finally get this up and running again, just curious which source it's going to be the best for information ,I know I'll have questions. Most of my hands on pinball experience has been with Williams system 9, space shuttle and I know that the Gottlieb system 80's can be a little quirky.I really enjoy how brutal the game play of this machine can be, love the challenge of it and I've always wanted to dress it up a little bit. Anyway, just wanted to chime in and see if anyone is still monitors this thread or if there's any secret handshake I need to learn before joining the club.

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Thanks, in all fairness those are Plastics I cut myself and then reverse painted , still have the originals , I think they're in good shape, I'll know more when I get all of her Parts out of storage. Probably be a couple weeks before I start working on it. I still have to convince my wife this is a good idea. Nice to hear they're still mgow fanciers out there.

Thanks, good to know. Gives me a starting point, if things are glitchy right out of the gate. It's been 5 years but it seems to me one of the war bases top-right wasn't kicking out. Other than that, always boots up, lights and sound we're good ,flippers pops all had action.

Not the best picture, mines in storage right now. Hope this helps

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Thanks, looks like plenty to chew on.

Thanks, even more to chew on. More information = more better. Have you tried this?

Good to know. This will be my first , but I am truly looking forward to the challenge.

So here's something I'm sure a lot of you know but I haven't seen it mentioned in any of the posts regarding this game. The spaceship artwork was lifted directly from The Empire Strikes Back SketchBook. Originally a concept design for the snowspeeder. Years later Micro Machines came out with a snowspeeder toy packaged with an original concept vehicle toy AKA the mgow spaceship. These can still be found on eBay from 10 to $25. Could be a nice addition to an otherwise drab Playfield yet still keep the original theme of the game intact. They fit the color scheme of the game right out of the box, but could easily be painted to match the artwork on the table. I mounted mine on an old coil spring, they're solid and hold up to ball strikes just fine. I'll probably pick up a couple more before I start my build.

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P. S. Thanks for sharing those snowspeeder eBay links. I have a resin 3D printer so planning on modelling some of these to start printing. As far as I know you can't get plastic sets for this machine so I figured I'll print some ships and put them on top of some black paint /w stars plexiglass. Anyone able to recommend what type of plexiglass I should get for replacement playfield plastics? Or is it a different material altogether?

Welcome aboard, in regards to cutting new Plastics I would definitely recommend lexan .it's a lot more durable in the long run ,not as brittle as Plexi and cuts like butter with a small table top bandsaw. I cut a few pieces and reverse painted them for my Mars before I put it into storage 10 years ago.(photo) the centerpiece under the ship is straight black, whereas the ones on the right are dressed up with a few stars and planets.
As for the 3D modeling of the spaceship I think that's a fantastic idea. Post your progress. I'm no 3D modeler,but because this ship is based on the cockpit of a y-wing , there may be an existing model online you could use as a starting point for your render. Maybe easier than starting from scratch?
Can't wait to actually get a chance to do some more work on mine. I love this title!

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Damn that works really good just as it is. If you really wanted to maybe add the panel lines that make up that red stripe across the top of the ship. But you're right that could be taken care of Simply with a paint job. I like the idea of getting it to light up to. Cockpit ,engines maybe.

Great job on the paint. Digging the weathered look.

I remembered seeing this from early in the thread,maybe this will help.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/mars-god-of-war-club-n-tech-emporium/page/2#post-2933226

Welcome aboard, doesn't look to be in too bad of shape. Good luck.

For what it's worth, there's no shame in leaving this game set up at five balls. The game-play can be incredibly brutal with this title,even for an experienced player. One of the reasons I appreciate this game so much.

you miss this game, don't you?

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If anyone wants some of those spaceships or something else made up too let me know.

I might be down for two, maybe three of those 3D rendered spaceships. I've got the micro machine one but I really like the way yours came out looking. I could do the print clean up and painting myself. (kinda my thing thing) I'm curious to see how those clear pop caps come out if you pursue that. Might be interested, I'm trying to get away from the Roman soldier head theme a little, that said those custom flippers you put together are absolutely amazing. I've got nothing but time, just Gathering up parts for the rebuild which will probably be in the spring. But do let me know what you would need to get for a couple of those spaceships. Keep up the great work, this title has a lot of room for customization.

That came out looking really nice, great job.

Mars God of War, the game you love... To hate. It's the brutal gameplay that keeps me coming back to this ,I love the challenge. It's no coincidence it's game number 666. It can be a beast.

So I'm finally getting around to getting my mgow up and running and looking nice and I'm having a rough time finding the outer back glass. I've tried Mayfair and no luck, anyone know who else might have one?

There was word a few months back on this thread that there was someone making a reproduction backglass for MGOW. Anyone here anything recently?