Addams Family, The
Bally, 1992
America's Most Haunted
Spooky Pinball, 2014
Apollo 13
Sega, 1995
Austin Powers
Stern, 2001
Avatar (Pro)
Stern, 2010
Banzai Run
Williams, 1988
Black Knight
Williams, 1980
Black Knight 2000
Williams, 1989Before I got into the hobby, if you had asked me if pinball games had magnets, I'd have responded with, "Yes all of them -- the ball is never really in your control. It's brutal how much control the designer has in pinball."
Well, now I know better...
Which pins have magnets under the PF to take away the player's control of the ball?
thanks!
-mof
There's alot of them. Pinsiders brainstorm!
TZ, Spiderman, and Star Trek is my contribution.
The magnets on my GnR have flung the ball up one of the ramps on a couple of occasions. It was amazing to watch. It is also pretty good at throwing the ball straight down the middle as well (not so amazing to watch).
Quoted from mof:Which pins have magnets under the PF to take away the player's control of the ball?
Some people are adding games to the list that have Magna-Save or other user-controlled magnet features, which allow you to gain control of the ball. The OP is looking for games where magnets are used to add chaos to the ball.
WCS94 has a player activate magnet under the playfield in front of the flippers to try to "save" a ball going down the middle. It's effectiveness can be debated, LOL. There is also a magnet used to capture the ball on the mini-playfield ball lock area.
Quoted from mwong168:Jurassic Park, Demolition Man, Johnny Mnemonic,
I500 doesn't have any magnets but a spinning turbo ball lock and indy car diverter on the left.
demolition man ?
Are we really counting linear induction uses as "magnets" in the vein of the OP's question? Nascar and the turbocharger on Getaway? No randomness at all, just a ball on a path.
I'll let WCS and Magna-Save games count, because it doesn't always work, and especially on WCS you take a gamble trying to use it. =P
Centaur/Centaur 2, Rollergames, Demo Man, Johnny Mnemonic, like Nascar and Getaway, are 100% controlled situations...not really any randomness or loss of player control.
Quick question:
Are there any pins where a magnet takes control of the ball away from the player in the upper playfield where there are upper playfield flippers? Or are all "chaos-creating" magnets in the lower playfield?
thanks,
-mof
Quoted from mof:Quick question:
Are there any pins where a magnet takes control of the ball away from the player in the upper playfield where there are upper playfield flippers? Or are all "chaos-creating" magnets in the lower playfield?
thanks,
-mof
None on the upper that I am aware of. Two of them- Jolly Park, and Twilight Zone use magnets in lieu of flippers to manipulate the ball.
Quoted from ledge:Demolition Man ?
Cryoclaw
Quoted from MArmour:Where is there a magnet in JP?
My bad, I thought the T-rex had a magnet inside it
Quoted from mwong168:Jurassic Park, Demolition Man, Johnny Mnemonic,
I500 doesn't have any magnets but a spinning turbo ball lock and indy car diverter on the left.
An in JM? do you mean on the hand to pick up the ball? Not really a "ball diversion" magnet. But nice try. LOTR is in the same boat - don't deflect to ball to create chaos.
Quoted from mof:"chaos-creating" magnets
This is what I assumed you were talking about when you started this thread. Not magnets that stop the ball, but ones that re-direct it. Which is why I mentioned Godzilla. I have never seen the kind of action on another machine that Godzilla has. It is total mayhem.
One of the first that I know of is Williams TORCHY from 1947. Its a pre-flipper
pin and most of the action is from a pair of BIG electromagnets under the PF.
They are normally energized until the ball rolls over a small button in the
center of each electromagnet, which shuts it off briefly. This causes to ball
to shoot off in unpredictable directions. Really enjoy showing mine to folks
that only know post 1990's pins!
Steve
Quoted from zarco:One of the first that I know of is Williams TORCHY from 1947
Wow! you got me there! I never saw this one!
Makes you think there are a lot of great toys in old games that can be brought back!
The kickers on my 1935 Peo All American Football are magnetic....
Quoted from freddy:LAH has three magnets in the middle of the playfeild and with 6 ball multiball its CRAZY!
No kidding. I seen multiple times the magnets make the ball do a U or even a O before whipping it right down the middle.
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both have magnets under the playfield.
