Hey folks - I've got a question about the gameplay for TMNT.
I went to a pinball shop today and played seven rounds of this game, and I really loved it except for one thing, and I'm not sure whether that one thing was an electrical/mechanical glitch or part of the game itself:
What felt like randomly, throughout the play of the game, the GI would shut off and my flippers would stop operating, for roughly one second at a time. The main screen and backglass lighting was still there, and I think some of the other lighting was there, but *most* of the lights turned off, and the flippers stopped working. Is there something wrong with the machine, or is this something that can happen if I fail to complete some sort of objective? It happened once during turtle power multiball (which really screwed me), and about two or three times during either general play or during an episode. My best guess was that it was a TILT, but I'd not been nudging the machine whatsoever, and the fact that the flippers recovered within a second or two made me second-guess. As far as I could tell, it only happened when the ball was heading towards the flipper. It resulted in an early drain about 3/4 of the time.
Any thoughts? Ideas? I really liked the machine, and played it a bunch because I was considering buying it. If this is part of the gameplay, I think I'll pass, though. It felt really un-fun. If it's a problem with the machine, anyone have any thoughts what it might've been?