There's an ongoing rare/prototype thread here, if you haven't seen it:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/show-off-your-rareprototype-pinball-stuff/

Are you looking for just solid state games?

There are quite a few rare EM's, woodrails, non-filipper games and I've owned a lot of these in the past and currently still do so.

Are you sure you are including modern games under 200? Remember, that there are several Spooky games that are under 200 and quite a few of these games are floating around.

Are we talking about, still in existence or production? Rare is hard to define because just about every game from the 50's and earlier has than 200 still in existence but the production numbers were much higher. Any solid state game from before 2000 that had less than 200 made would be rare even today but not after 2000. Should we just leave it to the discretion of whoever is posting?

Thanks in advance for clarification.

This thread would be different, I believe since it is a club thread where you ask for advice.

Vacation America... I laughed out loud when I saw that on your list. In all honestly, that's a toy that breaks very easily! Sample, Prototypes, low production machines all lumped together for information reasons. That seems plausible. I have a backglass from a "Tournament Dominos". Less than 10 of those were made (thank God for that!).

I see... software/artwork resource. Unfortunately, the board was missing from the above mentioned converted pinball game (with a monitor) so, I parted it out and kept the backglass.

Here it is: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/anyone-ever-heard-of-these-machinces

I think if you are going to go back to 1985 then you should probably go back to 1975 and go with the start of the solid state era. That wouldn't add that many more games. I have an interesting early solid state game.

The only really rare pinball machine I ever owned was Atari 4X4.
As far as I know only a white wood and one complete game
was made. I had the latter. Traded it to Herb Silvers long ago and
I believe Tim Arnold has it now next to Road Runner.

Something else I got with 4X4 was prototype artwork for
an "E.T." playfield which was never made. It went to Herb with
4X4 but no idea where it ended up. Hope it wasn't trashed.
Steve

Have many prototypes myself interesting topic. As for Cozmic Carnival (have 001) definately shows rare is not special lol. Anyway, reach out to Jimmy (86pixels) on Pinside. He wrote the software for Suncoast and was a Huge help when I had software issues. Plus he's a great guy.

It would be nice to share pictures of your really rare proto such as CC and MM and maybe the other. could you? Tks
I own 2 proto myself.

I don't know what topic you're referring to but anyone is free to keep his really rare jewels good for museum private and ask for help.
Really nice collection anyhow, good idea the support tech even if there is few chance same people own same really rare proto unless Cosmic C. maybe. I think this is the first thread like this I see.

Check the Cosmic Carnival thread, I had that problem earlier this year, turned out my SD card was cracked. If I remember, 86Pixels explained how you need to install the software onto the SD card, but I might be misremembering. (and for the record, my CC is #25, the last one assuming they went in order)

That is correct. I saw both at the new location of the "Pinball Hall of Fame" in Vegas last month.

I had an Algar pinball but sold it to a friend.
Behind the backglass there is a text: Sample Algar T. kreamer
Not sure if this is real
Tony Kreamer is the disigner...

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I'm here for the stories and pictures, show me what you got!

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/cosmic-carnival-by-suncoast-pinball-and-arcade/page/8#post-6202191

"This will expand to a full image that can be applied with Etcher or Rufus. You must extract the zip and image the file within it to the micro SD card. Just make sure whatever tool you use doesn't try to do any "convenient" bootloader things."

Seems the file is still up, but if anyone ever needs it in the future (Cosmic Carnival code 1.05), PM me.

You may check this thread instead : https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/show-off-your-rareprototype-pinball-stuff/

Here there is nothing to see. Only a thread clone with a trick to ask for help and show off what the guy’s got.

I want to chime in here. I was the one that started that thread some years ago. My goal in the beginning of that thread was for people to show off there STUFF and not really the game's themselves since we've all seen most the same games over and over. The stuff is what I was interested in, you know the little things we've all picked up along the way that we've tucked away and kept from view of others. That kinda stuff is what it was supposed to be all about.

Personally I always thought that if people wanted to show off there rare/prototype games then that should have been a separate thread all together but it seemed that people didn't care or realize what the thread was actually intended to be.

I say let the guy have his thread since it's more about sharing tech stuff/info as he puts it, and that's totally fine. Can't we all just get along?

John

Your threat is the one ! Probably one of the best in pinside: all about sharing. That what is great in this hobby, tell stories, sharing rare stuff, event whatever... buying really rare things, keeping things secret and ask desperately for help is not the best pinball spirit so again, your threat is the best