Let us know what you learn.

Agreed, the accent is nice. However, would have been slightly better if it matched the speaker grills stainless look.

This is my favorite place to play. The owners are awesome people and do a great job caring for the machines. Patrons are a good group of people too!

Not an owner, but play TNA OG often at local arcade, yes, I've had it happen several times. Maybe once every 15 games.

Hi Folks,

I love TNA, play it locally at the arcade regularly, and admire the community around the game.

I've considered picking up a CE or a used OG for many months. I have to be honest however, all the out-of-box challenges folks are posting for new CE machines is intimidating and have kept me from purchasing. I'm not opposed to getting hands dirty a little and trouble shooting, but I do worry about the time commitment to get something up and running that is new (which is why I may prioritize a used functional OG).

My question is, do those of you have bought a CE and have had to fix issues regret your purchase? Or has it been worth it to you to go through the trouble of getting it up and running?

Thanks!

I have read every post in this thread and the CE anticipation thread. I have learned three things:

1. Spooky badly needs to invest in Quality Control. (They have CE's ready to ship, have they gone over those with a fine tooth comb? Have all the back-glass been updated to clear versions? etc.)
2. Spooky service and support is top notch. How AJ and others there can stand to fulfill the same issue requests month over month with a smile is be cherished and protected. If AJ ever leaves, Spooky will likely suffer a significant hit to reputation.
3. Total Nuclear Annihilation is such an awesome game that almost all fans overlook/forget the issues with quality once operational. This says a lot!

Everyone here wants Spooky to do well, there is no malice. Hopefully they can take the TNA community's experience and learn from it to become better. With Scooby on the way, there is no better time then now to make sure process and quality control are in place to have a great launch and improve their reputation to being both outrageously fun and high quality.

Is it a bad idea to buy parts for a game you want but don't currently have?

Thanks to Bongiorno this past Sunday 2/19 I was able to join the fold. Great family game that my kids can't stop dancing too. Also thanks to TheNoTrashCougar and Sppoky team as well for a fun, fast, and accessible game!

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I hope your game works out great for you. I was tempted to order a CE myself, but this worked out timing wise. I know it's probably not what Spooky wants, but I think its awesome you can still order a new TNA currently. Looks like there are ~50 left to go. Enjoy your game, and welcome to the future!

Looking for wisdom. The metal around the left scoop, is this factory original to an OG TNA? If so, how easy is it to replace?

I was getting a high number of rejects when shooting the left scoop from the lip of the metal surrounding the scoop. So I started to take it apart in hopes of sliding it up and out to bend the metal down to be more level with the play-field. The metal appears to be glued down to the board, which has me thinking it's factory. At some point someone added tape to help guide the ball in but it continues to separate. Recommend approach to address?

Thank you.
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Thank you everyone. I was able to lift the playfield and remove the scoop solenoid, and correspondly, then remove the cliffy protector from the top.

It did have some serious adhesive but I was able to pry it off safely.

Ah TNA... Similar experience for myself. I played at an arcade first, thought "That was fun. Hard but fun" and then left to other games. After a while, I felt the game taunting me and went back to again. And again. And Again. Long story short, I had to have one at home.

Congrats on joining the future!

What version of code are you running?

If not, lets create our own story, a sentence at a time.

The year is 2039, all public telephones have been removed, a large shadow is seen in the sky...

I have the blades and encourage anyone interested in them to pick them up, they are great on the game.

No. Unless mine is wrong too...

Totally reasonable position as you know. Have you considered looking on Pinside for someone local that will let you try it out?

I'm a lover of TNA and ordered a P3 prior to FR annoucement. Then I heard Scott had a game coming it made me that much more excited. My P3 is finally coming sometime next week with Weird Al, but I have a FR on order and look forward to putting it next to TNA this late fall.

I don't know, but thought you'd like to know that Scott (TheNoTrashCougar) works for Pinball Life and he indicated (Post#11171) they will be back in stock soon.

Thanks for sharing Joe, always interested to see these practical applications people implement. Glad you are loving the game, and its cliche at this point, but welcome to the future!

Happy birthday!

However, there is a problem with your photo. No one is playing TNA!

Afraid to take it out of the box, eh?