Looks beautiful. The coin door area looks incredible. Incredible find for a machine made in 1988!

You wouldn't by any chance have a shot of the cabinet art?

Also, where the heck can I get one of those bumper stickers? Looks badazz! I want one! Just saw one of em sell on ebay.

"Have you played a Williams pinball today?"

Wow 1st time ever seen one,
looks like David Bowie from his modern man era on the BG

If there is one thing I love about the 1980's era Gottlieb machines, is the synth music. No one dares touch Gottlieb in this department. I'm looking directly at Gottlieb/Premier's Hollywood Heat. Pure 80's nostalgia with the Gottliebs.

What a great buy for $300.
Why would someone sell it for that cheap?

TX-Sector is definatly one of the more fun Gottlieb's out there. I got a chance to play one at a show last year, along with other John Trudeau games. Rocky pinball was another noteworthy effort; trying to simulate the act of punching, using flippers.

For Gottlieb alpha-numeric pins, I still prefer Hollywood Heat, but I must admit.....the Banzai Run-like kick-target shots in TX-Sector are fun as hell. I wish more pinballs would have kick-targets like that. I also dug how the ball shooter feeds the ball to an upper flipper for the skill shot.

I really should review this machine eventually. I got a lot of pinballs to review though.

The music if I remember correctly, sounded like I dunno...Tecmo's "Ninja Gaiden" on the 8-bit Nintendo home console. That's saying something because that Nintendo game had some incredible synthesized music. "TX TX TX (echo)".

Great find maldoror. Practically a steal in that condition.

Good find Maldoror. You need to update the details and add the pics to the archives cuz there ain't nothing in there for that pin.

I'll admit, I'm jeleous! This is currently the only pin on my wishlist from the late 80s, and yes, the music is some of the best I've heard from a game of that era.

If you do a youtube search you can find a few clips of the game in action. I believe the sound is fairly clear in one of the videos too.

Have fun playing that beauty, because I sure as heck would if I were you!!!

Congrats on the AWESOME find!

You just wait until that new baby comes. Then you'll have to stop buying so many pinballs. Get ready for the screaming, crying , doodie machine !!!

Maldoror needs to find himself a Gottlieb "Super Mario Bros: Mushroom World" pin for the lil' youngster.

http://pinside.com/pinball/archive/super-mario-bros-mushroom-world

Gotta start these kids when their young.

They do tend to get messy if you don't clean them up regularly (pins and babies). Some are also very noisy.

Can't wait to check out those new pics of the TX-Sector. Need to tag them on pinside. The ones on IPDB aren't clear enough, and their example machine isn't as cherry.

Godamn! Hardly any wear on the drop targets decals, or discoloration on the side cabinet lettering.

I dig the font they use for the "TX-Sector" title. Looks like......oooh.....I dunno......"Superman" movie title-font maybe?

Got to love Gottlieb having designed their pins with metal protectors on the sides to prevent flipper button wear, out of the factory.

Definately get a new glass for your pin, and add a subwoofer on it if possible (seeing how much dough you saved, buying the game).

I'm sure Gottlieb fans will love to play this machine out at the show. Get some pics of the show posted on pinside.

Some of us have to wait till the summertime for our pinball shows.
Sigh.

TX, TX, Bzzzzzzzz. Interlink disabled............ Teleport sequence activated

TX Sector was one of my first pin's a realy repaired.
The Gottlieb soundboard fits this game perfectly. Also the "teleporter" effect is nicely done!
The only strange thing is the translite.... it looks like it was been wet.

Sweet!! Nice find maldoror!

I'll have to order these from Steve Ritchie's website I think. I went to his booth at the last pinball show, and I could have swore he didn't have any.

Man, breaks my heart seeing Steve Ritchie forced to sell his chachkies to make a living nowadays. One of the greatest game designers. The father of Firepower and High Speed. Forced to sell flyers, replacement parts, and autographs...when years ago, he was making some of the greatest games of all time (Black Knight, STTNG, T2, and BD's favorite....Rock, Rock, Rock, Rollergames).

Hello. I bought the TX Sector a few months ago. Any idea how to program the Mega Levels so they don't start at 0 every time you get a new ball?

We played Tx-Sector at Pinburgh over and over again. It was loud and had great music. That is a true steal. I wish I could find one.

I have one!! Very awesome pin!

Dip switch #32 has to be set to *on*

TX is a great game - I also played the crap out of it at pinburgh the backglass is pretty ugly but the game play and music totally make up for it - I'd love to have one, especially at that price

I actually like the translite!

My real only complaint is the scoring system is flawed. This is the same for most System 80B games of this era.... Victory is another perfect example.

For example, in order to get "jackpot", you have to get to *Mega Level 10* on multiball (which is no easy feat)! If accompolished, you're awarded 100k. The problem w/ this is you can get more points just staying at *Mega Level 9* and just nail the both ramps back and forth....

It's definably a John Trudeax game. Lots of turns and lanes to shoot at a bit like spirit. Played it with 3 friends in France for a while and it got the thumbs up.

Schusler - good to know for tournament play, so basically just hitting the ramps will score better - how about the drop targets - is that what raises your level, and also I think I remeber a spinner - is that typical 80's game scoring, shoot for the spinner raise you multipliers

something about the music and gameplay Im going to start looking for one, I couldnt get enough of it at pinburgh - best 80's sounds and music I think

Schusler - good to know for tournament play, so basically just hitting the ramps will score better - how about the drop targets - is that what raises your level, and also I think I remeber a spinner - is that typical 80's game scoring, shoot for the spinner raise you multipliers

Yep.... The "Infinity Zone" is an important area for scoring, especially if the spinner is lit. So, I usually keep pounding that spinner for big points! Not only the drops advance the Mega levels , but there is a spot target in the back (behind the pops) that advances it as well.....

One day, I'll have to put a better version on youtube.... No offense to the other ones out there; I just didn't like the angle they used....

Nice score!