Every once in awhile, I have a game delivered to my office, particularly for international deliveries (easier logistically). Then, I load the game into my SUV to bring home after work.

Here's a 1974 Kasco Untouchable arcade game, which arrived today. It's essentially a shooter game, in which the player navigates a 3-dimensional police car on a moving belt, in an attempt to catch a 3-dimensional gangster car. The player controls a steering wheel, accelerator pedal and a pistol simultaneously. For those interested, yesterday, I posted pre-shipment photos and video clips of a Kasco Untouchable in action in another thread (the thread entitled: "Show Us Your M & EM Gun & Submarine Games!"). Here's the link:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/ot-show-us-your-em-gun-games/page/14#post-3287645

I love the unusual EM arcade games in pinball cabinets and this one is my Holy Grail.

What's wrong with this lobby? Right, there's too much furniture and too few coin op machines.

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Here's a 1 minute video clip from earlier this evening, demonstrating the gameplay of my latest vintage arcade acquisition, a 1974 Kasco Untouchable. I still need to add the windshield to the gangster car and polish the coin return chrome to complete this restoration project, which arrived a few weeks ago.

https://vimeo.com/181285498

The scenery, according to the game's flyer, is based upon old Chicago. I, too, love that backglass. Kasco and Sega produced the most ingenious EM arcades in the seventies, in my view.

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Please post more photos of this rarely seen wedgehead. I'm not done drooling.

Congratulations on acquiring a very nice Genco Two Player Basketball. Did that one happen to come from Wisconsin? If so, send me a PM for the game's history, if you wish. The Genco game will fit in well with your EM line-up, no doubt.

The one in my collection is a keeper. Here's a photo of my son showing off his high score. It's among the most popular games in my collection of about 30 vintage pinball and arcade games. Happy birthday, by the way!

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Yes. It may still be available. It was restored by Bill Heatherly. Also, there's a decent unrestored one for sale in Ontario. PM me for details.

Congratulations. Bowl-o-rama is a terrific acquisition. It's among the most popular coin-op games in my gameroom. The track ball allows for authentic spin, speed and direction control. The taunting animations, for splits, are well-conceived as are the animated accolades for strikes and spares. In my opinion, Namco's Bowl-o-rama is the most successful arcade rendition of bowling. Also, it includes separate trick shot and poker games. The music element is great as well. I am operating mine on its original hard drive, although I have the flash drive as a back-up. The game has security roadblocks designed to protect the proprietary software, impeding the flash drive conversion. All you need now are the spinning ash trays. Namco still sells them and other components for this 2006 arcade on its website (expensive, though). I also like the feature enabling the players to select their ball graphics and weight. Happy new year to fellow Pinsiders!

It's nice to trade up.

It's rumored that he has a 1974 Chicago Coin GIN.

You're on a roll, Colson.

The original Fathom backglass has considerably more definition in the art than does the repro. The repro is nice; however, the line art is blurry by comparison. The original can thus be easily identified. I have had them side-by-side (however, I can't locate a photo of the repro). Here's the original on a Fathom formerly in my line-up.

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Frankenstein and Dracula. . .which one was the bride?

Pecos, You did well. Queen of Hearts is among the very best of woodrails. Neyens himself deemed it his best design. I have a pretty good extra original backglass for Queen of Hearts, if you're unhappy with the degraded one in the photo. PM me, if interested.

Any standard sized top glass will work on a Gottlieb woodrail, including Queen of Hearts. Chicago Coin's woodrails were longer and not interchangeable, though.

Don't be so sure that this will be your last woodrail. Woodrails are fantastic! There are more avenues to a replay on Queen of Hearts than 3 typical seventies games combined.

Your playfield looks to be excellent. Most have wear in the grid and around the gobble holes. Yours seems to have escaped those high traffic areas. Congrats!

Congrats on your 1st pinball purchase. You chose a good title.

Many enthusiasts enjoy driving long distances to inspect potential game purchases. Others, like me, do not and typically hire professionals to retrieve and deliver games.

For an eBay purchase, you may wish to consider simply utilizing STI (Michelle Bianchi) to deliver your game door-to-door. The cost is typically $300 - $400, insured, depending upon origin and destination and the existence or absence of staircases on either end. Feel free to private message me for contact information, if interested.

Also, fellow collectors (like Bob Cunningham and Pinballs On The Move) offer delivery services in some states for about $300. Still others utilize U-Ship. Again, feel free to PM me for details.

Considering the cost of fuel, tolls and wear and tear on your vehicle, not to mention the value of your time, attendant to a 16 - 17 hour road trip, you may agree that hiring a delivery service is actually more economical. Sometimes, it is necessary to personally embark on a road trip to secure the right deal for the right game, e.g. where the game is uber rare, requires in-person visual inspection, or the seller requires cash payment. For purchases which do not fall into those categories, consider the above alternatives.

Believe it or not, you will likely own several games before you become a parent and by the time you are ready to bequeath your collection to your kids, you will likely have upgraded to a HUO El Dorado.

Bon Voyage is among the more controversial of Dave Christensen backglasses. Apart from the belt buckle, note that there are two people falling, sans parachutes, from the airplane.

A spectacular, all-original 1971 Bally Expressway accompanied me home from Pinfest this evening. So when I got onto the PA Expressway en route from Allentown to southern New Jersey, an Expressway was on an Expressway. There, I said it.

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Colson, Your LEDs look great. . .monumental improvement (and that's coming from an EM purist). Hi Ryan!

That's a first. I've seen many clean machines purchased over the years, but never one which included dinner.

Gemini CP100 is mostly naphtha, with a more pleasant scent. . .great all-purpose pinball cleaner. With magic erasers, I typically utilize 91% isopropyl alcohol for playfields, followed by CP100 with a clean microfiber cloth, followed by Novus2 and finished with carnauba wax. If using magic erasers for the 1st time, proceed gingerly with generous alcohol saturation in the eraser, because paint removal is a risk.

Added this 1971 Bally Skyrocket to my line-up yesterday. Bally manufactured only 2 games designed by Harry Williams: Firecracker and Skyrocket. Only 545 Skyrockets were produced. Extraordinary cascading illumination playfield feature on this fun Bally title.

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Electra?

Congratulations! Your avatar has finally been fulfilled. The backglass looks to be in good condition on your Skyrocket. . .worth the wait.

The game at Silverball is one of the copycat games, not Sega's version. The copycats are equally fun. However, the button design on the copycats is inferior. Sega's round control buttons are more user friendly than the rectangular style utilized on the copycats.

https://qz.com/1620913/the-best-cycling-hack-is-a-pool-noodle/

Congratulations, Pecos! Surfers is among my favorite zipper flipper games. Gameplay is great and Kelley's artistic talent is on full display.

Just ring-a-ding her in zipper flipper mode. Problem solved.

Watermelon shooter rod, you say? Here's the first one ever, which I designed for my home-grown EM Whoa Nellie (which will be up for sale shortly).

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Wow. That looks to be an exceptionally nice MiniZag example. Backglass and playfield appear to be excellent. Also, if the main cabinet's graphics are on par with the head's condition, that's fantastic!

The other Minizag was worth the asking price for its nice backglass alone.

Congratulations. You got a bargain. Post a photo of the illuminated backglass. It appears to be a beauty.

Most Pinsiders know that Colson is a careful driver.
He takes great pains in safely transporting his machines.

Because we've been good friends (and previously work cohorts) for many years, I'm sure that he won't mind if I disclose the lesser known fact that Colson is actually a teenage girl with a BFF named Becky.

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You've started out with two great titles, especially Surfers. Congratulations!

Congratulations. Buckwerx.com (operated by Nate Thompson, a great prewar pinball enthusiast) which acquired the Rockola replacement parts business from the late Hal O'Rourke, is your source for Rockola pinball parts.

This really nice Twilight Zone followed me home today. She works great. Everything, including the white-faced clock, functions well. Powerball is present. I suspect that it's the improved clock mod from 20 years ago.

If my local friend doesn't buy it, I'll list this TZ on Pinside for $7,500. I am in south Jersey, near Philadelphia. Easy ground floor access.

The entire cabinet was professionally clearcoated 20 years ago, which is why all of the graphics retain their bright colors. The upper and main playfields are just as nice on this unmolested example. Translite looks perfect.

I have a video demo taken today when my son and I hauled her out of the seller's basement. I know the guy who restored the game (he died about 8 years ago) and he did nice restoration work. This game has been enjoyed by the same owner for 20 years. It was serviced periodically but needs a light cleaning.

I'm tempted to keep her. I had a heavily modded TZ sample game with factory 3rd magnet about 18 years ago, which I ultimately traded. Playing this TZ brings back fond memories. Obligatory game transport photo posted.
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