Fun game. Enjoy!

I got that on my wish list....I love the slot machine. Very nice.

You've got me in the shopping mood.
but I gotta sell one first...no room.

I really like mine. The skill shot to the basement is awesome. The ball lock in the game (the basement) has no direct shot from the flippers which i like. It's also my wife's favorite game over spiderman, shadow, tz and sttng.

Nice game with great software and rules. When you get to know it you will find its not as random as it first apears,

Plus, you can turn almost all the randomness off. If you have any issues with the slot machine PM me. When I picked mine up I did a ton of work, swapped reels, troubleshoot motors, switched out ICs, it was a bitch but I am now an expert in it

One of the main issues with the slot machine is that the reels don't match the DMD. Super easy to fix. If that happens to you don't freak.

The skill shot is one of my favorite in pinball. It's a straightforward very difficult shot. The game is know for being easy, but I have my outlanes wide open and the game up to 7.2 degrees.... it is NOT easy.

I just have to figure out why my right ramp acts like a ski jump 1/2 the time. I've never seen wacky airballs like I have from this game, and apparently after some searching I'm not alone.

What did you pay?

I just have to figure out why my right ramp acts like a ski jump 1/2 the time

dido on my train ramp. I put a piece of mylar to protect the game under the ramp and it seems to have made the issue worse.

I just have to figure out why my right ramp acts like a ski jump 1/2 the time. I've never seen wacky airballs like I have from this game, and apparently after some searching I'm not alone.

I have a Scared Stiff and the bat ramp acts as a "ski jump" about one third to one half the time. My incline is also just over 7 degrees. I was going to adjust the incline to be 6.5 and see if that resolves it. I played a SS on location 2 weeks ago where the balls never flew off the ramp bit I forgot to take a measurement.

jalpert, have you tried less of an incline? Maybe that's not an option for you since you want it faster?

I have not tried adjusting the incline. On your SS, is it a ramp that raises and lowers? This particular ramp on W?D is on a lift. When it's down the ball goes up the ramp, when it's up the ball goes under the ramp and around the orbit.

When I got the game, it needed a flipper rebuild and it still jumped on the ramp so flipper power isn't an issues.

My guess is the mechanism that raises and lowers the ramp needs to be adjusted. I just haven't had time to re-visit the issue but I should before I break a plastic.

I have a Scared Stiff and the bat ramp acts as a "ski jump" about one third to one half the time.

The Bat Ramp on Scared Stiff is fixed. When I had my Scared Stiff, fast shots up the Bat Ramp also kept taking off, the ball sometimes lodged up near the Skull Pile. Then it was glass off time to retrieve it. I ended up putting some clear tape over the top of the ramp to stop it happening, not an ideal situation but it worked, (until the balls ripped the tape off again).

The Scared Stiff on location probably had weaker flippers which would have prevented airballs happening.

Replacement ramps are not available.

Coasterguy are the ramps broken?

I have had pretty good success flame polishing ramps, it really brings them back to life if properly cleaned and polished prior to the flame polish.

Ramps are usually very expensive. For W?D I wouldn't worry about it. Ramps could easily be hundreds of dollars.

I do the same thing, when a game is brand new I want to make it perfect. Then after I play it for a while, I have a bunch of fun with it and the imperfections aren't such a big deal.

In just about every case, I do a flipper rebuild. However, most of the parts I thought I wanted while in the honeymoon phase I ended up not caring so much about.

Bumped CGs old thread because I found it talked about the train ramp ball hops. Anyone ever find a fix for this issue? I'm at 6.5 degrees which I think is where it should be. Seems everytime I hit the train ramp my ball ends up somewhere back by the roulette wheel.

Note that his W?D is no longer in the collection, either. It is a fun game but pales in comparison to almost any game in the Top 50 rated games here...

I could name 40 pins in the top 50 that its better then. Heaven for bid a pin that trys to do something different.

I played this game this morning while picking up a new game and its a blast. Its pretty stop and go, but very different and fun. Hope you like it Coasterguy.

+1

I actually enjoyed W?D. It was campy, great sound, and as you said, quite different. It was just too easy to beat. It's the same problem I am having on JM. Great game but I can play a ball for 30 minutes.

LMAO!!! I'm pretty sure CG flipped it before it ever even made it into his house.

The Gorilla must have crazy flipper fingers! Cause Ive owned it for a little while and havent come close to solving all the cases in just 3 balls.

Seriously. W?D is one of the best Bally/WMS games made. It's got a great theme, great music, great design, great toys, etc. It is a stop-and-go-type game, and if you don't like that kind of gameplay, it may be a turn off, but aside from that, it's a very fun game with a lot going on. It's not a super-deep ruleset but it doesn't need to be.

I'd like to hear more about the lining-up the slot reels with the video thing. I took apart and cleaned by motors but the reel is slightly off sometimes.

Not really? I do however have some games that everything just lines up "right" for me. I can score/complete like a wild man on say IJ, but can't seem to do anything on FH. W?D was one of those games that was apparently built for me...

However, since this post has been brought back from the dead, I have been thinking about trading out JM for another W?D. It was a very great theme and it felt, I don't know...Classy?

HEY JITNEYSTAND!!! Want a JM?????