Capcom
Big Bang Bar Pinside Rating
This game received 189 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 8.134 /10
Big Bang Bar
Score breakdown
Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:
Game Design: 7.976
Artwork: 8.64
Sounds/Music: 7.469
Other Aspects: 8.145
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7.253/10
6 months ago
Saint Paul, MN
Had the *pleasure* of playing this game on location recently and it is difficult to add anything that has already been said about the pin. The theme is wild and weird as hell but it's pretty rad truth be told. Flippers felt surprisingly good on the machine I played and the single ramp shot is satisfying and someone unpredictable, at least before your have gotten a lot of plays in as it is diverting the ball along the two sides of the machine, holding the ball to start modes and locking balls for multi-ball. There are not a lot of shots to speak of, but is on par for the era this was released in. I had a surprisingly good time with it and would absolutely put more time in on a machine, though paying $30k of the currently listings on inside are certainly wringing out the rarity factor, the game is not THAT fun. But kind of :)
Åkarp
Bodelshausen
7.280/10
2 years ago
This game is rare…not a great game, just a rare game. It IS a really cool original theme and Capcoms best looking package overall. Too bad they didn’t continue to make games. By modern standards this game doesn’t really hold up. If CGC were to get ahold of this license and expand the code like they plan to do with CC I might be interested in owning. As it stands now it’s a cool collectors holy grail and that’s about it.
9.230/10
3 years ago
Paris
The problem with this game is its price. Other than that, it’s probably one of the best game ever made. The animations are outstanding, the build quality is much better than any competiters, a lot of innovations for its time even with the 16 bits CPU. Capcom guys were serious with this game. Even the voice actors is really well done with many voices, like 10?
I understand that due to its price, the rarity, people feel a bit angry. I myself only play this game the first time in 2011 in a french pinball festivall and didn’t thought that the game was crazy at first mainly because I was there to buy my first pin and was not even yet a pinball enthousiast. Now, after a lot of plays at home, I could say that this game is a keeper and they are reasons than so few are for sale.
At the same time, spending 15000/20000 dollars for a pinball is crazy for me but we can’t judge because of that. I can’t understand the people who own this pin, sell NIB or with less than 200 plays on it after so many years. This pin was made to be played, for instance in the bar to get a big earnings and probably a huge success for Capcom at last.
Rules are a bit shallow, it’s a bit easy, but who cares. So much fun when you play it, it’s really really fun. Isn’t pinball is made for that? Fun? I think Capcom designers got that for sure. I’m really happy to own this game thanks to a trade and it’s not leaving anytime soon.
If’you have a chance to try it, jump’on it, it feels different and a new experience comparing to the other pins from this era.
I honestly think that even mass produced, due to the art, build quality, animations and so on... it should rate really high anyway like the top WMS.
I understand that due to its price, the rarity, people feel a bit angry. I myself only play this game the first time in 2011 in a french pinball festivall and didn’t thought that the game was crazy at first mainly because I was there to buy my first pin and was not even yet a pinball enthousiast. Now, after a lot of plays at home, I could say that this game is a keeper and they are reasons than so few are for sale.
At the same time, spending 15000/20000 dollars for a pinball is crazy for me but we can’t judge because of that. I can’t understand the people who own this pin, sell NIB or with less than 200 plays on it after so many years. This pin was made to be played, for instance in the bar to get a big earnings and probably a huge success for Capcom at last.
Rules are a bit shallow, it’s a bit easy, but who cares. So much fun when you play it, it’s really really fun. Isn’t pinball is made for that? Fun? I think Capcom designers got that for sure. I’m really happy to own this game thanks to a trade and it’s not leaving anytime soon.
If’you have a chance to try it, jump’on it, it feels different and a new experience comparing to the other pins from this era.
I honestly think that even mass produced, due to the art, build quality, animations and so on... it should rate really high anyway like the top WMS.
8.132/10
5 years ago
Again I get to leave a review thanks to a collector who has been gracious enough to invite me over to enjoy his amazing collection. The first time I saw BBB standing alone away from the other pins in his collection, I was very new pinball. I had no idea what it was (or how lucky I was to be playing it) the first time I flipped it. I've since had several goes on it and I am alway drawn to it. Not for the novelty of flipping such a rare game, but more so because of the art and the fact it's just fun to shoot.
I'll admit the second time I played it (after some research on the game), it was about the novelty of playing a super rare gem. But every game since then has just been because it's a blast. It's a fast game with some quirky stuff on the playfield (like the neon ball return and the captive ball setup). Capcom did a great job of applying the theme to every square inch of the game and making it very cohesive. I would love to see someone go in and really polish off the code/rules (like adding a wizard mode) because this game deserves it!
I'll admit the second time I played it (after some research on the game), it was about the novelty of playing a super rare gem. But every game since then has just been because it's a blast. It's a fast game with some quirky stuff on the playfield (like the neon ball return and the captive ball setup). Capcom did a great job of applying the theme to every square inch of the game and making it very cohesive. I would love to see someone go in and really polish off the code/rules (like adding a wizard mode) because this game deserves it!
7.984/10
7 years ago
Love the theme, but was let down that there is no wizard mode. Some cool features i haven't seen on other machines, like the captive balls, and i like the neon tube. Simple rule set. It would be fun to own as a novelty machine, but definitely wouldn't be my go-to machine in a collection.
8.980/10
7 years ago
Finally got the chance to play Big Band Bar at Pintastic 2017 and was pleasantly surprised by how it played. It is colorful, great artwork and plenty of shots. It showed where Capcom was going if they stayed in the business and it is a shame they left. It is certainly one of their best machines.
7.288/10
8 years ago
Very nice artwork and a decent layout make this pin to be an above average experience but not much more than that. Ramps, drop targets, captive balls, 3 pop bumpers, its all there. The flow was so-so. Overall the graphics are better than the game play. Nice machine to play at an exhibition but way to expensive to own. For that kind of money there are more fun machines out there.
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