Granny and the Gators

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9.308/10
1 year ago
Granny and the Gators is an incredibly fun and rare game. The big issue with this and Baby Pac-Man is they are both designed as Video Games with a pinball portion, which you aren’t required to play, although they will benefit you greatly in-game.

You must alternate smacking two oversized paddle buttons I order to get Granny to paddle her canoe up the river. If you’re a bad arcade player, you won’t enjoy this game. The pin layout is inferior to Baby Pac-Man in regards to flow, however it features more variety in the shots. There is a saucer the returns you to the Pin and collects bonus, a kickback lane, drop targets with standups behind, and a ton of rollover buttons.

In the pin, you can earn gold and ammo as well as a temporary invincibility called “Power”. The “just one more game” factor is insanely high. Trying to get past the first stage of the arcade game is incredibly difficult. The current Galloping Ghost World Record only gets to stage two. The game is just so stupidly hard, just like Baby Pac-Man, Bally accidentally turned a lot of people off the hybrid machine.

For what it is, this game is best in a medium to large collection. It offers very fast paced pinball action and incredibly unique and difficult arcade gaming!
4.677/10
4 years ago
I only played it for a little bit, but that arcade game is really not fun to control. If it was a stand-alone arcade game, I'd say that it was a very bad arcade game.

Edit: It's possible that if I took the time to get good at this game and learn the strats I would start to enjoy it. But I have no desire to do that.
5.372/10
6 years ago
After Baby-Pacman... came Granny and the Gators.

The Pros:
The pinball game is really quite good. Interesting shots and fun to be had.

The Cons:
The videogame is HORRIBLE. As in it is infuriating to play. The opposite of fun.

The Takeaway:
Would someone kindly remove or re-write the video game portion of this table? I know it is asking a lot, but the vidja on this deck is not helping out the team.
6.883/10
8 years ago
Interesting game and good fun but not for me, the video game portion I actually though was quite fun but you spend most of your time looking to get out of that and into the little pinball playfield down below. One to play if you see it but probably not one to own.
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