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Quite a rare beauty here. Despite its dynamite theme, this is not one of the better-known woodrails, and very few still exist. This is too bad, as it plays as good as it looks.

I won't say the art is among the best of the period but it's very, very close. The green/orange/purple color scheme looks fantastic. The jack-in-the-box where the small points are displayed is typical Roy Parker silliness. For sounds there are three distinctive bells, which is as good as sounds got in the period.

The only place I'm knocking the game a little is on the lighting. The numbers 1-12 are lit to start the game, and turn off as you score them. Since there's no real general illumination, as you progress the game gets really dark. This is common for woodrails, but very noticeable here.
I believe this is the first game with four inward-facing flippers, obviously a staple in later games.

Scoring replays is of course the main focus here. Three ways to do that: on total score, what I call the small points score, and the "special when lit" when all the numbers are out. Ball times are long on this game for a woodrail, and replays aren't overly difficult. Play gets a little frenetic as you're keeping track of what to do next! The center drain has a neat little feature, randomly spotting none or up to three numbers for you.

Finally, the main feature: the four center kickout holes. They change direction - so cool - at every 10,000 point step and with the Up and Down rollover buttons. One hole is lit for 500,000, traveling up, so a 2 million shot is possible starting from the bottom one! All your main points will come from the lit kickout hole.

Rockettes is gorgeous and an absolute blast to play, certainly good enough to convert your friends who may think woodrails are too old-fashioned to be fun.

*Wife approval* "Gosh this is really addicting." And she loves the kickout holes. Yay!