Saturday, March 5, 2016

1971 Gottlieb Roller Coaster Pinball Machine (Traded)


This is a 1971 Gottlieb Rollercoaster Pinball Machine. It is the first machine to have wireform ramps later known as habitrails. The machine's gameplay is highly influenced by the spinner in the center of the field. Points are scored when the spinner changes position and when the balls travel on the ramps and down the outlanes. Getting a replay score of 4300 can be easy if the arrow is on 500 or very difficult if it is on 50. There is a twist when playing two players as each player needs to start where the spinner ended for the other player. Advancing the spinner to 500 will be good for you, but can also benefit your competitor. Scoring all of the numbered lights turns 50 point scores into 500 points. This is a fun classic game that is pretty rare today.














Friday, March 4, 2016

1972 Williams Swinger Pinball Machine (Sold)


This is a 1972 Electromechanical Williams Swinger Pinball machine. This machine was pretty unique to me. It features a "swinging" target in the center of the playfield. The lights in front of the target cycle throughout the game. There are two standup targets to the right and left that will  lock the lights in place and light the "swinger" target. When you hit the moving target you will get the locked value, then the lights will begin to cycle again. There are two ways to save outlane drains. There is a kickback on the left that is lit by a standup target in the upper part of the playfield. There is a gate on the right that is lit by two different lights on the moving target. Without inlanes that feed to the flippers, the game is fast and constant action. The last feature which can save a drain is an "up-post" between the flippers. This is activated by rollover buttons on the playfield. The up and down buttons are easy to hit which causes the post to appear and disappear regularly throughout the game. This is a fun game loaded with features.