Adored this love letter to probably my favorite pin. The arcade near me had one, but the fighter toy started having issues, and they took it off the floor. 😔So sad. I've never seen the ramps though! This pin you have is in gorgeous condition! 😍 Rumor over here in the states is that some of the humor and questionable stereotypes made it a difficult pin to sell...🤨I love very new-agey pins, like anything from JJP, but Champion Pub is a classic and will always be #1 to me. In any event, it's time for multi-brawlllllllll! 👊💪
Just played this and could hardly believed my eyes when I saw it because of the boxing theme. Would be great to see a modern version. The jump rope challenge is so cool and quite tricky. Great video.
Never seen one in the wild but I find this game crazy fun in FX3 (Cab mode). Would love to play the real thing someday. Thanks for doing this video. nice and HQ!
I remember this when it came out.. i liked it but no one else did and it disappeared quick. my tech resto guy was Aus rep and says there are only a dozen or so in australia and they never sold a new one. No one bought them so they ran them themselves and sacked them quick . Sadly. the appreciation for this is now as high as the price.
Glad I went through your back catalogue (calm down Spencer). Played this at Pinfest last year and for me it was one of the standout pins there. Great artwork, superb callouts and really, really fun to play. 'What about the theme' they cry, well I've been going into some rather questionable 'churches' for 40+ years so it's a brilliant theme and I've probably come across real life versions of all the characters you have to fight. I'd buy one in a heartbeat. Superb. Great vid 👍
for a short time only..you can use the center post to rest the ball against,..from there it should exactly hit the left and right jabs respectively ,..then you can perform a single punch to the jaw for knockout.
The match for free game feature can be enabled or disabled depends on the arcade. Whenever the player matches the last two digits of their score to the magic number, a replay is awarded. The probability of a free game is not always one in ten; on average is like one in approximately thirteen games.
Played this at Pinfest this year, first time I’d ever played it and your right, hooked on it, and they’ve got it at Medway which I went to the open day and I couldn’t leave it alone. I’m in the process of getting Ant to restore my T2 shortly and then hopefully after that I’m going to set out to try and buy this next. 😬😬
is a great game like to get hold of one. I don't understand why it wasn't more popular, I think it's a British thing and Americans didn't get it. how much does he want for that machine?
Huh, don't know how to use the ball saver post to your advantage when a fight starts? Let it stop the ball, then hammer out a left-right-left loop combo and finally hit the lit up-ramp to KO your opponent. 😎
Gonzo...help me out mate. I have a chance to pick this up, but worried about it fitting in my line up. I have a small collection of the great classics like STTNG, IJTPA, MM, and TZ. How does this fit in my line up? The one I'm looking at is priced at $6k USD...what do you think? In the last three years I haven't seen one for less than 6k, but then again the ones I have seen around this price tend to sit for a long time. My other options for near the same coin are Star Trek Pro, Deadpool Pro, The Shadow, Spider Man, X-men LE Wolverine.....which would you pick?
Hi mate, I would pick Deadpool but it probably doesn't fit into your line-up. In order of preference . . . . Deadpool, Spiderman, Champion Pub, Shadow, X-Men I wouldn't bother with Star Trek because you have Next Gen which has similar shots but I think is better.
Played this when i was like 12 really amazing to be able to see it again.
Adored this love letter to probably my favorite pin. The arcade near me had one, but the fighter toy started having issues, and they took it off the floor. 😔So sad. I've never seen the ramps though! This pin you have is in gorgeous condition! 😍 Rumor over here in the states is that some of the humor and questionable stereotypes made it a difficult pin to sell...🤨I love very new-agey pins, like anything from JJP, but Champion Pub is a classic and will always be #1 to me. In any event, it's time for multi-brawlllllllll! 👊💪
Just played this and could hardly believed my eyes when I saw it because of the boxing theme. Would be great to see a modern version. The jump rope challenge is so cool and quite tricky. Great video.
where did you see that
@@hoobsgroove Somewhere in Massachusetts
@@hoobsgroove got one here in deleware at my local arcade/bar. pretty fun
Thats a beautiful example of Champion Pub.. awesome looking machine
Never seen one in the wild but I find this game crazy fun in FX3 (Cab mode). Would love to play the real thing someday. Thanks for doing this video. nice and HQ!
Thank you, it really is one of my favourite games and I'd love to get it back at some point.
I remember this when it came out.. i liked it but no one else did and it disappeared quick. my tech resto guy was Aus rep and says there are only a dozen or so in australia and they never sold a new one. No one bought them so they ran them themselves and sacked them quick . Sadly. the appreciation for this is now as high as the price.
Glad I went through your back catalogue (calm down Spencer).
Played this at Pinfest last year and for me it was one of the standout pins there. Great artwork, superb callouts and really, really fun to play. 'What about the theme' they cry, well I've been going into some rather questionable 'churches' for 40+ years so it's a brilliant theme and I've probably come across real life versions of all the characters you have to fight.
I'd buy one in a heartbeat. Superb.
Great vid 👍
Thanks Paul.
It was that exact machine at Pinfest mate
Great review, your commentary and thoughts about the machine really added to great camera angles.
Nice job on The Champion Pub. I've had mine for several years and it's great fun at pinball parties. Also it's a blast to stream (Twitch and TH-cam).
It's great fun. I miss it already
I've been playing this on the PS4, Pinball FX3 It's awesome
for a short time only..you can use the center post to rest the ball against,..from there it should exactly hit the left and right jabs respectively ,..then you can perform a single punch to the jaw for knockout.
Exactly. 🤘
THANKS for the video!
Fun watching these old machines in action,
STAY SAFE
Your videos are excellent. More Bally/Williams stuff please!
It is a Great Machine indeed!🎉
Awesome high quality content! Hope to see review/gameplay for cactus canyon!
The match for free game feature can be enabled or disabled depends on the arcade. Whenever the player matches the last two digits of their score to the magic number, a replay is awarded. The probability of a free game is not always one in ten; on average is like one in approximately thirteen games.
Best review of a machine i've ever seen !
Thank you 👍
Played this at Pinfest this year, first time I’d ever played it and your right, hooked on it, and they’ve got it at Medway which I went to the open day and I couldn’t leave it alone. I’m in the process of getting Ant to restore my T2 shortly and then hopefully after that I’m going to set out to try and buy this next. 😬😬
Nice one Gav, I'm actually getting it back on loan tomorrow.
Game looks fun as heck. Love the tots in the game pretty inventive for the time. Would love to find this game in the wild.
Very pretty machine!
One of the best pinball machines ever
Looks like a great fun game! And that one looks immaculate too.
Just shown this game to my wife and now she wants us to get one!
The post will go down when you lose a certain amount of energy during the fight
This game was on the Pinball Arcade but it is still on there
I liked 1998!
this game is sweet mate
I love it Davy
Great video and a terrific pinball machine. Am I right to understand from the Pinball Mayhem comment that the "virtual" version is available?
I believe so Simon but I don't know much about virtual pinball. I believe there are Xbox games available.
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is a great game like to get hold of one. I don't understand why it wasn't more popular, I think it's a British thing and Americans didn't get it. how much does he want for that machine?
He won't sell that game and I don't blame him. They are very difficult to get hold of because so few were made.
@@GonzosPinballFlipperama 😭
What type of money is that worth ? Looks like fun 👍
Probably about £4k mate
Wow that ball really wants to drain.
had one of these meself.. but sold it unfortunately... regret it....
Looks good fun. Not sure if you mentioned what year it was made. 80's perhaps?
😂the 80s.
Im o brian and these are me knuckles 😂
Huh, don't know how to use the ball saver post to your advantage when a fight starts? Let it stop the ball, then hammer out a left-right-left loop combo and finally hit the lit up-ramp to KO your opponent. 😎
Gonzo...help me out mate. I have a chance to pick this up, but worried about it fitting in my line up. I have a small collection of the great classics like STTNG, IJTPA, MM, and TZ. How does this fit in my line up? The one I'm looking at is priced at $6k USD...what do you think? In the last three years I haven't seen one for less than 6k, but then again the ones I have seen around this price tend to sit for a long time. My other options for near the same coin are Star Trek Pro, Deadpool Pro, The Shadow, Spider Man, X-men LE Wolverine.....which would you pick?
Hi mate,
I would pick Deadpool but it probably doesn't fit into your line-up.
In order of preference . . . . Deadpool, Spiderman, Champion Pub, Shadow, X-Men
I wouldn't bother with Star Trek because you have Next Gen which has similar shots but I think is better.
@@GonzosPinballFlipperama thank you mate! Say hello to all my fellow Brit’s out there. Cheers from California.