In 1993, I was in the Air Force and going through military training at Wichita Falls TX. We had curfew the first month we were there, but the dorms had a little arcade. Mortal Kombat was new and that was the big arcade, but I discovered 2 pinball machines in the corner. Adams Family and Creature from the Black Lagoon. I spend a lot of quarters playing those machines!
I'm 67, I know what you mean. I beta (pre release) tested video games for Sega and other companies, but was overly interested in collecting video games. I played a virtual pinball game at the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas but it is not the same.
@2:09 I don't have deep pockets at all. Pinball can be very affordable if you accept that your first table isn't gonna be a monster bash or an attack on mars. Start smaller dude...work your way up. If you make it a certainty in your life pinball can happen. I make very little money..and in a short 5 years I've added 8 tables to my collection. I don't know how...it just happens. Keep the faith...don't settle for playing virtual or video pinball. ^_^
You're absolutely right about working your way up. I guess my comment about it being really expensive relates more to the popular machines that 90% of people want to play and own. But as I said I lack the space to own pinball or arcade machines so even if I wanted to work my way up I cant right now.
*Medieval Madness!* So much heart was being put in developing that masterpiece! We still have that machine at this local dive bar I go to in Seattle. Folks still get to that table before I do, it's just that good!
a pinball called Paragon. a larger pinball than usual and i was so good at it that i used to sell my credits to the ones that were waiting to play... until i got caught lol.
@@wigglesarcade8261 lol hey everything is possible in this life. One plus is that most of the fellows I know that have these collections are 10-15 years into it and in their 60’s lol. I’ve got plenty of time to get there!
It is unfortunate but it was the baby boomers like me and early Gen x having the interest and money buying in earlier that limited the supply of used machines. Video games really hurt the pinball industry. Now great video games can be down loaded. There is a high basic cost to building new machines. So machines became scarce, I have a bank of 14 machines mostly purchased 2000 to 2008. I image to replace them would easily cost me more than 100K. I've tried virtual machines and they really suck compared to the real thing.
OMG i love that one, but i live in mexico and i played it in some bad mexican restaurant in Arizona. does someone know if there is a video game which includes that Pinball Machine ?
I helped with the mechanix of TOM and Scared stiff. You have to play Horgan you will spend hours its awesome game. Try Arabian Nights and world cup I helped with them too. Your awesome choice of words for video. Make more. Best to U Joe Loveday
Wow! Thank you so much! I'm flattered to have someone who actually helped create these tables watch my videos. You did the world a huge service by bringing these tables to millions. And yes, I love Arabian Nights and World Cup as well. I haven't played Horgan, but you can bet it'll be the next table I sink some serious time into.
My top five are Medieval Madness, Indiana Jones, Twilight Zone, Theatre of Magic, and Cactus Canyon. I was lucky enough to add two of these to my pinball bank Indiana Jones for $1400 and Twilight Zone for $1000, years ago before the prices shot up beyond belief. I feel a little bummed I did not pick up a MM in good condition for $2600 when I had a chance, instead I bought Star Wars (Data East) with a Darth Vader topper for $1000, a good game but not at MM level. Other games in my pinball bank that are good ones are No Fear, Demolition Man, Taxi, Star Wars, Tales from the Crypt, and Space Shuttle. My advice to potential pinball machine buyers are to a machine you really want to play (That's obvious), and take care of it as you would any investment.
I wish I would have got into it sooner. Even some of the crappier Gottlieb and Data East tables are now going for 2-3k. It's truly become a rich person's hobby. Thank goodness for video pinball and an abundance of arcades in my area I guess.
@@wigglesarcade8261 It is just the way life goes, Even now think of all valuable toys we stomped on, blew up with our cherry bombs, and destroyed with our BB guns, what they could be worth now. Image this, in my late teen, my brother and I owned a very nice original 1969 Z/28 Camaro, we bought used for $2000 in 1971, conservatively now worth $80,000. For me playing virtual pinball is not the same and really kind of sucked, I guess because I have a bank of 14 machines. I tried virtual at the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, 30 games worth. I guess it is OK if there is not much else. A little hard for me as I grew up playing musical instruments the vibration of the strings or pressure of the keys, driving high performance cars on the road, or blasting down the dirt road on my motorcycle.
Theatre of Magic is gorgeous, but can get boring in a small collection... Tales of the arabian Nights could be much better without the lamp giving free stuff away all the time!!
Interesting seeing the TPA versions of the Williams tables. I've only played them on the PFX3 versions. It's crazy how floaty the ball looks in this video.
The most highly sought after pinball machines are expensive yes, but there are plenty of lower demand ones that can be purchased for more "reasonable" prices, like the 3000 dollar range
Oh definitely! Most of the pinball machines I want typically range between 2000 and 5000 depending on where you're looking. Still, I wish I had even a grand to blow on pinball machines :(
@@wigglesarcade8261 I've wanted to own a pinball machine for a long time, I could technically buy one now but I just cant justify the expense at the moment, I want my first machine to be a brand new Medieval Madness remake
If you are close to Chicago you gotta check out Galloping Ghost Arcade and Galloping Ghost Pinball.. the arcade has like 805 arcade games. And the pinball part has like 25 pins.. including the elusive The Predator Pinball Machine by Skit B Pinball
UGH this is why I have turned my back on the merits of steam / virtual console type systems.... Like what just happened to OWNING a game and you always have those games... Sega Channel was cool and we wished for it back again but then remembered how it can be taken away... I have Gottlieb and Williams collection on Wii and.. the physics are actually pretty impressive and makes for good practice though the resolution isnt great ( on closeups though it looks like they used pre-rendered backgrounds so its actually 100% photo-realistic) and overall I definitely enjoy turning this on every holiday season to get my pinball fix... just the sounds alone are worth it... although Funhouse gives me seizures with that distracting strobe. So I was looking at advanced options ( like PC ) ... I knew there was something about Steam I was starting to hate... like how you go about playing GTA now.. like its all server based... Anyway another example of this is on 3DS ( now out of production ) they are ending Eshop support in January ( or at least credit card support in Japan so maybe you can use gift cards for a bit? ) but I'm JUST NOW discovering there were all of these NES / Genesis games they converted to 3D ! and they look absolutely stunning!... the 16 bit games look better than any CRT ( pro CCTV even ) I have ever seen... And like this is it... if you want to see these games ever thats it... I've had my 3DS for 10 years and its something that gets intermittent use so before you know it YEARS go by ... unlike the NES or any cart system where you OWN the games and they are just there at anytime for you.. or even on ebay or a flea market... so I'm not longer really into the concept of steam as I thought i was when it was about space saving from CD roms ( and I'm one who loves to keep my boxes )... That sucks! ugh. I would like to get my hands on a real life Class of 1812 though... those I've seen for like $1800 so there are some cult classics that aren't funhouse ( I do like funhouse but the 90% ramp play gets very tiresome.. I think it's a bit overrated... its great but still somehow overrated as fun as it is to hit rudy.. put him to sleep.. .etc... ) sometimes I just like classic pot/jet bumpers and drop targets)
They're both excellent! It would be awesome if Sega made a compilation of some of their better pinball machines like South Park, The Lost World, and Star Wars Trilogy.
This reminds me about this pirates of the caribbean pinball,it had so many broken things that it was super fun .I liked it so much I went into the hotel it was in just to play.
I like cue ball wizard, circus voltaire, family guy, jurassic park, austin powers, funhouse, lord of the rings, simpsons pinball party, also scared stiff and medieval, monster bash
@@wigglesarcade8261 Yeah I have seen cue ball wizards floating around on ebay for cheap, like the 2000 dollar range, but that was like 2 years ago, prices may have changed
Loved pinball machines growing up and still do. Don't have the means in terms of a house design to get a hands on machine. Is there an option to go with to play pinball on a Windows 10 laptop? Thank you!
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Plus dont get them from companies they over price them like crazy just look around Ebay offerup I know some people dred this word Craig's list pinside Facebook marketplace they have them on there all the time and for bargains to just look around
I know a few local people in my area that refresh CL all the time for deals. It also helps to know people with machines in case they want to sell; having a good working relationship with them can definitely translate to 50%+ off what you'd normally pay. But yeah, some of the more well known Pinball Resellers out there are ridiculous with their prices.
There can be some good deals out there Craig's lists, hard to find, but some of these can have some serious issues. Ten years I did manage to score a Twilight Zone machine for $1000. Yes it did have issues, dirty field, worn out rubber, short legs taken from a Mario machine put on it and sloppy/weak flippers. I rebuilt the flippers, replace all of the rubber, applied a good helping of elbow grease, and used the legs off a Sterns Meteor with had a bad board, 2/10 backglass and cabinet I parted out.
I have no pinball machines now, but I do have about 26 games in my Pinside wishlist. Some games I enjoy best is Whirlwind, Adam's Family, Indiana Jones, Ninja Turtles, and Theatre Of Magic.
best pinball machine: revenge from mars, which is a pinball 2000 machine, which instead of displaying a screen above the table, it displays a screen in an are which in your vision, looks like the screen is in the game. sadly they went out of business because their second machine flopped. It sucks because there are no emulators for pinball 2000 machines, despite there being only 2 machines it could only run
Pinball 2000 was the reasson Williams failed. I'm pretty sure had RFM been the best game ever they wouldn't have closed the doors immediately after producing it. TAF is the best game ever made as evidenced by the sheer number of machines ever built. I paid $12k for mine after selling my previous one in 2004 for $2500. That should tell you everything right there!
I don't own any pinball machines at the moment but in the past I have owned Lights Camera Action Johnny Mnemonic Operation Thunder Waterworld Last Action Hero Space Jam Viper Night Driving White Water and High Roller Casino. Most of those go fairly cheap.
Some of the Williams tables are available on Pinball FX3 now, including Whitewater and Medieval Madness. But yeah, I'm glad I bought all the Pinball Arcade tables when they were available.
Buying stupid rip off tables from t.p.a? Just get pinmame, it's much better, you can open the coindoor and make adjustments like areal game unlike t.p.a s make you pay bullcrap, and you can see how much money you would of put in the machine and knock up games instead of free play and cut you off bullcrap, ! How the heck do they get to have gottlieb tables when the owners cut everyone off, luckily I got my roms before they cut everyone off except t.p.a they are probably paying off gottlieb and charging people to play them,lol
I got into pinball a bit last year and more so this summer. We had an arcade open up in like 2018 and it has been bumpin' ever since. The owners are Pinball machine collectors and they have such amazing selection. It was a bummer it had to close for covid but they re-opened late June with social distancing in play so you have to be 1 game away from others playing but I was happy it re-opened and their still in amazing shape. I started playing the new TMNT stern pinball machine they have and I was just so hooked and I love pinball now haha.
You're definitely never to old or young to fall in love with Pinball! I introduced my fiancee to pinball several years ago and now she wants a machine lol
Brought back memories from the Atlantic City boardwalk piers. My favorite pins were Royal Flush and Jive Time. Plus the mechanical shooting and crane games. ( I am in my 60's)
I definitely need to play more mechanical pinball machines. There are some decent video emulators for some of those tables, however none of that compares to the real thing. I go to pinball conventions whenever I can and I always love playing some of those 60s and 70s machines. They have an undeniable charm to them.
oh yeah, and alot of these people have valid points.. a perfect, re-done, completely restored top end machine like medival madness or whitewater can cost 13,999.00 at a top store, but i got mine with a crease in the topper art, some holes and cracks in some of the art on the playfield, a kinda worn playfield but good, all re-done led lights, works and plays great, for 7500.00 ... a machine that completely restored can be seen at 13,999.00. so, you can get them cheaper. if you take a class or can follow youtube video instructions, you can fix and rebuild machines. you can get broken down ones for 1,500-2,000 and then buy pieces on ebay or pinside, trade for stuff, etc. if your passionate, you can make it happen.
During the golden age of fighting games, I put my quarters up on the glass waiting to play M.K, *The Black Knight* would randomly do a cool light/sound show. I think it had a motion sensor because The Knight would taunt passerby *”GIVE ME YOUR MONEY!”* It actually scared younger kids & took my money.
Yes I'm lucky I have a Pinball machine a real classic 1974 ok I had to spend a pile on it it was a mess the field was a mess shot really all the cards burnt out well after 18 months its a runner and it's fantastic Very fast got loads of entertainment we love it my family love it It's Future world and looks fabulous my real favourite is The Addams family it's gota be the Best one iv ever played Top gun next one Day il will find one but that's going to be hard to find. Enjoy your Pinballs these games Will live forever ..
Hey Wiggles, this video got my wife and i on a pinball kick lol. I downloaded the PinballFX3 arcade on Ps4 and it includes all the classic Bally/Williams tables. The notable exclusions are Scared Stiff, Addams Family, and Centaur. Hopefully you try this new program out. It was released this year and is created by Zen Studios. We all want your input on this game! 👍
I like your list. My mentions in no particular order would be Safecracker and Champion Pub. I really want to play the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Stern.
Long story short: vacationed in Berlin, played Medieval Madness at a random bar, thought it was the coolest pinball I’ve played and it turns out I’m right and it’s super expensive
I own a real Whitewater machine, and its my favorite. i started playing it when it was first released on a brand new table at a pizza hut that i was a delivery driver for. for every address you delivered to, you got .50 compensation from pizza hut for gas and upkeep on your car. i think this was why they bought the pinball machine... to get that money back. because while you waited for your next delivery, if you were done making boxes, etc., you could play pinball, and if you got off work before they closed? pinball. this was the first pinball i ever got into, and it has remained my favorite, so i bought one. since then, i have gotten a german made Sharpin virtual table that hooks up to my nintendo switch, and has most of the best 90's and 80's bally/williams tables on zenfx3 for nintendo switch. which brings me to my second favorite, medival madness, which i started playing right when it came out. and is on the switch. i recently just ordered a 7,990.00 vp ultra machine with custom elvira graphics (ive met her several times and have pics and autographs and grew up with her tv show) and it has 390 tables on it, so that will be great. my third favorite is monster bash, 4th Circus Voltaire, and 5th, Theater of Magic. other favorite tables are revenge from mars, attack from mars, elvira scared stiff, elvira party monsters, Addams Family, twilight zone, nba fastbreak, world championship soccer, indiana jones, the shadow, rocky and bullwinkle, star wars (data east), Star Trek Next Generation, Fish Tales, Champion Pub.
I am glad a virtual worked out for you. I tried a full size stand up virtual machine at the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas. 30 games worth and it kinda sucked. I guess after more that 50 years of pulling right and left, giving that little shove at the right time, feeling the flippers work, the thump of the ball bouncing off the pops and targets, the feel was not there. Seeing the field and ball looking correct at all angles, the visuals were not there. I guess by the time they can truly make a full size virtual machine look and feel like the real thing I will already be dead. Anyway I hope they keep trying.
Like your top five, some great tables. In no particular order mine are Kiss (the original table), Kiss (second generation table and yes I’m a fan) Attack from Mars , space shuttle, theatre of magic. I own kiss (the original table) theatre of magic and space shuttle. Missed out on the other two, attack from Mars original is way to much money and I missed the re-release, kiss (second generation sold out before I could buy one) I hope you get to have one or more your favourite tables in your house at some point. And Pinball arcade is a great way to play tables you might like to own too, it’s as close to real game play without the real table as you’ll get, I feel.
Kiss (original) is very good, I considered adding one to my pinball bank. 14 years ago, I was at a video game auction and had the choice between a Kiss machine for $1100 or a Indiana Jones for $1400. I went for Indy, a better choice for me. I have a Williams Space Shuttle too, a great game of the 1970's. I got mine with a worn playfield, a few minor electrical issues, and was left out in the sun for a hour by the previous owner so some of plastic got a little warped, the cabinet and back glass are 9/10, picked it up for $120. Theater of Magic a great game, one I would added to my bank if it wasn't at the time I had picked up the Twilight Zone. Attack from Mars another but very good one, I considered it too, but picked up a package of both Star Wars and Jurassic Park for $1800. Never enough time or money. I noticed the prices for the original releases are often higher than a new or re-release.
Nice collection, I’m currently looking to add the newer kiss pinball, one of the three versions, to complete the kiss pair. All the best to you, enjoy your table time.
They were on the PC. Pinball Arcade is still available on Steam, but all the tables that made the list are no longer available because of licensing. There are alternatives however.
I've been playing Pinball for almost 50 years. Most of my favorites have been Williams tables. The only Bally table that would make my list of favorites would be the old EM game "Fireball", I believe it's the first Multiball game. The rest would be Williams tables like "Firepower", "High Speed", "Jungle Lord" and "Funhouse". When I can find them some of the new Stern tables are not half bad. Also, Zen Pinball made a version of their game Pinball FX2 for Playstation VR, it's the closest thing to the real thing there is. Some great tables on there too if you happen to have a PSVR. Good video!
I agree Williams in general made better games, especially in the 1990. I own mostly Williams. I've been playing for over 50 years and didn't care for the shorter flippers used in the older machines. If you are ever in Las Vegas try the Pinball Hall of Fame, at least when they suck up your quarters you won't feel too bad about it. That is where tired my first full size stand up machine, after 30 games, that virtual machine did not do it for me. I hope they keep trying.
Took your advice used my kids college fund and bought medieval madness, no regrets. Kids hate school anyways and support my decision.
In 1993, I was in the Air Force and going through military training at Wichita Falls TX. We had curfew the first month we were there, but the dorms had a little arcade. Mortal Kombat was new and that was the big arcade, but I discovered 2 pinball machines in the corner. Adams Family and Creature from the Black Lagoon. I spend a lot of quarters playing those machines!
Similar here. AIT training in the Army at Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX 1993. Played a ton of Addams Family and Mortal Kombat!
_We'll just put that money in some Gamestop shares- and its gone!_
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Yeah, that did not age well...
I’m 54. Ive been through every gaming evolution. It’s all good. Pinball is my fave.
I'm 67, I know what you mean. I beta (pre release) tested video games for Sega and other companies, but was overly interested in collecting video games. I played a virtual pinball game at the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas but it is not the same.
@2:09 I don't have deep pockets at all. Pinball can be very affordable if you accept that your first table isn't gonna be a monster bash or an attack on mars. Start smaller dude...work your way up. If you make it a certainty in your life pinball can happen. I make very little money..and in a short 5 years I've added 8 tables to my collection. I don't know how...it just happens. Keep the faith...don't settle for playing virtual or video pinball. ^_^
You're absolutely right about working your way up. I guess my comment about it being really expensive relates more to the popular machines that 90% of people want to play and own. But as I said I lack the space to own pinball or arcade machines so even if I wanted to work my way up I cant right now.
*Medieval Madness!*
So much heart was being put in developing that masterpiece! We still have that machine at this local dive bar I go to in Seattle. Folks still get to that table before I do, it's just that good!
Had the chance to play real-life equivalent of Attack From Mars back in 2005. Perfect pinball to start from for beginners.
Attack From Mars' simplicity is probably its biggest strength, which combined with its excellent design definitely makes it one of the best.
a pinball called Paragon. a larger pinball than usual and i was so good at it that i used to sell my credits to the ones that were waiting to play... until i got caught lol.
I've played Paragon before, but it's not one I have a ton of experience on. I do remember it being hard as hell, so kudos to you friend :)
Royal Flush was one of the games I really learned the basics of playing pinball. With a friend we use to have 10 hour sessions one one dime.
That list will cost you about 40-50k any given day of the week. So much for us average joes having these wonderful machines.
There's always the lottery I guess... *closes laptop to go cry*
@@wigglesarcade8261 lol hey everything is possible in this life. One plus is that most of the fellows I know that have these collections are 10-15 years into it and in their 60’s lol. I’ve got plenty of time to get there!
It is unfortunate but it was the baby boomers like me and early Gen x having the interest and money buying in earlier that limited the supply of used machines. Video games really hurt the pinball industry. Now great video games can be down loaded. There is a high basic cost to building new machines. So machines became scarce, I have a bank of 14 machines mostly purchased 2000 to 2008. I image to replace them would easily cost me more than 100K. I've tried virtual machines and they really suck compared to the real thing.
My favourite machine is surprisingly not one of my nostalgia pieces from when I was a kid, it's a newer machine: Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast
I played that one at a convention I went to last year and it was really fun!
OMG i love that one, but i live in mexico and i played it in some bad mexican restaurant in Arizona. does someone know if there is a video game which includes that Pinball Machine ?
Iron Maiden is my favorite also. Loops for days.
I helped with the mechanix of TOM and Scared stiff. You have to play Horgan you will spend hours its awesome game. Try Arabian Nights and world cup I helped with them too. Your awesome choice of words for video. Make more. Best to U Joe Loveday
Wow! Thank you so much! I'm flattered to have someone who actually helped create these tables watch my videos. You did the world a huge service by bringing these tables to millions. And yes, I love Arabian Nights and World Cup as well. I haven't played Horgan, but you can bet it'll be the next table I sink some serious time into.
I’d love to see another video like this where you talk about more pinball machines you like. Maybe a part 2?
Soon my friend, soon ;)
The bigfoot on WhiteWater looked like Baba Booey from Howard Stern.
I would have TWILIGHT ZONE in my top five.
My top five are Medieval Madness, Indiana Jones, Twilight Zone, Theatre of Magic, and Cactus Canyon. I was lucky enough to add two of these to my pinball bank Indiana Jones for $1400 and Twilight Zone for $1000, years ago before the prices shot up beyond belief. I feel a little bummed I did not pick up a MM in good condition for $2600 when I had a chance, instead I bought Star Wars (Data East) with a Darth Vader topper for $1000, a good game but not at MM level. Other games in my pinball bank that are good ones are No Fear, Demolition Man, Taxi, Star Wars, Tales from the Crypt, and Space Shuttle. My advice to potential pinball machine buyers are to a machine you really want to play (That's obvious), and take care of it as you would any investment.
I wish I would have got into it sooner. Even some of the crappier Gottlieb and Data East tables are now going for 2-3k. It's truly become a rich person's hobby. Thank goodness for video pinball and an abundance of arcades in my area I guess.
@@wigglesarcade8261 It is just the way life goes, Even now think of all valuable toys we stomped on, blew up with our cherry bombs, and destroyed with our BB guns, what they could be worth now. Image this, in my late teen, my brother and I owned a very nice original 1969 Z/28 Camaro, we bought used for $2000 in 1971, conservatively now worth $80,000. For me playing virtual pinball is not the same and really kind of sucked, I guess because I have a bank of 14 machines. I tried virtual at the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, 30 games worth. I guess it is OK if there is not much else. A little hard for me as I grew up playing musical instruments the vibration of the strings or pressure of the keys, driving high performance cars on the road, or blasting down the dirt road on my motorcycle.
Theatre of Magic is gorgeous, but can get boring in a small collection... Tales of the arabian Nights could be much better without the lamp giving free stuff away all the time!!
Arabian Nights is an incredible table and one I heavily considered when making this video.
You know Tina Fey played the princess in Medieval Madness
You CAN find used quality machines for a whole lot less! Got Williams POLICE FORCE that better accompany me to the nursing home!
My favourite one would be Addams family. Nice list
Definitely one of the best :)
The only worthy game on this line up is Attack From Mars and Adams Family...as for my list...well the chime,"kiss the fattest part." Comes to mind.
Interesting seeing the TPA versions of the Williams tables. I've only played them on the PFX3 versions.
It's crazy how floaty the ball looks in this video.
No kidding. Compare the FX3 and TPA versions of No Good Gophers. The FX3 version is way faster. I think it also has better physics overall.
The most highly sought after pinball machines are expensive yes, but there are plenty of lower demand ones that can be purchased for more "reasonable" prices, like the 3000 dollar range
Oh definitely! Most of the pinball machines I want typically range between 2000 and 5000 depending on where you're looking. Still, I wish I had even a grand to blow on pinball machines :(
@@wigglesarcade8261 I've wanted to own a pinball machine for a long time, I could technically buy one now but I just cant justify the expense at the moment, I want my first machine to be a brand new Medieval Madness remake
If you are close to Chicago you gotta check out Galloping Ghost Arcade and Galloping Ghost Pinball.. the arcade has like 805 arcade games. And the pinball part has like 25 pins.. including the elusive The Predator Pinball Machine by Skit B Pinball
UGH this is why I have turned my back on the merits of steam / virtual console type systems.... Like what just happened to OWNING a game and you always have those games... Sega Channel was cool and we wished for it back again but then remembered how it can be taken away... I have Gottlieb and Williams collection on Wii and.. the physics are actually pretty impressive and makes for good practice though the resolution isnt great ( on closeups though it looks like they used pre-rendered backgrounds so its actually 100% photo-realistic) and overall I definitely enjoy turning this on every holiday season to get my pinball fix... just the sounds alone are worth it... although Funhouse gives me seizures with that distracting strobe. So I was looking at advanced options ( like PC ) ... I knew there was something about Steam I was starting to hate... like how you go about playing GTA now.. like its all server based... Anyway another example of this is on 3DS ( now out of production ) they are ending Eshop support in January ( or at least credit card support in Japan so maybe you can use gift cards for a bit? ) but I'm JUST NOW discovering there were all of these NES / Genesis games they converted to 3D ! and they look absolutely stunning!... the 16 bit games look better than any CRT ( pro CCTV even ) I have ever seen... And like this is it... if you want to see these games ever thats it... I've had my 3DS for 10 years and its something that gets intermittent use so before you know it YEARS go by ... unlike the NES or any cart system where you OWN the games and they are just there at anytime for you.. or even on ebay or a flea market... so I'm not longer really into the concept of steam as I thought i was when it was about space saving from CD roms ( and I'm one who loves to keep my boxes )... That sucks! ugh. I would like to get my hands on a real life Class of 1812 though... those I've seen for like $1800 so there are some cult classics that aren't funhouse ( I do like funhouse but the 90% ramp play gets very tiresome.. I think it's a bit overrated... its great but still somehow overrated as fun as it is to hit rudy.. put him to sleep.. .etc... ) sometimes I just like classic pot/jet bumpers and drop targets)
Adam's family is my all time favorite, but I played a couple on your list here theater of magic and attack from mars and yeah those are fun
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Its My Favorite And A Classic from fans of shrek 1, 2 and 3
The adams family and south park pinball machines were some of my favorites.
They're both excellent! It would be awesome if Sega made a compilation of some of their better pinball machines like South Park, The Lost World, and Star Wars Trilogy.
So you never played any of the classics from the 80’s. What a pity
This reminds me about this pirates of the caribbean pinball,it had so many broken things that it was super fun .I liked it so much I went into the hotel it was in just to play.
Reminds me of a bowling ally near me; I go there 98% of the time for the pinball, and 2% for actual bowling lol
I like cue ball wizard, circus voltaire, family guy, jurassic park, austin powers, funhouse, lord of the rings, simpsons pinball party, also scared stiff and medieval, monster bash
All great machines. I freakin love Cue Ball Wizard, such an underrated machine!
@@wigglesarcade8261 Yeah I have seen cue ball wizards floating around on ebay for cheap, like the 2000 dollar range, but that was like 2 years ago, prices may have changed
Loved pinball machines growing up and still do. Don't have the means in terms of a house design to get a hands on machine. Is there an option to go with to play pinball on a Windows 10 laptop? Thank you!
ADAMS FAMILY
NITRO GROUND SHAKER
PLAYBOY
ATTACK FROM MARS
THEATER OF MAGIC
HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS
GORGAR
8 BALL DELUXE
SILVER BALL MANIA
XENON
TRIZONE
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 🐢
FLASH
I CAN GO ON..........
"I can go on...."
I feel that right there.
where's the best place to play video versions of classic pinball (which sites have the best gameplay?)...
oops, its called world cup soccer, not world championship soccer, also, i forgot about arabian nights, very good one.
Plus dont get them from companies they over price them like crazy just look around Ebay offerup I know some people dred this word Craig's list pinside Facebook marketplace they have them on there all the time and for bargains to just look around
I know a few local people in my area that refresh CL all the time for deals. It also helps to know people with machines in case they want to sell; having a good working relationship with them can definitely translate to 50%+ off what you'd normally pay. But yeah, some of the more well known Pinball Resellers out there are ridiculous with their prices.
There can be some good deals out there Craig's lists, hard to find, but some of these can have some serious issues. Ten years I did manage to score a Twilight Zone machine for $1000. Yes it did have issues, dirty field, worn out rubber, short legs taken from a Mario machine put on it and sloppy/weak flippers. I rebuilt the flippers, replace all of the rubber, applied a good helping of elbow grease, and used the legs off a Sterns Meteor with had a bad board, 2/10 backglass and cabinet I parted out.
Pinball FX3, try it, best pinball game ever with 25 Williams tables, recreated perfectly
I saw these a few weeks ago on Steam. Ill definitely have to check them out and see how they compare to the Pinball Arcade versions.
Wiggles yes fx3 is definitely better and looks much way better than Pinball arcade, but the absolute best still Visual Pinball and it’s free!
@@nikolafeve I'll have to check out both then, thanks!
FX2 has a VR version on Playstation, it's as close to the real thing as you can get.
I have no pinball machines now, but I do have about 26 games in my Pinside wishlist. Some games I enjoy best is Whirlwind, Adam's Family, Indiana Jones, Ninja Turtles, and Theatre Of Magic.
Love all those machines!
I’m proud to say I got to play MM once as a kid in a bowling alley. Instantly fell in love.
best pinball machine: revenge from mars, which is a pinball 2000 machine, which instead of displaying a screen above the table, it displays a screen in an are which in your vision, looks like the screen is in the game. sadly they went out of business because their second machine flopped.
It sucks because there are no emulators for pinball 2000 machines, despite there being only 2 machines it could only run
Pinball 2000 was the reasson Williams failed. I'm pretty sure had RFM been the best game ever they wouldn't have closed the doors immediately after producing it. TAF is the best game ever made as evidenced by the sheer number of machines ever built. I paid $12k for mine after selling my previous one in 2004 for $2500. That should tell you everything right there!
You have far to little subscribers, nice video bro. ;)
Thank you! Like and share my videos and hopefully I can change that.
I don't own any pinball machines at the moment but in the past I have owned Lights Camera Action Johnny Mnemonic Operation Thunder Waterworld Last Action Hero Space Jam Viper Night Driving White Water and High Roller Casino. Most of those go fairly cheap.
All do except White Water. I haven' seen one sell for less than $7500 in the past year. Hope they remake it.
Notice the Martian picture on the Elvira game looks just like the attack from Mars Martian
I have the pinball game called Medieval Madness as a virtual pinball game on my PC.
Some of the Williams tables are available on Pinball FX3 now, including Whitewater and Medieval Madness. But yeah, I'm glad I bought all the Pinball Arcade tables when they were available.
Buying stupid rip off tables from t.p.a? Just get pinmame, it's much better, you can open the coindoor and make adjustments like areal game unlike t.p.a s make you pay bullcrap, and you can see how much money you would of put in the machine and knock up games instead of free play and cut you off bullcrap, ! How the heck do they get to have gottlieb tables when the owners cut everyone off, luckily I got my roms before they cut everyone off except t.p.a they are probably paying off gottlieb and charging people to play them,lol
I got into pinball a bit last year and more so this summer. We had an arcade open up in like 2018 and it has been bumpin' ever since. The owners are Pinball machine collectors and they have such amazing selection. It was a bummer it had to close for covid but they re-opened late June with social distancing in play so you have to be 1 game away from others playing but I was happy it re-opened and their still in amazing shape. I started playing the new TMNT stern pinball machine they have and I was just so hooked and I love pinball now haha.
You're definitely never to old or young to fall in love with Pinball! I introduced my fiancee to pinball several years ago and now she wants a machine lol
TMNT is amazing, Krang's voice really is killer on that one!
Yeah those top five are awesome. I played austin powers, wwf wrestling, and star trek today pretty cool 😎
I need to play Austin Powers some more, I just never seem to come across it often. Also Trek is one of my favorites.
#4 Elvira, scarred stiff = EPIC
Everyone is just rating what they used to play, 😂!
"Cucking the Lords." That's hilarious.
you had the funhouse music in the intro why wasnt it on the list? 😭
1:20 thankfully theres plenty of links to fx3 that have all the tables
Brought back memories from the Atlantic City boardwalk piers. My favorite pins were Royal Flush and Jive Time. Plus the mechanical shooting and crane games. ( I am in my 60's)
I definitely need to play more mechanical pinball machines. There are some decent video emulators for some of those tables, however none of that compares to the real thing. I go to pinball conventions whenever I can and I always love playing some of those 60s and 70s machines. They have an undeniable charm to them.
The beer baby Yoda Pic was perfect lol.
oh yeah, and alot of these people have valid points.. a perfect, re-done, completely restored top end machine like medival madness or whitewater can cost 13,999.00 at a top store, but i got mine with a crease in the topper art, some holes and cracks in some of the art on the playfield, a kinda worn playfield but good, all re-done led lights, works and plays great, for 7500.00 ... a machine that completely restored can be seen at 13,999.00. so, you can get them cheaper. if you take a class or can follow youtube video instructions, you can fix and rebuild machines. you can get broken down ones for 1,500-2,000 and then buy pieces on ebay or pinside, trade for stuff, etc. if your passionate, you can make it happen.
1. Theatre of magic
2. Black Knight: Sword Of Rage (premium)
3. Lord of the Rings
4. Pirates of the Carribean (JJP)
5. Star Wars (pro) (2017)
During the golden age of fighting games, I put my quarters up on the glass waiting to play M.K, *The Black Knight* would randomly do a cool light/sound show. I think it had a motion sensor because The Knight would taunt passerby *”GIVE ME YOUR MONEY!”* It actually scared younger kids & took my money.
Yes I'm lucky I have a Pinball machine a real classic 1974 ok I had to spend a pile on it it was a mess the field was a mess shot really all the cards burnt out well after 18 months its a runner and it's fantastic Very fast got loads of entertainment we love it my family love it It's Future world and looks fabulous my real favourite is The Addams family it's gota be the Best one iv ever played Top gun next one Day il will find one but that's going to be hard to find. Enjoy your Pinballs these games Will live forever ..
My five in no order would be, WorldCup Soccer 94, Fish Tales, Iron Maiden, Jurassic Park pro, and Jackbot.
All excellent machines :)
Worldcup soccer 94 is a must
Keith Elwin killing it right out the gate!
The machine i want is the addams family one.
Construction Site was my fav.
Hey Wiggles, this video got my wife and i on a pinball kick lol. I downloaded the PinballFX3 arcade on Ps4 and it includes all the classic Bally/Williams tables. The notable exclusions are Scared Stiff, Addams Family, and Centaur. Hopefully you try this new program out. It was released this year and is created by Zen Studios. We all want your input on this game! 👍
I like your list.
My mentions in no particular order would be Safecracker and Champion Pub. I really want to play the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Stern.
Long story short: vacationed in Berlin, played Medieval Madness at a random bar, thought it was the coolest pinball I’ve played and it turns out I’m right and it’s super expensive
Supersonic
Carnival
Corvette
Fireball
Medieval Madness is the best by far.
I own a real Whitewater machine, and its my favorite. i started playing it when it was first released on a brand new table at a pizza hut that i was a delivery driver for. for every address you delivered to, you got .50 compensation from pizza hut for gas and upkeep on your car. i think this was why they bought the pinball machine... to get that money back. because while you waited for your next delivery, if you were done making boxes, etc., you could play pinball, and if you got off work before they closed? pinball. this was the first pinball i ever got into, and it has remained my favorite, so i bought one. since then, i have gotten a german made Sharpin virtual table that hooks up to my nintendo switch, and has most of the best 90's and 80's bally/williams tables on zenfx3 for nintendo switch. which brings me to my second favorite, medival madness, which i started playing right when it came out. and is on the switch. i recently just ordered a 7,990.00 vp ultra machine with custom elvira graphics (ive met her several times and have pics and autographs and grew up with her tv show) and it has 390 tables on it, so that will be great. my third favorite is monster bash, 4th Circus Voltaire, and 5th, Theater of Magic. other favorite tables are revenge from mars, attack from mars, elvira scared stiff, elvira party monsters, Addams Family, twilight zone, nba fastbreak, world championship soccer, indiana jones, the shadow, rocky and bullwinkle, star wars (data east), Star Trek Next Generation, Fish Tales, Champion Pub.
I am glad a virtual worked out for you. I tried a full size stand up virtual machine at the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas. 30 games worth and it kinda sucked. I guess after more that 50 years of pulling right and left, giving that little shove at the right time, feeling the flippers work, the thump of the ball bouncing off the pops and targets, the feel was not there. Seeing the field and ball looking correct at all angles, the visuals were not there. I guess by the time they can truly make a full size virtual machine look and feel like the real thing I will already be dead. Anyway I hope they keep trying.
Pinball FX is fun on pc too.
What no black rose I love that one I’ve been able to shoot the cannon down the middle and get a double broadside
Only seen and played White Water
Loved this Wiggles--thank you!
Thank you!
Twilight Zone, Adams Family, Fun House
Like your top five, some great tables. In no particular order mine are Kiss (the original table), Kiss (second generation table and yes I’m a fan) Attack from Mars , space shuttle, theatre of magic. I own kiss (the original table) theatre of magic and space shuttle. Missed out on the other two, attack from Mars original is way to much money and I missed the re-release, kiss (second generation sold out before I could buy one) I hope you get to have one or more your favourite tables in your house at some point. And Pinball arcade is a great way to play tables you might like to own too, it’s as close to real game play without the real table as you’ll get, I feel.
Kiss (original) is very good, I considered adding one to my pinball bank. 14 years ago, I was at a video game auction and had the choice between a Kiss machine for $1100 or a Indiana Jones for $1400. I went for Indy, a better choice for me. I have a Williams Space Shuttle too, a great game of the 1970's. I got mine with a worn playfield, a few minor electrical issues, and was left out in the sun for a hour by the previous owner so some of plastic got a little warped, the cabinet and back glass are 9/10, picked it up for $120. Theater of Magic a great game, one I would added to my bank if it wasn't at the time I had picked up the Twilight Zone. Attack from Mars another but very good one, I considered it too, but picked up a package of both Star Wars and Jurassic Park for $1800. Never enough time or money. I noticed the prices for the original releases are often higher than a new or re-release.
Nice collection, I’m currently looking to add the newer kiss pinball, one of the three versions, to complete the kiss pair. All the best to you, enjoy your table time.
Those gamestop shares have aged really well since this was released
Whitewater #2 really?
Maybe top 10
what is the unique song at the start?
It's the main theme for Funhouse
Funhouse
Those pinball are for pc or ????
They were on the PC. Pinball Arcade is still available on Steam, but all the tables that made the list are no longer available because of licensing. There are alternatives however.
Wizard by Bally is all-time favorite table
I've been playing Pinball for almost 50 years. Most of my favorites have been Williams tables. The only Bally table that would make my list of favorites would be the old EM game "Fireball", I believe it's the first Multiball game. The rest would be Williams tables like "Firepower", "High Speed", "Jungle Lord" and "Funhouse". When I can find them some of the new Stern tables are not half bad. Also, Zen Pinball made a version of their game Pinball FX2 for Playstation VR, it's the closest thing to the real thing there is. Some great tables on there too if you happen to have a PSVR. Good video!
Those are all great tables. 95% of the reason I want a VR headset is for virtual pinball.
I agree Williams in general made better games, especially in the 1990. I own mostly Williams. I've been playing for over 50 years and didn't care for the shorter flippers used in the older machines. If you are ever in Las Vegas try the Pinball Hall of Fame, at least when they suck up your quarters you won't feel too bad about it. That is where tired my first full size stand up machine, after 30 games, that virtual machine did not do it for me. I hope they keep trying.
Theater of magic sucks in real life