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- From: Zio zZz <zio@Garg.Campbell.CA.US>
- Newsgroups: rec.games.pinball
- Subject: Re: Weird old pin sighted
- Message-ID: <BsH7VB9w165w@Garg.Campbell.CA.US>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 02:03:22 PST
- References: <johnsh-201292212229@mustang.stu.rpi.edu>
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- johnsh@rpi.edu (Hugh Johnson) writes:
-
- > Stopped at a rest stop along the northeastern extention of the Pennsylvania
- > Turnpike last night (route 9, runs through the Poconos) and they had this
- > weird, old-looking pin called "Strange Science." Does anyone remember this
- > game? It wasn't really challenging (5 balls per game, and I got a replay on
- > the only quarter that I put in the machine), but it had a kind of
- > quirkiness that made it fun to play. Apparently, the game featured
- > "five-ball multiball." Unfortunately, I didn't figure out how to lock balls
- > for a little while, so I never got the opportunity to see this. Must be
- > quite a sight.
- >
-
- I used to play this pin at Disneyland-So.Cal. I used to play for hours
- on one coin. Why? Because all I had to do was a Track&Field style
- tapping on the metal bar on the front top over the glass and get
- multiplier up the kazam. On top of that, the replay was 520,000 points,
- which I occasionally got in just ball 1. Then when I had enough, I would
- leave the game and give the credits to some very appreciative kid just
- wandering by. Once I gave a kid 28 free games (when it was set to 30 max
- credits). A few months later it was set to 10 max, with a replay of
- approx 1 Million (still piece of cake). They still hadn't caught on to
- the trick for well over two years. I guess the thing finally was doing
- the funkies without the tapping, and they decided to junk it. Oh
- well...it sure was cool to see the absolute look of amazement and joy on
- a kids face when I handed 15 or 20 free credits to him/her/them!!
-
- And yes, 5 ball Multiball was definitely a sight...almost as cool as the
- 5 ball Multiball on Heavy Metal Countdown (or was it Meltdown?).
-
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