First pictures of the new Roller Coaster Tycoon pinball released

That sure would look nice next to my Jurassic Park machine. :) It's a shame they're so damn expensive new.

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Jeff - Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com, Sillynonsense.com
"We used to hate people, now we just make fun of them. It's more effective that way." - KMFDM, "Dogma"

I agree Jeff, except I have a Black Knight machine that it would have to deal with :). I don't know about the lay out though, one bump target?? The ramps look exciting though.

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It doesn't really look that cool to me. I guess I am not that into pinball though.

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Yeah, looks pretty plain to me.

My favorite pinball of all time is Funhouse. I like that it had a goal (moving the clock) that had to be worked at.

Believe it or not, one of the best machines I've ever played is the Shaq game. It had a moving basket with a ramp to shoot the ball into.

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He let the contents of the bottle do the thinking; can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding.

*drool*

I looooove pinball. I want another pinball machine. All I own is a Faces machine. (yes, its old, but its still fun.)

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Hey man. Wanna buy some weed? Crack? Freepass on Millennium Force? I got the hook up...

Has anyone played the old Cyclone machines? Those would be hard to top, even with an RCT machine. I played one at Kent State so much that it would probably have been cheaper for me to just buy the machine.

How much would it cost to buy one?

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I owned a cyclone machine for a while, it was fun but not deep enough for me. I want to sell my hurricane and get a Whirlpool. Awesome game.

That or a road show.

I dunno, I agree that Cyclone is probably my favorite pinball machine. Most of the Williams ones like Earthshaker were great. Non-Williams favorite had to be the golf pinball game Tee'd Off with the little gopher. :)

Jurassic Park was a great pinball machine.. I still can't watch the movie when the Raptor guy says "They should all be destroyed" without thinking of the pinball game.

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Why do we fear Mack trucks, but not Mack Wild Mouse coasters?

The games loaded with habitrails, but what else should you expect from a rollercoaster themed game, I like the yellow habitrail that takes your ball to the clear bottom of the playfield, does a flipper fly oveer, getting perilously close to but safely above the outhole, and then swoops back up to deliver the ball to a second plunger lane mounted on the left of the cabinet. (See Funhouse for another example of this), except that funhouse had an electric gate and used the left outlane as the second plunger lane, and this game appears to have a dedicated second plunger lane) (At leat thats what it all looks like) The playfield itself, well I'll have to play a few games before I render a verdict.

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The pinball machine that I got in the late 80's was $2000, but it was one of the best machines you could get then. It is called the Black Hole, it has two levels both of which are very challenging. It has the biggest basement out of any pinball machine that I have ever seen with two floors.

A new machine will likely cost close to $4,000. I think the Monopoly machine goes for around $3,800 new.

Speaking of which, I found that to be a great machine. So much to do! That's really what makes a machine special. It needs stuff to do, lots of goals. That's why I like my JP machine so much. It's not dull at all.

Don't write off the RCT machine until you've played it and are familiar with its playfield. I'm sure there's plenty there to do.

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Jeff - Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com, Sillynonsense.com
"We used to hate people, now we just make fun of them. It's more effective that way." - KMFDM, "Dogma"

Doesn't the JP machine have a button instead of a plunger? I hate that!

It's so hard to find good pinball machines around anymore. If anyone knows where I can find a Fun House, Whirlwind, Pinbot or any good older machines in the Columbus area, please let me know.

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He let the contents of the bottle do the thinking; can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding.

Anyone ever played Banzaii Run? Late 80s machine that held a vertical playfield in the backglass. I had one of those for a while too. Probably shouldnt have gotten rid of it when i did. Its one of the few machines thats actually going to appreciate in value. Speaking of which, hold on to that JP jeff.

I have a pinbot but in the LA area....thats another that should be worth something.

I have played Banzai Run. They had it at the arcade at Dayton Mall in the early 90s. The vertical play field was interesting.

My favorite "novelty" is the fan on Whirlwind.

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He let the contents of the bottle do the thinking; can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding.

That or the shaker motor, on the Harley-Davidson pin, when you "rev" your "machine".

Another great machine is Addams Family. I loved playing that one. "It's the Mamooooooooossssshhhhhhhkkkaaaaa."