I would have thought pretty much every SEGA is still sub 3k. Most DE games as well.
WCS and Flintstone are probably there as well and both are great games.
WCS and Flintstone are probably there as well and both are great games.
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Best games £3k and under
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There's a popeye on ebay. Was 2.5k last time I looked and I can vouch for the seller as bought from them last year, but you likely will need to collect yourself as can't get a Luton to his property.
Popeye does have mixed feelings from pinheads, but the ones who like it really like it, I played one a while ago and quite liked it, would have been tempted myself if I had the funds.
Popeye does have mixed feelings from pinheads, but the ones who like it really like it, I played one a while ago and quite liked it, would have been tempted myself if I had the funds.
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Who are these nutters ??
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EDIT Jan 2023 - LINK to pdf of this rules/discussion. Easier to read than on here. Thanks go to @cooldan
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Nobody asked for it but here it is - GrizZ's guide to one of the most infamous misunderstood games from the 90s. Popeye Saves The Earth !
This may take a while so I'll post...
EDIT Jan 2023 - LINK to pdf of this rules/discussion. Easier to read than on here. Thanks go to @cooldan
Popeye The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.pdf
drive.google.com
Nobody asked for it but here it is - GrizZ's guide to one of the most infamous misunderstood games from the 90s. Popeye Saves The Earth !
This may take a while so I'll post...
Ashbo
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Never spent more than £3k on a pin and I have enjoyed every pin I have owned. There is no doubt my current resident pin, The Getaway, is the hardest to let go of. The cabinet art is rubbish, but the game is fun and hard enough to keep me interested.
It will be a sad day when I move her on.
Best audio was my first pin, Data East Time Machine, narrowly ahead of Black Knight 2000.
Best looking was Sorcerer, totally gorgeous, again narrowly ahead of Black Knight 2000
Visitor favourite was Revenge From Mars.
Data East Star Wars was the biggest disappointment for me. Looked great but got old after a few months.
It will be a sad day when I move her on.
Best audio was my first pin, Data East Time Machine, narrowly ahead of Black Knight 2000.
Best looking was Sorcerer, totally gorgeous, again narrowly ahead of Black Knight 2000
Visitor favourite was Revenge From Mars.
Data East Star Wars was the biggest disappointment for me. Looked great but got old after a few months.
gnarled112
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Love my Party Zone - lots of good Bally games out there with great personality and good shots
I would have to give a shout out to data east secret service as that would fall well below the £3k bracket I've only had it a few weeks and I've never owned a pre 90s machine before so was pleasantly surprised but what a sound package, light show and game play to boot.
I've been waiting years for Johnny Mnemonic to turn up on TV and it's finally on Sky.
I've never watched it before.
SteadyP
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JM pinball is definitely better than the movie. I also like NGG and WCS for that type of money. If code and value are equally important, I bought a SM for £3k- players condition cabinet but still plays great and seem to come up for sale fairly regularly. I think the next best pins I could’ve had would mean paying close to £4k for IM, £4k + for Star Trek pro or more again for MET pro; they’re the only games I think are better in the SAM era. TSPP and LOTR probably also deep code but will be similar money to a MET pro
Johnny Mnemonic is a good game, plays really fast except when you have to move the glove, that gets tedious after a while.
Also think Dirty Harry is underrated, rarely gets a mention.
Also think Dirty Harry is underrated, rarely gets a mention.
+1
Dirty Harry is a cracking game, and yeah flew under the radar for many in the mid 90s. Great ruleset with plenty of modes, nice Barry Oursler design layout with magnets and moving gun , multiple objectives that tie together nicely leading to some good strategy play, nice mix of flow and stop/go action, challenging wizard mode, hilarious Clint callouts ….. (intentional or not
)It’s got a nice world under glass vibe going with the cool San Francisco buildings.
And features Super Ricochet ! One of my favourite modes in 90s pinball
+2 and DH should have settled back to a sub 3k game now
I enjoyed playing Dirty Harry when it appeared in the arcades back then but I remember thinking that the call-outs were a little underwhelming. I was looking at reviews over on the Pinside forum and I now know why.
This is what CrazyLevi posted on there.
Dirty Harry:
The game was in development during the time Clint was
shooting/directing/editing/etc. Bridges of Madison County. After
contacting his people about getting him to record custom speech for the
game, we were generally told that he was too busy, but a sound-alike
would be just fine.
So we brought in our standard sound-alike guy who
did a GREAT job. His Dirty Harry voice was everything you could want in
a Dirty Harry pinball game; growly, angry, exciting, big than life, etc.
Generally, exactly what you REMEMBER Harry to be in the movies (which
isn't necessarily what he WAS in the movies).
Pretty close to the end of the development cycle, Clint's people called
and said that now he WOULD have time to do the speech, since he was
doing some dialog replacement stuff at a sound studio. So Vince, the
sound guy, flew out and did a recording session with Clint.
Well, Vince comes back, and we're naturally all excited to hear his
stuff. And we were all pretty disappointed, with what I'd call, at best,
a very Disinterested Harry.
Now given the situation, I don't think
anyone can be blamed, as there were many factors involved here:
a) Clint had a lot of things on his mind at the time, and pretty much
only had a hour to spare to read a very long set of dialog.
b) Clint at the time was now over 20 years older than when he was when
he filmed the first movie, and pretty much acknowledged that to Vince.
"It's been a long time since I've played this character."
c) It's gotta be very intimidating to have Clint in the sound booth and
try directing him "C'mon Clint, grit your teeth a little bit more, sound
ANGRIER!! Trust me, I know how your classic character should sound."
d) And just the fact that we REALLY liked the way the sound-a-like
turned out.
Unfortunately, everyone felt compelled that we had to use Clint's speech
even though we weren't very happy with it. So, rest assured that every
speech call in the game was specially recorded for the game.
And when Dirty Harry leans back and finishes his coffee as he off-handedly
mutters "Hey, that punk just stole my car" in a voice that seems to want
to add "but that's okay, it's a rental," you can be sure that it's Clint
Eastwood.
This is what CrazyLevi posted on there.
Dirty Harry:
The game was in development during the time Clint was
shooting/directing/editing/etc. Bridges of Madison County. After
contacting his people about getting him to record custom speech for the
game, we were generally told that he was too busy, but a sound-alike
would be just fine.
So we brought in our standard sound-alike guy who
did a GREAT job. His Dirty Harry voice was everything you could want in
a Dirty Harry pinball game; growly, angry, exciting, big than life, etc.
Generally, exactly what you REMEMBER Harry to be in the movies (which
isn't necessarily what he WAS in the movies).
Pretty close to the end of the development cycle, Clint's people called
and said that now he WOULD have time to do the speech, since he was
doing some dialog replacement stuff at a sound studio. So Vince, the
sound guy, flew out and did a recording session with Clint.
Well, Vince comes back, and we're naturally all excited to hear his
stuff. And we were all pretty disappointed, with what I'd call, at best,
a very Disinterested Harry.
Now given the situation, I don't think
anyone can be blamed, as there were many factors involved here:
a) Clint had a lot of things on his mind at the time, and pretty much
only had a hour to spare to read a very long set of dialog.
b) Clint at the time was now over 20 years older than when he was when
he filmed the first movie, and pretty much acknowledged that to Vince.
"It's been a long time since I've played this character."
c) It's gotta be very intimidating to have Clint in the sound booth and
try directing him "C'mon Clint, grit your teeth a little bit more, sound
ANGRIER!! Trust me, I know how your classic character should sound."
d) And just the fact that we REALLY liked the way the sound-a-like
turned out.
Unfortunately, everyone felt compelled that we had to use Clint's speech
even though we weren't very happy with it. So, rest assured that every
speech call in the game was specially recorded for the game.
And when Dirty Harry leans back and finishes his coffee as he off-handedly
mutters "Hey, that punk just stole my car" in a voice that seems to want
to add "but that's okay, it's a rental," you can be sure that it's Clint
Eastwood.
Always makes me chuckle as in game it can sound like he’s saying ‘ Hey , that c**t just stole my car ‘ ….. and once you get that in your head that’s all it ever sounds like
