Author Topic: GOTTLIEB EM "Hit the Deck" on ebay. Melbourne  (Read 2015 times)

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Re: GOTTLIEB EM "Hit the Deck" on ebay. Melbourne
« on: February 04, 2009, 12:30:06 AM »
Hey was worth a buck at least and just cos the post went away with the ether im scaling it back to 10c


...Looks better than most 70's GTB machines - im not a fan of these and avoid them - mainly due to the massive ball drain GTB had down the centre. GTB had a habit of putting a spinner etc in the centre lane - any ball passing through from the top is instant ball drain.

This machine doesnt have that - lots of rollovers from ball arch means that you have to employ plunger skills - something that got lost over the subsequent years, also some good nudging off the bumpers to get ball back through them. Rollovers at top left look difficult to achieve apart from aimed shot from right flipper or lucky bounce off bumper.
Captive kicker looks like a bonus multiplier from rollovers achieved.

Even the centre bumper is slightly off dead centre lane and so minimises my main gripe with GTB 70's games.

I like it - looks a cracking game and a challenge to achieve. For PF layout and artwork - this game is one of the best 70's GTB machines ive seen